"Merry fuckin' Christmas. Happy?"

[BurtWorm]

That's my new holiday...er, Christmas greeting.

;)

[applegrove]

1. Peace on earth! Try using that instead.

[BurtWorm]

2. That might work in Canada.

Here in the US its considered too PC.

[hfojvt]

4. "and in despair I bowed my head

there is no peace on earth, I said
for hate is strong and mocks the song
of peace on earth, good will to men"

[applegrove]

8. Say that. The whole thing? Is that really all from the bible?

[hfojvt]

18. no, it is a Longfellow serenade

I heard the bells on (holiday)

[Missy Vixen]

37. My new favorite holiday carol n/t

[Telly Savalas]

6. That greeting emboldens the terrorists.

[applegrove]

10. Hey Savalas - NDP are at 20% in the poll today!

[Telly Savalas]

19. Good to hear!

Let's hope everybody doesn't get scared at the last minute and vote "strategically" in ridings where the NDP is actually viable.

[applegrove]

25. Actually - lots of people on the left are for strategic voting when it

comes to a possible Conservative win.

I will likely vote for the libs myself. Just so long as those neocon freaks don't win.

I am not opposed to a Liberal NDP government.

[Telly Savalas]

41. With the scare quotes I meant to infer faux strategic voting

that occurs in ridings where the NDP isn't a third party. For instance, here in Parkdale-High Park, the Cons run a distant third. If someone wants an NDP-Liberal government, this is a riding where voting NDP makes sense.

Similarly, there are a number of ridings in BC (and I think a couple in Ontario) where it's really a battle between the NDP and Tories with the Liberals taking third. "Strategically" voting for the Liberals in such places only helps the Cons.

But I'm with you on real strategic voting. If I lived in a riding where it was a close race between just the Cons and Libs (and I had citizenship) I'd probably vote Liberal too barring extreme circumstances like having a Liberal candidate who's a goofball pro-war Harvard professor.

A solid Liberal-NDP coalition would be desirable. The social conscience of the NDP combined with the Libs penchant for balancing the books makes for good government. It'd be a more balanced government if we had more NDP MP's than we did in the last minority government.

[Anakin Skywalker]

31. But Peace Won't Produce

high stock prices for our weapons companies, and you KNOW stock prices is the heartbeat of America. ;) So to make our portfolio-holding Rethuglican friends happy, let's have "War on Earth!"

*edited for typo*

[lse7581011]

3. Saw An Appropriate Card Today

it said "times are tough, times are hard, here's you f'ing christmas card!"

[hfojvt]

7. email is still free

sorta. An e-note would probably be more appreciated than a card anyway, unless there is a cheque in the card. It was ironic that people would complain that an $8 book was too expensive and then go pay $2.75 for a card. Maybe different people were buying cards than my customers.

[Warpy]

9. My mother sent me that card

sometime in the 80s. Santa with the upraised finger was a great touch.

[firefox]

5. Humbug nt

[LiberalinNC]

11. Sounds like the Holiday song from South Park!

[AntiCoup2K4]

29. Yeah, let's all sing along with Mr. Garrison....

I heard there is no Christmas
In the silly Middle East
No trees, no snow, no Santa Claus
They have different religious beliefs

They believe in Muhammad
And not in our holiday
And so every December
I go to the Middle East and say...

"Hey there Mr. Muslim
Merry fucking Christmas
Put down that book the Koran
And hear some holiday wishes.

In case you haven't noticed
It's Jesus's birthday.
So get off your heathen Muslim ass
and fucking celebrate.

There is no holiday season in India I've heard
They don't hang up their stockings
And that is just absurd!

They've never read a Christmas story.
They don't know what Rudolph is about
And that is why in December
I'll go to India and shout...

Hey there Mr. Hinduist
Merry fucking Christmas
Drink eggnog and eat some beef
And pass it to the missus.

In case you haven't noticed
It's Jesus's birthday
So get off your heathen Hindu ass
and fucking celebrate!

Now I heard that in Japan
Everyone just lives in sin
They pray to several gods
And put needles in their skin.

On December 25th
All they do is eat a cake
And that is why I go to Japan
And walk around and say...

