Ben Stein
Freida, over at Deer Mountain Wood Art has this posted on her blog. I assertive to copy it here instead of just linking to it, so maybe everyone can read it.
Please feel free to pass it on.
The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.
My confession :
I am a Jew, and every separate one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees. I don't want threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are: Christmas trees.
It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't judge devise they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this cheerful time of year.. It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach contain in Malibu . If people want a crèche, it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.
I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't regard as Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, epoch. I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat.
Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the feeling come from that we should worship celebrities and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where these celebrities came from and where the America we knew went to.
In incandescent of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it's not funny, it's intended...
Read more... Treasure Chest!
Naomi needed a treasure chest for her art gallery anyhow, so I built one for her out of wood I had lying around. The sides are from planks that I planed to make them straight. The rest is 4" t&g pine that is by used for walls, that my neighbour gave me years ago.
The front needs some sort of latch still. I just happened to have some hinges still in the workshop, so that was chilled :)
Source: Nico
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Guiuan's treasure chest of history, natural wonders
Inquirer.net - Jun 10, 2011
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Heaven on earth
Malaysia Star - Jun 25, 2011
It stretches across the titanic ocean surface like a glittering collection of 1200 emeralds rising from an oceanic treasure chest. “A geological aberration nestled in the middle of the Indian Ocean, the Maldives are a series of ancient coral reefs that
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Guitar book mixes art, science and storytelling — and links Guelph to the world
Guelph Mercury - Jun 22, 2011
GUELPH — See in the mind's eye a kind of treasure map with lines leading from a number of points around the globe, all merging at an epicenter where a handmade guitar acts as a well-disposed treasure chest. That is one way to describe the concept behind an extraordinary new
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Onstage & Onscreen
Napa Valley Register - Jun 23, 2011
Onstage & OnscreenRated R. (1H 43M) The Robert Louis Stevenson Silverado Museum, 1490 Library Lane, and Cameo Cinema are co-sponsoring a treasure chest full of activities inspired by the latest “Pirates of the Caribbean” issue. On Friday, July 8, “Pirates of the
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Sign stolen
Barry's Bay This Week - Jun 24, 2011
The bring aboard assign outside Krispy's Treasure Chest in Barry's Bay was stolen over the weekend (between Saturday at 5 pm and Sunday at 8 pm). The sign is made of concentrated wood, with carved out detailing saying "Krispy's Treasue Chest". It is painted yellow on both
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Trash or treasure? Bidders flock to storage auction
News10.net - Jun 24, 2011
MCCLELLAN, CA - For as small-minded as $200 you can buy the contents of a large wooden crate, but you have to take the trash along with the treasures. Pacific Storage, the local agent for Bekins Van Lines, sold the contents of 140 crates in a day-protracted and more »
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Priceless photo album plucked from the garbage still seeks a home
West Yellowstone News - Feb 07, 5066
He added with a sniggering that the dump was also a treasure chest. "Sometimes people would come back with as much as you hauled out there. That's the way it was back in those days. You dumped your garbage and looked around to see if there were any
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Post Office launches new stamps at Festival
Artslink.co.za News (press release) - Jun 21, 2011
This first move by the Post Office solidifies attempts to boost awareness about a rich treasure chest of African culture”, says Red-letter day Director Ismail Mahomed. South African artist Hein Botha, who designed the stamps, will heed the Festival this and more »
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Innovative publishers explore artistic possibilities of printed books
San Jose Mercury News - Jun 04, 2011
The labour is an open treasure chest containing an accordion foldout book with Gómez-Peña's performance texts and Rice's basso-rilievo 'low relief' prints, an altar and a cabinet of curiosities whose contents include Mexican wrestling masks and ritual objects. and more »
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Stop, shop and stroll
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Feb 07, 6648
You can find right-minded about anything there, including glassware, pocket watches and tools such as wood planers. A few doors down at 220 Water St. is LB Antiques, specializing in stone 'n' roll records and vintage advertising. New to town is Treasure Chest
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