The Fake "War On Christmas" Campaign Begins
This week, the right-wing media began its annual fake "War on Christmas" campaign, freaking out about a bogus Obama "Christmas tree tax." Here's what to expect from right-wing media during the next six weeks.
Right-Wing Media Launch "War On Christmas" Coverage With "Christmas Tree Tax" Freakout
Fox & Friends Chryon: "Grinched By The Government: Christmas Tree Tax Adds 15 Cents Per." During the November 9 broadcast of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Gretchen Carlson claimed that the administration is "grinching 15 cents out of your pocket potentially" by adding a fee to the price of live Christmas trees. Carlson later noted that the program is intended to boost sales of live trees and "the majority of Christmas tree farms are in favor of" the new program. During the segment, on-screen text said, "Grinched By The Government." From Fox & Friends:
[Fox News, Fox & Friends, 11/9/11, via Media Matters]
Hoft: "Barack Obama Hates Christians." In a November 8 Gateway Pundit post titled, "Bah Humbug...Obama Imposes 15¢ Tax on Christmas Trees," Jim Hoft suggested the Christmas tree fee showed that "Barack Obama [h]ates Christians." [The Gateway Pundit, 11/8/11]
Doug Powers: "I Couldn't Believe The First Order Of Business Wasn't To Remove The Word 'Christmas' From The Name." In a November 8 MichelleMalkin.com post, Doug Powers wrote:
When I read that the federal government was getting involved in the Christmas tree industry, I couldn't believe the first order of business wasn't to remove the word "Christmas" from the name. Maybe that'll come later, but for now the Obama administration is trying to help during a down economy, which of course involves a new business fee, which will cost consumers more. I can feel that recession lifting already. [MichelleMalkin.com, 11/8/11, emphasis original]
Drudge: "Obama's New 'Christmas Tree Tax.'" On November 8, the Drudge Report linked to a Heritage Foundation blog about the plan under the headline, "Obama's New 'Christmas Tree Tax.' " From the Drudge Report:
[Drudge Report Archives, 11/9/11]
Fox's Bruce: Christmas Tree Fee "Target[s] One Religion And One Religion Only -- Christianity." In a November 10 Newsmax article, Fox News contributor Tammy Bruce said of the Christmas tree checkoff fee, "The fact is it was a tax meant to fund a board appointed by a federal agency targeting one religion and one religion only -- Christianity." Bruce claimed the "precedent" for the fee is a Muslim "tax levied on non-Muslim citizens in the Islamic world." Bruce went on to say the fee is a "tribute by those pesky Christians who dare to think there is a higher authority than the permanent political class." Fox Nation promoted the article as evidence of "Obama's War on Christianity." From Fox Nation:
[Newsmax, 11/10/11; Fox Nation, 11/10/11]
For the truth about "Obama's Christmas tree tax," SEE HERE.
There's More To Come: The Right-Wing Media Have Been Fighting A Fake "War On Christmas" For Years
Carlson: Candidates Should Be Asked What Should Be Done About The "War On Christmas." On the August 11 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, Carlson said GOP presidential candidates should be asked about the "political correctness in our society," including "the War on Christmas." From The O'Reilly Factor:
BILL O'REILLY (host): All right, Carlson. If you were moderating tonight, and you had an opportunity to ask a cultural question, what would the first question be?
CARLSON: As president, how important would it be for you to address the political correctness in our society, many argue is totally out of control, from the War on Christmas to leaving the word God out of the Pledge of Allegiance to not calling the alleged Fort Hood shooter what he is, a homegrown Muslim terrorist? How is that harmful moving forward for our nation? [Fox News,The O'Reilly Factor, 8/11/11, via Media Matters]
Fox Accused The NBA Of Waging A "War On Christmas." On December 23, 2010, Fox Nation linked to a story about then-Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson's complaining about having to work on Christmas Day under the headline, "The NBA's War on Christmas?" From Fox Nation:
[Fox Nation, 12/23/10, via Media Matters]
Bozell Claimed Lack Of Religious Christmas Coverage Shows "Complete Secularization Of The National News Media." On the December 17, 2010, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, Doocy hosted Media Research Center president Brent Bozell to react to the claim that "Christmas or talking about Christ, or the reason for the season, is heard so infrequently on the network telecasts." Bozell claimed that "only seven out of 527 -- only 1.3 percent" of stories about Christmas "mentioned Jesus or God. This is the complete secularization of the national news media." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 12/17/10, via Media Matters]
Kilmeade Declared Change Of Name For Tulsa Holiday Parade A "Topic Of National Controversy." On the December 7, 2010, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Brian Kilmeade declared that a decision to change the name of a Tulsa parade from the "Christmas Parade" to the "Holiday Parade" was a "topic of national controversy." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 12/7/10, via Media Matters]
Fox & Friends Invented Florida Elementary School's War On Christmas. On the November 29, 2010, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, Carlson covered an anonymous parent's claim that Heathrow Elementary School in Florida was "not going to let red and green in the classroom." Fox Nation also ran the story under the headline, "School Bans Christmas Colors":
[Fox News, Fox & Friends, 11/29/10, via Media Matters; Fox Nation, 11/29/10, via Media Matters]
For the truth about Heathrow Elementary's bogus War on Christmas, SEE HERE.
