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Happy Festivus everybody!

I find tinsel very distracting.

President Obama Leaves Christ Out of Christmas

This year, the ABC network television special "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (which first aired on CBS) turns 50, and ABC had a party to celebrate. When it was Obama's turn to speak, he explained Christmas by saying -- and I quote -- "tiny trees just need a little love, and that on this holiday, we celebrate peace on earth and goodwill to all."

Good Grief! Even Christmas is about the environment? Is nothing sacred from politicking? Granted, conservatives sometimes go overboard when it comes to the "War on Christmas" -- with the non-scandal of Starbucks' Christmas cups as an egregious example. What Donald Trump was thinking by giving it legitimacy, no one knows. But this statement by Obama -- this really is a travesty.

Obama's Statement

Here is Obama's full statement, in case a patriotic American hoped that our President did not just remove Jesus Christ from the "true meaning of Christmas":

President Barack Obama: "Hi, everybody! We'll be brief because we know that adults all sound like "wa, wa, wa, wa, wa," especially here in Washington."

First Lady Michelle Obama: "Good Grief!"

Obama: "But, we want to wish a happy 50th Anniversary to one of our country's most beloved traditions, 'A Charlie Brown Christmas.'"

Michelle: "For half a century, people of all ages have gathered around the TV to watch Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, and the rest of the gang, teach us the true meaning of Christmas." (HERE IT COMES, FOLKS)

Obama: "They teach us that tiny trees just need a little love, and that on this holiday, we celebrate peace on earth and goodwill toward all."

Michelle: "Because, as Linus knows, that's what Christmas is all about."

The Charlie Brown Version

Oh really, Miss First Lady, Linus would beg to differ. Here he is, on the first Christmas Special, telling Charlie Brown what Christmas is all about:

Sure, Charlie Brown, I can tell you what Christmas is all about. Lights please!"

"And there were, in the same country, shepherds, abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night," Linus narrates, quoting from Luke 2, the old King James Version. "And lo, the Angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid."

And the angel said unto them, fear not! For behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, which is Christ the Lord! And this shall be a sign unto you -- ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger."

Linus continues, "And suddenly, there was with the angel, a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace, goodwill toward men.'"

Simply and humbly, Linus concludes, "That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown."

The True Meaning of Christmas

There it is. The true meaning of Christmas, according to the Christian tradition, is Jesus Christ. This remarkable person is the reason for the season -- the Son of Man, who is fully God and miraculously fully a human being, like you and me. Christians celebrate Christmas (the Mass of Christ) because we believe something truly incredible - that God became Man, and dwelt among us.

Next to the Resurrection, this is the most important doctrine in Christianity. It is the reason why Christmas hymns celebrate "Joy to the World - the Lord is come," and "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing - Glory to the Newborn King!" In a little stable in the backwater town of Bethlehem in the outskirts of the Roman Empire, a baby was born. That baby is the Creator of the universe, the one true King of all humanity, the Word by which God spoke all things into being.

In Christian doctrine, all men and women have sinned and deserve death and hell. God, by sending his Son Jesus Christ, and by allowing Him to die upon the cross, gave sinful human beings a way to atone for their sin, and live forever in heaven with Him. Only a perfect sacrifice could atone for sin, and so the redeemer had to be perfect, and He was.

Christmas for over 1,000 years has been about the miracle of Jesus Christ's birth. "Peace on Earth" and "Goodwill to Men," as Linus said, are made possible through the birth of Jesus. And even the Christmas tree is a celebration of Jesus, not nature.

Obama, by contrast, emphasized the tree, the peace, and goodwill, without one mention of God, Jesus, or the story that clearly inspired "A Charlie Brown Christmas." While the TV special quotes scripture in detail, the president mentions one tradition or two, and then his wife triumphantly declares "that's what Christmas is all about!"

