O’Reilly Teaches Viewers the True Meaning of Christmas
O’Reilly Teaches Viewers the True Meaning of Christmas
According to Bill O’Reilly, Christmas is under siege from the “secular progressive agenda…to get Christianity and spirituality and Judaism out of the public square.” The self-described “leading general of the anti-secular forces in this country” often devotes radio and television segments to the issue around this time of year.
Thankfully, the man defending Christmas understands its true meaning. Here’s what he said on last night’s Factor:
Every company in America should be on its knees thanking Jesus for being born. Without Christmas, most American businesses would be far less profitable. More than enough reason for business to be screaming “Merry Christmas.â€
O’Reilly speaks from experience. Featured prominently on his website is “The O’Reilly Christmas Store,†where loyal Factor viewers can buy books, jackets, and coffee mugs featuring the right-wing commentator’s favorite slogans.
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So, the true meaning of Christmas is selling goods to consumers?
Wasn’t it Jesus that ran the shops and sellers out of the temple?
What Would Jesus Do?
November 29th, 2005 at 1:23 pmDoesn’t Billy-boy know that Xmas used to be a pagan holiday before the Christians co-opted it?
November 29th, 2005 at 1:27 pmDoes anybody still listen to O’lielly?
November 29th, 2005 at 1:28 pmEven by right-wing whack-job standards
he seems like a zero.
Falafel indeed. Hee.
What a jackass!
November 29th, 2005 at 1:30 pm“I’m wishing for a patriotic Christmas….”
November 29th, 2005 at 1:31 pmO’Reilly and Falwell need to hold a fund raiser to raise the cash to hire some mercenary soldiers to go into stores and beat up anyone not buying enough. Not buying, even if one goes into debt, is unpatriotic.
Now if only the Phaux News store would stock targets with O’Liely’s picture on them, then they might have a run on something really good that we could all use…..
No, I am not suggesting we kill the evil bastard, but go ahead and shoot rubber bands at the fool, or maybe that piece of pie you don’t like, fruitcake, definitely falafells.
November 29th, 2005 at 1:34 pm[...] I agree completely with Think Progress. Bill O’Reilly is a fricking idiot: [...]
November 29th, 2005 at 1:37 pm“(…)to get Christianity and spirituality and Judaism out of the public square(…)”
Listing Judaism in this context makes no sense as the Jewish tradition does not include Christmas.
Also, if he wants Abrahamic religions in the public square, why did he leave out Islam?
Yet another nonsensical rant by O’Reilly.
November 29th, 2005 at 1:38 pmHow many thread’s have we had here on this fool.? He is part of the american problem, but why give him the time and space…Blessings
November 29th, 2005 at 1:38 pmBO is a loser. Get ready for the implosion — I predict it within one year. Looks like BO might make Olbermann’s “Worst Person in the World” list – again.
November 29th, 2005 at 1:39 pmJust as the crucifixion of Jesus meant profit for the cross-builders, let us pause on behalf of the arms industry and the military subcontracting industries – in other words, the President (Carlysle Group), Dick Cheney (Haliburton) and their businessman’s death cabal, and give loving thanks to the new supply-side Jesus, that anti-Darwin Social Darwinist up in Heaven who reminds us that vast stores of Earthly wealth are in fact Godly after all, and that greed is the real word become flesh.
November 29th, 2005 at 1:41 pmHis idea of good will ,his idea of christmass is expressed in the only way he knows …money…money…and more money
November 29th, 2005 at 1:41 pmO’liely, Druggie Limberger, opposite sides of the same coin.
November 29th, 2005 at 1:44 pmWhy do websites continue to give this clown any coverage at all? It seems like the more that’s exposed about O’Lielly, the more the moron spews. Maybe if he got no attention at all he’d dry up and blow away.
November 29th, 2005 at 1:47 pmNow, Mr. O’Reily, doesn’t the term “holidays” derive from the concept of “Holy Days”? Hmmmmmm….what’s so unchristian about wishing someone a happy Holy Day?
November 29th, 2005 at 1:48 pmSo what’s wrong with this? He is just stating the obvious. Christmas is about presents. Oh my God, the Horror!!!
It is not like the non-Christian Romans and Germanics of Europe liked to celebrate life by having a good time around December 25 every year. Shame on them and shame on modernity.
Boohoooo….
November 29th, 2005 at 1:49 pmDid anyone see his interview with Dan Rather? I missed it, but I remember the commercial for it making the interview look like a boxing match, and apparently saying that Bill puts Dan in his place or something.
I never watch Bill because I don’t want to give him the rating. I’ll be happy to sit through a recorded version online however.
Oh yeh… and Christmas. Is there any religion in it anymore? I’ll see the occasional birth of Jesus on a lawn, but that’s fading.
Shouldn’t Bill be angry at his fellow Christians for making it such a non-Religious day?
November 29th, 2005 at 1:52 pm#8
“Listing Judaism in this context makes no sense as the Jewish tradition does not include Christmas.”
Excellent point.
November 29th, 2005 at 1:53 pmHave you ever noticed the resemblance O’Reilly has to this guy?:
http://www.ursulascostumes.com/Masks/BUTTHEAD.jpg
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November 29th, 2005 at 1:54 pmHave any of you actually checked his web store (or the Fox O’Reilly website) …
“All of my proceeds from the web site, including premium membership fees, are donated to charity.”
- Bill O’Reilly
You can disagree with his “war on Christmas” theory, but he actually puts his money where his mouth is with the O’Reilly store …
November 29th, 2005 at 2:00 pmThis is just hilarious. O’Reilly’s version of Christmas is about as secular as it gets. What a complete idiot. Thanks for posting this.
November 29th, 2005 at 2:01 pmI’m hoping to find something for me on the Faux news site for Christmas: a falafel-scented loofa with O’Liely’s picture on it, so I have something to wash my butt with…
And as Redd Foxx once said (sorta), “I’m not talking about my whole butt — I’m talking about my butt-WHOLE”…
November 29th, 2005 at 2:01 pm#22
My eyes started watering I was laughing so hard.
November 29th, 2005 at 2:04 pmQuite the AMEN! chorus going on here…You all agree that BOR is greedy and a loser and a fool and an evil bastard.