Palin: Put "Christ Back In Christmas" Because Christians "Put Up With A Lot" They "Don't Believe In Either." On the November 24, 2010, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, Carlson asked Fox News contributor Sarah Palin, "Why is the manger so much a threat in this society?" Palin responded that she would have "Christ back in Christmas, and hopefully it won't offend you, because we put up with a whole lot of other things that perhaps we don't personally believe in, either." Palin later said she hoped there would be "some reciprocation of some of that tolerance when it comes to Christians." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 11/24/10, via Media Matters]
Doocy Tried To Bait Archbishop Dolan Into Complaining About War On Christmas. On the December 10, 2009, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, Doocy asked Archbishop Timothy Dolan, "What do you make of the whole move by some to marginalize Christmas during these times?" Dolan replied: "I'm not one of these that gets handwringing or all hot and bothered. ... I'm just glad people peripherally, at least, say, 'Hey, there's something great about this season.' " [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 12/10/09, via Media Matters]
Fox's Hemmer And Camerota Hyped Story Of Boston Elementary School Gift Shop Prohibiting Christmas-Themed Gifts. On the November 17, 2009, edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom, co-host Bill Hemmer and guest host Alisyn Camerota aired a segment hyping a story of an elementary school in Boston that had prohibited Christmas-themed gifts from being sold in the school's holiday gift shop. Hemmer reacted to the story by asking, "Is the War on Christmas yet raging again? Already?" [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 11/17/10, via Media Matters]
Carlson: "I'm All For Free Speech And Free Rights, Just Not On December 25." On the December 11, 2008, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, after co-host Steve Doocy reported on a Washington state man's request to celebrate the fictional holiday Festivus, Carlson called it "a mockery ... of what 85 percent of the general public believes in." Carlson went on to say: "I am tolerant. I'm all for free speech and free rights, just not on December 25." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 12/11/08, via Media Matters]
O'Reilly: "If You Stand Up For Christmas, They Come After You." On the November 28, 2005, edition of his radio show, Bill O'Reilly claimed:
O'REILLY: [Y]ou use your left-wing smear websites to go after anybody who stands up for Christmas. If you stand up for Christmas, they come after you. So the tandem intimidates. The tandem intimidates. Suing on one hand; smearing on the other hand.
[...]
In every secular progressive country, they've wiped out religion ... Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, all of them. That's the first step. Get the religion out of there, so that we can impose our big-government, progressive agenda. [Fox News, The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly, 11/28/05, via Media Matters]
O'Reilly Claimed War On Christmas Is "All Part Of The Secular Progressive Agenda." On the November 21, 2005, edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly -- during a segment on "American stores ... using 'Christmas' in advertising" -- claimed that the effort to not use the word Christmas was "all part of the secular progressive agenda" to "pass secular progressive programs like legalization of narcotics, euthanasia, abortion at will, gay marriage, because the objection to those things is religious-based, usually." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 11/21/05, via Media Matters]
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These people are easier to lead around than...some..easily led around thing. Im not good with metaphors but didnt just want to fill this entire post with "jerk-idiots."
Ok, pentacles, not pentagrams. But since most people who don't wear either don't know the difference...
I once had a woman in a Barnes & Noble telling me about how her grandson was Jewish. I didn't realize until well afterwards that she had mistaken my druid's foot for a star of David.
In the fifth war on Christmas
My true love gave to me
Five "Happy Holidays"
Four Solstice Sales
Three holiday plays
Two winter fairs
And a non-denominational greeting card...
..As it is, I see the store has many of those. So I'll have to wait til next year to start my fake revolution.