Hey there Mr. Shintoist
Merry fucking Christmas
God is going to kick your ass
You infidelic pagan scum.

In case you haven't noticed
There's festive things to do
So lets all rejoice for Jesus
And Merry fucking Christmas to you.

On Christmas day I travel `round the world and say,
Taoists, Krishnas, Buddhists, and all you atheists too,
Merry Fucking Christmas, To You!

[LiberalinNC]

30. I love that song!!! I have the cd and enjoy watching it every year!

[TomPainesBones]

12. Now, now. You don't want to annoy the Catholic League

for Religious & Civil Rights, now do you?

Check out this silliness...


http://www.catholicleague.org/05press_releases/quarter%204/051129_sick_idea.htm

November 29, 2005

DENIS LEARY’S SICK IDEA OF HUMOR

Tonight, Comedy Central will air a special by Denis Leary, “Merry F#%$in’ Christmas” (it first aired two nights ago and is scheduled to air again on Dec. 17). The show consists of several skits, a cartoon and musical performances.

There is a skit about lesbian nuns, and a song by “Our Lady of Perpetual Suffering Church Choir” about a hooker. But by far the most offensive part of the show is the monologue by Denis Leary on the origins of Christmas. Here is part of what he says:

“Merry Christmas. Tonight we celebrate the birth of the baby Jesus, whose mom, Mary, just happens to be a virgin—even after she apparently gave birth to Jesus. At least that is what the Catholic Church would have you believe.

“Tom Cruise is taking a lot of s--- for belonging to a religion, Scientology, that believes aliens came to this planet 75 million years ago. That is nothing. I was raised Catholic. We believe Mary was a virgin and Jesus ended up walking on water, creating a bottomless jug of wine and rising from the dead. Oh, yeah, and Tom Cruise is crazy.
<snip>

Click link for the rest:
http://www.catholicleague.org/05press_releases/quarter%204/051129_sick_idea.htm

[and-justice-for-all]

21. Sweet...

....Kick'em in tha nuts Denis!!

Thats some funny shit, I will have to make sure that I watch that...

[NYC Liberal]

36. Why is that offensive? It's the truth and it's what Christians believe.

Of course, they don't want anyone telling the story in modern language so that people can see how dumb the whole idea is.

[Clutch Cargo]

13. I just say Merry Christmas!

I'm a Christian and wish the best on everyone, and that's my way of saying it during this time of the year. If a Jewish person wishes me a Happy Channukah, I accept that and am honored that they would think enough of me to wish me that blessing. Same with someone who celebrates Kwanzza (sp?) at this time of the year!

[MelissaB]

14. I like it!

:rofl:

[begin_within]

15. here's mine...

[Swamp Rat]

16. "Happy Birthday Baby Jesus!"

:D

[Hippo_Tron]

17. Happy Jesus Day will be mine

Seriously, I have no problem with people saying merry christmas. I just choose to refer to it as Jesus day.

[lolly]

24. That's the point

I have no problem with people saying merry christmas

Nobody I've ever met has any problem with being told to have a "Merry Christmas."

The whole s***storm was invented lock, stock, and barrel by the likes of O'Reilly, who are looking for something to get dumb people who don't actually know any non-Christians all riled up and ready to get mad at liberals.

Apparently, the mere mention of the name "Clinton" doesn't suffice any more at achieving this goal, so they had to invent a new bogeyman--voila--"The War on Christmas." (Does CNN have a graphic and an audio for it yet? That oughta be cool!)

[LittleClarkie]

20. Do you have to believe in witches to celebrate Halloween?

I just don't get the big deal, I guess.

But I've told people that if they want to get rid of Halloween, they'll have to get rid of Xmas as well, since a good half of the traditions around it are pagan.

So if we don't take the origins of Halloween seriously, and just treat it as a time for kids to dress up and get candy, why can't those who aren't Christians react to Xmas the same way? It's a time for getting together and getting free stuff.

Kind of know what I mean?

[PDJane]

22. All this fuss.........

Over one murdered talmud student and the pagan urge to celebrate the winter solstice..........

[TahitiNut]

23. It wasn't murder; it was capital punishment.

Same difference, though. :shrug: (Ever notice the shape of the stretcher used for lethal injections?)

