Halloween is over. Next up we have Thanksgiving, then children of many belief systems and worldviews are going to start waiting for Christmas - not as Christ's birthday (which probably wasn't in December anyway) but as Santa Claus Day, with gifts and toys and candy.
It's a specific "holiday" right now, however. November second. Not a religious, pseudo-religious or ethnic holiday, but...election day. (Some of my very lucky friends have Election Day off from school.) My friends who are 18+, my parents and people across the country have marched off to vote (except for The Friz, whose application apparently didn't go through). My geography professor, a self-proclaimed politics junkie, is having a contest to see who can guess that party makeup of the House and Senate after the election. Everyone is getting excited about California Proposition 19, even people on the East Coast.
And someone attends an anti-Tea Party rally on the thirtieth of Oct. and brings a sign that says "Obama = Keynsian?" A Keynsian is someone who follows the policies of 20th century British economist John Maynard Keynes. NOT a Kenyan. The stimulus bill was a classic example of Keynsian economics. And this person also brought a video camera.
I especially enjoyed the woman getting all worked up about these insidious liars who would dare suggest such a thing.
It's a specific "holiday" right now, however. November second. Not a religious, pseudo-religious or ethnic holiday, but...election day. (Some of my very lucky friends have Election Day off from school.) My friends who are 18+, my parents and people across the country have marched off to vote (except for The Friz, whose application apparently didn't go through). My geography professor, a self-proclaimed politics junkie, is having a contest to see who can guess that party makeup of the House and Senate after the election. Everyone is getting excited about California Proposition 19, even people on the East Coast.
And someone attends an anti-Tea Party rally on the thirtieth of Oct. and brings a sign that says "Obama = Keynsian?" A Keynsian is someone who follows the policies of 20th century British economist John Maynard Keynes. NOT a Kenyan. The stimulus bill was a classic example of Keynsian economics. And this person also brought a video camera.
I especially enjoyed the woman getting all worked up about these insidious liars who would dare suggest such a thing.
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