Philosophy
Our friends Scott Aikin and Bob Talisse have a post up over at 3 Quarks daily called, "The War on Christmas, To Save Thanksgiving."
Seems as good a time as any to re-run this:
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
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- The "war On Christmas" Begins Again...
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Philosophy
The War on Christmas Continues
Our friends Scott Aikin and Bob Talisse have a post up over at 3 Quarks daily called, "The War on Christmas, To Save Thanksgiving."
Seems as good a time as any to re-run this:
'Twas the month before Christmas and all through the malls
everything was ?bout Christmas, no escaping at all.
The songs all about yuletide, and then on FOX news,
all the nut-jobs pretending there ain?t any Jews.
This country we know it?s a really big stew
of Muslims, and pagans, and atheists too.
But O?Reilly and Rush, not to mention Sir Hannity
are all trying to deny these good folks their humanity.
If you eat latkes, and liver, and kosher dill gherkins,
You are second class citizens, not real ?Amurkans.?
We?re told ?shut your hole,? if your season?s not elfish,
as these kinds of ?Christians? are really quite selfish.
Don?t say ?Happy Holidays? if you work in a store,
it?s ?Merry Christmas? alone or they?ll declare war.
?We?re under siege!? they cry through their crocodile tears
?They?re trying to outlaw our holiday cheer!?
You can spot real Christians from those in wolves? clothing
They?re the ones preaching love, not hatred and loathing.
But the Pharisees think it's only they who should count,
Truth be told, they should read what was said on the mount.
So Buddhists and Hindus and Hopi and Sioux,
the message is clear that is sent unto you.
When the tips of the branches get covered in frost
This country is theirs, time for you to get lost.
Those who believe that to keep of our brother
means to actually love and respect one another.
So when you are asked, ?What would Jesus do??
Answer them, ?Welcome ones different from you.?
In conclusion, oh gasp, we guess we should say,
that Comet and Cupid are openly gay.
In this season of peace with the ground covered white,
Happy Holidays to ALL and to ALL a good night.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
- Holidays Are Hypocrisy
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists everywhere, New bit I'm working on: Yes, Christmas comes but once a year. Kinda like being married... You know, I have a theory about the holidays. Holidays are hypocrisy. The term "holiday" comes from...
- From The "irony Can Be So Ironic" File
Brothers, Sisters, and Transgendered Comedists Everywhere, Last weekend we wished happy holidays to all those non-Comedists celebrating the traditional holy days of their various faiths, and members of the Greek and Armenian Orthodox Churches responded...
- Christmas Questions
A few things I've never understood about the whole Christmas thing: How is it a silent night if you are all out in it singing "Silent Night"? Who was Carol anyway? If it is Jesus' birthday why do you get the presents? If a child was an avid coal...
- Reflections On Our First Trick Or Treat Experience
Took the short people trick or treating for the first time last night. It has effects you never imagine. We are trying our level best to endow them with a strong environmental ethic, but after last night, I think they are now strongly in favor of the...
- The "war On Christmas" Begins Again...
When Thanksgiving rolls around, there are a few things I don't want to look forward to, even though deep down inside I know are inevitable: bad Christmas music (virtually all of it), the commercialization of yet another holiday, and the self-victimization...