madrchsod
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Tue Oct-25-05 07:15 PM
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fitzmas is over 150,000 entries on google |
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and it all started here.....
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SpiralHawk
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Tue Oct-25-05 07:17 PM
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1. The Cultural Inevitability of Fitzmas |
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(I've posted this on other threads, but this one seems appropriate, too).
Well unless someone comes forward with a usage of 'Fitzmas' earlier than Oct. 6, I suppose I will be credited as the person who coined the term. On that basis, I'd like to weigh in on the Fitzmas brouhaha.
The term 'Fitzmas' emerged on a whim, to elaborate on a thought suggested in an Oct. 6 thread by Seemslikeadream. That's all it was -- a quickie whim.
But somehow the thing developed legs. On its own. People picked it up and started using it until it became a meme or possibly even an anti-meme. They just seemed to like it and repeat and repeat and repeat it. It developed a life of its own because a lot of people found some level of resonance in it. In this perhaps there is a factor of Cultural Inevitability. Folks are looking for a way to blow off steam about how BushCo and the Republicans have VIOLATED the trust of the voters -- in oh so many ways. Fitzmas, I feel, somehow came to represent the HOPE that the violations would soon be remedied -- a cause for jubilation.
As for me, I don't care too passionately much about the term 'Fitzmas." I found it amusing on one level, but it is not my nature to dwell in the state of Schadefruede -- taking pleasure from the problems of others. I feel that's basically an unhealthy soul state.
What I am interested in -- like most DUers -- is in something far more substantial than a cute word, or a few days of celebration over indictments. Indictments, in my view, will just be the start of a process of profound upheaval in the USA. Out of all of this process I want justice. I want truth. I want my country and my democracy back. That's what is important. That's what I'd like to celebrate: Truthmas or Justicemas or even Democracymas. Bring it on.
"Fitzmas" as a term, or a meme, is likely to recede into the cyber archives of history in a big hurry, maybe as soon as next week. Toodle Oooo. Goodbye.
We have work to do. Justice. Truth. Democracy.
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Tue Oct-25-05 07:26 PM
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4. missed your other posts |
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and respect your statements and the last sentence puts everything into perspective
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Tue Oct-25-05 07:18 PM
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2. yay. yah yah yooh. I want a stocking full of indict-mints this fmas. |
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Tue Oct-25-05 07:20 PM
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3. Hmmm. fitzmas.com has been registeredsince mid June. |
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Tue Oct-25-05 07:29 PM
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Who could be behind this? The BushCo Cronies & Cabal seeking to profit from their own downfall?
Dastardly.
Totally dastardly.
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Tue Oct-25-05 07:56 PM
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6. LOL I just checkout fitzmas.com |
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This poor family is going to have a lot of strange visitors.
Please be respectful of their family privacy. This is apparently just a TWIST OF FATE --
FITZMAS - the gathering of the Clan
WELCOME TO FITZMAS! The official website of the Fitzgerald Family reunions.
STAY TUNED... ...and watch your emails for exiting news about this site, including a blog, a mailing list, and lots more!
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Tue Oct-25-05 08:18 PM
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Tue Oct-25-05 08:19 PM
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8. I thought david brooks said that no one cared? |
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