In a post noting the bizarrely different schizophrenic reactions, by the GOP punditocracy, to the two crossing-baring Christmas ads from Huckabee and McCain — only one of them, Huckabee’s, managing to be objectionable to the Republican bigs for some reason — Glen Greenwald concludes with this bit of Christmapocracy observed on the battlefields of the far right loony bin…
That soulful Christmas message was embedded in a blog post and accompanied by this title: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”
On the same exact page where one finds that publicly broadcast prayer, one also finds featured the following:
* bitter complaints that displaced Katrina victims are still in need of rent subsidies and therefore pushing “the limits of compassion”;
* a scary warning that “Mohammed is now the second most popular boys’ name in Britain” (!!);
* an item somehow blaming “Planned Parenthood and environmental zealots” for an attempt by a Dutch couple to return a Korean child they adopted; and
* a cackling screed proclaiming “schadenfreude” (the very un-Christmas emotion of deriving pleasure from others’ misery) over the failure of the “Unhinged,” “Petulant,” “Back-stabbing” Democrats to stop the war in Iraq.
In other words: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”
…And so it goes.
Huckabee stood in front of all America in the debates and LIED proclaiming he was the only one on stage with a theology degree. HE DOES NOT HAVE A THEOLOGY DEGREE. Using religion to pander for votes, calling himself an evangelical christian out of one side of his mouth while lying out of the other.
He drinks a different kind of Jesus juice alright.
He is bought and paid for – http://youtube.com/watch?v=0pRDxY42BpU
More principled and honest Huck – http://www.newsweek.com/id/78241
Like when he was governor, if you dont agree. expect to be silenced. Not accepting any negative comments. http://youtube.com/watch?v=n-BFEhkIujA
When you look at the candidates, ask yourself this question. Why is this person running for office? They will all pretty much say the same thing. “Too save the country”
Then, when you get to Ron Paul remember unlike ALL other candidates – Never voted himself a pay raise, never taken a gov paid junkett, doesn’t participate in the gov pension program, gives part of his staffing budget back to treasury every year, wont take corporate or lobbyist money, won’t take federal election campaign matching funds all the other candidates do. hmmm, what the heck is he doing in congress and why is he running then? Not to mention, right on iraq, right on patriot act, right on Iran, righ on economics (ronpaul2008.com/endorsements) …hmmmm
Just a thought.
Myths are built into the fibre of our culture, and like sunrise in the morning, they seem naturally true.
They are difficult to unlodge, and even the scientists and doctors believe myths at times.
“Do you believe in Santa Clause” is a test young kids put upon each other, a rite of passing, to determine if the one hanging with them has passed from the land of myth into the land of special knowledge.
As they swallow new and more mature myths to blend back into the Amurkan land of myth.
It is the largest business in Amurka.
A great man once said, that when fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. And that great man was ME! (actually I can’t remember who said it)
One bradblog hero reveals that myths are the most powerful of entitities in Amurka:
(Conyers’s Myth?, emphasis added). We can’t impeach war criminals, obstruction of justice criminals, contempt criminals, or perjury criminals in the United States because the “free press” would not like it?
Sounds like a powerful thoughtcrime John … war is peace, freedom is slavery, impeachment is treason …
Never mind, there are much more dangerous things to think about, like “is there a war on christmas”.
We’ll see you on the street, Michelle.
Michelle Malkin is trueblue to her principles in being a heartless human (supposedly, at least) being.
Michelle Malkin will be seen a lot more once the bushies buy up all of the MSM:
(Raw Story).
99 Respectfully:
Perhaps it’s time for you to reread the rules . . . . . Or change them . . .
In the mean time “Scuze me while I” eat my watermelon . . .
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