FOX NEWS:"Is the "war on Christmas" hurting your portfolio?"They had a segment on that said (I kid you not)"The liberals attack on Christmas would cause the stock market to drop and ruin the American economy"I
was floored. They even had "experts" on the show to explain how bad
liberals are and how bad the economy would be if there was no Christmas.
"Every company in America should be on its knees thanking Jesus for
being born. Without Christmas, most American businesses would be far
less profitable; more than enough reason for businesses to be screaming
Merry Christmas." Bill O'Reilly
I always thought Jesus
wanted people to give away all their money rather than spend it. I find
Bill O'Reilly and his so-called "war on Christmas" blasphemous and
absurd.
Everytime I see the right try to take advantage of
religion I keep thinking about the one time where the gospels showed
Jesus show any anger: when merchants and others were trying to take
advantage of the synagogue for personal gain.
What would Jesus
do? Probably tear apart Bill O'Reilly's set. Nah, Jesus would never
have anything to do with the rich and the powerful. They were never his
homies.
CPT confirmed on 11/29 that the 4 human rights workers went missing in Baghdad on 11/26. CPT is a program of Brethren, Quaker and Mennonite Churches (USA & Canada). Rush Limbaugh went on his radio talk show talking about how "part of me is glad" they were kidnapped to show those hand-wringing do-gooders a little reality.
I can see all the war-loving Christians piling on right now. "We're
no do-gooders. In fact, do-gooding is bad where we come from. We're
flag-waving, Arab shooting, yellow-magnetic-ribbon sporting,
gas-guzzling car driving, whoring, snorting Christians! Screw those
Christians who believe in peace. Unlike Rush, the CPT is praying for the safe return of their hostage members who are ACTUAL REAL Christians Kidnapped in Iraq in this Peacemaker post at Fuzzy and Blue.
"We were very saddened to see the images of our loved ones on Al
Jazeera TV. We are deeply disturbed by their abduction. We pray that
those who hold them will be merciful and that they will be released
soon. We are angry because what has happened to our teammates is the
result of the actions of the US and UK govts due to the illegal attack
on Iraq and the continuing occupation and oppression of its people. CPT
has worked for the rights of Iraqi prisoners who have been illegally
detained and abused by the US govt (read CPTers letters here documenting their good works).
We were the 1st people to publicly denounce the torture of Iraqi people
at the hands of US forces, long before the western media admitted what
was happening at Abu Ghraib. We are some of the few internatls left in
Iraq who are telling the truth about what is happening to the Iraqi
people We hope that we can continue to do this work and we pray for the
speedy release of our beloved teammates." While it is sad that anyone
is kidnapped and/or murdered by their kidnappers in Iraq, this
kidnapping is doubly sad because these are people who truly try to live as
the 4 Gospels (that detail the peaceful, tolerant and loving Ministry
of Jesus of Nazareth) ask them to live.
Jesus would be with the old, the sick, the poor, the
troubled, the sad and the sinners. He'd be in the loneliest places with
the lonliest people, in the cold and in the worst part of town. He'd be
with the forgotten people, under a bridge, drinking wine with the
homeless.
UPDATE 12/06/2005: Media writer Neil Gabler, a regular Fox news panelist, asserted that Fox News hosts Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, and John Gibson
are "demagogues" who seek to "rally the masses" with their talk of a
purported effort to suppress public recognition of the Christmas
holiday. On the December 3 edition of Fox News Watch, Gabler
said of those making such accusations: "They'll do it every Christmas.
They did it last Christmas; they'll do it next Christmas." Later in the
segment, Gabler stated: "The media, particularly Fox media, has been
pumping the hell out of this thing."
Jesus was all for tolerance. And to have -- Bill O'Reilly has made this
WAR a huge issue. He's obviously getting a lot of feedback. John Gibson has
a book about it, another Fox anchor. I think this is largely a
fund-raiser for Jerry Falwell to pick up on some run-amok PC.
