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'Transplant shock' claims life of National Christmas Tree
msnbc.com ^
| May 4, 2012
Posted on 05/04/2012 6:46:59 PM PDT by 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.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bluespruce; christmastree; treekiller; xmastree
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To: Free ThinkerNY
This could only happen on Obama’s watch.
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posted on
05/04/2012 6:51:59 PM PDT
by
mtg
To: Free ThinkerNY
More likely a message from God.
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posted on
05/04/2012 6:52:42 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Free ThinkerNY
BO musta been marking his territory on that tree.
Too many beer summits.
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posted on
05/04/2012 6:55:55 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: smokingfrog
Or it was poisoned. Probably won’t be any more “Christmas” tree lightings at the White House ever again, anyway.
To: Free ThinkerNY
"... 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" Who's surprised it died? The tree was on the lawn, but the sap was inside the White House.
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posted on
05/04/2012 7:00:31 PM PDT
by
The KG9 Kid
(Semper Fi)
To: Free ThinkerNY
The blue spruce was “...born on a tree farm...”???
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posted on
05/04/2012 7:09:46 PM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT)
To: Free ThinkerNY
It committed suicide at the thought of having to wear a Mao ornament.
-PJ
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posted on
05/04/2012 7:13:29 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you can vote for President, then your children can run for President.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
A lot more dogs are voting conservative this year after hearing about the Kenyans fondness for Stir Fried Shih Tzu.
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posted on
05/04/2012 7:13:32 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: SatinDoll
I didn't know trees were “born”, heck even American Bald Eagles aren't born, they're hatched.
I'm not sure what word would be proper for a tree, or any other plant. “grown” might work in this instance, but isn't quite a plant equivalent to “born”.
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posted on
05/04/2012 7:18:17 PM PDT
by
El Gato
("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
To: The KG9 Kid
Who's surprised it died? The tree was on the lawn, but the sap was inside the White House.
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posted on
05/04/2012 7:30:13 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1200 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
To: Free ThinkerNY
Maybe Moochelle’s sludge from her garden...
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posted on
05/04/2012 7:40:48 PM PDT
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
To: Free ThinkerNY
we should abolish that whole “christmas” thing...just think of all the people that we are offending.....
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posted on
05/04/2012 7:47:22 PM PDT
by
terycarl
(lurking, but well informed)
To: Free ThinkerNY
It’s obvious, the tree committed suicide. Depression is an ugly thing.
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posted on
05/04/2012 7:47:47 PM PDT
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(With (R)epublicans like these, who needs (D)emocrats?)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Symbolic of Obama’s economic policies...
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posted on
05/04/2012 7:49:10 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Evil never reveals the truth until it's too late to flee.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
05/04/2012 8:07:44 PM PDT
by
massmike
(Massachusetts: If they had just kept hanging witches a bit longer...........)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Everything the usurper touches turns to sh*t.
To: El Gato
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posted on
05/04/2012 8:10:12 PM PDT
by
Conservative4Ever
(Waiting for the new tagline to download)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
05/04/2012 8:32:15 PM PDT
by
massmike
(Massachusetts: If they had just kept hanging witches a bit longer...........)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Yet another failed immigration policy.
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posted on
05/04/2012 8:45:16 PM PDT
by
MV=PY
(The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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