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What Alaska’s Christmas Tree Tells Us about Government Overreach and Hypocrisy
National Review ^ | Dec. 3, 2015 | Cathy Giessel

Posted on 12/06/2015 6:34:21 PM PST by Twotone

As an Alaskan, I am flattered that this year's Capitol Christmas tree comes from our own Chugach National Forest. Selected by the U.S. Forest Service for its perfect, conical shape and evenly dispersed branches, the 74-foot Lutz spruce is a statuesque symbol, for sure. But it symbolizes much more than holiday cheer.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: capitol; christmastree; forests; hypocrisy

1 posted on 12/06/2015 6:34:21 PM PST by Twotone
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To: Twotone

Maybe if Alaska stopped sending that Murky Woman to DC......


2 posted on 12/06/2015 6:37:31 PM PST by Paladin2 (my non-desktop devices are no longer allowed to try to fix speling and punctuation, nor my gran-mah.)
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To: Twotone; cracker45; Tainan; Jet Jaguar; SENTINEL; redpoll; ArmyTeach; Eska; hattend; hosepipe; ...

Alaska Ping!

I Guess they could always use Nova Scotia Pine.

3 posted on 12/06/2015 6:41:59 PM PST by KC_Lion (The fences are going up all over Europe. We shall not see them down again in our lifetime.)
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To: Twotone

Great article.


4 posted on 12/06/2015 8:18:50 PM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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