But nobody questions this out-of-context quotation as being what Payton asserts it is – O’Reilly’s views on “…the True Meaning of Christmas.”?
Nobody wonders, “Did BOR REALLY characterize these three sentences as being his views on the true meaning of Christmas? Or is Payton being a little loose with the truth here when he? she? states that this is what BOR really believes is the “true meaning”?”
Or is it that you just don’t care?
November 29th, 2005 at 2:06 pmWell I for one would like to see “Every company in America… on its knees.”
Do Fortune 500 Companies have bigger knees than small businesses? Do they also get down on their knees when f***ing the republican party?
November 29th, 2005 at 2:08 pmAny one have the answer to my question. How many times have we had a thread site on this lieing fool.?
November 29th, 2005 at 2:19 pm#24
November 29th, 2005 at 2:20 pmtomaig, why don’t you apply the same critical thinking skills to the MSM and the GOP that you are asking us to apply to this post at Think Progress??
GeoMetro,
Which ‘charities’? Many organizations that claim to be charities are in fact reichwing propaganda and lobbying groups. Just because OLeilly says proceeds go to ‘charities’, no more makes it true than any other well of lies he spews his venom from.
November 29th, 2005 at 2:23 pmAmy,
Because tomaig is a retarded hypocrite incapable of critical thinking… He parrots republican talking points like a good little stupid soldier quite nicely though…
November 29th, 2005 at 2:24 pmAmerican Co. CEO’s would be on their knees before the baby Jesus, but for the fact that there are not three wise men amongst them.
November 29th, 2005 at 2:28 pmReplying to #20
I just made a quick trip to the online store at billoreilly.com, and while I didn’t see the note that you quoted about him donating proceeds, I’ll take your word for it. That said, I’m not sure such a statement means what you suggest it does. If he’s donating “proceeds from the website, including premium membership fees,” that doesn’t necessarily mean that he’s donating profits from the online store. My suspicion is that he does not.
If you can link to evidence proving that he does, in fact, donate proceeds from the store to charity, I’ll think more highly of him, but until then, I suspect he’s not quite putting his money where you think he is. And heaven help us where that man puts his mouth.
November 29th, 2005 at 2:28 pmWho are his advertisers, on the radio and cable TV?
November 29th, 2005 at 2:30 pmRyan Neat,
I guess you would know since some many “charities” that liberals hold up are really fronts for leftist political causes.
If it is good for one side, why isn’t good for the other?
November 29th, 2005 at 2:31 pm#31,
Falafels, lots of falafels, but only after
November 29th, 2005 at 2:32 pmhe has used the falafels to …..
I’d settle for companies telling the truth when summoned before Congress.
November 29th, 2005 at 2:33 pm#25 – “Well I for one would like to see “Every company in America… on its knees.†– B. Davis
November 29th, 2005 at 2:36 pmSpoken like somebody who hasn’t evolved in the consulting world – a REAL job might help you see things differently.
Ryan, Ryan, Ryan….You just can’t seem to get yourself out of that junior-high gutter, can you?
Your knee-jerk insults really show a lack of any sort of intellectual rigor on your part.
Instead of actually being able to come up with any sort of cogent reply to my questions – you dismiss them as “republican talking points” even though that is just flat-out absurd.
Does your feeble mind believe there’s some sort of clearinghouse for these “talking points” that is manned 24/7? You must if you imagine my query – posted 46 minutes after Payton’s initial post- was any kind of “talking point”. Do you imagine there are – somewhere in Karl Rove’s garage, perhaps? -groups of pasty-white tie-wearing Republicans that constantly monitor TP and other lefty sites and are prepared to immediately respond to any post, no matter how inane and nonsensical?
And that I must have gotten an e-mail alert from Rovian MindMeld Industries, Inc. instructing me as to the “talking point” the Republicans want to get out ASAP to respond to a “We LOATHE BOR!” post on TP?
Wow…That paranoia is really advanced, huh?
November 29th, 2005 at 2:42 pmHey, #20 guayakamoto or Guyhomo or whatever. I like that small take about O’Righty “putting his money were his mouth is.” Yeah, right. I mean, I’m with you here, but others might wonder if just maybe the sales on Billy’s crummy hats and cheap ceramic cups are off so now he is going for a tax writeoff.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but Bill must have recouped the millions he lost in payoffs to Andrea Mackris for the sexual harrassement suit last year. Ya think?
November 29th, 2005 at 2:42 pm#28 – “Which ‘charities’? Many organizations that claim to be charities are in fact reichwing propaganda and lobbying groups.” -RyANNe
November 29th, 2005 at 2:43 pm**** GREAT POINT, RyANNe!!! I surmise that many progs are involved with organizations that claim to be charities and are in fact leftwing propaganda and lobbying groups. Only charities approved by the benevolent Oz, I mean….Ryan should exist!!!
#33 – Charities as fronts for liberal causes? Dude, those causes help everyone. ACLU? Amnesty International? Save the Children? Red Cross?
November 29th, 2005 at 2:44 pmGet your head out of your ass and realize that the liberals are NOT the problem.
Didn’t he rape someone or something like that?
November 29th, 2005 at 2:47 pmI’d like to show my true appreciation for Jesus at Christmas time by taking money from my illgotten “holiday charity fund” and purchasing a Rolex for myself. I know Jesus would have done the same. Thank you Jesus, you just keep giving.
November 29th, 2005 at 2:47 pmMightyHermaphrodite,
I thought you were ‘bored’ by me? You claim to not post against things that bore you, yet you only seem to post in liberal sites. Does that mean your husband and other retarded republicans bore you, since you only post here?
Sure it does. Your pathology is so transparent, and so are your fears and weaknesses.
And speaking of charities, how much did you donate to AIPAC this year so they israel spy on american military interests? That’s a great example of a ‘charity’ that has international spy and treason traits – and just imagine, they’re part of your friends…
November 29th, 2005 at 2:49 pm“Ryan, Ryan, Ryan….You just can’t seem to get yourself out of that junior-high gutter, can you?” tomaig
I just respond to my audience. When you act mature, I respond accordingly. When you act like a teenage retarded hack, I treat you as you behave. Behaving ‘in context’ is something republicans never seem to have the maturity or intelligence to understand – clearly that’s why you destroy everything you touch.
