(don't you wish today's politicians held and practiced this philosophy)
LINKS
.... And the answer is.... (not): http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/engineering/article5282698.ece
COMMENT: Oh .. by the way, we learned yesterday why the consumers should pick the winners and losers in the marketplace and not the politicians. California Senator Diane Feinstein sent a little letter to some of her colleagues on Capitol Hill demanding that a share of any bailout money be spent on an upstart manufacturer of electric cars in San Jose. That would be Tesla Motors, and they haven't sold a single electric car at retail yet. Seems there are some cost overrun problems. Anyone want to buy an electric sports car for about $140,000?
Excuse me, but I have a question. If there are missing ballots how does anyone know who they favor???: http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2008/12/04/franken-demands-systematic-forensic-search-for-missing-ballots/
Why we MUST stay the course: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/12/historic_progress_in_iraq.html
Where we stand today (worth a read): http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/6705
"How did you know?": http://i.cdn.turner.com/trutv/thesmokinggun.com/graphics/art4/1203082gas1.jpg
City of Boston doesn't have Christmas trees. They have 'official non-denominational holiday shrubs.': http://www.meetin.org/city/MEETinBOSTON/EventsDetails.cfm?EventsID=88244
JUST FOR FUN
In many places around the world the traditional yuletime figure isn't Santa Claus, it is a figure called Ded Moroz (Father Frost), who is usually accompanied by Snegurichka (Snow Maiden). From around the world here's some links to pictures of those characters, as well as a few of Santa Claus. Hope you find them interesting:
http://www.all-creatures.org/articles/rf-mammoth.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/12/04/article-0-0286496D000004B0-551_468x315.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/12/04/article-0-029FB013000004B0-658_468x551.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2379/2139342815_8f5f047b8c.jpg?v=0
http://vn.vladnews.ru/img/33d58fe722cfbad3705ba7be6a3e1e57.JPG
http://www.justgorussia.co.uk/UserFiles/red_square_ded.jpg
http://vn.vladnews.ru/Photo_gallery/02-ded-snegurka.jpg
http://img0.liveinternet.ru/images/attach/b/2/23/947/23947777_Ded_moroz_1.jpg
http://www.vologda.ru/~pov/dedmoroz/img/dmpost.jpg
http://www.passportmagazine.ru/workdir/photos/749_2.jpg
http://spb-foto.ru/foto/thumbs/lrg-298-ded_moroz_foto.jpg
http://bp3.blogger.com/_Ff6pgA-OC5U/RZ-v9wxPnoI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/2G7HYSmPSfg/s400/dedmoroz.jpg
http://www.suprmchaos.com/ded-moroz_122602.jpg
http://znakkachestva.ru/netcat_files/Image/Ded%20Moroz%20v%20Moskve%208.jpg
http://pics.livejournal.com/nordhostel/pic/0000z7p1/s320x240
http://www.barynya.com/photos/2007_father_frost_nyc/048_sm.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2262/2132160751_dedbfc11ac.jpg?v=0
http://www.vesele.ru/data/images/Ded_Moroz.jpg
http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gif
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/6642059.jpg
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_cEsXFI1NF_4/SJ26NdOKamI/AAAAAAAADyA/sBv61xNiMe8/s720/velikij-ustyug2.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1090/1465541385_2342a9d178.jpg
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_bWjBDGDwU_0/R7HPgKlBnGI/AAAAAAAAAvk/CusBLvoc_9A/IMG_2944.jpg
http://www.hotel-tour.ru/upload_file/ded-moroz-big.jpg
http://www.globus-nsk.ru/images/theater/spect/ded_moroz_kuriez_10.jpg
http://www.megatur.ru/anonsy%20i%20bloki/ded_moroz.jpg
http://www.multi-pulti.ru/foto/foto_art/art/ded_moroz2.jpg
http://www.multi-pulti.ru/foto/foto_art/art/artisti.jpg
http://www.multi-pulti.ru/foto/foto_art/art/snegurochka.jpg
http://www.multi-pulti.ru/foto/foto_art/art/ded_moroz1.jpg
http://www.mpc-music.net/photo_web/ded_moroz/ded_moroz_02.jpg
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