Oh, but instead of a christmas tree, my mom got me this weird..plastic fold out deal OF a christmas tree which i can put on a window nad have it stick. Sure, it might be because I live on the top floor in a studio apartment..
...But it might also be because of Obama. Crappy christmas decorations sounds exactly like..
...No I cant even keep this up. My satire has run out. If Fox is still actually tricking people with this nonsense, those people deserve it. They are clearly idiots.
Have yourself a little war on Christmas,
Let's annoy the right
From now on,
December's just a time to fight
Have yourself a pagan war on Christmas,
Kill the creche displays,
From now on,
There's no more grade school Christmas plays.
Here we are as in olden days,
Happy golden days of yore.
Donar 'n' solstice, we're on our knees
Worshiping our trees of Thor.
Through the years
We all will be together,
If the cops allow
Tear that shining star on City Hall right down.
And have yourself a merry war on Christmas now.
Neo-pagans for the Approxomate Armagedditton.
Yawn.
"Grinched?" You don't want to go there, Fux. The entire point of the Grinch story is anti-corporate and anti-materialistic. Your point man, Billd O'Reilly (incredibly courageous in imaginary wars), stated the Fux Noise position on that last year, (possibly the year before) when a guest reminded him that Christmas is, really, a spiritual event: "That's really naive."
They weren't amused.
Maybe that's why you always try and divert the conversation. It's not that you're being dishonest; it's that you just don't know what the hell is going on.
Is that it?
Man, I feel so bad for your reading teacher. So, so bad.
lol! i know, the moderators should consider banning me for that!
You should at least consider being embarassed for being such pathetic troll
Man, you DO have a reading conprehension problem, don't you?
Retarded much?
OH THE HUMANITY!!!!!!!
It is astonishing how stupid you are. Far too stupid to even recognize reality. You are a liar and a fool. You dont understand the program. You are too stupid to be telling us what gov should be doing. No one in their right mind thinks you are anything but a brainwashed moron and a free clown show.
It's not going to happen.
If you're not going to debate the topic and debate it honestly, then I'm going to make it a point to drive you out of it.
Let's take your first sentence. You know, the "fox sucks" one. You tried to pull that on me the other day and it didn't work. Why you'd try to use it again only shows that you think it'll work this time or that you're so limited on ideas that all you can do is recycle the same, tired, played-out comments.
I answered that claim the other day. I suggest you go read it and learn a new approach.
It sounds like you're getting angry.
Is everything okay, jimmy?
I'm going to attempt to explain something to you. Let's hope you understand.
Refusing to be baited by you is not indicative of an inability on our part to defend against your accusation, nor does it imply an implicit admission that your claim is irrefutably correct.
It just means that we won't play your game.
Does that make sense? Did it sink in?
My guess is: no; it didn't.
The lucky candidate gets to represent something that Jimmy has decided shall be called The Needless Nonsense Christmas Tree Task Force.
I like to think that whenever jimmy's around, we provide a service by running interference so he can't employ his lame tactics.
He's like a fish on a hook convinced he's fooled some big human into grasping the fishing pole.
That is not the topic. You are a liar and too stupid to read
You are a liar. You are a punk trying to derail the thread and slapping you around while laughing at your immense ignorance is more fun than ignoring you
I easily could. I did when it was the topic. That you are a pathetic troll trying to derail the topic and we dont want to follow you off topic doesnt mean we didnt kick your butt yesterday when you were so stupid and so delusional you THOUGHT you were doing well.
You are pathetic james you always will be
Meanwhile I've noticed a point of hypocrisy from our james: asking people to make the same arguments again and again while claiming he's already made his when he hasn't. It requires fancy footwork which is why we see him stumbling so badly.
Then james it is.
I don't know what he prefers, other than to be a worm on a hook.
I'm sure he fancies himself quite the lady's man, what with his pimp suit and date-rape dinghy.
And of course, you think this means you win, don't you?
I also bet you think that song was about you, don't you? Don't you?
A bit late for that time zone, so I'm guessing he's in Mountain or Pacific.
I'm going to add emotional to the growing list of words and phrases whose definition you just don't know.
But here, I'll throw in a freebie for you. To say something is "above one's pay grade" deals with the responsibility inherent in the task, not the intellectual capacity to do it.
Now, hopefully the next time you try to use that phrase, you'll get it right.
