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ADKbrown	Post subject: We're the real turkeys Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2002 5:57 pm
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1286 Location: Saranac Lake, N.Y.	WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush personally intervened from the White House on Tuesday to set aside a death sentence -- for a turkey.<p>***Lucky for the turkey, it wasn't a human. Seriously, I wish the media would just decide to stop covering this "tradition." You can bet the tradition would disappear damn fast.***
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: We're the real turkeys Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2002 6:15 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica ,sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by ADKbrown: I wish the media would just decide to stop covering this "tradition." You can bet the tradition would disappear damn fast.<hr></blockquote><p> I was just thinking the same thing about the annual news conference at which "consumer watchdogs" warn about "dangerous toys."
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Bumfketeer	Post subject: Re: We're the real turkeys Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2002 1:06 am
Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 3557 Location: Cusp of retirement, grave or both	ADK:<p>Didn't this "tradition" start when George Washington chopped the head off a cherry tree, or something like that?
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jmcg	Post subject: Re: We're the real turkeys Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2002 7:11 pm
Joined: Fri Apr 26, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 316 Location: Albany, NY	<blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica ,sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by blanp: <p> I was just thinking the same thing about the annual news conference at which "consumer watchdogs" warn about "dangerous toys."<hr></blockquote><p>Then, let's stop covering Christmas shopping -- is there a bigger nonstory, at least in November, than "Black Friday"? -- and I say we're on a roll.
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ADKbrown	Post subject: Re: We're the real turkeys Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2002 8:40 pm
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1286 Location: Saranac Lake, N.Y.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica ,sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by jmcg: <p>Then, let's stop covering Christmas shopping -- is there a bigger nonstory, at least in November, than "Black Friday"? -- and I say we're on a roll.<hr></blockquote><p>All this holiday talk has me brimming with anticipation: Who will be the first baby born in 2003?
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: We're the real turkeys Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2002 10:28 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica ,sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by ADKbrown: <p>All this holiday talk has me brimming with anticipation: Who will be the first baby born in 2003?<hr></blockquote><p>Impossible to say, but there's an awfully good chance that the kid you see on innumerable Page Ones on Jan 1 will have two parents who are married and white. It's not universal like it used to be, but pretty nearly so.
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