[upi402]

26. In protest of repressive Christianity, I'm boycotting X-mas

effem
eff WalMart
eff *
eff X-mas lights
I'm taking an Effitol and going to bed.

[EFerrari]

27. It's really tempting. I'm putting up our lights

in the shape of one of those hippie commie pinko peace signs.

I don't really feel like it, have too many friends in the Gulf Coast and in Iraq.

But, have to get the message out. :hi:

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

28. My usual response to "Merry Christmas" is "Mmm."

Unless I'm in a charitable mood. I'm a ray of fuckin' sunshine.

[Xenotime]

32. It's a winter festival....

people just need to get over it.

[ismnotwasm]

33. LOL

I got in an interesting discussion at work with a conservative/libertarian type. He was lamenting how "they" have taken Christmas away, and how there is a general attack on Christianity--you know the drill "I remember at school kids used to sing Christmas carols, and now the can't, and they can't have Christmas trees blah blah blah" I told him that much of this is a type of media/fundamentalist polarization, a way to divide people, and I don't care what people call Christmas since I'm a secular person. I told him (from a thread on DU) how some Jewish people do not celebrate Christmas, and don't use the term "Merry Christmas" --He told me "most Jewish people are secular, don't care and a lot of them have Christmas trees" then he said-- "and most don't really practice their faith"
I said, "Like a lot of Christians right?"

Anyway, the funny part as he is lamenting the whole Christmas thing, I look around. I work in a STATE funded hospital, right? And guess what? Christmas carols are on the radio. A decorated Christmas tree is at the front of our unit. Cute little homemade Christmas stockings and Bulbs are everywhere. Quite pretty. No one is complaining, no one notices-- it's taken for granted. This guy is so full of shit (he listens to talk radio) He can't see the world around him. Jeez...

[BurtWorm]

34. Why does a Libertarian care what other people do or say

as long as they aren't inititiating force? :eyes:

Merry fuckin' Christmas, Libertarians!

[ismnotwasm]

38. He a confused type

Very Conservative Catholic on the religious side. He's one of those people who is very smart in some things and a friggin' idiot in others. He has these general libertarian ideas about the government not telling people what to do, privitizing everything--unregulated free market--all that. He doesn't make a whole lot of sense

[Rocknrule]

35. I heard there is no Christmas

In the silly Middle East..
No Trees, no Snow, no Santa Claus,
They have Different Religious beliefs..
They Believe in Muhammad,
And not in our Holiday..
And so every December,
I go to the Middle East and say..

Hey there Mr. Muslim
Merry Fuckin' Christmas!
Put down that book 'The Koran'
and hear some holiday wishes.
Incase you haven't noticed,
It's Jesus's Birthday
So get off your heathen Muslim Ass
And fuckin' celebrate.

There is no holiday season in India,
I've heard..
They don't hang up their stockings,
and that is just absurd..
They've never read a Christmas Story,
They Don't know what Rudolph is about..
And that's why in December,
I'll go to India and shout..

Hey there Mr. Hinduist
Merry Fuckin' Christmas!
Drink egg nog, and eat some Beef
and pass it to the Missus
Incase you haven't noticed,
It's Jesus's Birthday
So get off your heathen hindu ass,
And fuckin' celebrate.

Now I heard that in Japan,
Everyone just lives in sin..
They pray to several gods,
And put needles in their skin..
On December twenty-fifth,
all they do is eat a cake..
and that is why I'll go to Japan,
and walk around and say..

HEY THERE, MR. SHINTOIST!
Merry Fuckin' Christmas!
God is gonna kick your ass
You infidelic pagan scum.
Incase you haven't noticed,
There's festive things to do
So lets all rejoice for Jesus
and Merry Fuckin' Christmas to you.

On Christmas Day, I travel round the world and say..
Taoists, Krishnas, Buddists
and all you atheists too..
Merry Fuckin' Christmas to you!
Thank you, Mr Hat..
:evilgrin:

[Cloud Monster]

39. FUCK YEAH!

[Crunchy Frog]

40. Denis Leary's Merry F#$%n' Christmas Special

will be on Comedy Central. Check it out. Looks really good. http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/merry_f_in_christmas/index.jhtml