Again, I'm not going to hold my breath, though.
james you are so STUPID. We already know that is what Rush told you to think. The fact is it is easy to brainwash you with idiocy like this since you are too stupid to even know what logic is. It isnt that we are so smart it is that YOU are so STUPID. You are mindless beyond belief.
Yes, it is, it is also the talking point Rush told him to think. That liberals are emotional and not reasoned even though somehow we are also intellectual elitists. Remember Rush knows he is talking to people as stupid as james so he doesnt have to make sense.
james however is of the Limborg hivemind so he has to regurgitate what he was told to think whether it makes sense or not
I especially like how he calls us emotional, usually shortly after first getting angry with us and daring us to ignore him, and shortly before resorting to uncontrollable "lol"ing in his posts.
Yup, it must be tough for those rational righties to put up with all of that crazy emotion. If only we could deal in facts !
GOD but you are stupid. When we helped the dairy industry we didnt ask what about the huge multinational soda industry. Live trees are a domestic industry of small businesses. We CAN decide to help them if we wish. I think it is a good idea and I NEVER buy Christmas trees.
You are such useful idiot. Every post you make is preprogrammed Randinista propaganda, stupidity, and talking points.
It would really benefit you to ask your reading teacher for some tutoring.
I'll give you semi-props for stepping out of your box a bit with that post, but it's undone by your swing back to a seemingly angry guy.
Now, why is it so easy for us to get a rise out of you?
Of course we do a good job of reaching that anger, to give us the credit we deserve.
oh, premise is flawed. No one asked anything like that.
Personally I dont care how angry you are. I am interested in how STUPID you are. People as stupid and gullible as you are funny
You are a LIAR. I have explained this before. I am one of the least emotional people you will ever meet. My wife is in stiches at this argument. This is a TACTIC. You are a punk. I treat you like a punk. You are not here to discuss you are here to heap contempt on us and I entertain myself by returning serve.
I get you are too stupid to understand this. The grade school insults are all you deserve. It isnt as if you are making points. You spew cliched talking points and spray insults on the left. I spray them back at you. You are easy due to your intellectual inferiority but it is still somewhat amusing. I love to laugh at morons as stupid as you
Because you are a LIAR too stupid to know what logic, reason or apparantly emotion is. Were you to ever MAKE a rational logical argument I would be happy to take it apart. Baseless assertions about what you were TOLD to think. As IF you were the one to decide what government has business doing and not doing is not an argument. It is the repitition of what you were TOLD to think. What governments role is as to promoting the general wellfare is a democratic decision and you LOST this argument long ago.
I dont think many thinking people laugh at me. A lot of them resent my directness, just slapping punks like you around and not even PRETENDING that you are here to do actual discussion. Since you are not.
You are a punk and a troll. Your first post was an attempt to derail the thread. You DONT make rational arguments and mostly try to tell us what WE think or what WE do. You are too stupid to understand us. You are too stupid to understand ice.
You dont know any such think. You only KNOW what Rush told you to think. You are too stupid to know what we think, do, or understand.
Of course they do. I appreciate that you are able to discern such an obvious tactic. This is because ALL of your posts are pretty much the same. Lame, cliched, Randinista dogma in the form of a talking point, mischaracterization of liberals or a liberal position vitriolic nonsense. Sometimes you vary by spewing out a Rush talking point but never any facts, insight, or actual original argument or cogent thought. I am sorry that you are too stupid to do or even understand actual rhetoric and debate. It would be fun to rip you to shreds outside of the gutter all your posts come from
Ahhh, but this WASN'T the government's doing, jamesB. The live Christmas tree industry came to the government and ASKED THEM FOR HELP. And that's really why we have a government. You know, the whole commerce clause and all that?
And this is about the over-arching (fictional) theme perpetrated by the right wing that there is some sort of "War on Christmas".
Only people as stupid as YOU are fooled by this tactic. Have you stopped molesting small furry animals? Answer yes or no
You are a LIAR. You were answered the fact you were too STUPID to understand the answer is not OUR problem
Since I am feeling generous and since your mind numbing stupidity has been especially amusing today I will help you a bit. It is a shame that you are so stupid decision making processes must be explained to you but it is what it is.
