>>>>>This message at least gets the zero out of today's (search) calendar.
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>>>>Maybe the religious arguments have settled down.
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>>>LOL!
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>>Or they are all out Christmas shopping before the rush. Think about the hypocritical ramifications of that statement.
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>Bret;
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>You are on a roll! At least such activities would help our economy. So what's it to be? Obey your religion (do not buy anything for Christmas - "the true meaning of Christmas" for Christians) or help your country (go into debt for the next five years)?

Ah the commercialization of Christmas. The real meaning is found in the Bible and a Charlie Brown Christams Cartoon. :)

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>If you use your credit card and make minimum payments it will only take 22 years to pay off your purchases.

The biggest addiction of the United States.

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>The economy combined with the west coast port/dock problems should insure a "Merry Christmas" for all. I should start a thread about the latest on the port/dock problems. You would not believe! Union Pacific has warned us they may soon stop making any rail deliveries to the west coast. There is no place to store railroad cars because the rail yards are almost filled waiting for off loading to ships. Talk about California gridlock! :)
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>Interesting how a problem with one transportation industry can affect many systems! I am sure all our problems will be over if a republican majority finds its way into congress. Of course that may create World War III but that is a minor point.
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>Tom

Keep us up-to-date on this as I only hear what NPR has to say and they are about as slanted reporting news as they come.