tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post116639273428237960..comments2024-03-28T03:15:55.088-04:00Comments on Fetch me my axe: Oh, well, now that you put it -that- wayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166659505731758182006-12-20T19:05:00.000-05:002006-12-20T19:05:00.000-05:00Emily: no, i think the Mariah Carey one is the Pri...Emily: no, i think the Mariah Carey one is the Prime Evil, there.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166657994256573042006-12-20T18:39:00.000-05:002006-12-20T18:39:00.000-05:00How come all the wars against them involve store c...<I>How come all the wars against them involve store clerks choosing improper language while the wars against us include poverty, lack of health care, death, disease and hopelessness?</I><BR/><BR/>They'll get over it. After losing a few political battles on issues people actually care about, some conservative leader will probably be smart enough to say "screw it" and marginalize the radical right.Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166591329592859292006-12-20T00:08:00.000-05:002006-12-20T00:08:00.000-05:00>>Well, duh--how else to explain the relentless de...>>Well, duh--how else to explain the relentless deluge of pop Christmas carols? <BR/><BR/>Wham's Last Xmas pwns them all. Oh yes it does. Yes.queen emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039121133703594308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166588573625872572006-12-19T23:22:00.000-05:002006-12-19T23:22:00.000-05:00How come all the wars against them involve store c...How come all the wars against them involve store clerks choosing improper language while the wars against us include poverty, lack of health care, death, disease and hopelessness?<BR/><BR/>I'm thinking some folks in Iraq and Afghanistan could only hope that the worst thing they experience is some store clerk misunderstanding their religious fervor.<BR/><BR/>Assholes.Ravenmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166576947403409302006-12-19T20:09:00.000-05:002006-12-19T20:09:00.000-05:00You know, that's really what Christmas is about- a...<I>You know, that's really what Christmas is about- annoying people who do not share your personal beliefs.</I><BR/><BR/>Well, duh--how else to explain the relentless deluge of pop Christmas carols?belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166576819584675272006-12-19T20:07:00.000-05:002006-12-19T20:07:00.000-05:00You know, that's really what Christmas is about- a...You know, that's really what Christmas is about- annoying people who do not share your personal beliefs. In fact, after he finishes sermonizing Atheist/Agnostic/Muslim/Jewish/Hindu strangers on the street, he probably holds his finger an inch from their faces and yells "I'm not touching you! I'm not touching you!" and then follows them around for the rest of the night toting a chalkboard and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166575996613975172006-12-19T19:53:00.000-05:002006-12-19T19:53:00.000-05:00AG would like to declare a war on the war on X-mas...AG would like to declare a war on the war on X-mas!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166554435943411402006-12-19T13:53:00.000-05:002006-12-19T13:53:00.000-05:00Oh honestly, Mark Noonan is an ass. I am not Chri...Oh honestly, Mark Noonan is an ass. I am not Christian. I don't care if someone wishes me a Merry Christmas. I even go so far as wishing my Christian friends a Merry Christmas. However, if someone got in my face to wish me a Merry Christmas, damn straight I'd be offended. I'd be offended because why the hell are they in my face? Getting in someone's face? Not so much of the peace and love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166540691667288962006-12-19T10:04:00.000-05:002006-12-19T10:04:00.000-05:00I was jsut trying to ignore this whole discussion,...I was jsut trying to ignore this whole discussion, but I have to confess, as a philosophical materialist, which entails, atheism, I promote the tree-based celebration of Christmas among my immigrant and children of immigrant friends, and I say "Merry Christmas" all the time, because I am taking the holiday away from the Christians lock-stock-and-barrel. Christians who advocate the use of "Merry Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166534551499268302006-12-19T08:22:00.000-05:002006-12-19T08:22:00.000-05:00@Emily ... What?!??! COKE invented Santa??? You're...@Emily ... What?!??! COKE invented Santa??? You're a liar. The truth is not in you!!!!! ;)Twanna A. Hines | FUNKYBROWNCHICK.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17143083843846956425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166518749724455192006-12-19T03:59:00.000-05:002006-12-19T03:59:00.000-05:00I assume Lou Dobbs wouldn't accept a simple "Feliz...I assume Lou Dobbs wouldn't accept a simple "Feliz Navidad"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166516307015195202006-12-19T03:18:00.000-05:002006-12-19T03:18:00.000-05:00I was listening to Lou Dobbs on the "Happy Holiday...I was listening to Lou Dobbs on the "Happy Holidays" thing, and the conclusion I came to is that he's just deliberately lying.FoolishOwlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01573667007319000435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166513288321657882006-12-19T02:28:00.000-05:002006-12-19T02:28:00.000-05:00Hate to be off topic here, but... I've just tagged...Hate to be off topic here, but... I've just tagged you. Sorry 'bout that - I really am, but I'm just passing on the love. See my blog for the deets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166504095357711312006-12-18T23:54:00.000-05:002006-12-18T23:54:00.000-05:00I