Republican congressman for OK demands Christmas tree be killed.

NNadir

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Mon Dec-05-05 07:55 PM
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Republican congressman for OK demands Christmas tree be killed.

In spite of the hard work of conservative Ralph Reed - Christian Gambling Promoter - to promote the interests of gamblers - a Repuke from OK had demanded a Christmas tree decorated by students be removed, since it was decorated with gambling icons.

OKLAHOMA CITY - A Christmas tree that elementary school students decorated with discarded lottery tickets was removed from the state Capitol over the weekend after a lawmaker complained it was inappropriate.

Rep. Randy Terrill, who opposes the lottery, said he spotted the tree on Wednesday when it was erected as part of the governor's annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. The Republican lawmaker called the Westwood Elementary School principal, who apologized and asked the governor's office to remove the tree.

Sherry Fair, spokeswoman for Oklahoma City Public Schools, said the teachers and children did not intend to offend anyone. The teachers went to various convenience stores and got used lottery tickets, which were cut into various geometric shapes and placed on the tree.

"They had been studying about the lottery and understood that the lottery money benefits public schools," Fair said. "They came up with a theme about the gift of education."

As always, Repukes put politics above Christmas. They are, in fact, trying to kill Christmas, the Grinchian fiends.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051205/ap_on_re_us/lotto_tree_removed

The only Congressman to have won the lottery is, predictably, a Republican.

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proud2BlibKansan

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Mon Dec-05-05 08:01 PM
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1. Those poor kids

This sounds like a darling idea.

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Jella

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Mon Dec-05-05 08:03 PM
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2. Thanks.... now that is funny.

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KamaAina

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Mon Dec-05-05 08:04 PM
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3. Make those godless pinko Democraps stop attacking Christmas!

oh, wait a minute, I see now this was a gawd-fearing, upstanding repuke -- never mind. :sarcasm:

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Mon Dec-05-05 08:11 PM
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4. You can't make this stuff up.

Only in America.

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NNadir

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Mon Dec-05-05 08:16 PM
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5. You can't. I would have never made up the Bush administration.

I cannot believe any of this is happening in my country.

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Mon Dec-05-05 08:20 PM
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6. Maybe it will inspire those kids to do a little research into just how

much lottery money actually makes it to the schools.

:think:

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NNadir

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Mon Dec-05-05 08:37 PM
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7. I don't know about OK, but in New Jersey, the lottery is the 4th largest

source of State Revenue, after Income, Sales and Property taxes.

http://www.njlottery.net/general/4-1_history.htm

Many say that the lottery is a regressive tax, and maybe they are right, but it is a voluntary tax. No one is compelled to buy a lottery ticket, ever.

The Repukes, of course, say they are against gambling - even though people like Ralph Reed and Tom Delay work for and are paid by gamblers, but they also say they are against the destruction of the United States.

Moral policing of gambling - not likely to happen in any case - will not stop gambling. It will only change the people who profit by it. When I was a kid, the people who ran the numbers game were all mobsters. Now the game is run by the state - a less than morally pristine circumstance maybe - but better, I think, than having the affair run by the Gotti family.

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