Groundhog Day and ...

This came to me from Denver. All the way from Denver - about 2/2/2013...

"In the coming New Year, 2013, both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union address will occur on the same day.

"This is an ironic juxtaposition of events. One involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to an insignificant creature of little intelligence for prognostication.

"The other involves a groundhog....."