Press Release Town of Kensington Maryland

Town of Kensington Maryland ^ | 11/29/01 | Town of Kensington

[PoisedWoman]

Residents have been asked to bring diapers, baby wipes or formula which will be delivered to the Crossways Community nursery.

Clearly, the childish writer of this pablum piece needs the diapers and babywipes for him/herself.

[Redcloak]

I am offended by this press release. Someone call my attorney. (I'd call myself, except that I'm also offended by my phone at the moment.)

[SupplySider]

Please help. I have lived here, in Montgomery county, all my life. Outsiders have moved in, and in vast numbers. Now these people are taking over. I wish they would all go back to where they came from!

I feel for you. I grew up in Fairfax County and bemoan the change also.

[PoisedWoman]

Great list of songs. What does mishpucha mean? I've been called mishpucha more than once, should I be proud or hide my head?

[Fred25]

You're such an ignoramous, Fred25. Some of our best Christmas songs were written by Jews:

Are you nuts?! I didn’t say anything about “Jews”. And I didn’t say “Christmas” songs, I said “Christian” songs.

Last year in Albuquerque, New Mexico, one high school’s choral group wasn’t allowed to sing any Christian songs during their annual Christmas concert.

Local city civic government secularism is taking Christian songs out of public Christmas events. The Kensington “Town Tree” ceremony isn’t even a “Christmas event”, it’s a “holiday season” event. Christmas tree events are being co-opted by other groups to represent their holidays.

Anyway, your list includes only winter-season commercial songs designed for playing to shoppers on the Macy’s PA system during December so they will buy more stuff.

"All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth,” is not considered to be a “Christian” song.

[Teacup]

According to the news out here. It was because of 2 families who were uncomfortable with Santa, that they decided to dis SANTA. 2 families! Well, how about the whole town showing up in a SANTA suit?

[vrwc54]

Most of the info came from here:

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/archives/indc/rockstar/rock1226.html

I don't know much yiddish, but A quick Google search came up with the word relatives. I hope they meant it as a compliment to you.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Say, (respectfully here), can you two go argue through Freepmail on this side topic of "Jews vs. Santa Claus"? Thanks.

We are trying to take on the Town of Kensington (only) in this FR thread, IMHO.....

[vrwc54]

I didn’t say anything about “Jews”.

Yeah...right. You doth protest too much. You wrote (#40):

The Levine School of Music

I bet they won't be singing any Christian songs

Why did you write that Fred?...something about the name "Levine" made you foam at the mouth?

[lowbridge]

Will There be a Santa Claus?
From the Editorial Page of FreeRepublic,
written by lowbridge, November 28, 2001

We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of FreeRepublic:

"Dear Editor--I am 8 years old.
"Montgomery County community of Kensington and two families that live within the community say there wil be no Santa Claus.
"Papa says, 'If you see it in FreeRepublic, it's so.'
"Please tell me the truth, will there be a Santa Claus?
Virginia O'Hanlon
115 West Ninety-fifth Street

Virginia, Montgomery County community of Kensington is wrong. They have been affected by the fascism of a politically correct age. They do not feel comfortable except they offend. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All liberal minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's are little. In this great universe of ours liberals is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, Virginia, there will be a Santa Claus. He will exist as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the state of Maryland if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no child-like faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in state and commuinity standards of politially correct offenses. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

Not have a Santa Claus! They might as well not have wedding ceremonies! They might get government agents to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did arrest Santa Claus, what would that acomplish? A community board bans Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there will be no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men, nor town boards can ban. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? In Maryland, of course you did, but that's no reason to arrest them. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

You tear apart the voting machine and see what makes the chads inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the politically correct liberal democrats that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

No Santa Claus in Maryland! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever in FreeRepublic and Maryland. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

[gunshy]

I've said this so many times, and it's still true

Never put a woman in position of authority.

[billhilly]

If you were gunshy before, you are about to be shell shocked.

[Lent]

The more posts I see from this pseudo-American firster Fred25 the more I pity you people down there including my relatives. Except those who live very far from this character.

[Howlin]

Like Dan Akroyd in Trading Places?

[Hail Caesar]

Thanks for posting your editorial, lowbridge. We fellow patriots here in the DC area also appreciate the hard work you do for the RKBA cause up there in NYC, too.

MWLWN LABE!

[Fred25]

Kensington Maryland Levine School of Music

[billhilly]

Whoa! Guess da black dudes would call that a slam dunk.

[vrwc54]

The link doesn't change anything. Your kneejerk reaction to the name Levine was, I repeat:(#40)

The Levine School of Music

I bet they won't be singing any Christian songs

Maybe you wish you hadn't written it, but you did, and you can't take it back.