[Anyone] Groung Hog Day:

[Thos Myers]

Yeap, this year the two do not coincide.  And why lower a
marmot/woodchuck/groundhog in status and stature by comparing it with
bush?

What an insult.

And then there is this:
www.taosdailyweekly.com/bannerstrike.jpg

It takes 5 employees in 3 trucks to strike a banner across the main road
when time was that same job when done by the TCA required one person.



On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, J Mac wrote:

>
> Alas, it's false.
> State of Union falls on 28 January, while Groundhog Day falls on 02 February.
> And why would they compare presidents to groundhogs?
> What did groundhogs do to deserve such calumny?
> They're just marmots, woodchucks minding their own business.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John McL.
> Taos
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > From: anubis at laplaza.org
> > Subject: Re: [Anyone] Groung Hog Day:
> >
> > an oldie but goldie - and never more true in the US than for each 2/2 for the last 8 years.
> >
> > totem at laplaza.org said:
>
> > > February 2, 2008
> > >   This year, both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union Address fall on the same day.
> > > It is an ironic juxtaposition:
> > >   One involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a creature of little intelligence for
> > > prognostication and the other involves a Groundhog.
>
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