November 29th, 2005 at 2:50 pm“I guess you would know since some many “charities†that liberals hold up are really fronts for leftist political causes.
If it is good for one side, why isn’t good for the other?
Comment by Lyle ”
Liberal causes? You mean like dealing with civil rights, poverty and oppression from religious fanatics. Yeah, those sound really dangerous…
Because the republican side is the one that focuses on oppression, bigotry and hate crimes. And the point is that calling ‘lobbying’ organizations ‘charities’ is what republicans do, democrats tend to call them lobbying organizations or PACs.
Now once again, what misrepresentation of facts were you presenting again? Oh wait, everything you do qualifies for that…
Partisan hacks!
November 29th, 2005 at 2:53 pm“I just respond to my audience”
Is that how you ended up being a Hindu pacifist?
November 29th, 2005 at 2:55 pmRyan,
Partisan hacks? What is Think Progress if not a cheap, anti-intellectual site for Left-wing partisan hacks?
Just labeling Republican as hateful and bigotted is ignorant and metaphor for someone who does not think for himself.
November 29th, 2005 at 2:56 pm#38 – Joe, WOW!! Your “progressive” level of sensitivity should go along way with helping you get lucky with lib womyn – they don’t seem to mind bad posture and lack of soap as long as you say the PC line. FYI, I heard BOR recouped his hush $$$ PDQ – almost as fast as Ted “the Swimmer” and that icon for “white trash” everywhere, Mr. Bill. It is noteworthy, too, that the Most High womynizer, “Reverend” Jesse Jackson never lost his standing in the prog community. My other favourite moral poster boy is Queasy Mfume. There aren’t too many highly regarded “leaders” with more illegitimate children (by more mothers) than Queasy.
November 29th, 2005 at 2:58 pmaphrodite: Crude sub standard post
November 29th, 2005 at 3:03 pmRyan
Go to his website … he lists the charities there.
Joe Sixpack
The fact that he was accused of sexual harassment (and paid the woman to go away) is irrelevant to his donating all proceeds from his website to charity. Some were making the point that he was hypocritical for having a Christmas store … I was setting that record straight.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:06 pmIt’s really funny. The right wingy bashers here think they are so witty. Good thing the reality of their petty world view is caving in……everywhere. Just look at what the majority of reasonable people think of Ann Coulter and her “followers” :) When people, whatever party, are ready show some class, they will be ready for some real communication. Until then, all the drivel in the last few posts above, is simply ……….laughable.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:07 pmMightyHermaphrodite,
I saw your ‘faithful 400′ free republic march earlier this year, no amount of soap would protect those fat, ugly and stupid republican men and women who showed up. Clearly you’re projecting your own physical inadequacies and hygenic deficiencies again. It must be hard to stay clean when you’re as obese as yourself…
November 29th, 2005 at 3:11 pmGiacomo,
Really, why can’t you post the list here if it’s so easy to find?
November 29th, 2005 at 3:11 pmRyan, Can’t you take a compliment?? On the flip side – The boring portion of your arguments:
“THE …SAME…OLD… THING”.
You wrap yourself up in the Mantra “Civil Rights” – and expect full insulation. Of course, progs regularly defend radical Islamofascists, child molesters – “what’s another child molester in YOUR neighbourhood?” and the latest prog poster boy, Tookie Williams. All this, under the umbrella of “Civil Rights”.
When I think of the history of Civil Rights, I like to remmeber Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, standing up to the racists of the KKK.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:12 pmMightyHermaphrodite criticizes others for not having manners, anyone else surprised she’s such a retarded hypocrite? I know I’m not.
Which catholic school did you go to? They’re supposed to teach young girls (boys?) manners there, obviously you were asleep when those lessons were given.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:13 pmHey, aphrodite, hi. Is me, Joe, doing my best to help our side of the arguement against these leftwing commie types. Believe me, nazi-facist views get trashed here so watch out—-just ask our pal, I-RIGHT-I. He gets the stuffing knocked out himself with his far right crap, doesn’t he?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I donate to charities. I have a steady deduction to the Salvation Army and a nice check now and then to Planned Parenthood. I would send some to the NOW, if they asked, but I need to keep some dough in my pocket for drinking, you know? And to buy a package of rubbers now and then.
Say, I bet O’Rielly gives at least a 10% tithing to his church, so how much do you think he donates to charity?
Say, aphrodite, do you suppose O’Rielly still makes obscene phone calls behind his wife’s back to his co-workers or has he put that seedy part of his life behind himself? I mean, he’s the first to admit that sex offenders usually reoffend.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:13 pmHey Bill, you are a f*cking idjit. The company you work for, Fox News, has its own store… now showing off its HOLIDAY COLLECTION.
http://shop.ecompanystore.com/foxnews/FOX_shop.asp
Got that, O’F*cktard? Your f*cking employers aren’t even on message.
I find that totally hilarious.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:13 pmYou consume alot of coffee and diet pills, MA? You talk like a bonifide fatass speed freak. WOW!!!********()>WOW*************!!!!
November 29th, 2005 at 3:14 pmAnd calling this site anti- intellectual is an example of the many stupid comments here. You cannot lump all that goes on in this site as anti -intellectual anymore than you can say it is all intellectual. But that’s what many do….they make unintelligent, incomplete, blanket statements like that. Where did these folks go to school? Or were they one of the one’s left behind? It’s all about who can shout down who in the most silly ways. Get a life and some manners while you’re at it. That is to the people that insist on name calling, insults, and juvenile responses because they are too lazy and too immature to write a polite and articulate response. It’s not cute…it’s not mojo …it doesn’t cut it. Crude is crude …..bottom line.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:15 pm” progs regularly defend radical Islamofascists, child molesters”
What kind of F*CKED up remark is that?
November 29th, 2005 at 3:15 pmMightyHermaphrodite,
Same old tripe. Republicans created and defended AlQaeda for years when they were fighting the soviets. I’ve personally and continue to criticize the tactics of them, just as I did under reagan and bush. So who’s the lying hypocrite? Oh, wait, it’s YOU again.
