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From Charlie Brown to 'Scandal': Hollywood and Christmas
Townhall.com ^ | December 3, 2015 | Laura Hollis

Posted on 12/03/2015 10:13:15 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 12/03/2015 10:13:15 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Satan told Eve, “Did God really say that? And you will surely not die.” Society still buys it hook, line and sinker today.


2 posted on 12/03/2015 10:26:23 AM PST by taterjay
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To: Kaslin

But here’s the one good thing: Charlie Brown is still going strong after 50 years (60 if you count the beginning of the comic strip) and “Scandal” will be forgotten in five.


3 posted on 12/03/2015 10:29:51 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines (Obama loves America the way OJ loved Nicole)
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The audience hears the words of Pope's father in voiceover during the procedure, saying, “Family is a burden ... a pressure point, soft tissue, an illness, an antidote to greatness. You think you're better off with people who rely on you, depend on you, but you're wrong, because you will inevitably end up needing them, which makes you weak, pliable. Family doesn't complete you. It destroys you.”

That's not edgy or honest. It's the biggest lie and whining I've heard from anything that calls itself a man. Real men teach their children to step up to the plate and accept responsibility. Shirkers and quitters have no place among the society of decent men. Sometimes you can be great or you can take care of your family and have virtue.

The writers of this filth need to watch It's a Wonderful Life a few times.

4 posted on 12/03/2015 10:45:49 AM PST by Idaho_Cowboy (Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
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Her father is one of the most heinous characters on that show. He’s a manipulative sociopathic killer. Him saying that makes sense.


5 posted on 12/03/2015 11:50:51 AM PST by chae (The Lannisters send their regards--Game of Thrones)
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To: Kaslin; wagglebee; little jeremiah; metmom; Tired of Taxes; wintertime; ExTexasRedhead; ...

“The winter finale of ABC’s hit show, “Scandal.” In this now infamous episode, lead character Olivia Pope, played by Kerry Washington, has an abortion, which the doctor performs to the strains of the Christmas hymn, “Silent Night.”

WTF???!!! They used the song “Silent Night” to celebrate an abortion! Hollywood has really outdone itself. I like to take snarky shots at the PC types, but this shocks even me. Has anyone ever heard of such a thing before?


6 posted on 12/03/2015 3:11:34 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (The barbarians are inside because there are no gaits)
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To: NFHale; stephenjohnbanker

I forgot to ping this thread to you. As mentioned before, the song “Silent Night” was played while one of the characters got an abortion. This is appalling even for Hollywood.


7 posted on 12/03/2015 3:16:00 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (The barbarians are inside because there are no gaits)
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I saw the article. It’s very sick. Anyone who believes in murdering the unborn as a “right” has absolutely no sense of morality.


8 posted on 12/03/2015 3:17:17 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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True, but this goes farther. A song celebrating the birth of Christ accompanying an abortion scene by a sympathetic character? I’ve never seen anything like that before. If it hadn’t happened, it would never occur to me that it would be done.

Maybe I’m being paranoid, but it seems that Obama’s election and reelection has awakened something evil in the country.


9 posted on 12/03/2015 3:20:26 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (The barbarians are inside because there are no gaits)
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To: Clintonfatigued

I don’t watch those shows, anyhow. It’s just enough to see commercials for it when I’m watching GH.


10 posted on 12/03/2015 3:43:44 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Kaslin

“...they are actively hostile in 2015...”

Believe me... my feelings towards them, well.. it’s mutual now.


11 posted on 12/03/2015 3:44:51 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Clintonfatigued
Maybe I’m being paranoid, but it seems that Obama’s election and reelection has awakened something evil in the country.

You may be right in that. I never thought of it in terms like that, but it makes sense.

The slide into evil has certainly accelerated since he's been in office.

Did you ever read the book, *The Harbinger*?

I think what the author says in there, we are seeing played out before our very eyes.

God is calling us to repentance, and part of that is removing the protection our country has enjoyed, in an effort to compel us to repent and cry out to Him. But it's not working. Instead, we are pursuing evil more than ever and as we turn further from Him, He will allow more and more and worse and worse things happen to try to get our attention.

Eventually, He will be forced to judge us, which he's trying to avoid, but even God has His limits.

12 posted on 12/03/2015 5:55:43 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Clintonfatigued; NFHale; stephenjohnbanker; fieldmarshaldj; Bender2; Perdogg; AuH2ORepublican; ...

Haven’t seen the show but as I understand it the character is banging a married Republican President so it’s his bastard she aborted. Real nice, ABC.

Silent night eh, that’d be like playing the “Happy Days” theme song during that scene in “Schindler’s List” where he hoses down the prisoners on the train.


13 posted on 12/03/2015 6:32:19 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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Silent night eh, that’d be like playing the “Happy Days” theme song during that scene in “Schindler’s List” where he hoses down the prisoners on the train.

I'm thinking more of the Benny Hill "Yakkety Sax" song.

14 posted on 12/03/2015 6:41:07 PM PST by dfwgator
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Good Grief Bump


15 posted on 12/03/2015 6:43:24 PM PST by foreverfree
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To: Impy

It’s OK, I understand the President on the show is a liberal Republican. A hip, pro-abort type. Only in Hollyweirdland.


16 posted on 12/03/2015 6:47:04 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Impy; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; stephenjohnbanker; NFHale; Clintonfatigued; Perdogg

Kerry Washington: WB.

Never saw the show, bleh.

Good analogy. “Schindler’s List” was disturbing.


17 posted on 12/03/2015 6:52:57 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: Impy; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; stephenjohnbanker; NFHale; Clintonfatigued; Perdogg

Did any if you ever see the Christmas special ‘Nester, the Long Eared Donkey”? What an awful, horrible and sad show that was. I still get weepy when I think of it.

If I was Emperor, I’d ban it. No, I’m not joking. That show was traumatic.


18 posted on 12/03/2015 6:55:48 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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Never heard of it.


19 posted on 12/03/2015 7:17:57 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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It’s so sad.

Again, I’m not joking.


20 posted on 12/03/2015 7:18:52 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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