Not Your Sweetie

Birdbrain Droppings


The tree will be decorated with 400 birds native to the United States, making it the centerpiece of this year's official White House
theme — "all creatures, great and small."

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"Families around the United States are comforted and amused by the animals that they get to watch out in nature, like bird
watching, or that they live with in their own homes, their own pets," Mrs. Bush told reporters at a ceremony on the North Portico of
the White House.
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"Our animals have been a great source of comfort to us since Sept. 11, 2001," she said. "They are a great amusement and
distraction, but also they make the White House home for us." All three pets went to the Bush ranch in Crawford, Texas for the
Thanksgiving weekend.
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While Mrs. Bush spoke, anti-war demonstrators pounded drums just outside the gate. She did not acknowledge the protesters,
though the sound rumbled across the North Lawn throughout her remarks.

Mark Morford treatment of the News Story:

The tree will be decorated with 400
birds native to the US, making it the centerpiece of this year's
official White House theme -- "all creatures, great and small," as the
press announcement read. "Except for you filthy immigrants and poor
minorities and Godless progressive bastards and evil evildoers and
independent women and freaky scary gay people and environmentalists and
vegetarians," it was clearly implied. "I love Christmas it is my
favorite time of year yes very special to me and George please OK
good," Laura might've droned in a very odd monotone, eyes wide and
unblinking, head tilted just slightly to the side, a strange grin
shellacked to her face, as Dick "Lipless" Cheney stood nearby, snorting
and snickering and apparently working a small black remote-control
device in his pale scaly hands.