As for ‘child molestors’, well considering that MizzWrong clearly qualifies as a likely one, it’s funny how you’re so chummy with him. Single man, 25, hates women (often calls them sluts, whores, etc.), hates gay people, that’s pretty much a classic profile of a pedophile.
And did you notice that 2 out of the 3 presidents you listed who stood up for civil rights were liberals. How ironic huh?
And we’re still fighting them. When you and your anti-semitic buddy MizzWrong talk about killing ALL of the palestinians, etc., clearly you’re just another version of the KKK in republican clothing, just like the 1960s versions.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:16 pm“aphrodite: Crude sub standard post
November 29th, 2005 at 3:17 pmComment by Suzanne — November 29, 2005 @ 3:03 pm”
***** But true!!
And MightyHermaphrodite,
David Duke (the big old self admitted nazi) IS a republican, I guess you missed that little fact…
November 29th, 2005 at 3:17 pm““aphrodite: Crude sub standard post
Comment by Suzanne — November 29, 2005 @ 3:03 pmâ€
***** But true!!
Comment by mighty aphrodite”
Nothing you say is true. You are DEBUNKED DAILY.
Did you like the advice I sent you about how you’d raised your children poorly? Please forward that on to them so they can stop the cycle of abuse and bad parenting. You’ve clearly inherited bad socialization, and passing those traits on are just irresponsible and hateful to society.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:18 pmMightyHermaphrodite,
You know tookie williams is just like the men who repented on the cross before Jesus. Not only did he forgive them, but he told them they had a place in heaven. That’s what ‘charity’, ‘forgiveness’ and ‘religion’ are all about, something that you and that hateful irreligious MizzWrong never understand. Reichwing ‘pseudo-religious’ are the LEAST religious people on the planet. You guys are just embarrassing, but you’re so mentally retarded you actually believe you’re not. That’s the really sad part. It’s like watching bad karaoke…
November 29th, 2005 at 3:20 pmOK Ryan here you go
Habitat for Humanity
November 29th, 2005 at 3:22 pmFamilies for Military Casualties
The Haitian Health Foundation
Father Joe’s Villages
Ride to the Wall
Best Friends Foundation
Lil’ Angel Bunny Foundation
Candles Museum
and Jesus said,….let their be big box stores, and there was….. and let them reap huge profits off thy tiny yellow Pacific neighbor’s backs at $1 a day …so be it said the Lord……..and let thy stockholders profit from reduced healthcare costs and no living wage….and the stockholders did grin,and cash in… and their wealth did soar…….and Jesus said let there be smoked summer sausages, and cheese logs, …… and place them both in a tasteful decorative basket….. to be given to those out of favor…….and they were…. and they did. Amen. Praise be.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:22 pmaphrodite, you have a lot to learn dear. I cringe when I think of it. You know where arrogance gets you don’t you. Hmmm? It isn’t a good place. You sould like you really want to know it all sweets. But guess what……none of us do….including…you. You have not cornered the market on truth baby. I don’t have to tell you, life will show you. As it does all of us. Shame on you.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:22 pmI have a business, I’m on my knees that corperate america will NOT run me out of business, as they have been trying to do for 10 years now. When I wouldn’t go away, I now do work for them, at my price, while remaining INDEPENDENT from them. They admit I am their best customer now. I win. Jesus had nothing to do with it,sorry. Lie down billie, your a sick man.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:24 pm#56 – Hey Joe – Thanks for the info on your generous tendencies. The Salvation Army help alot of uunfortunates – but don’t worry about not giving to NOW – most of Planned Parenthood has cross-over membership – let them pick each other’s pockets. But your “concern” in those organizations shows your true liberalism – but I know the skanky truth – you’re making a play for the less than discriminating womyn of the left. I’m surprised your pitiful beer allowance lets give more than $2.98 to your charities of choice – but if you run out, use the usual progressive ploy – free load.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:28 pmMightyHermaphrodite,
Don’t you have a client to steal from you hack? Why do you post here when you’re clearly supposed to be billing your clients. Like most republicans, surely you’ll cheat them, just like republicans have cheated our future to satisify the AIPAC and their anti-muslim, anti-semitic aspirations.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:30 pmKennedy was no liberal – he LOVED and DEFENDED his country – and cut taxes radically.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:30 pmSuzanne said something about “crude substandard post” and I could have sworn it was about me. What can I say: I have an elementary mind that is typically conservative and one that leans far to the right. Except when I drink too much or get horny. Then I lean whichever way NED or aphrodite wants me too in hopes of getting laid.
Correct me if I’m wrong, aphrodte, but “Tookie Williams?” I mean, I thought we were talking about that other author of children’s books, Bill O’Rielly, and what a total hypocrit the liberals here think he is.
I think I’m getting athlete’s foot from not changing my socks this week.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:34 pm#61 – †progs regularly defend radical Islamofascists, child molestersâ€
November 29th, 2005 at 3:35 pmWhat kind of F*CKED up remark is that?
Comment by Average TV Viewer — November 29, 2005 @ 3:15 pm
**** Dear Average – It is the kind of remark describing the ACLU’s defense of enemy combatants and the suit filed against Governor Pataki re: 12 notorious child molesters – get up to speed.
Merry Xmas BO!
November 29th, 2005 at 3:38 pmJoe – It’s my understanding that Crips founder, murderer, children’s author, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, prison rapist, Tookie Williams is NOT nearly as evil as that vile heterosexual man, BOR. Gotta get to a meeting – will chat later.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:39 pmFirst it’s Fallwell and his Christmas fanaticism of “you’re either with us or against us” approach to X-mas. Now we’ve got O’Reilly adding his disinformation. Do you suppose any of these self-proclaimed ‘Christians’ have ever opened a Bible let alone read it. If they did they would find that you can search from Genesis to Revelatin and find NO MENTION of Christmas, Jesus’ birthdate or ANY instruction to celebrate it. The whole idea of X-mas was adopted by the early Roman church to add so-called pagans to their membership rolls. why doesn’t anyone ever question this whole “Put Christ back in X-mas” thing? You can’t put him back in because he wasn’t there to begin with. Qite the coincidence that this ‘holy’day is celebrated on the winter solstice. Give me a freakin’ break!
