Posted on 02/07/2012 3:28:43 PM PST by pinochet
Today, we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the English writer, Charles Dickens. His best known work, is his 1843 novel, "A Christmas Carol", which featured a greedy, selfish, and heartless businessman, Ebenezer Scrooge. The businessman was visited by three ghosts, from the past, present, and future, who forced him to reconsider his selfish ways.
In the 1980s, the satirical Mad Magazine featured caricatures of Republican politicians praising Scrooge as a hard working businessman who created jobs for the Victorian economy. He refused to give people time off to spend Christmas with their families, which made him a promoter of higher labor productivity, and the Republican politicians saw that as a good thing. But poor Scrooge was guilt-tripped by pinko, commie, ghosts, and he started to give people time off for Christmas, which reduced labor productivity. He also gave handouts to his workers, which reduced corporate profits. The caricature of Scrooge as a selfish, pro-business, anti-union Republican, was quite funny.
Today, liberals can never get away with portraying Scrooge as a Republican. Liberals are the ones who are waging the War on Christmas, trying to get Christmas abolished as a public holiday. Liberals are the ones who utter the "Happy Holidays" crap, because they cannot bring themselves to say "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Christmas". Liberals have succeeded in getting rid of religious symbols of Christmas, such as Nativity Scenes, and they are now targeting secular symbols, such as Christmas trees. As an anti-Christmas bigot, Scrooge would be one of those limousine liberals who support the ACLU's anti-Christian agenda, and do not give a damn about the poor, except to manipulate them into voting for anti-God political candidates.
Scrooge is a bitter, rich, anti-Christianity, old buzzard. The closest equivalent now would be George Soros.
The post-Christmas Scrooge was obviously a Republican. He gave charity out of his OWN pocket.
Also, the actual Ugly American was a good guy. And Uncle Tom was anything but a pushover. Thus ends my mis-remembered historical literary figures rant. For now.
I would agree with that. I was referring to the pre-Christmas Scrooge.
Have to say, this guy is a right-winger.
Until he changed, he was a bitter, angry dastard. He was a Democrat. After he changed, he was a happy, sharing individual who cared for people. He become a Republican.
The “before” Scrooge was a selfish liberal, who rationalized refusing to help other people by pointing out that the government maintains poor houses. He also exploited his secretary in the worst way.
The “after” Scrooge realized that he could truly help people by doing it himself instead of relying on government to do it. He also came to the realization that a happy, comfortable employee is far more productive than a miserable employee. He was a conservative.
The Cherryble Brothers were conservatives.
Scrooge is British so why is this even discussed.
If scrooge were a rat... he would have been beyond redemption. Man this is too easy.
LLS
Scrooge was a Republican. The best evidence? He found redemption.
Jacob Marley, however, was a Democrat. He also was probably a big advocate of taxing the rich.
LLS
Listening to obama and his thugs, one would think we give nothing, that americans are starving in the streets. Whether we are rich, middle class or poor, we give plenty to our federal, state, county and local governments, through taxes we are generous people. There is not a shortage of programs to aid and assist, no one should be going without in America. Here is the real problem, we have entrusted our money to thieves who have had no respect for what we give. They have wasted our money on ridiculous programs for their own benefit to stay in power. They are the ones who could care less about the poor. Wanting more is one thing but to call the American people selfish to get what they want is despicable.
I’m a poor man who was once headed down the path of Scrooge.
I was successful as a factory foreman but I was sliding deeper and deeper into drugs and alcohol and it was because I was unhappy. I realized that I was unhappy because I couldn’t stand myself due to my behavior at work despite my success. I was a real prick to work for and I was driving my friends away.
He was neither. He was English.
Mad Magazine commentary on Scrooge was funny. Mad, a few issues ago made fun of ZERO. My boys love to read it, along with Model Railroader. Like father like sons... :)
You’ve commented on this before.
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