The yin and yang of birthdays
By Libby
You would have thought there would have been more press coverage of the big event. I found out from Shaun Mullen that yesterday was George W's birthday. I was working so maybe I missed it but you would have thought someone would have done a major puff piece on what kind of cake our Feckless Leader enjoyed or what Laura got him for a present. Heck, I distinctly remember seeing coverage on her birthday. Maybe the press doesn't want to remind us that the Great Decider lives in our midst.
I can relate to Shaun's post though on the karmic implications of Bush and the Dalai Lama sharing the same birthday. What greater disparity can one find than that between a man called His Holiness and our own unholy Christian "warrior?" I'm often bemused by such thoughts when I ponder the meaning of my own life.
You see, I share a birthday with Richard Nixon and while no one has ever referred to me as Her Holiness, there certainly was as wide a gulf between our belief systems. I think it might partly be the universe's system of checks and balances, but more probably just the cosmos' wry sense of humor.
[Thanks to Pamela Leavey for the link.]
You would have thought there would have been more press coverage of the big event. I found out from Shaun Mullen that yesterday was George W's birthday. I was working so maybe I missed it but you would have thought someone would have done a major puff piece on what kind of cake our Feckless Leader enjoyed or what Laura got him for a present. Heck, I distinctly remember seeing coverage on her birthday. Maybe the press doesn't want to remind us that the Great Decider lives in our midst.
I can relate to Shaun's post though on the karmic implications of Bush and the Dalai Lama sharing the same birthday. What greater disparity can one find than that between a man called His Holiness and our own unholy Christian "warrior?" I'm often bemused by such thoughts when I ponder the meaning of my own life.
You see, I share a birthday with Richard Nixon and while no one has ever referred to me as Her Holiness, there certainly was as wide a gulf between our belief systems. I think it might partly be the universe's system of checks and balances, but more probably just the cosmos' wry sense of humor.
[Thanks to Pamela Leavey for the link.]
Labels: my life
posted by Libby Spencer at 4:44 PM
4 Comments:
Great post Libby!
Thanks Pam.
Both of these men share a July birthdate, but the Dalai Lama was born in the Chinese Year of the Boar/Pig. Bush was born one year earlier in the Dog year. Different traits.
And, of course, one of them had Barbara Bush for a mother....;o)
LOL anon. Good point.
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