November 29th, 2005 at 3:46 pm“get up to speed”
You mean that cheap speed you take so you can compete in a man’s world? And by the way, isn’t it unusual for your man to let you on your computer for so long MA?
November 29th, 2005 at 3:51 pmIs Mighty H “PMS-ing” or something?
She’s awfully cranky today.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:52 pm“Gotta get to a meeting”
-MA
Translation: My man caught me on the computer again. At least she remembers what she’s been trained to say. Ho hum.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:54 pmOr at least the store owners need to thank whoever made up the myth of jesus.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:55 pmChristmas celebrates the birth of Santa Claus.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:57 pmNice take on throwing in the ACLU, aphordite in #74. At least you didn’t embarrass yourself or me trying to find a way to say “Clinton” or “Gore” here. Average TV Viewer sound like Average Joe, huh? I like the way you told him to get “get up to speed.”
Correct me if I’m wrong, is that the same ACLU that Rush Limbaugh continously attacked until they came to his protection on the Florida drug charges? Or the same ACLU that in Sept. 2005 SUPPORTED a N.J. secondgraders right to sing “Awsome God” at a talent show? Or the ACLU that successfully DEFENDED the right of religious expression of jurors in Decmeber 2004? Or the ACLU that defended the right of evangelical preachers to preach on the sidewalks of Las Vegas in November 2004? Or the ACLU that defended a church being evicted by the city of Lincoln, Nebraska in August of 2004?
I mean, which ACLU are you against? The one who supports the causes of the right, or just everyone in particular?
The ACLU was behind the Scopes trial of 1925. Or
November 29th, 2005 at 4:02 pmIt’s all so evil, so twisted, so upside down, so… so… NEOCON: Bill O’Reilly, advocating for CHRISTMAS!!!
The bad thing: I have a terrible premonition that it’s going to work. Right now, it’s embedding itself in that little brainstem lesion which those susceptible to Republicanism possess and the rest of us don’t, and it’s going to incubate and transmogrify… Just you wait until 2006 and 2008.
November 29th, 2005 at 4:07 pmActually Vesparia is exactly right.
Most scholars believe, based on astronomical datam it was sometime in April, between the 3rd and 10th of April, 5 BC.
But it is also interesting to note, that early biblical scholars believed that celebrating his birth was akin to paganism and condemed the practice. In fact, the biblical historian, Origen, who lived in Alexandria between 185 and 254 AD, likened the practice to the pagan rituals of the Pharoahs.
The early Catholic church, dated the 25th as the day of celebration in 366 AD, and it is commonly believed that this day was chosen as it conincided with the gentile celebrations that worshipped the “Sun God”, or “dies natalis solis invicti” as it is was known.
Just some interesting facts.
Personally, I like watching “It’s a wonderful life” the early versions of a “Christmas Carol” and most recently, Will Farrells’ “Elf”, which is quickly becoming our favorite family Christmas story, so Christmas is ok with me, as long as I don’t have to buy anyone anything.
November 29th, 2005 at 4:07 pmOh yea, and Bill O’reilly is an asshole.
Merry Christmas everyone!
November 29th, 2005 at 4:09 pm#83
Joe Joe Joe
There you go confusing things with all of your fancy facts. That’s not the way it goes around here anymore. Facts don’t matter. “Winning” the argument against the other side is all that matters.
You can’t expect people to have room in their brains to remember actual facts. Sound bites are much more convenient. Neocons have labeled the ACLU a liberal leftist organization hell bent on destroying our way of life, so it must be so. I won’t take the time to research any cases or read up on the organization, I’ll simply let O’l Dumbya and company think for me. It’s much easier and leaves me with free time to watch Bill O’Reilly, The 700 Club and listen to Rush “I love illegals cause they buy my Oxycontin for me” Limbaugh.
November 29th, 2005 at 4:12 pmHere I made up a new Christmas Carol for everyone.
It goes like this….
‘Bill O’Reilly is an asshole, Bill O’Reilly is an asshole, Bill O’Reilly is an asshole,…..and a happy new year!’
November 29th, 2005 at 4:15 pmNice tune, WORFEUS.
MA is just a woman desperate to get laid. No more. No less.
November 29th, 2005 at 4:17 pmHey Str8Up, I must agree with you. I was so surprised to find all the causes that the ACLU has stood up for over the years. It was an eye opener, even for a dumbassed rightwinger like me to see.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but one that really got me was when they helped Jerry Falwell get part of the Virginia Constitution overturned that was stopping his organization from incorporating (Apr 2002). OR the April 2002 case where the ACLU supported the right of Iowa students to distribute religious literature at school.
I mean, talk about a rightwing organization that needs to be outlawed!!!!!
November 29th, 2005 at 4:21 pmWho are his advertisers, on the radio and cable TV?
Comment by Andrew G
Good question, Andrew. Then we could start a letter campaign to these advertisers with a corresponding boycott untill Bill is off the air. Wouldn’t be a bad idea to do a similar campaign with Ann Coulter. The only way we’re going to effectively counteract these individuals who twist and deny the truth, or make up their own is by targeting those who pay to advertise while they’re doing their business.
Organized opposition that affects those who are paying the cash will be more effective than merely talking to each other about it, don’t you think? Not only is conversing with one another and sharing information as this (and other) blogs valuable, but also directing our energies to making useful changes would help too.
November 29th, 2005 at 4:25 pmim4mary ;
While I appreciate your zeal, and what you speak of is certainly legal, it just smacks too close to censorship for my liking.
As much as I loathe O’reilly, I believe he has a right to say what he wants. And the lobotomized fan base who watches him, has every right to hear what he has to say.
Hell I even watch his show once in a while. And sometimes I even find myself agreeing with him on some things! (I know I know, I could get crucified in here for saying that).
When we start seeking to stifle the free speech of others, we lay the groundwork to silence our own free speech, and thats not something I am ready to do.
