To: Bridge Player who wrote (152301 ) 12/22/2005 11:19:53 AM From: ManyMoose Respond to of 793914 >For Our Democratic Friends: > >"Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, our best wishes for >an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, >non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, >practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion >of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the >religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice >not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. We also wish you a >fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated >recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2006, but >not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose >contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that >America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America >in the Western Hemisphere. And without regard to the race, creed, color, >age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee. >By accepting these greetings you are accepting these terms. This greeting is >subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no >alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to >actually implement any of the wishes for herself or himself or others, and >is void where prohibited by law and is revocable at the sole discretion of >the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual >application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance >of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is >limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole >discretion of the wisher." > > > >For Our Republican Friends: > >Here's wishing all of You a > >Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year > > > >