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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
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posted on
12/06/2015 6:34:21 PM PST
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Twotone
To: Twotone
Maybe if Alaska stopped sending that Murky Woman to DC......
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12/06/2015 6:37:31 PM PST
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Paladin2
(my non-desktop devices are no longer allowed to try to fix speling and punctuation, nor my gran-mah.)
To: Twotone; cracker45; Tainan; Jet Jaguar; SENTINEL; redpoll; ArmyTeach; Eska; hattend; hosepipe; ...
Alaska Ping!
I Guess they could always use Nova Scotia Pine.
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posted on
12/06/2015 6:41:59 PM PST
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KC_Lion
(The fences are going up all over Europe. We shall not see them down again in our lifetime.)
To: Twotone
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12/06/2015 8:18:50 PM PST
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rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
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