Everyone gets their say, saint’s and sinners, the articulate, and the asshole, and even the articulate assholes. I may not like what they have to say, but I would fight side by side with them defending their right to say it.
God Bless America!!!
November 29th, 2005 at 4:41 pmSend him to fight the insurgency.
November 29th, 2005 at 4:44 pmWORFEUS,
I agree. We shouldn’t censor Bill or Anne.
Besides, if we did, who would we laugh at.
November 29th, 2005 at 4:45 pmWORFEUS,
problem is, 51% of American apparently thinks like O’Reilly meaning we get more George Bushs and Dick Cheneys who think experimental premptive war is a good idea coupled with theocratic like rule at home.
November 29th, 2005 at 4:47 pmgerg wirth,
51% is a number based on moderates voting with conservatives. The conservatives have lost the moderates. The number is now 34%. Those are the die hard conservatives. That is all they have.
Fox News only has 1.4 million viewers. To put that in perspective, 2.5 million people play World of Warcraft. So, more people would rather play a video game than watch Fox News.
November 29th, 2005 at 4:54 pmI agree with you that the ideas are wrong. Pre-emptive war in and of itself is wrong.
US law in EVERY State prohibits someone striking someone because they “think” someday down the road they may be hit by them. I can’t walk down the street, see you, decide you are dressed like someone, or acting like someone who may want to hurt me, and walk up to you and hit you.
When the police arrive, and I tell them I just launched a “pre-emptive” strike, guess what they are gonna do?
And anyone examining the early stirs of Nazi Germany, they will find that Hitler introduced the concept of “pre-emptive” war to the modern industrialized community, to launch his holocaust on the planet.
I agree with you pre-emptive war is wrong.
I just disagree with the concept of trying to stifle their speech. Free speech does not just mean the speech you are comfortable hearing. It means free speech for all.
Besides, like SpudgeBoy said, if we did stifle windbags like O’reilly, who would we laugh at?
November 29th, 2005 at 4:58 pm“When the police arrive, and I tell them I just launched a “pre-emptive†strike, guess what they are gonna do?”
Now that is funny shit! I can picture that in my head.
November 29th, 2005 at 5:05 pmForever the childish rants of the trolls – if others did it so can we. How juvenile does it get? The reason you are perverse cowards and corrupt theives of our nation’s money, is because others have done it too? Does that really make sense?
So by that premise, murder is just fine because someone else did it first. What happened to “do unto others” or is that Christian talk just wordplay for the sheeple?
November 29th, 2005 at 5:07 pmThanks Spudge, I thought it was pretty funny too.
Now if the repubs could see the ridiculousness of that pre-emptive argument, we might get somewhere ay?
PROGRESSIVE AND PROUD
I am not sure what you are trying to say. Please elaborate on your comment.
November 29th, 2005 at 5:10 pmFreepers, don’t you have anything better to do but attempt to drag down the enlightened into your nadir of despair?
You’ve been had, and you’ve been had bad, and you know it, and you know that we know it.
BOR is a joke who doesn’t know shit from shinola about history. The elimination of “Merry Christmas” from the public vernacular has been the norm for a long, long time.
Here’s another funny thought: if “a decade ago,” it was kosher to use “Merry Christmas,” why, that means it was kosher while Bill Clinton was president. Tell me, BOR and the BORing Freepers, why does your president hate Jesus? You know, seeing how your president refuses to “save Christmas.”
November 29th, 2005 at 6:19 pmJesus wasn’t born in December, that much is VERY CLEAR FROM THE RECORD.
The December holiday is entirely what O’Reilly inadvertently says: a Pagan holiday of gift-giving, in celebration of the Solstice.
And the same for Eos-tre, the holiday of Eos, Pagan goddess of the dawn.
No one who understands the historical record could argue otherwise.
Christianity has been “disfigured by the corruptions of schismatising followers, who have found an interest in sophisticating and perverting the simple doctrines he taught … caus(ing) good men to reject the whole in disgust and view Jesus himself as an imposter. Notwithstanding these disadvantages, a system of morals is presented to us, which, if filled up in the true style and spirit of the rich fragments he left us, would be the most perfect and subline that has ever been taught by man.” –Thomas Jefferson, 1800.
Which deftly explains how it is that bearing false witness, which is O’Reilly’s stock-in-trade, never seems to interfere with his posture of defending Santa Claus the Merchant, and calling that Christianity.
November 29th, 2005 at 6:27 pmActually the Christmas celebration is the feast of Zeus, and it was banned in the early united states because it was seen as a pagan feast where people got drunk and did stupid immoral things.
http://www.apuritansmind.com/Christmas/DankoChristmasBanned.htm
OLeilly has as clueless of a grasp on history, our founding fathers and american values as he does on the situation in iraq. Like all republicans, he’s lazy, stupid and ignorant of any knowledge that’s actually worthwhile.
November 29th, 2005 at 6:36 pmAnd, btw, the dispute over Christmas was argued long and hard IN THE NEGATIVE by a great many DEVOUT christians throughtout US history.
Since the Thou Shalt Kill For Profit crowd doesn’t seem to be able to get its knuckles off the floor in order to type Christmas into Google,
http://tinyurl.com/5llu9 , from whence:
“We have seen that Presbyterian opposition to Christmas is consistent, historical, and based upon solid scriptural considerations. Yet, Presbyterians were not the only persons who maintained a strong stand against Christmas and kindred corruptions of worship; there were other Christians who held a similar convictions. For example, the famous Baptist preacher Charles H. Spurgeon opened a sermon on 24 December 1871 with the following words:
“”We have no superstitious regard for times and seasons. Certainly we do not believe in the present ecclesiastical arrangement called Christmas: first, because we do not believe in the mass at all, but abhor it, whether it be said or sung in Latin or in English; and, secondly, because we find no scriptural warrant whatever for observing any day as the birthday of the Savior; and, consequently, its observance is a superstition, because not of divine authority.”"
November 29th, 2005 at 6:36 pmSO, What shall We do FOR the Homeless And the Homeless Vets this Year????
November 29th, 2005 at 6:41 pmI would Bet, Nothing will be done for them!
Let alone for the Iraqi and Afganistan People, Hell, America can,t even take care of their own Homeless!