Not talking about mentally defective, people like yourself who can only see things in black and white, Manichean terms. Decisions made by normal people and groups of normal people are complex things having to do with many dynamics. Cost/benifit ratios, need, resulting benifits, conseqences. Which businesses get such help is a DEMOCRATIC DECISION based on just such a complex set of dynamics. If YOU are too stupid to get why Christmas tree growers fit the bill and huge multinational banks do not then you are just too stupid to be in this conversation
See I only did it because I felt generous. I knew that an actual explanation would seem like mumbo jumbo to a mental defective such as yourself. Everything is concrete, black and white to morons like you. If anyone gets some help and everyone doesnt that seems a contradiction to you. It isnt but you are too stupid to understand complexities.
Cost benifit analysis, how much will it promote the general wellfare as opposed to how much it will cost is mumbo jumbo to morons like you.
See that was an explanation as to why you would be too stupid to understand and boy you didnt disappoint. You immediatly jumped in to show, why yes you ARE far too stupid to understand. I could make it even clearer but that was enough for a rational adult and it is beyond my capability to dumb it down to a level someone as stupid as you could understand so I wont waste anymore of my time. You are hilarious. Your stupidity is EPIC.
You are a LIAR. We answered. You are too stupid to understand that answer. Sucks to be you
Yes we did. YOUR mental inferiority is not OUR problem
My GOD but you are stupid. See citizens are not as stupid as you. What sort of business gets this kind of government help is a DEMOCRATIC decision. YOU might be stupid enough and gullible enough to think the big banks need such help but no rational adult could be convinced
So you are going with the asking an inane question to show you are too stupid to understand the concept ploy?
The government would look at the situation, realize the big banks didn't need help, and say no, jamesB. Easy enough, eh?
Here it is, folks! jamesB is for government regulation on business.
We already knew what incredibly stupid Randinistas like you have been brainwashed to think. Rational adults disagree and this is a democratic decision. We would have to be as stupid as you are to let brainwashed Randinista morons like you make decisions like this for our country
I think people as stupid as you voting is a bad idea. I am betting you disagree.
Tommy can't understand why the US Dept. of Agriculture would want to promote agriculture. Or maybe he thinks artificial trees grow on trees. omg lol!
You are so stupid you cannot possibly be a judge of who has a clue. You couldnt buy one you could understand at a clue market. Rush tells you what to think and you are so stupid and brainwashed you think what he tells you is all you need to know
Tommy hates it when the gov't does something more cost effectively than the private sector.
omg! that is all one needs to know to understand why you have no clue.
Sure we do. It is just you were too stupid to understand it yesterday and we dont think you got any smarter overnight. Try to remember how stupid you are. The fact you cant understand something isnt any indication it doesnt make perfect sense. You are after all a moron
I suppose if I reminded you that the live Christmas tree industry ASKED FOR this 15 cent fee to help promote their industry you'd dodge that, eh jamesB?
Why do you hate democracy? </snark>
Dude, seriously, get informed.
It is tedious trying to explain anything to morons as stupid as you. Who usually pays the costs of advertising? The truth is sometimes it is passed on. Other times they absorb the cost when the revenue due to increased sales makes up for the cost. This is simple enough that any rational adult shouldnt need it explained to them.
You are incapable of independent thought. You are incapable of thinking outside the Randinista brainwashing you have been programmed with
It is nice of you to show once again that you are too stupid to understand the concept being discussed. If you ever catch up have the decency to be humiliated by how stupid you are.
I would explain what this is but the TOPIC you are desperatly trying to derail us from discussing is the phony war on Christmas. The on that isnt happening. Much like higher brain function is not and never will happen inside that cesspool you have in place of a brain.
You really are a moron.
who is more interested in derailing the thread away from content. if you had a shred of honesty you'd answer that truthfully.
What's the headline on this story, jimmy?
Just out of curiosity, jimmy, if someone is promoting something, what do you think they're doing?
This is a semantic question. I ask it because I'm fascinated by your seemingly complete lack of word knowledge.
Your basic lack of understanding is precious. Yes, as ONE example, others are given of the phony war on Christmas.
I'm going to assume that you ignoring the whole "schools ban christmas colors" and "the NBA's war on christmas" and Bill O'Reilly's claim that standing up for christmas makes "them" come after you, and all the other details used to support the headline is just an oversight on your part and not indicative of your dishonest attempt to make this article about only the christmas tree tax.
Right?
You are a LIAR. You are derailing the topic. That being the phony war on Christmas. When will you get that we are not as stupid as you are and just believe anything we are told?
You are too stupid to discuss content when you tried on THIS topic on the other thread we took you apart. All you did was repeat endlessly the talking points you were brainwashed with and that we have seen dozens of times before.
