Quote of the Day; Meanwhile Actions Speak Louder Than Words -- Anti-Gun Pol Arrested For Trying To Carry Gun Unto Plane

Here we go again:

"It is not a tradition to call it a Christmas tree." -- to paraphrase Lincoln Chafee, Governor, Rhode Island, December 6, 2012

Gov. Lincoln Chafee (I-R.I.) told CNSNews.com on Wednesday that his administration calls the decorated evergreen tree erected in the Rhode Island State House in December a “holiday tree”--rather than a "Christmas tree"--because that is what the tree is traditionally called. 

Oh, really? 

Google "holiday tree" and the first wiki hit is: "controversy.

Google "holiday tree" and the first wiki hit is all about the tradition.

Cue up Connie Francis.

I can't make this stuff up. When I was growing up, we always called it a Christmas tree.

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Meanwhile, the hypocrisy of it all:

Today's arrest of Illinois State Sen. Donne Trotter by authorities at O'Hare International Airport for having a gun in his carry-on bag is a revealing look at the hypocrisy of anti-gunners, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Trotter was arrested at a security checkpoint early this morning. A candidate for the 2nd Congressional District seat vacated recently by Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., Trotter had a .25-caliber Beretta semiautomatic pistol in his bag.

The Chicago Tribune said Trotter told police he worked late last night as a security guard and didn't realize the pistol was in his bag. [Wow,  how many times have I had heard that?}

"Trotter is a South Side Democrat and he was a leader in the move to ban so-called 'assault weapons' during his first term as a state representative," noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb.

"A man who favored banning firearms for thousands of his fellow Illinois residents shouldn't even have a gun, much less be packing one illegally into an airport."

Trotter has reportedly been charged with one count of attempting to board an airplane with a weapon, which is a Class 4 felony.

Illinois State Senator. Night security guard. Anti-gun. Class 4 felony.

Where's Bob Costas?

I can't make this stuff up.