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Kossack Christmas

11:40 AM, Dec 10, 2007 • By MICHAEL GOLDFARB
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Yesterday, one of the new "contributing editors" to the Daily Kos managed an impressive feat--wrapping just about every left-wing talking point into a holiday post. The author, blogging under the pretentious moniker Scout Finch, writes:

We don't seem to have very many snowy white Christmas' in my neck of the woods these days. Global warming's impact can be felt far and wide. The unusually balmy December weather cannot be ignored and it has me thinking more and more of a green Christmas this year.

It all started the day after Halloween on a visit to the grocery store. I strolled through the aisles collecting my groceries, when all of the sudden I heard them.....the jing-jing-jingle bells of holiday Muzak. NOOOOO! It's too early. The Halloween candy is still on the shelves. At that moment I felt a sudden dread in my heart. For the first time in my life, I was dreading the holidays. With everything from gas to milk skyrocketing over the last few years and our wages staying stagnant, the turkey isn't going to be the only lean part of our holiday this season.

First off, few bloggers have the gall to complain about "stagnant" wages--newsflash: blogging doesn't pay well. So I went to check out Ms. Finch's bio, where she proclaims that "In 2007, she broke free of her corporate shackles and vowed never to return." You think that might have something to do with the stagnant wages? And that unusually balmy December weather? Well Finch's bio has her living in Kansas City, which saw a high of 20 degrees yesterday--only 22 degrees below average for this time of year.

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