Posted on 12/12/2009 1:26:00 PM PST by patriot08
Obamas Won't Celebrate Christmas
A survey of adult Americans finds that an overwhelming majority prefer the seasonal expression "Merry Christmas." More than seven out of ten, in fact. Twenty-two percent, according to Rasmussen Reports, go for "Happy Holidays."
However, the Obamas, who won't spend their first December holidays in the White House, apparently don't like either one.
The Obamas have just mailed thousands of greeting cards that say simply, "Season's Greetings." They're cream-colored, maroon-bordered cards showing a gold wreath wrapped around the presidential coat of arms.
The Obamas' card, paid for by the Democratic National Committee, makes no religious reference whatsoever. "May your family have a joyous holiday season," says the Obamas' greeting, "and a new year blessed with hope and happiness." This comes after reports that, initially anyway, the Obama White House planned its first Christmas to be a "non-religious" one, kind of like a non-sports Super Bowl Sunday.
However
Barack Obama doesn't want to offend the sensibilities of folks who aren't Christian by celebrating Christmas, and avoids any reference to the birth of Christ -- even though it's a federal holiday -- at least that's his excuse.
But the "alleged" Christian, who rarely, if ever, attends Christian services, has no problem offending Christians by attending services in a mosque.
The photo above (left) was taken in a mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. It shows Obama preparing for an Islamic service taking place in the Sultan Ahmed Mosque.
And in the right photo, Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan remove their shoes as they visit the Blue Mosque with Muslim clerics Emrullah Hatipoglu (R) and Mustafa Cagrici (L) in Istanbul, Turkey.
These photos were taken during Obama's trip to Turkey, last Spring, when Obama said, that Americans "do not consider ourselves a Christian nation..." Obama has made similar statements in the past. In June 2007, he told CBS, "Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation -- at least, not just.
But that’s not what the U.S. Supreme Court ruled when, in Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, 143 U.S. 437 (1892), they held that "this is a Christian nation." They meant that this nation was founded on Judeo-Christian biblical principles, and that those who brought these biblical principles to this land and who implemented those principles in our system of government were for the most part professing Christians who were actively involved with Christian churches -- 51 of the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention were members of Christian churches, and that leading American political figures in the founding era quoted the Bible far more than any other source.
And the ideals on which they framed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution -- that man is subject to the laws of nature and of nature’s God, that God created man equal and endowed him with basic unalienable rights, that human nature is sinful and therefore government power must be carefully restrained by the Constitution -- are ideals that they derived, directly or indirectly, from the Bible. Some of these ideals may be shared by those of other religious traditions. But the Founding Fathers, with few exceptions, did not read the Koran, or the Upanishads, or the Bagavigita. They read the Bible, and they heard the Bible preached on Sunday mornings.
Besides denying that America is a Christian nation in his April 6 news conference in Turkey, President Obama told the Turkish Parliament on the same day: " We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world -- including in my own country."
The suggestion that Islam has shaped America in any substantial way is ludicrious. As Robert Spencer asks:
Were there Muslims along Paul Revere’s ride, or standing next to Patrick Henry when he proclaimed, "Give me liberty or give me death"? Where there Muslims among the framers or signers of the Declaration of Independence, which states that all men -- not just Muslims, as Islamic law would have it -- are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? Were there Muslims among those who drafted the Constitution and vigorously debated its provisions, or among those who enumerated the Bill of Rights, which guarantees -- again in contradiction to the tenets of Islamic law -- that there should be no established national religion, and that the freedom of speech should not be infringed?
The primary contact our Founding Fathers had with Islam occurred during their struggles with the Barbary pirates, who from 1500-1800 carried over a million European Christians -- including some Americans -- into Muslim slavery. For centuries the Knights of Malta protected Europe from the Barbary pirates, but after their demise the European powers decided that paying tribute to the Barbary rulers in exchange for protection was easier and cheaper than fighting them. (Hello Somali pirates!!). But this galled the Americans. In 1786, while Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were in Europe, they asked the ambassador from Tripoli by what right Tripoli could claim tribute from nations which had done his country no injury. Jefferson and Adams reported the ambassador’s response:
It was written in their Koran that all nations which had not acknowledged the Prophet [Mohammed] were sinners, whom it was the right and duty of the faithful [Muslims] to plunder and enslave; and that every Muslim who was slain in this warfare was sure to go to paradise.
When Jefferson became president in 1801, he refused to pay tribute to the Barbary states, and Tripoli, Algiers, and Tunis declared war on the United States. The American Navy blockaded the coast of North Africa, and American marines stormed "the shores of Tripoli" and captured the city, forcing the Barbary rulers to agree to terms of peace. The Barbary states soon broke the treaty and demanded tribute again, and President James Madison again sent the U.S. Navy to the Mediterranean, forcing the Barbary states to again sign a treaty of peace.
Clearly, Islamic influence on the United States was minimal, and what little influence there was, was mostly negative.
Much of the Muslim world has a negative view of the United States. Sadly, Obama seems to think the Muslim world will warm up to our country if he shares their negative view.
And it avoids the Christmas colors (red for the blood shed and green for eternal life because of that blood shed).
I hate stores that do not display red and green (only white and blue and gold or whatever) and do not shop at them.
Happy Eid from 1600 Pennsylvania, Dhimmiland...
Obama is who he is. He is no longer the mysterious wunderkid of 2008, he’s been completely exposed. But if after all this he still wins reelection in 2012, that will be a very ominous sign for the direction of this country.
Obama is not and has never been a Christian.
The closest he has ever been is Reverend Wright's Black Liberation Theology church which I don't care what anyone says is not a Christian denominational church.
I’m suprised his cards don’t say “Happy RamaHannuKwansMas”.
I was in Target this morning and I saw a Christmas card with Zero’s picture on it with a Christmas tree saying “Merry Christmas”.
I’m NOT joking about this!
I almost barfed on their floor!
Are we surprised?
One good thing: It will be a long long time before anyone like this runs for national office again.
Effing Marxist Muslim. I pray for our Nation.
BHObowma obeys his muslim masters. We have known this for a while.
We sorrow at the course of this nation and shudder for what the next few years will bring.
Muslims generally don't.
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Remember this gentleman is a 70 year old who lives on Social Security.
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Wow, this is the most flattering picture of Michelle I’ve ever seen. Makes her look less like Mrs. Ed and more feminine.
And Barack also looks more feminine, if that were possible. All his pic needs is the marienette strings with Mohammed pulling them.
As the marxist muslim president finds Christmas "offensive" himself, it does not surprise me to learn he would not "offend" his Christian hating adherents by referencing CHRSTmas.
Tis the season that’s all about them!
Sorry..should read, ‘lack of funds’
I wonder who decided on the decor of the card Barack or what's her name.
Must be Barack if it isn't a 6" waist cincher opted for.
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