No, Mister President, Christmas is not about green energy, your efforts at world peace, or the politically correct replacement of the Anglo-Saxon word "men" with the Norman word "all." The trees, the peace, and the goodwill have one source -- and that is none other than Jesus Christ. Obama says he's proud to be a Christian, but statements like this make him seem ashamed of the Gospel, and encourage Christians to feel ever more isolated in the political realm.

https://pjmedia.com/faith/2015/12/5/president-obama-leaves-christ-out-of-christmas

President Obama has appointed a foreign policy advisor known to be a friend of the terrorist group Hamas to be the administration's new czar in charge of countering ISIS. The appointee, Robert Malley, has a history of sympathizing with Islamists, which makes the appointment all the more appalling.

https://pjmedia.com/trending/2015/12/3/obama-names-hamas-sympathizer-as-new-isis-czar

@#$%!!!#@$!

Michigan
https://www.youtube.com/embed/0R81h6rWgtU

Tolerance:

Jiggs McDonald, NHL Hall of Fame broadcaster speaking in Ontario,says:

"I am truly perplexed that so many of my friends are against another mosque being built in Toronto. I think it should be the goal of every Canadian to be tolerant regardless of their religious beliefs.

Thus the mosque should be allowed, in an effort to promote tolerance."

"That is why I also propose that two nightclubs be opened next door to the mosque; thereby promoting tolerance from within the mosque.

We could call one of the clubs, which would be gay, "The Turban Cowboy," and the other, a topless bar, would be called "You Mecca Me Hot."

"Next door should be a butcher shop that specializes in pork, and adjacent to that an open-pit barbecue pork restaurant, called "Iraq of Ribs."

"Across the street there could be a lingerie store called "Victoria Keeps Nothing Secret," with sexy mannequins in the window modeling the goods.", and on the other side a liquor store called "Morehammered."

"All of this would encourage Muslims to demonstrate the tolerance they demand of us." Yes we should promote tolerance, and you can do your part by passing this on."

And if you are not laughing or smiling at this point...

It is either past your bedtime, or it's midnight at the oasis.

He's the very dead pan comedian who said a mime lived upstairs so at night he'd put a blank cassette in his cassette player and played it to drive the mime nuts.

Here's some more:

If you're not familiar with the work of Steven Wright, he's the famous erudite scientist who once said: "I woke up one morning, and all of my stuff had been stolen and replaced by exact duplicates".

His mind sees things differently than most of us do. Here are some of his gems:

1 - I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.

2 - Borrow money from pessimists -- they don't expect it
back.

3 - Half the people you know are below average.

4 - 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.

5 - 82.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

6 - A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.

7 - A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

8 - If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain.

9 - All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand.

10 - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

11 - I almost had a psychic girlfriend...  But she left me before we met.

12 - OK, so what's the speed of dark?

13 - How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?

14 - If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

15 - Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

16 - When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

17 - Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.

18 - Hard work pays off in the future; laziness pays off now.

19 - I intend to live forever... So far, so good.

20 - If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?

21 - Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

22 - What happens if you get scared half to death twice?

23 - My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."

24 - Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?

25 - If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

26 - A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.

27 - Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

28 - The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread.

29 - To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.

30 - The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.

31 - The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.

32 - The colder the x-ray table, the more of your body is required to be on it. 

33 - Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film.

34 - If your car could travel at the speed of light, would your headlights work?

A guy sits down at the bar, ordering drink after drink.

"Is everything okay, pal?" the bartender asks.

"My wife and I got into a fight and she announced she wasn't speaking to me for a month!"

Trying to put a positive spin on things, the bartender says, "Well, maybe that's kind of a good thing. You know, a little peace and quiet?"

"Yeah, I know. And today's the last day!"

I can't believe that you've been visiting prostitutes for sex," screamed the wife. "I'm really disappointed."

"You can hardly blame me," he answered. "It's not like I was getting any from you."