The solution is to stop following him down that path.
Stop replying to him over and over again. It's not possible to expect people to ignore him entirely. That's why the solution is to point out that he's behaving trollishly, and everyone else should ignore his posts thereafter.
GOD but you are stupid but at least you are right this time, inadvertantly of course, it is about the phony war on Christmas.
You are a liar and too stupid to understand the concept. You keep using the word free. I dont think that word means what you think it means.
james is attacking business decisions.
He has no substance to his argument. None.
Sitting at a desk waiting for the phone to ring, or the paper work slows, or whatever it is, james compensates for the tediousness by rabble-rousing.
So, how do you propose stopping a business decision to use a legal tool to promote their business?
It isn't, oh-my-christmas-tree-task-force-I-win-yay!
Try to focus on the topic, if you're capable.
really, yet in one of his comments he made that very claim.
Of course, your explanation is probably more likely.
It's just one of the few talking points he has in his mini tool kit.
Another one I've noticed is that he starts off all angry and emotional, then when he returns from his afternoon nap, he's morphed into the "lol you libs are so emotional".
It's as if he's cranky right before his naptime, and then forgets how angry and emotional he was right before naptime when he accuses us of being emotional.
If using the logic of 12- or 13-year olds is all it takes to confound you, well, then, I guess that kind of speaks for itself, doesn't it?
Well you really would be pretty stupid compared to most ten year olds. Maybe six
For someone who loves to try and bait people, you're fairly reliable when it comes to biting at pretty much anything we dangle in front of you.
Was that rhetorical? Because the answer is always, "jimmy".
You are fun to slap around. Your abject stupidity is an irresistable target. Think of how a cat plays with a mouse before ending his misery. You have only amusement value. You are so stupid you even suck at being a troll. There is no one to even TRY to defend the stupid war on Christmas thing and the obvious points about it being ludicrous were made long ago so punking you mercilessly is pure entertainment
>^o.-^<
I dont CARE what a very stupid and very brainwashed Randinista like you thinks goverment should or shouldnt do. I dont care how desperate you are to change the subject and derail the thread. You are a troll. The whole concept of a war on Christmas is dishonest and stupid and THAT is the topic.
Fake Christmas trees bought and sold in the USA are predominantly imported from sweatshops in Asia.
Real Christmas trees bought and sold in the USA are predominantly grown in the USA.
Why do you hate Americans who work hard to produce a homegrown product and bring it to market? </snark redux>
This is just a guess on my part, jamesB, but I'm willing to bet that the Department of Agriculture really doesn't have that much to do with fake tree manufacturers. The live tree growers, on the other hand, would fall directly within the Dept of Ag's purview.
Your single minded stupidity is surpassed only by how incredibly brainwashed you are. Why dont you STFU till you grow your own brain?
I mean look at Santa. Dressed head to toe in red. And Rudolph with the glowing red nose. Where do you think that nose leads him? Ill tell you where it leads: Marx's resting place that's where!
And the gifts, where do they come from? Elves? Please, they were taken from rich children! Toy redistribution!!!
Egads I started this post with good natured snark then took a veering turn into Beck loony tune land.
Yikes.
None of these things EVER happen, we must really suck at waging wars.
Soros needs to get in gear!
First it was your tax money, confiscated illegally before the sweat on your back e en dried...
Then it was your guns snatched from your patriotic hands by brown shirted, jack booted thugs, flying black FEMA helicopters under the cover of night...
Now el Jefe, comrade Obama is comin' fer your Christmas tree....
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *cough cough cough*
No good?
How about "then they came for my tree, but I said nothing because I wasn't pagan...?"
In other news, an 18.5 foot Balsam fir from Neshkoro, WI was recently selected to be the 2011 White House Christmas Tree. It'll be erected in the Blue Room.
/snark.
Does that mean if I show my atheist club membership card to the tree dealer, I don't have to pay the tax when I buy my tree? And my Jewish stepfather will be glad to hear that he won't have to pay the tax either when he buys the tree for my mom this year.
This is really easy.
You don't want to pay the tax, don't buy a freakin' Christmas tree. It's really that pure and simple.
On the other hand, this article isn't about the tax, it is about the fake war on Christmas, as in, Obama hates Christmas because of this tax.
And that 15 cents will prevent him from practicing his pagan tradition.
The only contoversy is how Kilmeade maintains a presence on a 'news' broadcast with an IQ far south of boiled broccoli!