'Transplant shock' claims life of National Christmas Tree

msnbc.com ^ | May 4, 2012

[Free ThinkerNY]

This December 1, 2011 file photo shows the 2011 National Christmas Tree after being lit by US President Barack Obama and the First Family during a ceremony on The Ellipse near the White House in Washington, DC.

The Colorado blue spruce passed away "due to complications resulting from transplant shock" just 14 months after it was planted in the Ellipse field outside the White House, the National Park Service said May 4, 2012. Born on a tree farm in New Jersey, it replaced a similar tree knocked down in a wind storm after 33 years.

[goodnesswins]

They TRANSPLANT those HUGE trees?????

[Talisker]

That’s the second Christmas tree,as far as I know, that died on Obama’s watch....

Or was murdered.

Remember, this is the guy who made the Dalai Lama use the back door next to the garbage. The Christmas trees never had a chance.

[dfwgator]

Beware, the Christmas Trees are out for revenge.

SNL - Killer Christmas Trees
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb2i2x_the-killer-trees_shortfilms

[Bellflower]

After it served it's purpose as a photo op of an example of being “green”, being replanted, it probably was not watered, fertilized, etc. and died from neglect. This would be typical protocol for leftists.

[A Strict Constructionist]

“Or it was poisoned.”

I swear it wasn’t us...Roll Tide.

[rawcatslyentist]

those who walk in pride he is able to humble. Daniel 4:37

[BigCinBigD]

First Vince Foster. And now this!

[Kickass Conservative]

As long as Dick Cheney is doing well I'm not worried about a Tree, unless he has a Duck Blind under one.

I hear that Trees grow in something called a Forest. Is Bruce Dern still alive? He'll know what to do.

[rawcatslyentist]

>we should abolish that whole “christmas” thing

http://bible.cc/jeremiah/10-1.htm
1Hear what the Lord says to you, O house of Israel. 2This is what the Lord says:
“Do not learn the ways of the nations
or be terrified by signs in the sky,
though the nations are terrified by them.
3For the customs of the peoples are worthless;
they cut a tree out of the forest,
and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
4They adorn it with silver and gold;
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so it will not totter.
5Like a scarecrow in a melon patch,
their idols cannot speak;
they must be carried
because they cannot walk.
Do not fear them;
they can do no harm
nor can they do any good.”

[El Gato]

Sprouted it is.

[Daffynition]