Bauer Claus?

Check out this 24 Promo Christmas Edition!

All Things Are Possible!

In the immortal words of Randy Quaid as Clark Griswald's loveable cousin Eddie, "Well Aint that just a nice surprise!"

Hat Tip to Six Meat and all listed on his post for this very funny and entertaining Christmas miracle!!

Enjoy!!

Weird Website Wednesday

Continuing in the spirit of the holiday. Nothing says Christmas quite like a cartoon indian guy singing the 12 days of Christmas. Enjoy!!

12 Days Of Christmas Indian Style. For some reason it is oddly catching.

...and just a little added extra here for those of you who may be late on the shopping this year. Your very own site full of stupid gifts and toys for the ones you love...

It's Christmas Time!!

Hi everyone, in honor of this most special time of year when we honor the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ, I will be blogging mostly Holiday themed posts. There is always time to take a rest from politics ya' know!

"...peace on earth and good will towards men, on whom His favor rests"

Fun Christmas games for the kiddies!

Putting Clark W. Griswald To Shame

Weird Website Wednesday - Christmas Edition

Hi all, this one is not so much weird as it is curious. Have Fun!

N.O.R.A.D. Santa Tracking

World's Oldest Person Dies at 116

Not so amazing by biblical standards where we see men and women living well into there 100's, but certainly a rarity in todays world. The part that made me smile about this story was the number of offspring that came from this one woman. Please read...

"Family members said this year that Bolden had 40 grandchildren, 75 great-grandchildren, 150 great-great-grandchildren, 220 great-great-great grandchildren and 75 great-great-great-great grandchildren."

Her name was Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bolden

Another Sad Day For USA Soccer

What an utter tragedy! Un-Bloody-Believable!! The USSF just screwed the pooch big time by allowing this coach to get away. My feeling is that this was about power in the end and the USSF was too stuborn and too arrogant to realize that they ARE in a state of affairs that warrants drastic measures. yes, I mean real drastic. It has long been time for the structure of American soccer to change and they had the perfect man to bring that change right on the end of the hook, and they blew it. Down with Sunhil, down with USSF. I am depressed!!

From Fox Soccer.com

By Not Moving Forward US Goes Backward

Klinsman Bows Out Of Coaching Race

Stunning change of mind for Klinsmann

This is a stunning reversal after a week in which multiple, high-placed sources — including players on the national team — informed both Fox and media outlets in Germany that Klinsmann would be named the next coach.

Tonight, there is confusion among soccer business people who for months had not only predicted but expected that the German former World Cup winner would take the reins of a program badly in need of credibility after a dismal showing at the 2006 World Cup.

Calls to Klinsmann's business partner and representative, Warren Merserau, were not immediately returned.

According to several sources, U.S. Soccer had made Klinsmann a firm financial offer, said to be in the range of $1.85 million and that Klinsmann had accepted it. In addition, to avoid conflict between Nike — a major national team sponsor — and his longtime partner, adidas, Klinsmann had decided to step away from that commitment in accepting the USA job.

Have an opinion for Trecker? Jamie Trecker's Soccer Blog

But there had always been the question of whether or not Klinsmann would accept the culture of U.S. Soccer. Power, and the sharing of it, was said to be a consistent theme in the talks and it could be that despite agreeing in principle, the two parties could not settle on an agreement that would give Klinsmann the autonomy he desired.

This is not the first time that a major candidate courted by the U.S. Soccer Federation has walked away from the table.

Photo Gallery... Jürgen Klinsmann's journey

In 1995, Carlos Queiroz — today the assistant coach at Manchester United — angrily and publicly withdrew his name for the position after being kept waiting for several months. During the interim, which ranged from April of that year until August, U.S. Soccer had put Querioz and his assistant Dan Gaspar on their payroll, ostensibly to prepare a report on meeting U.S. Soccer's stated goals by the year 2010.

Queiroz' withdrawal has eerie echoes of today's if proved correct — Queiroz sent an email to a USA Today reporter to announce his withdrawal, humiliating the organization.

It is unclear what next step U.S. Soccer will take at this hour.

From The AAAARRRRGGGHHHH!! File

UPDATE 12/12/06: Loser decides not to file suit in Seattle Christmas Trees Being Returned

Sea-Tac Airpot in Seattle removed all of their Christmas Trees in response to a threat from a Jewish Rabbi who wanted an 8 foot menorah put up "or else".










I am so sick and tired of this whole "If you offend me I'll sue" mentality. Again, as I have said in earlier posts, is it a wonder our enemies laugh at us? I am not even taking the Christian position here people. I am just taking the rational, don't be an idiot position. Honestly if you are not able to walk through an airport and look at some Christmas trees, then you have much larger problems than being offended. If you are not able to deduce that Christmas Trees are a world wide tradition this time of year and have no religous significance, then you need to go back to school. Finally, it is not the principle of the thing, because there is NO thing. This is just plain Stupid!!!

