[RTC List] Happy Holiday Wishes from Cole Machado

[Cole Machado]

Happy Holidays!  
Happy New Year 2009! 
Happy Holidays and best wishes for the New Year! from Cole Machado
I am sorry if you got this email multiple times. Sending it as a mass email was the only way to get this to you before you wake up on Christmas morning!
 
December 25, 2008

Dear Friends & Family, 

At this special time of year I find myself
thinking of you and all the people who have been a positive influence
on my life. I just wanted to share a few thoughts with you as I
celebrate this special holiday season. While we may be far apart from each other and someone special that I care about is not with me this
Christmas season. I know we are all connected. That our lives and
friendships are not just random. We have some kind of inter-connection.
I hope this holiday season brings you lots of joy, peace, happiness,
and love. I hope you are able to spend it with those you love and care
about deeply. 

My job over the last year and my full time political volunteer work
since September have brought home a very important part of our life.
FAMILY. In my political work on the issue of Marriage Equality here in
California and my work in 2007 & 2008 on the Hillary Clinton for
President and Obama for America campaigns have shown me that someday we
will have equal rights under the law. From June until November It was
a difficult time because my partner and I were not able to get married
as we had planned doing someday. I have seen myself draw closer to my
partner as we worked together from home in 2007 and 2008. Then as he
left our home to go to the opposite coast to serve our country. It has
been difficult but I know I am in his heart. I know everything will
work out in the end.  

I want you to know that I care about you and you
are in my thoughts and prayers. As I look forward to 2009 and my work
with Join the Impact a
national grass roots LGBT educational and advocacy organization. I am
excited about the goals we have for next year. I encourage you to
follow my work on my blog at http://impacthumboldt.blogspot.com and http://www.impacthumboldt.com to see events I am organizing in my local area.  I hope you will join
with me and my partner working towards full equality for everyone in 2009. We
have so much work to do.  Now some of you may disagree with me. That is
ok. A healthy democracy must show all points of view and ideas . I just want you
to know that the holidays are an especially difficult time for me and
my family because we do not yet have full equality in our country. I
have thought about you this holiday season and how you would deal with
some of the issues I face each day. But I know we will  all survive. 

In closing here is a holiday message I shared with some of you back in 2006. 

For My 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
generally accepted calendar year 2009, 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 wishes.
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 My Republican Friends:

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
 ____________________________________________________________
¸..·*´¨¨~-:¦:-
¸.·´ ..·´¨¨))
((¸¸.·´ ..·´ *-:¦:- Cole J. Machado-:¦:-
-:¦:- ((¸¸.·´* Read my blog at www.colemachado.com
Phone: 707-442-5555 Fax: 612-545-3509
EMAIL: cole.machado at yahoo.com

President & CEO, The Machado Group www.machadogroup.com
Northern California Regional & California Statewide Liaison, Join the Impact www.jointheimpact.com
Founder & Community Organizer, Impact Humboldt & Join the Impact Humboldt www.impacthumboldt.com
Founder & Community Organizer, 707 Progressive www.707progressive.ning.com
Member of the Board of Directors, Humboldt Pride www.humboldtpride.org
Please consider the environment before printing this email.
This
e-mail may contain Company proprietary information intended for the
sole use of the recipient(s). Any use by others is prohibited. If you
are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete
all copies of the message.



MERRY CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORD!

