Posted on 12/25/2005 10:37:22 AM PST by Alouette
For Carville, it is. "Alabama" votes Republican or at least conservative Democrat.
"Second verse: same as the first!" (Kyle Brofslovski)
Well, at least that acidic Lib has the courage of his convictions: the really DO wage War on Christmas!
But she also says...
"Growing up in a tightly knit Orthodox community "
My opinion is that she is full of scheissmerde. Orthodox Jews do not go around trying to kill Christmas. In fact one year my daughter said to me, "I feel kind of sorry for Christians, we have so many holidays all year and they only have one."
My kids also went through a phase in which they believed that Santa was Jesus.
My husband has a white beard and he is kind of, ahem, "round" and when he goes to the supermarket or the pharmacy little kids EYES POP OUT staring at him. He used to smile back at them and then wag his finger and say, "you better be good!"
He has stopped doing that, now he just ignores the kids because he is afraid some hyper-liberal do-gooder might think he is a "pedophile".
Her convictions. Courage of HER convictions...
I'm so tired of this sad and wholly inaccurate notion that the constitution contains a right to not be "offended," a right by extension to reshape an entire culture so as to please some miniscule splinter group of malcontents.
It's obvious that it never occurred to these people, when they first learned of the Christmas songs, to simply pull their own child from the event. Oh no. Instead of that, which would've instantly alleviated this danger of irreparable harm they feared, their automatic reaction was to force ALL children to stop singing Christmas songs.
Despite all such frustrations, however, Christ WAS born. He reigns TODAY, this very minute, very much alive, and very much in control. Praise Him!
MM
One big theme of Christmas is lighting up the spirit of man by being foolish with delight in the face of the bleak season, a solace from the short cold days and the long dark freezing nights. An effort of lighting up with lights, festivities, bright cakes and decoration, effusive promises of goodwill and peace and a glittery glowing hope founded in plain belief.
It is a social effort perfectly suited for the most joyous ebullient emotion-tugging songs and music! With grog and nog to accelerate the charms of it all!
Yet Channukah is a different Holiday. Determination and Will, Zealousness for G-d, willingness to sacrifice to uphold traditions and worship, those are the human motives that set the tone of the Jewish Calendar's 25th of the Month. Those are the motives of tha Maccabees, of Hannah who saw all her children executed one-by-one by the Greeks in front of her rather than any of her beloved ones follow non-Jewish religious practise.
What are the Songs for that?
I always preach the message that "you do NOT have the Constitutional right not to be offended". Shuts them right up.
Christmas songs are "religious," but singing other religions' songs in school is considered "cultural education" and is perfectly fine for liberals.
Yet how very liberal!
"Hmmm ... how un-multi-cultural of her!!"
This kind of attitude is not new. It seems that people want to move into the middle of other people that have been living in a place for a long time and expect them to conform to there lives. I see a couple of things that really concern me. To start with a quote "Amit, was offered a faculty position at Penn State University, with an adjunct position for me thrown in as part of the deal." Since when to we give jobs to spouses for no real reason at all. Having said that people should complain to Penn State because this practice is abusing public funded college and the rate of increase of tuition costs. Now being from Central PA myself I say this. If you don't like Happy Valley and the Central PA area with its mostly Christian People maybe somewhere else would be better for you and your family to work and live. We enjoy our lives and want you and our families to live in Peace on Earth.
Judy sounds like the woman who knowingly bought a house next to a chicken farm, and then decided that the farm that had been there for three generations had to go because it "offended" her.
Believe it or not. We have experienced that in this area too. This is farming country, and people from the city move here and then complain about the poop smell. :)
I am an Orthodox Jew who follows halachah (Jewish law) as set forth in the Torah and explained in the Mishna and Talmud.
I think that my knowledge and appreciation of Talmud exceeds what you think you know about it. There is no excuse for ignorance. If you have questions about the Talmud I will be happy to enlighten you, but please do not insult my religion the same way Ms. Judy Maltz is insulting yours.
Sounds painful; but, since she is a PITA, she may as well have a PITA, as well.
A better picture then that of Stewie would be Eric Cartman singing his song "Kyle's mom is a big fat b!tch" which was motivated her objection to Christmas carols being sung in the school play.
I LOVE the "South Park" version of the dreidel song!
being anti-semantic here.
Wrong meaning.
Perhaps she can find enough of her Appeasing friends to support Israel in the face of Islamofascism. She obviously doesn't need the Christians anymore.
If she was an announcer for Barnum and Bailey, she would say, "Ladies and gentilemen."
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