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Twelve days of the War On Christmas
War on Christmas: Army of Santa Clauses
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyDay Twelve of Tommy and Caleb's Twelve Days of the War on Christmas.What, you thought I was kidding?Every year now, since 1994, cadres of Santa-suited revelers have descended on cities across the globe to get out all of their naughty. It's all part of Santacon, a burgeoning tradition that's apparently sweeping the North Pole.Here's a slide show of the Kringle Kaos, followed by some final thoughts on Christmas, and the War Thereupon. ...
War on Christmas: Barney's White House Swan Song
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyDay Ten of Tommy and Caleb's Twelve Days of the War on Christmas.(Phone Rings) Receptionist: Political Machine, how can I help you?Me: Hi, this is Tommy Christopher, I'm calling with my "War on Christmas" story.Receptionist: I'm sorry, sir, I don't...Me: I was wondering if I could just phone this one in.C'mon, 12 days is a lot! Caleb's been reduced to writing exposés of middle-school vandals. Cut me some slack here. Our treat today is the final "Barney" White House video (no, not the purple dinosaur, but you'll wish it was). I was going to feign apoplexy at the red, white, and blue tree, but ...
War On Christmas: Stealing Jesus
By Caleb Howe - Politics DailyDay nine of Tommy and Caleb's Twelve Days of the War on Christmas. The culture battles in the war on Christmas are often comprised of small skirmishes. When interviewing Rev. Robert Schenck last week about Nancy Pelosi he told me about a type of vandalism that Nativity scenes across the nation endure, and which his own Faith and Action group had dealt with many times before: baby Jesus theft. You see, each year, Faith and Action displays a nativity on the front lawn of their DC office. Like many other nativity scenes, this one was routinely vandalized, usually by dint of theft. ...
War on Christmas: Teacher Fired Over Santa Revelation
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyDay Eight of Tommy and Caleb's Twelve Days of the War on Christmas.Day Eight in the War on Christmas clearly has my amused detachment soundly defeating Caleb Howe's sober outrage, but today's story threatens my entire thesis. The London Daily Mail reports that a substitute teacher was fired for telling students that there is no Santa Claus:When excited youngsters became rowdy as they talked about Santa, the supply teacher blurted out: 'It's your parents who leave out presents on Christmas Day.' The class of seven-year-olds at Blackshaw Lane Primary School, Royton, near Oldham, Greater ...
War on Christmas: Blagojevich Linked to Grinch
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyDay Six of Tommy and Caleb's Twelve Days of the War on Christmas.First, let me say how glad I am that Caleb has abandoned the parody song stanzas at the beginning of these posts. That means that I no longer have to think of them, but I also win. I pwn you, Howe!Today, Christmas is being attacked by its biggest foe yet, that behemoth-of-the-hour, the Blagojevich scandal. Already, people are wondering if Blago will be a taint on Obama's new presidency. I think the truth lies slightly to the front and/or rear of that assessment.Now, the Blagojevich name has been linked to reformed yuletide felon ...
War on Christmas: I Saw Someone Killing Santa Claus
By Caleb Howe - Politics DailyDay five of Tommy and Caleb's Twelve Days of the War on Christmas. I've already addressed the issue of the phrase "war on Christmas" being provocative and perhaps too broad. But we go to war with the phrases we have, not the phrases we need. It certainly is suitable enough as, unquestionably, assaults on Christianity in general and Christmas in particular are the matter at hand. At length, I've written about the disgusting atheist sign in Washington State. A sign which would never have been permitted if it were one religion writing about another. Secular forces have elected democrats, ...
War On Christmas: Cops Raid Christmas Tree Growers
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyDay four of Tommy and Caleb's Twelve Days of the War on Christmas. On the Fourth Day of the War on Christmas, Obama gave to me... Four falling cops.The police in Odessa, Texas, thought that they had stumbled across a major find. More than just a "stash," as it is called in street slang, they were getting ready to "bust" a "reefer nursery" of sorts. However, instead of finding a drug den teeming with "trees," a slang word for marijuana, they just encountered trees. Christmas trees. From Examiner.com: I've long thought that too many civil liberties advocates (myself included) are ...
War On Christmas: Pelosi Mugged?
By Caleb Howe - Politics DailyDay three of Tommy and Caleb's Twelve Days of the War on Christmas. Last week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on faith and heritage at the annual U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree lighting ceremony. She made much of the new religion, being green, but also took a stand in the "War on Christmas". She said that the faith represented by the Christmas tree was part of our heritage, remarked on "all the gifts God has given us and how blessed we are," and suggested that this was a season to say a prayer for world peace. With the help of a fourth-grade student, she lit the tree to ...
War on Christmas: Santa Claus, Superstar
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThis week, Tommy and Caleb are starting a new series called "Twelve Days of the War on Christmas." Click here for Caleb's overview. We're using Obama in the song because, well, he is everyone's true love, isn't he?On the 2nd day of the War on Christmas Obama gave to me, Two different Christmae, and a reindeer and a hate spree.The recent brouhaha over Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in North Carolina, reindeered in great detail here, represents an important breakthrough in the Christmas wars.At issue was the inclusion of the glowing venison's anthem in a kindergarten pageant: (from ...
'War on Christmas' Controversies Spread
By Caleb Howe - Politics DailyThis week, Tommy and Caleb are starting a new series called "Twelve Days of the War on Christmas." Today will be Caleb's overview. Tomorrow, Tommy's. On the first day of the War on Christmas, Obama gave to me, a reindeer and a hate spree. Last week, Mark Impomeni wrote about a heinous and offensive attack on all people of faith which was posted at the Washington state capitol building under the guise of equal time in Christmas displays. The absurdity of calling such a grotesque mockery an exercise in equality is no doubt shades of fairness doctrines to come. The incident is easily the ...
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