Open Thread – Twelve Days of Christmas
Last year I had fun rewriting the Twelve Days of Christmas with Palinized lyrics. This year, the tradition continues. You can once again imagine the Mudflats choir congregating in town square, everything covered with frost and the new Mark Begich LED lights twinkling in the trees giving everything a money-saving blueish glow. There they are, with their red apple cheeks and cold noses, breath turning to steam waiting to begin.
They’ll be out here for twelve nights, delivering you a new verse each night and finishing up on Christmas Eve. Feel free to sing along.
2 more ethics probes
3 additional lies
4 public appearances
and a brand new “fact filled book’
6 former friends she is dissing
7 fabicated accounts
8 things she is quitting
9 new qardrobes
10 twisting of truth
11 mangled sentences
and 12 needed doses of tums!
lol…thanks for a laugh on a Monday
Gosh, has it been a year already?
ah….love the choice of characters for day 1.
Thanks for a fun way to wake up!
Alice expressed it perfectly! Thank you for a great way to start a Monday. Smiling is good!
Perfect way to start a Monday morning! Keep the faith and be strong…..Happy Monday fellow Mudflatters!
Just saw this on The Daily Beast…McCain’s latest shameful act:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-12-12/the-gops-new-health-care-hoax/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsR1
Ohhhh – this is going to be fun!
Cuteness Alert! You’re gonna love it. : )
Bo Obama gives Oprah a high five at the White House!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/14/christmas-at-the-white-ho_n_390618.html
I hereby submit the following for the biggest “Brian” award.
http://i.imgur.com/EPZDN.jpg
@austintx
We were in Maine many years ago and a HUGE moose walked out of the woods and crossed the road right in front on us. I swear he blocked out the sun he was that big! I’ll never forget that sight.
I’m going to have the 12 Days song running through my head for hours now and I keep re-writing the lines which makes me then start over. argh!!!
Austintx @10- that is surreal ! Didn’t realize they got so big.
LiladyNY – that Bo clip is too adorable. What a gorgeous pup he is. I want one !
Not sure what’s up with Bflo weather but it’s downright mild out there today. Supposed to be in the 40s.
Just realized there’s only 10 days till Christmas and I’ve not shopped at all other than to send my Mudflats gift swap and I did that over the phone. The Mudflats Christmoose shopping catalog thread of yesterday might be my saving grace! Oh , and thanks for the reminder to use the amazon link from this site in order to earn commission for AKM.
Happy Monday !
@10….. Yikes. That is unreal.
Give her a few steaming piles of road apples, amish style.
@OMG…I wish we could somehow make all those people like mccain, palin for trig, all the Congress who are already collecting Medi-care & Social Security (for themselves or their parents) GIVE IT BACK!!!! or shut up and help us pass this for the “other” people…the little people…the American people!!!! I’m sick of the hypocrisy…the not-looking-in-the-mirror-before-I-complain-and obstruct attitude!
There exists a band named The Road Apples.
Let’s send them the Face of the Day t-shirt, austin.
sauerkraut –
Here is their site.
http://theroadapples.net/fr_index.cfm
Oh , and I did come up with some pics. of “road apples”. But alas , this being a PG-13 , family oriented place , I’ll leave it to you to conjure up the visual……..
Today, I’m going to concentrate on a real celebrity who not only has talent, but is pretty humble about it. She is a beautiful woman. Susan Boyle.
http://www.susanboylemusic.com/us/
Now here is a celebrity!
Have you heard about the young African-American who learned to sing from his Japanese grandmother, I think he is from PA. His dream was to go to Japan and sing one day. His grandmother passed away before seeing him become a Japanese hit. His name is Jerome, the Japanese call him Jero.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1513019/jero_the_first_black_enka_singer/
how about redacted emails for the first day of Christmas?
This is fun.
Jero has a great voice. Hope he comes here too. Thanks for the link.
@20…..ahhhhh Susan Boyle. I am so happy for her. Hearing her story about how people were so cruel to her growing up (probably outwardly pretty people like Palin), I really came to admire her. She had a tough childhood, but look at her now. It’s such an uplifing story.
HMMMM.
we do everything “12 days of christmas” in our house this time of year.
that means every inch of space is covered with my humongous collections of anything 12 days. hubby gave up trying to stop this madness years ago.
and ebay is definitly an enabler is this compulsion.
this all leads up to one itty bitty complaint re the topic of this thread, mz akm.
