Name:   lotowner - Subject:   Strange Fact in 2011 Date:   12/31/2010 2:13:48 PM

In the coming New Year, both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union address will occur on the same day. It is an ironic juxtaposition of events:

One involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to an insignificant creature of little intelligence for prognostication, while the other involves a groundhog.