was really, really hoping Christmahanukwanzakah ...I was really, really hoping Christmahanukwanzakah was going to catch on. Mainly 'cause I was dying to hear the old guy who's the greeter at the Newport, TN Walmart wrap his mouth around it. <BR/><BR/>And I'm still waiting for an invite from the local Church of Pentacostal Church Snake Handlers in Jesus Christ's Name to see their Christmas Sunday service. I was hopin' to get to watch them drink Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264435407129343604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166493058767500232006-12-18T20:50:00.000-05:002006-12-18T20:50:00.000-05:00Tina Kelley’s quotes suggest, if further evidence ...Tina Kelley’s quotes suggest, if further evidence were needed, that very many people don’t understand not only the US Constitution, but the whole liberal concept that emerged from the 16th-17th century European wars of religion. After 400 years of liberal civilization, it turns out that most of the population (the most democratically & expensively educated general population in history) have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166487074173188762006-12-18T19:11:00.000-05:002006-12-18T19:11:00.000-05:00Um, hello? Festivus.Um, hello? <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus" REL="nofollow">Festivus</A>.Jen Bartmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03974540670359702818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166483733623273192006-12-18T18:22:00.000-05:002006-12-18T18:22:00.000-05:00Merry Christmas!Merry Christmas!Pretty Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342833918614545778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166482595543445722006-12-18T17:56:00.000-05:002006-12-18T17:56:00.000-05:00wrt that article in the previous comment WTF? I k...wrt that article in the previous comment WTF? I kind of really want to cry now. <BR/><BR/>Word verification: emguh-the sound that comes gurgling from your throat when you realize you're surrounded by stupid people in large groups (possibly calling for brains). Telling your students they're going to hell is in no way okay behavior for a teacher, freedom of religion has jack all to do with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166477881956596332006-12-18T16:38:00.000-05:002006-12-18T16:38:00.000-05:00Excerpts from Tina Kelley's NYT article:[David Pas...Excerpts from Tina Kelley's <I>NYT</I> article:<BR/><BR/>[David Paszkiewicz, an 11-grade civics teacher] told his sixth-period students at Kearny High School that evolution and the Big Bang were not scientific, that dinosaurs were aboard Noah’s ark, and that only Christians had a place in heaven …<BR/><BR/>“If you reject his gift of salvation, then you know where you belong,” Mr. Paszkiewicz was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166477678564814042006-12-18T16:34:00.000-05:002006-12-18T16:34:00.000-05:00BD re: sojournersI've heard of them but don't know...BD re: sojourners<BR/>I've heard of them but don't know a single thing about them. (am going right now to look them up)Rootietoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804816032287310463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166477009227659512006-12-18T16:23:00.000-05:002006-12-18T16:23:00.000-05:00A story in today's NYT offers one small example of...A story in today's <I>NYT</I> offers one small example of where all this leads.<BR/><BR/>Tina Kelley, "Talk in Class Turns to God, Setting Off Debate on Rights," <I>NYT</I>, Dec. 18, 2006, p. A23.<BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/18/nyregion/<BR/>18kearny.html?hp&ex=1166418000&en<BR/>=fa807250c191d8c8&ei=5094&<BR/>partner=homepageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166473146038452772006-12-18T15:19:00.000-05:002006-12-18T15:19:00.000-05:00Is this guy a relative of "The Dolphin Lady" Peggy...<I>Is this guy a relative of "The Dolphin Lady" Peggy noonan,</I><BR/><BR/>one would assume so, but apparently not.<BR/><BR/>word verification: kuqqoxbelledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166473029643590332006-12-18T15:17:00.000-05:002006-12-18T15:17:00.000-05:00erm, didn't mean to leave that last long bit in th...erm, didn't mean to leave that last long bit in there. sorry.midwesterntransporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02749445416512279883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166473001570577562006-12-18T15:16:00.001-05:002006-12-18T15:16:00.001-05:00this is what i find funny:"in a gentle, loving spi...this is what i find funny:<BR/><BR/>"in a gentle, loving spirit, get into the face of the secularists"<BR/><BR/>and "And don't be afraid of offending Jews, Moslems, Hindus, etc"<BR/><BR/>how is that in any way gentle or loving? getting in someone's face isn't exactly either, in my book.<BR/><BR/>"and don't let them forget that this our holiday, and they are participating in it because they love midwesterntransporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02749445416512279883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1166472993034881652006-12-18T15:16:00.000-05:002006-12-18T15:16:00.000-05:00I love how all these Christmas Restorers never men...<I>I love how all these Christmas Restorers never mention that the Puritans banned celebrating the holiday, deeming it too raucous and secular.<BR/><BR/>400 freaking years ago.</I><BR/><BR/>That's not the irony of hte english puritans, Olde English PUritans were also forrunners of our current dominionist Pre-Millennial Dispensationalists - they believed that A) The books of revelations and that R. Mildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00932355251730998294noreply@blogger.com