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS DOES NOT START UNTIL THE 25TH.
(there. i feel better)
Yes, I know. The thought is that we ought to have all the lyrics completed and printed out for our guests on Christmas Eve and ready to enjoy. And let’s face it… By January 5th, the spirit has waned a little… I hope I am forgiven. AKM
is this compulsion= in this compulsion
Susan Boyle is a beautiful person with a God given talent unlike Sarah. Sarah’s talent is sniping at her enemies and throwing people she has used up under the bus. Oops, not a talent just her mean-spirited, vindictive personality trait.
Please check out the most favorable review of Going Rogue – found helpful by nearly 6,000 or the 7,000 or so who’ve read it. After being viewed by Mudpuppies, I’m sure that number will climb. Really. Cheers to all.
http://www.amazon.com/review/R35WSCBIWF503D/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#R35WSCBIWF503D
It is too bad that in this country we have been trained to think of “character” and “personality” (and this includes public persona) as the same thing. People with wonderful personalities that engender trust and adoration can have terrible characters. They take others in, and that’s how they end up rich, or able to abuse others in some way. Kids need to be taught the difference.
This is how so many congresspeople are able to dupe others into thinking that they’re serving the nation when they’re serving themselves.
Jesus referred to such as “wolves in sheep’s clothing.” I see some interesting parallels there.
If Sarah has a talent that would be “winking”. lol
Fawnskin, we can’t POSSIBLY wait until AFTER Christmas to get all those gifts. I mean, just a partridge in a pear tree on Christmas Day? How disappointing.
But yes, I see your point.
Also, the 21st century didn’t start until January 1st, 2001. That was my big gripe.
BD, can you spare time this T,W or TH? I’ll drive up to meet if you can. Can’t do forum from phone but can when am back later today.
tnx, Evelyn. We do need to keep this one on top.
Reading the review by Fuzzy Jaye, here’s a gem from the end:
“obviously she does connect with some, but I found her voice to be whiney, rather snarky, and paranoid, with an inability to listen well to others. In the end, OMG, she’s no rogue, she is just like us! So, to her fans, call me all the names you want, I just don’t see what you see. These qualities make her neither hero nor a villain, they just make her common. ”
Oooo, “common!” Jaye scores and draws blood with a classic sneer. New t-shirt for palinbots:
“I’m not a commoner, I’m just common!” [insert stupid Beavis & Butthead joke here]
call to action mudpups…….Rep. Tom Harkin (d) Iowa is considering re-introducing a bill to kill filibuster. I just wrote him saying I thought it was an excellent idea and to please go for it.
I am so sick and tired of Liberman’s crapola and the Republican party of NO dragging their feet on EVERYTHING this administration is trying to do. The American public overwhelmingly voted President Obama in and we WANT to see his campaign promises to us fulfilled asap.
And Scarah can just STFU, I’m sick of her too, way sick of her BS.
here is Rep. Harkins email, let him know if you think this is a good idea.
http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/300051_Thomas_Harkin
here is pathetic Liberman when he was against filibuster, before he was for it, as in right now. He needs to go.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/14/tom-harkin-to-introduce-l_n_391188.html
Lieberman Flip-flops on Medicare
Need evidence that Joe Lieberman is trying to kill health-care reform? Just three months ago, Lieberman wrote in support of a Medicare buy-in for people over the age of 55—the same provision that he now says has led him to join a Republican filibuster of the health-care bill. In a September interview with the Connecticut Post, Lieberman suggested a Medicare buy-in as an alternative to the public option. The Post summarized, “By allowing citizens who are not eligible for Medicare or Medicaid to buy in for a rate below the private market, the government can extend coverage to more of those who are currently uninsured, he said.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/?cid=hp:cheatsheet3#cheatrow_11940
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/12/tea-partiers-to-stage-die-in-at-senate-offices-tomorrow.php?ref=dcblt
Teabaggers planning ‘die-ins’ at Senate offices tomorrow. Surely they’ll get coverage they don’t deserve.
Always working against their own best interests!!
Yesterday Senator Joe Lieberman pledged to vote against the current health care bill. This should surprise no one; his intent has been to kill the bill from day one.
What should surprise you is that donations to find a cure for cancer are paying the salary of Hadassah Lieberman, wife of Joe and former employee of the insurance and pharmaceutical lobbying complex.
