War on Christmas Update

Just three hundred and seven days until Christmas. So far nothing stupid from Bill O'reilly or Michael Medved or other Republicrooks that might ruin it yet...

Countdown to 2010

Heads up! 355 shopping days until Christmas 2010. 295 days until Bill O'Reilly opens his trap on the subject again.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN 'BOUT

How's this for a brilliant statement, made last night by Bill Cunningham. Bill describes himself as a Devout Christian and a "Great American." On last night's show he showed how so-called Christians are ruining Christmas for the rest of us by helping to make it a meaner, more politicized and far more hypocritical holiday. The show, by the way, broadcast on WLS AM890, which is owned and operated by ABC-you know, that bastion of liberal news and propaganda. The same ABC whose stations run almost exclusively Right wing hate talkers like Limbaugh, Hannity and Levin.

"When I get invited to holiday parties," Cunningham told his audience, "I don't go. When I get invited to Christmas Parties, I often go." Must be nice for any Jewish, or friends of another faith who celebrate the package of multi-ethnic holidays beginning with Thanksgiving and ending with New Years, or even the Orthodox Christmas celebration in late January. Imagine inviting tough guy Cunningham to a party share the joy, friendship and goodwill of the season only to have him basically flip you a big old Republican middle finger.

Its this whole BS war on Christmas that Righties use as a sharp stick to poke folks who aren't paying close attention, are easily swayed or are already nasty litt;e people. What they have succeeded in doing is only making the holiday meaner and nastier. And the season has become nastier, in part because of the consumer mentality that is the truest threat to the Christmas message, but in no small part to disingenuous and scheming people like Cunningham and others.

Turn off Cunningham and WLS, put the jerks out of business and let them go find a real job where they might actually contribute something to the world instead of coarsening it. Lets make this Jerkless Christmas...

That's what I'm talkin 'bout!

Black Friday-Thanks Pigrims for this Blessing!

Apparently the Republicrooks have expanded their war of conquest-the one in which they play the victim-to Thanksgiving. Yet another solemn, family day has been politicized for them. Yet another holiday has been perverted and abused for their winner-take-all propaganda campaign of hate, non-inclusiveness and self-serving ideology. This from the family values folks, the millionaires who "speak" for the common man, the party of God. Thing is, with any war, a surge creates pockets that expose your weaknesses, and that is just what they have done with this new front in the Holiday Wars (My term).

Michelle Malkin has bravely gone on the attack against the sensitivities of Native Americans. How dare they have an opinion about the country they once had. After all, through diseases, genocide, stereotyping and a laundary list of other grievances and abuses, Indians should be thankful come Thursday that they have been "awarded" reservation islands in a land originally theirs.

European folks have done such a great job with the land. But to be fair, at least Thanksgiving, with respectful reverence to Native American suffering and sacrifice, at least attained the stature of a family holiday. Did it always live up to that standard? Nothing people create ever completely measures up to its ideal, but lots of folks made an effort.

Thanksgiving was the start of the holiday season, not the holiday wars. It was a prelude to a spiritual period of Peace and giving, not stark and crass commercialism and political rough-housing, by any party. It definitely was not overtly recognized as merely the kickoff to frantic consumerism.

Now, we begin hearing retail sales forecasts for Black Friday in August. August! and now Black friday has become the real holiday. People plan and prepare for it, the corporate news ticks off the minutes, and helps to build anticipation for all the dubious sales and "Must Have" toys for the season.

Funny, O'reilly, Malkin, Medved, Bennett, Hannity and Limbaugh are all silent on this. But they are revealved by their silence. And native Americans are an easy soft target for their ugliness and Anti-American diatribes. It is easy to kick American Indians though. Not sure alot of Lakota, Cherokee, Ojibwa or Navajos watch a great deal of FOX News, except to dream about the old days and that whole Custer thing.

This is all about the money for them. It is always about the money for them, while treating the rest of us like saps who fall easily for crap phrases like "Borders, Language, Culture," or "Conservatism," or "its all right to have sex with men in airport bathrooms but be against gay marriage if you are a Republican Senator because some democrat took a bribe."

Stay home on Friday. Go work in a soup kitchen, help the hungry, volunteer at a church, synagogue or mosque(notice the lack of caps). Walk in the woods with the kids, a partner or spouse. Read a book! But if you wind up trampled in line at Walmart over a $25 DVD player, in a slug fest over the latest Guitar Hero game at a Best Buy your last words should be...


...Thanks Pilgrims for this blessing.

Death panels for Christmas, Santa

Dear Santa,

I've been a good liberal this year. I was kind to a Homo, recycled, cared about the environment, visited Europe a couple times(for my marching orders), conversed socially with Muslims, prayed for world peace and believed a black guy could actually do an okay job as President in pretty tough times. I wanted to have a couple of abortions, but just couldn't manage with my schedule.

But Santa, have you seen the malls lately? We all know they are the true bastions of the Christmas spirit. FOX and the Right spends all their time concerned with what sort of greeting this clerk or that stockboy uses. You know, the ones making barely a living wage, fearing some health crisis will overwhelm their families who are either uninsured or under-insured. The ones who are overworked jut to make ends meet. The ones Sean hannity, Michael Medved and the rest tell us pay no taxes. They are not delivering the proper and apparently official holiday response. But they aren't the problem so much as all those miserable looking folks tromping mechanically to purchase obligatory "gifts" for people thay normally wouldn't cross the road to spit on if their hair was on fire.

I don't want much for Christmas. If you could see your way clear to thin the herd a bit. Been hearing about these Death Panels in the new Obama health plan. I have scoured the bill and I'll be darned if I can find it anywhere. Would come in handy, just to free up a couple parking spaces. Any chance? Huh?

Michael Savage and Glen Beck talk about concetration camps for Right-wingers. Obviously they see something the rest of us don't. I mean, everything Obama has done since last January leads to that undeniable conclusion. After all, this Administration is hardly as transparent and open as the previous one. When Bush proclaimed he was the "decider," or that after a narrower election than Obama won by he had "political capital, and I intend to spend it," Bush was a hero. The Right cheered and laughed when Bush was obstinate with the "Leftist" media, or when he and Cheney refused to answer questions under oath about the deadliest terror attack on US soil. And remember hen he snubbed that annoying helen Thomas...liberal b%#@h! God, that was good theater!

So, what I'm saying is this, if the Right says Obama is this tyrranical facist out to kill old folks and Righties, could you hurry that up. Don't feel like elbowing my way through the mall. That's it. That's all I want this Christmas. Oh, and maybe a lump pf coal in Bill O'Reilly's stocking!