From: Travis Subject: Caglepost: Christmas In New York Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008,
[image: THE CAGLE POST] <http://caglepost.com/> Would you like to reprint our cartoons on your site or in your publication? It's easy! Visit us here <http://politicalcartoons.com/>. * <http://caglepost.com/ticker.aspx>* Cartoon by Jeff Parker<http://cagle.com/politicalcartoons/PCcartoons/parker.asp> Comment on the cartoon<http://caglepost.com/cartoon.aspx?id=719AD943-D41F-47CD-9708-A9D175ACF924> We have a great collection of cartoons called "Christmas" LOOK!<http://cagle.com/news/Christmas08> *Christmas in New York: Merry And Muscular*<http://www.caglepost.com/column/Garrison+Keillor/8845/Christmas+In+New+York+Merry+And+Muscular.html> by Garrison Keillor <http://www.caglepost.com/c/41/Garrison+Keillor.html> - Comment on the column<http://www.caglepost.com/column/Garrison+Keillor/8845/Christmas+In+New+York+Merry+And+Muscular.html> The Christmas tree in Rice Park in St. Paul is taller than the tree at Rockefeller Center in New York, 90 feet compared to 72, but New York's is the Tree de la Tree, the Tree Iconic, the one that you'll see on national TV, just as the Tonys get the attention even though there's better theater out in the hinterlands than most of the gilded schlock on Broadway. And it's the New York Times whose imprimatur you want on your book, movie, CD, TV show, dill pickles, your child's science project, the sweater you knit for your sister, and so forth. It is the National Good Taste Stamp of Quality, issued by wizened gnomes on Eighth Avenue. We who live out in the frozen cornfields of the Midwest understand this very well and we don't mind. We are a modest people with much to be modest about, self-effacing, anxious to efface ourselves and not wait for others to do the job. We could, if we chose to, despise New York, especially if we thought about former Mayor Giuliani's curled-lip, bared-teeth speech at the 2008 Republican convention, sneering at Barack Obama as a city slicker. But we do not think about that. We admire New Yorkers for many, many things, for their excellent transit system that gives you close encounters with interesting individuals, their handy street-corner hot dogs, and also their ability to express personal preference, which we dirt farmers lost a long time ago. It was frowned out of us when we were children. It seems so simple -- say what you want, say what you think -- but we gave up the ability in order to be unselfish and sociable and not be monsters, and so if we're asked what we want to do, we say, "Hey. Whatever you want. Makes no difference. Suit yourself.... *READ MORE<http://www.caglepost.com/column/Garrison+Keillor/8845/Christmas+In+New+York+Merry+And+Muscular.html> * *OUR NEW BOOK IS OUT! * <http://caglebook.com/> Follow Daryl each day on Twitter at: twitter.com/dcagle<http://twitter.com/dcagle> [image: Visit the newest cartoons by all of our cartoonists!]<http://caglepost.com/ticker.aspx> ------------------------------ *TO UNSUBSCRIBE (Do Not Reply): email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or CLICK HERE<http://list.caglepost.com/unsubscribe.aspx> . Copyright Cagle Cartoons Inc, Columns and cartoons copyright the respective cartoonists and columnists. All Rights Reserved.* -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