We’re calling on Susan G. Komen for the Cure and its celebrity endorsers to remove Hadassah Lieberman as a compensated “Global Ambassador.” Will you join us?
Click here to sign our letter:
http://action.firedoglake.com/hadassahfdl
What! No S’error!! SPalin wasn’t invited to the Important Dinner for Women????!!
I’m shocked.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/24/important-dinner-for-wome_n_298482.html
**Snark**
@ #25 fawnskin mudpuppy says: THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS DOES NOT START UNTIL THE 25TH. (there. i feel better)…
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Actually, it starts on the Winter Solstice, approximately December 21st, and runs through January 1st. Just in case you wanted to know.
how strange, bretta…
that is the very first time i’ve ever heard of that. and i have over 200 books re the 12 days. we usually have a jan 6th (or thereabouts) party just to extend the celebration of the holidays.
traditionally this is the story of the 12 days:
http://www.12days.com/faq.htm
can you tell me where you got your info so that i can add it to my findings?
But you must include the tea bag, in some way or another.
Loose leaf tea is just tooooo Lady Bracknell-ish.
Besides, never pass up the chance at a really agonizingly painful double entendre if it comes your way.
And if you don’t want to go as far as being possibly risque, just think how utterly ridiculous adults look with flow through tea bags hanging from their hats.
37 MadCity Chick Says:
December 14th, 2009 at 10:42 AM
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/12/tea-partiers-to-stage-die-in-at-senate-offices-tomorrow.php?ref=dcblt
Why aren’t they holding a die in where it is most realistic – an ER?
And no I am not anti ERs, quite the contrary, but many are understaffed and none was ever intented to be a family physician for the under and uninsured.
yep, marnie i know what you mean… “just think how utterly ridiculous adults look with flow through tea bags hanging from their hats”.
been there, done that
I see the ADN has shut down comments on ‘quitty pants’ stories. I wonder why?
Probably because the Monster has returned to Alaska, and is threatening the “so-called” journalist* over at the ADN to quit allowing “the people” to speak.
*in honor of Palin’s “so-called” scientists comments. Don’t forget, that snark came from a woman who mocked fruit fly research. Gawd, she is dumb.
OMG ! Someone put a bullet in my head right now.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Tea_Party_event_coming_to_SA.html
“A group promoting the national Tea Party movement has announced San Antonio will be the site of a national symposium featuring former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, television host Sean Hannity and other conservative speakers.
Tea Party Support announced this afternoon that the event, billed as the National Conservative Symposium, will be held Jan. 22-24 at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa.
Other key speakers slated for the event include conservative blogger and television commentator Michelle Malkin, and radio and television analyst Laura Ingraham. Political pundit Kevin Jackson will be the event’s emcee.”
It’s only 5 minutes from my house.
Boots on the Ground?
AKM
41 Fawnskin Mudpuppy, I’m happy to oblige!
The movements of the Sun and Moon have many celebrated days throughout the year, including two solstices and two equinoxes, with eight cross-quarters spaced approximately six or seven weeks apart (40 days) as well as thirteen full moons. We know some of these days as Ground Hog Day (Feb 2nd), the Vernal Equinox March 20th, May Day (May 1st), Summer Solstice June 21, Midsummer’s Day (Aug 2), All Saints Day (Nov 1st w/ Halloween) then Winter Solsctice, December 21st.
So the Twelve Days of Christmas fit a pattern of ancient human observances and holy days:
The Sun, from the Point of View of an observer on Earth, appears to stand still during the period nearing December 21st then appears to start its forward motion again about January 1st (New Year’s Day).
The fact that one religion has placed the birth and circumcision of their primary icon on that annual pattern (Dec 25-Jan6) speaks to me how deeply it is known in human consciousness. I think the story of the Fisher King is part of the Twelve Days lore, in which a person from the community is chosen, by the luck of finding beans in a cake, to have free rein, to be lauded and honored during the 12-day winter celebration, then at the end becomes the sacrificial lamb by which the community purges its sins by his death.
There are similar sacrifice myths for the Summer Solstice (Wicker Man) and Midsummer’s Day (Burning Man, i.e., Straw Man). The Holly King is born at Summer Solstice and is usurped at Winter Solstice by the birth of the Oak King, who then dies being choked off by holly in the summer, and so on.
I have more ideas and kings for the dates named, but maybe this is enough for now – thank you so much for asking!