"Well that's your fault," she replied. "You never told me you were willing to pay for it"

"CALLS FOR MEMBER STATES TO SUPPORT WEAPONS COLLECTION and DISARMAMENT of all UN countries".

By a 53-46 vote - The U.S. Senate voted against the U.N. resolution.  HOORAY.

This is that brief, glorious moment in history when everyone stands around...reloading.

Now, which 46 Senators voted to destroy us? Well, let their names become known ! See below . If you vote in one of the states listed with these 46 "legis..traitors"... vote against them.

In a 53-46 vote, the Senate narrowly passed a measure that will stop the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.

The Statement of Purpose from the Senate Bill reads: "To uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty." The U.N. Small Arms Treaty, which has been championed by the Obama Administration, would have effectively placed a global ban on the import and export of small firearms. The ban would have affected all private gun owners in the U.S. and had language that would have implemented an international gun registry, now get this, on all private guns and ammo.

Astonishingly, 46 out of our 100 United States Senators were willing to give away our Constitutional rights to a foreign power.

Here are the 46 senators who voted to give your rights to the U.N.:

Baldwin            (D-WI)

Baucus              (D-MT)

Bennett            (D-CO)

Blumenthal     (D-CT)

Boxer                (D-CA)

Brown              (D-OH)

Cantwell          (D-WA)

Cardin              (D-MD)

Carper             (D-DE)

Casey               (D-PA)

Coons              (D-DE)

Cowan            (D-MA)

Durbin            (D-IL)

Feinstein        (D-CA)

Franken          (D-MN)

Gillibrand       (D-NY)

Harkin             (D-IA)

Hirono             (D-HI)

Johnson           (D-SD)

Kaine                (D-VA)

King                  (I-ME)

Klobuchar       (D-MN)

Landrieu         (D-LA)

Leahy               (D-VT)

Levin                (D-MI)

McCaskill        (D-MO)

Menendez      (D-NJ)

Merkley          (D-OR)

Mikulski          (D-MD)

Murphy           (D-CT)

Murray            (D-WA

Nelson             (D-FL)

Reed                 (D-RI)

Reid                  (D-NV)

Rockefeller     (D-WV)

Sanders           (I-VT)

Schatz              (D-HI)

Schumer          (D-NY)

Shaheen          (D-N

Stabenow        (D-MI)

Udall                 (D-CO)

Udall                 (D-NM)

Warner            (D-VA)

Warren            (D-MA)

Whitehouse   (D-RI)

Wyden             (D-OR)

Folks, this needs to go viral. These Senators voted to let the UN take OUR guns. They need to lose their next election. We have been betrayed.

46 Senators Voted to Give your 2nd Amendment Constitutional Rights to the U.N.

Please, Send this to  SOMEONE .....

I joined a support group for procrastinators.  We haven't met yet!

Received this in e-mail, have some tissues ready:

Subject: Best video of the year.

Amazing....you won't know what it's about, til the end...

https://www.facebook.com/star1045/videos/10152871613882066/

Rare facts about World War II

The first German serviceman killed in the war was killed by the Japanese.

Over 100,000 Allied bomber crewmen were killed over Europe.

More U.S. servicemen died in the Air Corps then the Marine Corps.

Polish Catholic midwife Stanislawa Leszczynska delivered 3,000 babies at the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust in occupied Poland.

In World War II, British soldiers got a ration of three sheets of toilet paper a day. Americans got 22.

In 1941, more than three million cars were manufactured in the United States. Only 139 more were made during the entire war.

Four of every five German soldiers killed in the war died on the Eastern Front

Only 20 percent of the males born in the Soviet Union in 1923 survived the war.

In World War II, the youngest serviceman in the United States military was Calvin Graham - age 12. Graham lied about his age when he enlisted in the US Navy. His real age was not discovered until after he was wounded. (Unbelievable)

Only one out of every four men serving on U-boats survived.

The Siege of Stalingrad resulted in more Russian deaths (military and civilian) than the United States and Britain sustained (combined) in all of World War II.

