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City installs Festivus pole
The Daily Redundancy ^

Posted on 12/20/2007 10:35:01 AM PST by chordmaster

NEW HAVEN, CT (TDR) - In an effort to recognize the diverse traditions of the holiday season, the City has installed a Festivus pole in the Market Street square. A dedication ceremony is scheduled for Saturday afternoon. With the addition of this new holiday centerpiece, the square is now thought to be the most diverse public display of late fall holiday symbols in the country...

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TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: festivus; satire
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1 posted on 12/20/2007 10:35:02 AM PST by chordmaster
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To: chordmaster

AH....Festivus for the Rest of Us.


2 posted on 12/20/2007 10:36:26 AM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (RIP Eric Medlen. You will be missed.../ Get well Soon John Force!!!)
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To: chordmaster

YES! Will they allow the airing of grievances at city hall?


3 posted on 12/20/2007 10:37:00 AM PST by Clemenza (Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick

And now, the fetes of strength!


4 posted on 12/20/2007 10:37:09 AM PST by goodwithagun (My gun has killed less people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick

What time is the airing of the grievances?


5 posted on 12/20/2007 10:37:10 AM PST by DManA
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To: chordmaster

What about the Festivus Stripper? Otherwise it seems rather pointless, yes?


6 posted on 12/20/2007 10:37:14 AM PST by Shryke
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To: DManA

Not soon enough....ha ha ha


7 posted on 12/20/2007 10:38:00 AM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (RIP Eric Medlen. You will be missed.../ Get well Soon John Force!!!)
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8 posted on 12/20/2007 10:38:14 AM PST by Uncledave
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To: chordmaster

It’s not about diversity.

The left is clever using the diversity argument
to trash Christmas.

Another attack by the Stalinists against christianity.


9 posted on 12/20/2007 10:39:12 AM PST by ChiMark
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To: chordmaster

And now...the Airing Of Grievances.


10 posted on 12/20/2007 10:39:16 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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11 posted on 12/20/2007 10:39:30 AM PST by Perdogg (Fred Thompson for President)
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To: chordmaster

I had to check to see if it was really a humor piece, as I can see some lefty, p.c. city pols being dumb enough to do this.


12 posted on 12/20/2007 10:39:33 AM PST by colorado tanker
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To: ChiMark

It’s satire, dude. As in not real.


14 posted on 12/20/2007 10:41:18 AM PST by gracesdad
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To: chordmaster

This thread is worthless without out pects......


15 posted on 12/20/2007 10:41:29 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Not a festivus ping.


16 posted on 12/20/2007 10:41:29 AM PST by Squawk 8888 (Is human activity causing the warming trend on Mars?)
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To: ChiMark

The article is satire (sad when it’s hard to recognize as such).


17 posted on 12/20/2007 10:42:29 AM PST by Squawk 8888 (Is human activity causing the warming trend on Mars?)
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To: chordmaster
I have made a donation in the mayors name to the human fund. Merry Festivus!


18 posted on 12/20/2007 10:48:02 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: chordmaster

I think that is really funny.


19 posted on 12/20/2007 10:49:50 AM PST by napscoordinator
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To: the_devils_advocate_666

What? no chicken feet?


20 posted on 12/20/2007 10:52:10 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Moveon is not us...... Moveon is the enemy)
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