Jane Harman He's Not!

UPDATE: Happy 2nd B-Day to Wuzzadem. They hit it on the nose as usual.
Pelosi Hosts National Security Jepardy
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I read an article today that made me sad, but did not shock me. According to CQ editor Jeff Stein, our new incoming head of the intelligence committee does not know the difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims, something that Jane Harman for all of her liberal faults certainly did. I happened to have had first hand experience with her that tells me so. No I do not know the senator personally, but I have heard her speak on intelligence, well...intelligently and it is a shame that Pelosi gave her the axe. She really seemed to know her stuff and to generally care about protecting our nation. Now I don't know much about Reyes, but if the guy didn't know that Al Quaeda (you know, the guys who drove airplanes into our buildings) was an all Sunni organization, much less understand why that was important to know, then I think there maybe a slight problem. Now the article also goes on to (big shocker) bash the Bush administration for essentially the same thing, but we are not talking about them right now. Think about this for a minute all of you who put the dems back in power. Nancy Pelosi replaced Jane Harman (a staunch democrat) who was probably the most knowledgeable IC Chair we've had in a couple of decades for what?? Give up? Well, the answer is that Nancy just didn't like Jane very much. Not for any good reason I can assure you. She probably wore the same prada bag at last years Senate Christmas party or something and refused to go home and change. Either way what we are stuck with in this and many other top committee positions in January are a bunch of Pelosi-ittes who may or may not be qualified for the posts they are being nominated to assume.

As this article rightly points out we do not have the luxury of mistaking Al Sadr for Al Sharpton at the highest levels of our government anymore. The situation is too dire and the consequences too grave.

Full article below:

Democrats new intelligence chairman needs a crash course on Al Quaeda

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A Little Christmas Cheer...


...and for the more politically minded of you...
and finally for those of you who would rather read than look...

Some Letters To Santa: PG13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)

deer santa:
I wud like a kool toy space ranjur fer Xmas. Iv ben a gud boy all yeer.
Yer Frend, BiLLy

Dear Billy,
Nice spelling. You're on your way to a career in lawn care. How about I
send you a frigging book so you can learn to read and write? I'm giving
your older brother the space ranger. At least HE can spell!
Santa

Dear Santa,
I have been a good girl all year, and the only thing I ask for is peace and
joy in the world for everybody!
Love, Sarah

Dear Sarah,
Your parents smoked pot when they had you, didn't they?
Santa

Dear Santa,
I don't know if you can do this, but for Christmas, I'd like for my mommy
and daddy to get back together. Please see what you can do.
Love,
Teddy

Dear Teddy,
Look, your dad's banging the babysitter like a screen door in a hurricane.
Do you think he's gonna give that up to come back to your frigid, fat mom,
who rides his ass constantly? It's time to give up that dream. Let me get
you some nice Legos instead. Maybe you can build yourself a family with
those?
Santa

Dear Santa,
I want a new bike, a Playstation, a train, some G.I. Joes, a dog, a drum
kit, a pony and a tuba.
Love, Francis

Dear Francis,
Who names their kid "Francis" nowadays? I bet you're gay.
Santa

Dear Santa,
I left milk and cookies for you under the tree, and I left carrots for your
reindeer outside the back door.
Love, Susan

Dear Susan,
Milk gives me the shits and carrots make the deer fart in my face when
riding in the sleigh. You want to do me a favor? Two words, Jim Beam.
Santa

Dear Santa,
What do you do the other 364 days of the year? Are you busy making toys?
Your friend, Thomas

Dear Thomas,
All the toys are made by little kids like you in China Every year I give
them a slice of bread as a Christmas bonus. I have a condo in Vegas, where
I spend most of my time making low-budget porno films. I unwind by drinking
myself silly and squeezing the asses of cocktail waitresses
while losing money at the craps table.
Santa


Dear Santa,
Do you see us when we're sleeping, do you really know when we're awake,
like in the song?
Love, Jessica

Dear Jessica,
Are you really that gullible? Good luck in whatever you do. I'm skipping
your house.
Santa

Dear Santa,
I really really want a puppy this year. Please please please PLEASE PLEASE
could I have one?
Timmy

Timmy,
That whiney begging bit may work with your folks, but that crap doesn't
work with me. You're getting an ugly sweater again.
Santa

Dearest Santa,
We don't have a chimney in our house, how do you get into our home?
Love, Marky