To avoid using the German sounding name 'hamburger' during World War II, Americans used the name 'Liberty Steak.'

Adolf Hitler's nephew, William Hitler, served in the US Navy during World War II.

Adolph Hitler and Henry Ford each kept a framed picture of the other on his desk.

During World War II, the largest Japanese spy ring was actually located in Mexico.

The mortality rate for POWs in Russian camps was 85 percent.

Had it been necessary for a third atom bomb, the city targeted would have been Tokyo.

An Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer, who fought in World War II. Hiroo Onoda never surrendered in 1945. Until 1974, for almost 30 years, he held his position in the Philippines. His former commander traveled from Japan to personally issue orders relieving him from duty in 1974. (???)

Total casualties for World War II totaled between 50 - 70 million people, 80 percent of which came from only four countries - Russia, China, Germany and Poland.

Over 50 percent of the casualties were civilians, with the majority of those being women and children.

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
� Abraham Lincoln

(Received in e-mail)

What did I learn from watching the Democratic Debate?

1. Black Lives Matter, All Lives Don't Matter.
2. College is worthless because it will soon be free.
3. Medical treatment is worthless because it will soon be free.
4. To become an American Citizen is worthless as it will soon be free.
5. The economy sucks and after 7 years in office, it's not Obama's fault.
6. The Middle Class is shrinking and after 7 years in office, it's not Obama's fault.
7. The Average Family income is dropping and after 7 years in office, it's not Obama's fault.
8. Black youths have over a 50% unemployment rate and after 7 years in office it's not Obama's fault.
9. Hispanic youth unemployment is over 35% and after 7 years in office, it's not Obama's fault.
10. 50% of the Population is paying 100% of all the taxes and they are still not paying their fair share.
11. Everyone who votes Democrat will work less, make more, get more time off, spend more time with family pay less taxes and get more government subsidies.
12. Everyone else does it, so should we, regardless of the results other places.
13. Government wants more money to squander on promises already broken.
14. The word "Progressive" is the less cringe worthy than saying you're a Liberal.
15. When America grows up, we want to be Norway, Sweden or the Netherlands.
16. There's a quagmire in Iraq, Syria and the Middle East and Obama's retreating from the area has nothing to do with the situation.
17. Republicans want dirty air, dirty water, oil spills, trash on the streets, polluted oceans, old people without medical treatment and dead, young people without educations being paid the lowest wages possible, starving children, don't believe in equal rights, were responsible for Jim Crow Laws and not Affirmative action,
18. Snowden and General Petraeus broke laws for releasing and not securing secret documents but Hillary Clinton shares no responsibility.
19. Marijuana cures all diseases.
20. Marijuana smokers are being imprisoned for smoking a joint.
21. Everything is rainbows and Unicorns.
22. Hillary Clinton does walk on water.
23. Cheaters do prosper.
24. People cheer stupidity.
25. There are only 2 candidates given a voice in the Democratic Race.
26. Hillary and Bill Clinton were born poor Black Children.
27. All the qualifications needed to be President is to be a woman.
28. Evil looks like anything white, rich, successful and productive.
29. You will receive a participation trophy in life.
30. Agreements of any kind should be signed and committed to even if the other agreeing party doesn't live up to its obligations.
31. Everything is still Bush's fault.

It's pretty rich when we have someone who constantly rates other peoples thread as 1 star when said rater doesn't even comment in those threads. I'd say rating threads as 1 star just because you don't like whoever put up the OP is being a hater.

You're not the only who rates 1 star but most people who do it base it on the topic or the content, not just for spite.

Yeah pickone I'm talking about you.

You refer to the MM and PB websites to 'prove' there are only 4 states that win.....while a variety of states are listed. Maybe you should take another look at those pages.

I also guess you haven't caught on yet that when you lock your blog posts they get buried very quickly.

I'll block you from my blog but only because I know you wouldn't post a reply that made any sense.