November 29th, 2005 at 6:44 pmnuff said.
I know, how about this?
How about the Repugnican righteous like O’reilly, since they are SOOO concerned about getting back to the “real” meaning of Christmas, how about they just focus on this one, very old, and very common Christmas wish.
PEACE ON EARTH, GOOD WILL TOWARDS MEN
Remember that old christmas wish? What happened to that one O’reilly?
November 29th, 2005 at 7:24 pmWorfeus – I can understand your reservation in relation to censorship and I agree that it is prudent to exercise caution. Interestingly, I can’t watch BOR because I don’t subscribe to satellite or cable. When I looked up on the list of companies who advertise on FOX, I found that I rarely use those businesses anyway.
I guess my point is that we, collectively, have power to sustain change if we so choose. When the Bill’s and Ann’s are allowed to intentionally mislead and/or misrepresent information/facts without recourse, there will be some people who will believe them.
November 29th, 2005 at 7:47 pmI agree that they mislead and lie, and people will believe them.
I just happen to think we do change things with words, and as we discuss ideas, opinions and facts in public meeting places like this, because that IS what this is after all, a public meeting place, and what we say in here, is read by thousands, and shared with tens of thousands.
The American people are really not so dumb, (well, some of em are) but most of them eventually will come to reason, as the arguments are made.
That is why it is soooo important that we make them. The right wants to silence us. Saying treasoness vile crap like, “dissent emboldens the enemy” and “were not supporting the troops”.
Were not just supporting the troops when we speak out, were supporting America.
That is why it is our right as Americans,
November 29th, 2005 at 8:23 pmAnd I think your zeal is great, don’t ever loose it. Just remember that what we do to others, can be done unto us.
November 29th, 2005 at 8:24 pm[...] (via ThinkProgress) [...]
November 29th, 2005 at 8:27 pmIn fact, when we DO speak out and we do, intelligently, disagree with our government, we are not only supporting America and supporting the troops, we are supporting everything each and every one of them is fighting and dying for.
Freedom and Democracy.
November 29th, 2005 at 8:30 pm#86, WORFEUS,
November 29th, 2005 at 8:43 pmThis is so late, but your post is absolutely correct. I was reading the posts and going to write something similar, when I see that you already have.
The early church co-opted many practices and observances from the “pagans” in order to grow their numbers.
BTW, I enjoy the Christmas movies too, I would add “The Christmas Story” about little Ralphie and his Red Ryder rifle to your list of good ones.
As for Bill O’Lielly, he is a phony huckster, a pervert, a smug, sanctimonious, self-righteous, snobbish, s-o-b.
He’s the Grinch.
November 29th, 2005 at 8:45 pmAnd actually it was my post 85.
In 86 I just said O’reilly was an asshole…:)
November 29th, 2005 at 8:49 pmOh and Merry Christmas to you and yours Marie!
Or perhpas more correctly, Merry “dies natalis solis invicti”???
No seriously, just kiddin, Merry Christmas to EVERYONE!!!
November 29th, 2005 at 8:55 pmWhile we’re on pagan cristian holidays, my favorite is ‘easter’, which even has a pagan name!
“The ancient Saxons celebrated the return of spring with an uproarious festival commemorating their goddess of offspring and of springtime, Eastre. When the second-century Christian missionaries encountered the tribes of the north with their pagan celebrations, they attempted to convert them to Christianity. They did so, however, in a clandestine manner.”
That’s why everyone has ‘eggs’, because they are a symbol of the ‘offspring’ of the fertility goddess…
Christianity has similar roots, I’ll post some later, they’re really fun!
November 29th, 2005 at 9:06 pmThis is pulled from various sources…
The current christianity has its origins in the ‘Yule’ winter solstice holiday. That’s where the term ‘yuletidings’ comes from, it’s a reference to the pagan celebration ;)
The solstice has long been celebrated as the birthday of the unconquerable SUN god. Various incarnations of this ‘god’ were know as Tammuz, Mithra, Saturn, Adonis or baal. This celebration is much older than either the jews or christians.
This festival in Roman times was called the feast of Saturn, and this is likely the origins of modern european christmas, as europe was a roman empire at the rise of christianity. The festival of Bacchus, was celebrated in Babylon… The Christmas dinner derives directly from those feasts and festivals.
The Christmas tree was equally common in pagan Rome and pagan Egypt. The ‘fir’ (a pine) was a symbol of religious worship among romans. Similarly peoples of the northern regions of europe worshiped the tree in winter because it was ‘ever green’ symbolizing the continuation of life, and the promise of the resurrection of spring.
I can go on, and on, but OLeilly and similar christian morons are completely ignorant of their religion, its origins and most definitely its beliefs! They are a disappointment and an embarrassment to the entire human race!
November 29th, 2005 at 9:17 pm#113
Marie,
The Christmas Story is a classic. I like the lamp his dad one and wanted to put in the front window.
November 29th, 2005 at 10:07 pmBill O’liely
I like that. Has a good nasty ring to it.
November 29th, 2005 at 10:51 pmLUKE CHAPTER 16
November 29th, 2005 at 10:51 pm19 ¶ There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
They have apparently waged a war on sneezing as well.
November 29th, 2005 at 10:53 pmLuke Skywalker:
“Uncle Owen, this R2 unit has a bad motivator.”
November 29th, 2005 at 11:10 pmDid anyone read the brad blog.com today? He’s got a tale about Ann Coulter sinking to new depths in publishing the personal information of someone who contacted her asking pesky questions.
November 29th, 2005 at 11:22 pmSorry, it’s off topic, but I just read it and I had to do it.
[...] Seasons Greetings and Happy Holidays, [...]
November 29th, 2005 at 11:30 pmIts so nice of Bill to worry about those Millionaire CEOS.
Yupp Read it Marie, thx for link.
Jesus flipped the tables of the money Changers. He was NOT a fascist Neo-Con. He preached helping the poor, not serving the Fascists Likudian Neo-Cons and their plans to destroy the constituion, remove social security, and ACTUALLy start poor farms and ‘Harvest’ them. (NCCC IRD TOOLEY EDGAR letter)
Neo-Cons are so twisted, I wonder if MAnn Coulter realizes that if the Neo-Cons ever turh America into a Tyranny, the ones that Helped bring it into being, WILL be the VERY FIRST to go.
