"Leave Christmas ALOOOOOOOOOONE!!!!"

[ms_daisy_cutter]

I don't think anybody's surprised to hear that Bill Donohue is whining about all those uppity non-Christians out there who have the temerity to want to celebrate something around the Solstice that isn't Christmas, or those race traitor Christians who don't have a problem with that. I agree with Amanda Marcotte that the phrase "the neutering of xmas

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[kankurette]

I see Jews are getting blamed for ruining Christmas. Ove here, it's the Muslims' fault. I'm not going to read it as I know it will make steam come out of my ears. I'm sick and tired of these whiny Christian cunts acting like they're oppressed when you can't go anywhere in the UK or presumably the US at this time of year without being assaulted by Christmas music and decorations. Even in Rusholme, which is a Muslim / Hindu area, there's loads of Christmas stuff in the restaurants. B3gl's point is right on the money.
As for it being ironic, forgive me if I forget to laugh. As I said, there are plenty of people who say the same things about how those bloody minority religions are ruining Christmas, and aren't being ironic.
(Btw, sorry about not sending you a Christmas card - the last date for sending cards to the US was weeks ago, sadly.)

[ms_daisy_cutter]

He's blaming Jews, he's blaming Eastern elites, he's blaming people in more liberal sects of xtianity... several common targets for Ignoramus americanus.

Oh, and no worries about the card thing. I still need to get a number of cards and packages out.

[kankurette]

Are your email comment notifications working? For some reason mine aren;t.

[ms_daisy_cutter]

Yeah, mine are (today, and for now, anyway)...

[timeofnoreply]

I am printing this shit out and sending it to my Keillor-loving urban-hipster friend Tori, just to see how she can defend him on this one.

I personally loathe NPR and all it entails. This fills me with a distinct sort of schadenfreude.

[ms_daisy_cutter]

NPR used to actually have some good reporting, although it's as useless as any other major "news" source these days. There are a few shows that are still OK, such as Says You, Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, and Car Talk (well, the last one if you can stand the Magliozzi brothers).

Mostly, though... yeah. Way too precious and forced. And with some of the most annoying voices in radio, such as Ira what's-his-face and Sarah Vowell.

[ironkite]

Radio Lab is rather good. When they make one.

Garrison Keillor is one of the few things that makes my wife turn off NPR. I just hate the voice, as with many NPR voices which need to be distinct or something. They can just grate me sometimes.

[flewellyn]

I hearby declare war upon Christmas, for it has too long waged war against the holidays of autumn.

Hear me, Christmas! We shall not rest until your forces are driven back past the borders of December, where they belong! Leave Halloween alone!

[ms_daisy_cutter]

/gets out the rocket launcher with the decal of Santa Claus with the big international "no" symbol across him

[flewellyn]

I'm imagining a huge LOTR-style battle between Santas and turkeys, with elven archers on one side and Jack O' Lanterns spitting flame on the other. Witches and reindeer-pulled sleighs vie for control of the skies, and exploding candy canes, sugar plums, black and yellow toffees, and pumpkin pies fly through the air.

[ms_daisy_cutter]

It sounds more like Tim Burton than Peter Jackson, IMO.

[ishitpinecones]

FUCK I hate Garrison Keillor. He's so full of shit. Whenever I read his column in the paper I just picture a belligerent old man that smells like poop and werthers originals, sitting in his armchair complaining about black people and farting himself to death.

IT'S TOO COLD. WHERE'S MY SWEATER. *POOT*

[ms_daisy_cutter]

I love this comment and want to bake it non-denominational holiday cookies. And then fuck it.

[ishitpinecones]

best compliment I've ever received

[liddle_oldman]

Huh. That's disappointing. Usually he's funny about UUs, not just nasty. (The bit where the entire UUA was Raptured like to near made me pee mysself.) Oh, dear.

And, wingnuts? Every one of us over here on the correct coast is laughing at you.

[ms_daisy_cutter]

Pshaw, like we don't have wingnuts here, too. You want hyperlinks?

[liddle_oldman]

No, thanks, I'm reading Molly Ivin's last book, and if I get any more furious I'll pop something. It's put me right back into Shrub World.

Besides, they could be standing in the middle of Harvard Square, and they'd still be in Jesustopia. "Why, is this not hell? Nor am I out of it, for where my own self is, is hell".