December 25, 2009 – 8:21 am
Every Christmas, after the presents are opened and breakfast is being made, I read this first in the paper (ye olde parental units get the paper, and they live in NJ). It is a Christmas classic that has always touched my soul. While some people outside of the Tri-State area have heard of it, rarely […]
December 23, 2009 – 7:58 am
Via Nice Deb, though Big Government got the Memorandum pull Why let a holiday season come between the White House and making some political statements? The White House pegged controversial designer Simon Doonan to oversee the Christmas decorations for the White House. Mr. Doonan, who is creative director of Barney’s New York has often caused […]
December 21, 2009 – 10:00 am
A happy story for a pre-Christmas Monday Children all over the world write letters to Santa Claus asking for presents, but Hope Baldwin, a fifth-grader at St. Monica School, has a reminder for them. “We get gifts on Christmas, on Jesus’ birthday, to remind us what a gift he was to us,†said Hope, 10, […]
December 8, 2009 – 10:00 am
I really don’t think we have to guess the Party affiliation, do we? MARYVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) — It has been a part of Maryville’s holiday traditions for nearly a quarter of a century, but Monday night the Bible was removed from their Christmas celebration. One complaint changed the local ceremony, with the long-time argument of […]
November 29, 2009 – 3:59 pm
Hmmmmmm (h/t Scared Monkeys) Amidst all the holiday shopping craziness, most Americans at this time of year want to see holiday signs that wish them a “Merry Christmas.” A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 72% of adults prefer “Merry Christmas,” while 22% like “Happy Holidays” instead. Older Americans favor “Merry Christmas” more […]
November 26, 2009 – 9:31 am
Must have a good patriotic pinup to complete the scene
November 25, 2009 – 5:56 pm
I was planning on ignoring politics and stuff for the rest of the day through Thanksgiving. I haven’t looked at my feedreader, avoided looking at Climate Depot and Google News, as well as all the other sites and blogs I frequent. Alas, an email from President Neophyte through Organizing For AmeriKa (wait, weren’t they the […]
November 20, 2009 – 8:57 am
For the 2008 general election, 78% of the Jewish vote went to Barack Obama, topping the percent Kerry achieved in 2004 (76%.) The Jewish vote tends to go overwhelmingly to Democrats, despite so many Democrats railing against Israel and that “evil Israeli lobby,” being pro-Palestinian, pro-Muslim terrorist, etc. Not all, of course. Bill Clinton has […]
November 17, 2009 – 9:49 am
Nice Deb: Massachusetts School Bans Christmas Items From “Holiday†Shop
November 7, 2009 – 10:16 am
Yes, it is that time of the year With increasing threats, lawsuits and exposure over what constitutes a ‘legal Christmas season’ in this country, it is astounding albeit wonderful, that the current White House administration, President and Congress have not decided to remove the word Christmas or Christ from the upcoming tree lighting ceremony in […]