Happy Yuletide,
Bretta
we’re here, bonsai. we’re here.
hugs.
oh, bretta…
what a wonderful sharing.
now you should write a short “alternative” book about that interpretation of the 12 days.
and i get a signed copy.
http://boldprogressives.org/majorityvote?source=e5_fin
Help me!! and in the process, help yourselves!
Petition to remove LIEberman from his power position.
What’s that they say about great minds? New post up about Lieberman! AKM
Fawnskin, (((blush))) Why, thank you.
And we thought Palin was doing some fancy hiding of emails.
22 MILLION missing emails from the Bush admin have been uncovered, so says 2 non-profits : http://bit.ly/6Y1EPB
austin @19 – if I wanna look at some road apples, all I gotta do is look out by my mailbox. Get a new pile there nearly everyday. Someday, I’m gonna name one of them after the former AK guv… “Hey, lookie there! The neighbor’s pony just dropped a fresh, steaming pile o’Sarah Palin!”
According to the Catholic lore I grew up with, the twelve days of Christmas begin on December 25 with the celebration of the birth of the Christ Child and continue to January 6, Epiphany, which marks the visit of the Magi.
“Boots on the Ground? AKM”
I’d rather have the bullet.
But I guess, for you (blush-twist toe in the dirt), I could just go and hangout, take pictures, etc.
AKM. The article reads like this is the Tea Party equivalent of “Netroots”.
Registration is $749.00 includes room, board, and training materials….
Bretta: I agree with Fawnskin. What you gave us was fascinating. I knew about the solstices and equanox, but I never heard about the rest. I’d love to have a small book with all of that.
I feel so good. I’m so tired of the commercials telling me to call Congress and tell them to vote NO on healthcare that I just called to tell them the opposite. Not that it’s going to make any difference with my pin-headed rep and senators, but at least I tried.
Oh yeah, that number to call Congress is (202) 224-3121.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/watch/?utm_campaign=homepage&utm_medium=proglist&utm_source=proglist
is the link where you can watch the fascinating PBS program, “From Jesus to Christ” in full, online. (I taped it when it was on TV; it’s a favorite.)
Health and peace, and happy holidays.
BuffaloGal -
Not sure what’s up with Bflo weather but it’s downright mild out there today. Supposed to be in the 40s.
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Got that here in Roch as well. Much warmer than expected for this time of year (around 40) but way too chilly for my poor little kiddies when we had a fire drill this afternoon. I suspect that someone in the office suddenly discovered that we hadn’t done the required minimum for the first half of the year and decided to send us all out in the mud and slush. We have uniforms for the first time this year and lots of the kids have only short sleeve shirts, so they had goosebumps on top of goosebumps!
God Dang Toby Keith is a jack-ass. He’s a sarah lover also.too.
http://www.tmz.com/2009/12/14/toby-keith-nobel%20peace-prize-racist-video-footage-asians-slant-gesture/
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/life/5-behaviors-of-manipulative-people-549848/
I do believe this describes someone that we are all familiar with here.
Well , hot damn !! Let’s see the e-mails. sarah’s also. too.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/14/missing-bush-e-mails-rest_n_391717.html
did you catch the last 5 minutes of Keith Olbermann’s rant tonight? …about conservative media complaining about not being able to voice their views, while KO named every conceivable conservative media talking head…priceless!
I noticed that palin has big ears, but didn’t notice she had two mouths.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/14/AR2009121402712.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
Last minute gifts:
http://shop.alaskamint.com/Sarah-Palin-Medallions_c112.htm
I don’t think she looks very good on these medallions. Wonder how much she gets per coin because we all know Sarah doesn’t do anything for free.
Wow – those coins are the worst I’ve ever seen – my DH is a collector – so I’ve seen a few. OMG I don’t think he would buy one & he is a Sarah fan.
http://buzz.yahoo.com/article/1:y_news:4f432aea463fe3f3b25dfe6bf9d92c19/Ill-prison-to-get-Gitmo-detainees-AP I came upon this about the gitmo detainees being moved here,you have to buzz up to get to any comments.What I am getting at is someone and maybe more than one all but asked someone to kill our president.If I knew how to screen shot that whole comment section I would and send it to the secret service,FBI ect.Yahoo will give up anyone’s IP and they state so when you sign up. People like this must be stopped before something does happen. IMO some of those commenting belong in prison with these terrorist. Can any one screen shot and send it on? I hope so .This is more than the usual blathering by the idiots from faux noise.