War on Christmas

Well, it's that time of year, so O'Reilly will be dusting off the "War on Christmas" in which evil liberals would deny the kiddies their tree and stockings and more importantly, the name of the birthday boy, Christ.

Nasty non-believers are so repulsed by the name of our Lord, that they would “X” out his name and call the holiday xmas. Have they no decency?

Both of my readers I suspect have some training in theology, so you see where this is going. Of course, in Greek, Christ starts with an X. The secret symbols of the early church often used the X, or a combined alpha/chi or the fish symbol to mark meeting places.

I don’t so much mind the invective of the War on Christmas opposers. But the historical ignorance is really appalling.

Bumper sticker seen today:
God was my copilot. But we crashed in the mountains and I had to eat him.

Not a rant, but a suggestion

We heard a month or so ago about a duet based CD in the works with Robert Plant and Allison Kraus. Huh? Stairway to Heaven meets O, Brother where art thou? We got it a week or so ago and have almost worn it out. Outstanding and nothing like either of them has done before. Awesome song selection and production by T Bone Burnett. Gotta get it.

While you’re at it, my old college buddy Sue has just put out her 3rd CD. Try it here.

No rant today

Leave the computer and say something nice to the next person you see.

Poor oppressed Christians

"Just like what Nazi Germany did to the Jews, so liberal America is now doing to the evangelical Christians. It's no different. It is the same thing. It is happening all over again. It is the Democratic Congress, the liberal-based media and the homosexuals who want to destroy the Christians. Wholesale abuse and discrimination and the worst bigotry directed toward any group in America today. More terrible than anything suffered by any minority in history." –Pat Robertson

Maybe Pat Robertson doesn't speak for the broad Christian (vast) majority of this country, but what's with the persecution complex? All of the presidential candidates are Christians. The vast majority of both houses of Congress are Christians. It's illegal in 38 states for an atheist to hold statewide office. It's illegal in 0 states for a Christian to hold statewide office.

Taking his statement literally, the following are consistent with the opening statement.

The Jews in Germany in 1942 had it better than Christians in the US today.
The Jews in Spain in 1492 had it better than Christians in the US today.
The Indians in America since 1492 had it better than Christians in the US today.
The Indios in Central America since 1492 had it better than Christians in the US today.
The Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994 had it better than Christians in the US today.

Let's sum this up:

The above 5 groups killed for being who they are: more than 7 million
US Christians killed for being who they are: 0

Honestly, why the persecution complex?

The 10 Commandments are the basis of American law. Huh?

This is not an attempt to bash Christians or their beliefs. I just want to address the morons across the south who try to put the 10 commandments either on a wall or in a monument at the (taxpayer funded) courthouse. Honestly, people, the 10 commandments certainly are the basis of much Christian doctorine, beliefs and practice, but they are hardly the basis of Western law. I believe the Magna Carta holds that honor.

Here's what bugs me- if you broke all 10 commandments, how many crimes would you have committed under US law? Two. Murder and theft. So 80% of the 10 commandments aren't even against the law. In addition, 2 of them aren't practiced by the mainstream Evangelicals usually caught up in these circuses. The proscription against graven images (Muslims do a better job covering this one) and worshiping on the seventh day (the Adventists and the Jews get this one right) are completely ignored.

Anyway, I have no problem with anyone holding any religious belief. Just don't be ignorant of history.

You can't make this stuff up

My wife and I are on an extending camping trip this winter, and headed for Mexico. We research RV parks or state parks or Wal-Marts (really!) to spend the night. We stumbled across this screed in Gallup, NM at USARVPark.

USA RV PARK

AN AMERICAN OWNED CAMPGROUND 100 PERCENT


In response to your questions about the ownership of USA RV PARK, I have stated this campground is 100% American owned. We support the AMERICAN CONSTITUTION and BILL OF RIGHTS that outline our freedom. We support and give thanks to our American veterans who served their country. We support and give thanks to and for our troops fighting the war against islam terror. We have freedom because citizens gave and continue to give their lives to protect and preserve our freedom.

Please note, islam believers do not own this campground. The KOA (Kampgrounds of Arabia) at exit 26 on I-40 in New Mexico is islam owned and managed next door to the islamic center of Gallup, New Mexico.

Please note that The Council on Islamic-American Relations (CAIR) has as their stated goal to transform the U. S. into an Islamic state.

Islamic centers across America are part of CAIR and adhere to its goal to transform America into an Islamic state. Omar M. Ahmad, the chairman of the nations lead muslims rights group--Washington-based Council on Islamic-American Relations or (CAIR), -- has asserted the following to a muslim audience: “islam isn’t in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant, The Quran should be the highest authority in America.”

IRS financial records show that CAIR, the powerful muslim advocacy group, had donated money to terrorist front groups such as the Holy Land Foundation, while employing three officials recently arrested for terrorist-related activities.

Islamic centers across America are known as “HATE America Centers”.

Many Americans feel if they trade at islam/muslims owned businesses they are supporting the enemy.

The RVing citizens I talk to, tell me they will not do business with islam/muslim owned businesses. They tell me they become angry when unknowingly they do business with muslims, such as at Kampgrounds of Arabia.

Some RVing citizens have started a program to boycott all muslim businesses. I am told there are blogs that urge Americans to boycott muslims businesses, and thereby stop possible aid to islam terrorists and to put sleeper cells out of business and protect America.

Islamic teachings demand that muslims not give royalty and allegiance to a non-islamic government.
Islamic teachings demand that muslims not give charitable contributions to non-muslim entities, unless it promotes islam’s image.

Think about it.

Whom do you support?
America and our troops,
Or islam,
You cannot support both
www.usarvpark.com


"Political Factions and a Modest Proposal for Dealing With Islam" by Robert Klein Engler

Marginalizing the free press on purpose

The next time I hear somebody complain about the “liberal media”, I’m going to smack them. Why for the love of God would GE, the definition of a corporate profits first organization subsidize a leftist agenda at NBC? Why would Disney do the same over at ABC? Sumner Redstone, well know leftist, is doing the same with CBS? It’s just so ridiculous; unless you repeat it over and over and over in the echo chambers of talk radio.

As Stephen Colbert pointed out at the national press dinner, “Reality has a known liberal bias.” Since reality wasn’t agreeing with what they wanted to believe was happening, they got their own reality. The reality is that the right has put together what is basically a huge propaganda apparatus that lies to the American people every day.

Most Fox News viewers still believe that WMDs were found, that Saddam ordered 9/11 and that Al Qaeda trained in Iraq. My mother still believes that Hilliary is a murderer and Bill Clinton a drug dealer, based on viewing the “Clinton Chronicles” tape passed around at their Evangelical church.

All of the people are being lied to and taken advantage of. “Values voters” put these boneheads in power and what did they get for the trouble? Privatize Social Security. I really hope in my lifetime to see these well-meaning people realize that they’ve been duped and Lied to by Rush and Sean and Bill and Dick and George.

A democracy cannot exist without a vigorous, independent free press. Oppressive regimes cannot exist without propaganda. What are we?