Subtle irony I think. Way back when in Elementary School, this time of year we'd be rehearsing for the Christmas Pageant. Yes, back then it was blatantly called the Christmas Pageant and this was at a public school on the West Coast. But in 6th grade things changed and to appease the Jewish kids the Christmas Pageant included a token Chanukah song. Being Jewish I wasn't appeased. Of course, I didn't care for the Pageant at all.

Move forward through time and now we have "Holiday Pageants" or "Winter Pageants". And so in the name of political correctness we've moved back to generic celebrations of the seasonal holidays. Back to the essentially pagan origins. I love it and am appeased.

Cuban Cigars

A close friend of mine took a mini-mini-vacation down to Tijuana. Coming back into the States he was caught by the Border Police. He was trying to bring in cuban cigars and passing through the metal detectors the aluminum holders set off the alarms. Did they give him a full body cavity search? Did they beat him with canes on the soles of his feet?

No, they let him back in the States with the cigars. After all, Gov. Arnie smokes cuban cigars...

And speaking of Cuba, it's time we made it a protectorate. They need our money. We need their cigars. How the hell can we be blasted for Imperialism when we can't even annex a crud little island right off our shores. Bush needs to get his priorities straight. 'Free' Cuba now!

More On Bush

Sounds like "Moron Bush", doesn't it? I'm predicting here and now that around August either Hussein or bin Laden (or both) will be caught by U.S. Forces. I chose that time frame because it's close to election time but not too close nor too far. It's just about right for Bush to milk the event and come off looking like some sort of hero.

So why didn't he visit the troops in Afghanistan?