Tom's Take...

... On the Spirit of Xmas · 2005-11-26

The day after Thanksgiving traditionally marks the beginning of the holiday season. But things have changed. Christmas used to celebrate the birth of god’s son. And not it has somehow morphed into some reclusive fat guy who hangs out with little people in his secret land of make believe. Kinda like Michael Jackson with a gland problem.

The abundant spirit of giving undoubtedly remains with us all for at least as long as the turkey left-overs right? And yet, just a few hours after we gathered with our families to celebrate our thankfulness some people rushed down to their local Wal-Mart and shoved, kicked, stomped, and trampled over our their neighbors. For what? All to get a good deal on a plasma TV.

Now Xmas can mean not only the smell of chestnuts roasting on an open fire but also pepper spray and mace.

Happy Holidays and Season’s Beatings!!

... On Xmas Cards · 2005-11-14

Yes it seems to be that time of year again. Where I am inundated with pictures of kids I don’t really care about propped up next to the family dog with xmas shwag stuck to its head. I just don’t get the purpose of putting the date in the upper right-hand corner.

Do people think I am saving these? Like I have some filing cabinet in my house.

“Hey Tom what do you keep in there?”
“Oh that? That my friend is the Xmas card archives!! Do you wanna see what the Lampone’s had to say back in ’97?
Look here they wrote… ‘Dear Tom—Love the Lampone’s”

Pretty touching isn’t it?

... On Harriet Miers · 2005-10-26

George Bush has said that he chose Harriet Miers in part because of her religious beliefs. Which is fine. I think it is good that she has some old school spirituality to match that old school hairdo. The problem is that I read the love letters she wrote to “W” when he was governor of TX … and she thinks that HE is effing god!

The other problem is that her prior experience comes as head of the State Lottery Commission. Doesn’t he know that the Supreme Court is a big deal? Having someone with intimate knowledge of ‘scratch-it’ tickets doesnt make them qualified to overturn Roe v Wade.

But this is the same guy who chose a FEMA Director whose prior experience was running the Arabian Horse Association and the woman in charge of Islamic Affairs is a white 40 year old housewife from Texas. He has to be able to identify more qualified people than this? His gardener may end up in charge of the EPA and the pool boy at the Coast Guard.