Afrikaans Gesëende Kersfees 
Afrikander Een Plesierige Kerfees 
African/ Eritrean/ Tigrinja Rehus-Beal-Ledeats 
Albanian Gezur Krislinjden 
Arabic:  Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah 
Argentine:  Feliz Navidad 
Armenian:  Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand 
Azeri:  Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun 
Bahasa Malaysia:  Selamat Hari Natal 
Basque:  Zorionak eta Urte Berri On! 
Bengali:  Shuvo Naba Barsha 
Bohemian:  Vesele Vanoce 
Brazilian:  Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo 
Breton:  Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat 
Bulgarian:  Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo 
Catalan:  Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou! 
Chile:  Feliz Navidad 
Chinese: (Cantonese)  Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun 
Chinese: (Mandarin)  Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan 
Choctaw:  Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito 
Columbia:  Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo 
Cornish:  Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth 
Corsian:  Pace e salute 
Crazanian:  Rot Yikji Dol La Roo 
Cree:  Mitho Makosi Kesikansi 
Croatian:  Sretan Bozic 
Czech:  Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok 
Danish:  Glædelig Jul 
Duri:  Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak 
Dutch:  Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! or Zalig Kerstfeast 
English:  Merry Christmas 
Eskimo: (inupik)  Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo! 
Esperanto:  Gajan Kristnaskon 
Estonian:  Ruumsaid juulup|hi 
Faeroese:  Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar! 
Farsi:  Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad 
Finnish:  Hyvaa joulua 
Flemish:  Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar 
French:  Joyeux Noel 
Frisian:  Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier! 
Galician:  Bo Nada 
Gaelic:  Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr!  
German:  Froehliche Weihnachten 
Greek:  Kala Christouyenna! 
Hausa:  Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara! 
Hawaiian:  Mele Kalikimaka 
Hebrew:  Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova 
Hindi:  Shub Naya Baras 
Hausa:  Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara! 
Hawaian:  Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou! 
Hungarian:  Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket 
Icelandic:  Gledileg Jol 
Indonesian:  Selamat Hari Natal 
Iraqi:  Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah 
Irish:  Nollaig Shona Dhuit or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat 
Iroquois:  Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat osrasay. 
Italian:  Buone Feste Natalizie 
Japanese:  Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto 
Jiberish:  Mithag Crithagsigathmithags 
Korean:  Sung Tan Chuk Ha 
Latin:  Natale hilare et Annum Faustum! 
Latvian:  Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu! 
Lausitzian:  Wjesole hody a strowe nowe leto 
Lettish:  Priecigus Ziemassvetkus 
Lithuanian:  Linksmu Kaledu 
Low Saxon:  Heughliche Winachten un 'n moi Nijaar 
Macedonian:  Sreken Bozhik 
Maltese:  IL-Milied It-tajjeb 
Manx:  Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa 
Maori:  Meri Kirihimete 
Marathi:  Shub Naya Varsh 
Navajo:  Merry Keshmish 
Norwegian:  God Jul or Gledelig Jul 
Occitan:  Pulit nadal e bona annado 
Papiamento:  Bon Pasco  
Papua New Guinea:  Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu 
Pennsylvania German:  En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr! 
Peru:  Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo 
Philipines:  Maligayan Pasko! 
Polish:  Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie 
Portuguese:  Feliz Natal 
Pushto:  Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha 
Rapa-Nui (Easter Island):  Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua 
Rhetian:  Bellas festas da nadal e bun onn 
Romanche (sursilvan dialect):  Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn! 
Rumanian:  Sarbatori vesele 
Russian:  Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom 
Sami:  Buorrit Juovllat 
Samoan:  La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou 
Sardinian:  Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou 
Serbian:  Hristos se rodi 
Slovakian:  Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce 
Sami:  Buorrit Juovllat 
Samoan:  La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou 
Scots Gaelic:  Nollaig chridheil huibh 
Serb-Croatian:  Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina 
Serbian:  Hristos se rodi.  
Singhalese:  Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa 
Slovak:  Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok 
Slovene:  Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto 
Spanish:  Feliz Navidad 
Swedish:  God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År 
Tagalog:  Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon 
Tami:  Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal 
Trukeese:  (Micronesian) Neekiriisimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech! 
Thai:  Sawadee Pee Mai 
Turkish:  Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun 
Ukrainian:  Srozhdestvom Kristovym 
Urdu:  Naya Saal Mubarak Ho 
Vietnamese:  Chung Mung Giang Sinh 
Welsh:  Nadolig Llawen 
Yugoslavian:  Cestitamo Bozic 
Yoruba:  E ku odun, e ku iye'dun! 

  
 
Happy Holidays and a toast to a Great 2009!
www.ColeMachado.com


      
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://redwoodtech.org/pipermail/list_redwoodtech.org/attachments/20081225/116aa2cd/attachment.html>