My friends, you just have to see this page from the fine people at Conservapedia, “The Trustworthy Encylopedia.” Scroll down.
Seriously, those Britannica folks must be a bunch of liars.
–Gordy
Bill O’Reilly makes me laugh. The guy is a goof. When he’s not out looking for new and fun things to do with falafels, he’s browbeating his guests…even when they work for the same network. Now, he’s latched on to, what I’m going to call, the most ridiculous state-related holiday “controversy” EVER.
You know about the all the commotion regarding the holiday signs/displays in the Washington state Capitol building, right?. If you don’t, here’s a quick rundown:
Atheists were allowed to put up a sign in the state Capitol building near the traditional Christian nativity scene and a “holiday” tree.
Then it was stolen.
Then it was returned.
Then the whole thing became a circus.
There are requests for other displays as well. Someone applied to put up a “Festivus” pole in honor of the invented holiday featured in the 1990s sitcom “Seinfeld.” Another person wants to create a religious-themed “balloon display.”
So back to O’Reilly:
O’Reilly, on his FOX News show earlier this week, urged viewers to call Gov. Christine Gregoire’s office to protest the sign. Gregoire’s office received more than 9,000 calls Thursday alone, said spokesman Pearse Edwards.
My absolute favorite quote from the segment he did on the displays:
“Washington is ground-zero for just about every nutty, secular cause on Earth, but this time, the State has embarrassed itself and the Nation.”
So Governor Gregoire had enough and has settled the controversy, cracking down on what can and cannot be displayed based on current laws. Bill, of course, disagreed with her decisions and decided to debate Fox News reporter and attorney, Megyn Kelly, on his show while making broad and completely incorrect statements about legal issues and First Amendment rights. He was completely wrong, as usual, and watching Megyn, who agreed with and defended Governor Gregoire, drill him for it was rather satisfying:
My take on the whole thing? People (I’m looking at you here, Bill) need to get a grip. Shit a lot worse than a sign stating the opposite of your beliefs being displayed at the state Capitol is going down all over the world. If that’s the kind of thing that ruins your day, you lack any sense of perspective and are wasting perfectly good air the rest of us could be using.
Happy Ramhankwamastice. If you celebrate that sort of thing.
–Gordy
Today was already not going so well and then this came across my desk. Holy roasted chestnuts, this is awful! The wars are still going, the economy is in the tank and getting worse by the minute, but Bush and Barney decide to make a 4-minute long Christmas video for us all to enjoy. How many tax payer dollars were spent on this garbage? I guarantee the cost was not commensurate with the production quality. Hell, there was probably $15,000 sunk into the poinsettias alone that appear behind Laura in her closing statement at the end of the video…a statement which, by the way, will make you ill.
And not to leave our Jewish friends out of the mix, were you lucky enough to receive an invite to the White House Hanukkah celebration, complete with a Christmas tree on the front of the card? No? Well, here you go:
The message reads that the couple “requests the pleasure of your company at a Hanukkah reception,” written beneath an image of a Clydesdale horse hauling a Christmas fir along the snow-dappled drive to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
And, no, it is not a Hanukkah bush. A close look at the wagon reveals the message “White House Christmas Tree 2008.”
In the background, the White House windows are festooned with Christmas wreaths.
Did you really expect any less of this administration? Just in case you can’t go another minute without knowing what the Bush family is up to for the holidays, you can visit the official White House Holiday website.
I’m wondering how many of you are now feeling like me right now, wishing someone had thrown a shoe at your head instead.
–Gordy