Comments on: Happy War on Christmas To All

By: cocktailhag

cocktailhag — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:30:50 +0000

She was a Virgo; and throughout my life I avoided Virgos because of that. As far as the business thing; Etta was a feminist before her time, working in offices where she was routinely the only woman and bragged endlessly about bossing men around. (As you can imagine, she changed jobs a lot…)

By: Meremark

Meremark — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:13:56 +0000

F’r instance, Christmas might be so much more excruciating, near intolerable, if we didn’t see it coming months in advance.

Winter solstice is difficult for Leos when their Sun Sustenance goes South and stays there.

By: Meremark

Meremark — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:07:58 +0000

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I’m seeing Capricorn (business woman) with a strong Virgo adjunct, probably Moon (bookkeeper). ??

Of course, Jesus was a Capricorn . . . as if.

Y’know, for me, this whole psychoastrological grasp-of-the-gestalt thingie doesn’t correct or remedy the bad pains that hurting and hurtful people (can) do unto good times, but unveiling the mystery of where they’re coming from at least ends the surprise element in assaults which otherwise adds chaos to amplify injury.

By: cocktailhag

cocktailhag — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:06:24 +0000

Etta was unique; a brand. I was doing my best to keep a straight face at her funeral, when one of my mother’s lifelong friends came up to her and said, “I guess I’m sorry.”

By: mikeinportc

mikeinportc — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:37:37 +0000

Merry (Orthodox- I’m late for the other) Christmas , CH, & all .

Etta makes me thankful for my crazy relatives. They were crazy, but generally benign. The holly christmas tree (English holly, I assume)?
OMG!/lol! I had the pleasant task of bundling bunches of it ,for several seasons. Hands felt it ’til almost Valentine’s Day. :@ Making kids haul that in , and be a full-body pin cushion is truly demented.

By: retzilian

retzilian — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:26:17 +0000

Here’s another you might enjoy, although the singing range is a little higher sometimes. It’s a song that can sound good even sung badly. Also.

Oh….You better pack light
You better salute
You better be white
Don’t bring any fruit
Sarah Palin’s coming to town

Can’t take any pics
Don’t ask for a quote
If you buy a book then she gets your vote
Sarah Palin’s coming to town

She travels on a Lear Jet
Cuz she is just plain folks
She writes op-eds for right wing rags
So she’s good for Late Night jokes.

Oh, you better not fret
You only get two
And maybe she’ll let
Trig sign ‘em for you
Sarah Palin’s coming to town

By: cocktailhag

cocktailhag — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:32:09 +0000

Thanks, rmp… Next month this dump will be a year old; time flies when you’re having fun.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, and especially pinch-hitting to give a Hag a day off now and again. Hope you had a great Christmas.

By: rmp

rmp — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:05:35 +0000

Couldn’t agree more about East Berlin which I visited three times from 1979-82 including one time when I drove my family there from Kaiserslautern, West Germany. The first time I was walking along the huge and very long wall for over two hours it finally dawned on me that I was inside the wall not outside. I had a mindset of prison walls and always envisioned myself on the outside.

The contrast between East and West Berlin was very stark. It takes real idiots to fear socialized governments and fantasize that we could become like East Germany used to be. The socialist governments in Europe, especially Scandinavia take much better care of their citizens and have compassionate values that we should be emulating not condemning. Most of the world during the last decade have seen an America that is disgusting in their eyes, certainly not one to admire.

Glad to see some lurkers commenting and I want to join them in thanking the Hag for creating this site and giving me a platform to share some of my thoughts. My wish for the holidays is for love and compassion to dominate fear and hatred. Those living in fear want to find love for themselves and their fellow humans, they just don’t know how to find it and feel safe.

By: cocktailhag

cocktailhag — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:03:50 +0000

Nice catch, T3. I hate to tell the righties, but “Happy Holidays” is a product of the capitalist desire to sell more, not some PC whatchamacallit.
Merrly Christmas to you, too.

By: cocktailhag

cocktailhag — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:51:41 +0000

Thanks, Heel, Merry Christmas to you and yours. If you’re in the mood for a laugh, I highly recommend Tom’s link.