Wake UP MAnn. Naw on second thought, forget what I said. MAnn you deserve whatever you get.
November 30th, 2005 at 12:08 amYou are right Acksyn Jacksyn, (I’m just a FIN packet, or maybe a RST) cool handle.
In fact, in light of the topic, and the preaching from the likes of Bill O’lielly, I will wax biblical for a moment. Muse on the O’lielly.
That’ the problem, that most fundamental Christians like O’lielly seem to overlook, is that Jesus didn’t come to institute a religion; he came to free us from the bonds of false religious pragmatic rituals and practices. His words to them could easily be directed at the current Christian right movement;
“Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups and many other such like things ye doâ€
– Matthew 15:9 – Mark 7:7
He condemned ritualistic practices and prayers; in fact, he condemned pretty much every religious leader of his day. What makes O’lielly, Falwell, Robertson, any of them, think he would do any different today? Just because the so called right wing say they worship him, doesn’t mean they are doing what he said. Jesus encountered this type of beguiled worship;
“Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.â€
– Matthew 15:7
It is interesting to note, that in the preceding verses which can be complicated to read, he gave an example of someone taking a scripture, and twisting it so badly as to promote the exact opposite of what it was intended to say.
So what did Jesus want of those who would claim to follow him? Simple actually.
In the Gospel of John, he said “if you love me, keep my commandments†and his commandments were simple, commandments that he recanted in the Sermon on the Mount. Among those were these classics:
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Sounds like pacifist dogma does it not? At least if you’re a right wing republican you would not say such things in your local beer bar. No talk of “stay the course†here, no “acceptable collateral damageâ€. Just downright tree-hugging peacenik crap. Of course, the right winged Christian preachers seem to mysteriously overlook the teachings of Christ himself, and instead focus on his life, or scriptures from the Old Testament to support their warring philosophy. See they would have you believe that understanding Jesus, his life and teachings, are complicated, and not for the layperson. They are only to be understood by the learned scholars, and pious priests, who in turn teach the true meanings to the masses. But this is the great lie. The great whoredom of his gospel.
Jesus tailored his gospel so all can understand. He said it was the “good news†and he said from his well, all could drink. And so he taught simple, easy to understand but excruciatingly hard to do concepts, and he even used fun little stories, called parables, to deliver them to the general public. But today, just as in his day, the religious population has corrupted the message, the spirit and intent of the law, and turned to the easy, chest pounding, burn all who oppose at the stake philosophy, and they have spread their twisted gospel with blood and horror on the face of our little planet.
Perhaps Jesus had us in mind when he said,
“Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment. But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgmentâ€
Hmmm, angry with our brothers without cause you say? So if being angry with our brothers without cause gets us the “judgment†I wonder what going to war with our brothers in Iraq without cause will buy us?
Guess we’ll just have to wait and see on that one, won’t we?
November 30th, 2005 at 12:29 amHere, since the right wingers are so alergic to the Sermon on the Mount, here is a little diddy from Romans that I think could help put things in perspective.
“They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit, and the poison of asps is under their lips.Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness
Their feet are swift to shed blood:
Destruction and misery are in their ways:
And the way of peace have they not known….”
November 30th, 2005 at 12:36 amRomans 3:12
November 30th, 2005 at 12:37 amWhat’s dangerous about O’Reilly’s line is that it links Christian virtue with prosperity, a theme that reared its head in neoclassical economics since the 1800s. Under that thinking, people are poor because they’re bad, and inequality is justified.
November 30th, 2005 at 9:32 amYou know, I am beginning to Like Communists as long as it pisses people like BOR Off!
November 30th, 2005 at 10:52 amBesides, Chinese have a Cute innocent look on thier faces. they are sorta charming
Chinese society is well over 4,000 years old. Have some respect for your elders.
November 30th, 2005 at 6:14 pmPaul,
I consider the Chinese my contemporaries. Ireland built one of the largest monuments and stellar timeclocks more than 600 years before the pyramids of giza.
http://www.mythicalireland.com/ancientsites/newgrange/
Antiquity is an interesting thing isn’t it? :)
November 30th, 2005 at 8:08 pmWhat a hypocrite OLeilly is, fox has a HOLIDAY section in their own store…
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/11/30.html#a6122
December 1st, 2005 at 1:47 am[...] So not only is Bill O’Reilly saving Christmas, he’s making it cheaper for you to get to the mall. Is there anything this guy can’t do? [...]
December 1st, 2005 at 9:22 amWhat’s dangerous about “O’Really” is that right wing, can’t think for myself numb-nuts, buy the crap this dipstick blurts out… can anyone else explain why Bush is president? Right wing, can’t think for myself, numb-nuts!
December 4th, 2005 at 8:49 amIn view of the fact that there is no proof (other than the “bible”) that a “jesus” ever lived, why all the fuss?
You may as well have a “happy tooth fairy day.” Same thing. No tooth fairy, no “jesus.” Oh, and yes, no “god” either. No “god,” no “son of god.”
December 13th, 2005 at 3:16 pmUlysses S. Grant made Christmas a federal holiday for one purpose only; to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
After all these years of the phrase “Remember the Reason for the Season” it is no longer correct. We are now saying celebrate the birthday but don’t mention the name of the honoree? Does this make any sense at all?
We should be thanking O’reilly; he’s only trying to keep the ‘Grinches’ from stealing Christmas.
I’ll agree that Christmas has become too commercialized, but, ironically, that isn’t the part that is being banned. It’s the reason for the celebration that is under siege.
I hope all of you have a Very Merry Christmas and don’t forget the real Reason for the Season: IT’S THE BIRTHDAY OF CHRIST!
December 4th, 2006 at 9:13 amHey Bill, looks like they’re listening. They hate you. You gotta love that. Secular progressives are irked by anyone disagreeing with what they say. Nice to know there is at least some media out there not slanting the news to suite their agenda. Believe it, the majority are thankful you tell it like it is.
December 19th, 2006 at 10:42 pm