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A Fake War on Christmas

Well it looks like some crazed bastions of the right wing has decided to create another fake war and this freshly concocted creation is called the "War on Christmas". They claim that liberals, whom they say are at war with Christianity the whole year around, have made an spurious attack on Christmas. Now if you look closer you'll see who's really attacking Christmas and it's the corporations and even our own President.

A vocal minority in the Christian Right have been claiming that they have been under attack for years now even though a poll showed that 95 percent of Americans believe in God. They hate the idea of Separation of Church and State. They feel everybody should believe what they believe and that the state should be their way to reach the masses. They think that anybody who doesn't espouse their way of thinking will not just be damned, but are attacking Christianity. I don't want to take this article too far on that in that direction, so I'll keep this little ditty narrow to this most recent fabricated battle.

If we look closer, we'll see that corporations are the guiltiest of the guilty. They are so desperate for market share in this competitive world that they don't want to offend even %3-5 of the market. So that's why we have "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas". It's not some liberal, ACLU driven plot. It's all about the almighty and holy dollar. Wal-Mart greeters say happy holidays. Corporate cards say happy holidays. TV ads say happy holidays. It's about money, not belief.

I like the idea because it saves ink. You don't have to print "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year." That's a whole four words you don't have to print because you incompass both Christmas and New Years in one greeting. That's not counting Kwansa and Chanukkah.

Bill O'Reily has really stoked the fires on this brohaha and if you go to his website you'll see that he's selling "Holiday" ornaments, not Christmas ornaments. Man-o-man, he follows what he preaches, doesn't he?

And speaking of good old Bill, he also claimed that a school banned wearing green and red at school because of religious reason which turned out to be a total fabrication. When his own network, Fox, nailed him on it, he didn't recant.

Those who claim that Christmas is under attack say they are being excluded, but I think the phrase "Happy Holidays" is really inclusive because it includes all religions or lack of religion. By saying Merry Christmas, you're saying you believe what I believe and could exclude those who don't, but Happy Holidays covers all people.

From the White House we have cards that say, "Happy Holidays." That must really dig at those nutjobs who've started this idea of a war on Christmas. I see the card as being inclusive. We are a nation of different races, beliefs, sexual orientations, etc... and what makes this country great is that we tolerate these different beliefs. This has made this country work smoothly. Take a look at Iraq today and you'll see Shia versus Sunni in armed combat. When was the last time Baptist got into a gun battle with Methodists in the streets? The people behind this wacky idea want to drive a wedge between people of different beliefs, even though they are in the majority. This whole martyr, look at how under attack we are is tiresome and just downright false.

Now I will say, I don't care what people say to me. I'm just happy that they are being polite and caring to give me their good thoughts. The whole idea that somebody would be offended and feel attacked because somebody would wish them happiness over merriness is just absurd and the idea that it's a plot by godless liberals is even more absurd. It's not like we don't have more important things to worry about like growing deficits, keeping the peace in Iraq, keeping the peace in Afganistan, skyrocketing health care cost, 43 million uninsured, government officials exposing CIA agents, general political corruption...I could go on and on, but I don't want give this really dumb idea anymore time.

Happy Holidays.

Sources
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/wat/archive/wat060198.htm

posted by Scott @ 1:04 PM