Mark,
First, stop calling yourself "Marky", that's why you're getting your ass
kicked at school. Second, you don't live in a house, you live in a
low-rent, ghetto apartment complex. Third, I get inside your pad just like
all the burglars do, through your bedroom window.
Sweet Dreams,
Santa

Pearl Harbor Remebered

Well here we are 60 years later. We have been through 3 more wars and a bunch of little conflicts but that stands as a testimony to the steel and resolve of Americans protecting their own. I found this article today that is totally relevant considering our seeming inability to find a set of nards with Iran. Read it, and remember our enemies are watching our every move. I wonder if the Iraq Study Group considered that when they were debating their 79 ways to retreat safely from Iraq, or when they were contemplating how much to charge for their new book...I mean "report" on the Iraq situation. To me it speaks volumes that they are going on tour and selling this "report". I wonder where the profits will go? To fund more body armor for our troops perhaps? Or maybe to secure our borders? Don't hold your breath...

Beware the sleeping giant?

Also see my recent posts:

Why they think they are winning Part I
Why they think they are winning Part II

Weird Website Wednesday

This one freaks me out a bit. I never knew a veggie could be evil.

Tomatoes Are Evil!

Amen My Jewish Brotha'

Dennis Prager Speaks Truth To Power

I am going to post his entire article because I think it is that relevant. I have been posting the last few days about our percieved weakness in the eyes of Radical Islam and this speaks straight to the heart of it!

Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the first Muslim elected to the United States Congress, has announced that he will not take his oath of office on the Bible, but on the bible of Islam, the Koran.

He should not be allowed to do so -- not because of any American hostility to the Koran, but because the act undermines American civilization.

Forgive me, but America should not give a hoot what Keith Ellison's favorite book is. Insofar as a member of Congress taking an oath to serve America and uphold its values is concerned, America is interested in only one book, the Bible. If you are incapable of taking an oath on that book, don't serve in Congress. In your personal life, we will fight for your right to prefer any other book. We will even fight for your right to publish cartoons mocking our Bible. But, Mr. Ellison, America, not you, decides on what book its public servants take their oath.

First, it is an act of hubris that perfectly exemplifies multiculturalist activism -- my culture trumps America's culture. What Ellison and his Muslim and leftist supporters are saying is that it is of no consequence what America holds as its holiest book; all that matters is what any individual holds to be his holiest book.

Devotees of multiculturalism and political correctness who do not see how damaging to the fabric of American civilization it is to allow Ellison to choose his own book need only imagine a racist elected to Congress. Would they allow him to choose Hitler's "Mein Kampf," the Nazis' bible, for his oath? And if not, why not? On what grounds will those defending Ellison's right to choose his favorite book deny that same right to a racist who is elected to public office?

Of course, Ellison's defenders argue that Ellison is merely being honest; since he believes in the Koran and not in the Bible, he should be allowed, even encouraged, to put his hand on the book he believes in. But for all of American history, Jews elected to public office have taken their oath on the Bible, even though they do not believe in the New Testament, and the many secular elected officials have not believed in the Old Testament either. Yet those secular officials did not demand to take their oaths of office on, say, the collected works of Voltaire or on a volume of New York Times editorials, writings far more significant to some liberal members of Congress than the Bible. Nor has one Mormon official demanded to put his hand on the Book of Mormon. And it is hard to imagine a scientologist being allowed to take his oath of office on a copy of "Dianetics" by L. Ron Hubbard.

So why are we allowing Keith Ellison to do what no other member of Congress has ever done -- choose his own most revered book for his oath?

The answer is obvious -- Ellison is a Muslim. And whoever decides these matters, not to mention virtually every editorial page in America, is not going to offend a Muslim. In fact, many of these people argue it will be a good thing because Muslims around the world will see what an open society America is and how much Americans honor Muslims and the Koran.

This argument appeals to all those who believe that one of the greatest goals of America is to be loved by the world, and especially by Muslims because then fewer Muslims will hate us (and therefore fewer will bomb us).

But these naive people do not appreciate that America will not change the attitude of a single American-hating Muslim by allowing Ellison to substitute the Koran for the Bible. In fact, the opposite is more likely: Ellison's doing so will embolden Islamic extremists and make new ones, as Islamists, rightly or wrongly, see the first sign of the realization of their greatest goal -- the Islamicization of America.

When all elected officials take their oaths of office with their hands on the very same book, they all affirm that some unifying value system underlies American civilization. If Keith Ellison is allowed to change that, he will be doing more damage to the unity of America and to the value system that has formed this country than the terrorists of 9-11. It is hard to believe that this is the legacy most Muslim Americans want to bequeath to America. But if it is, it is not only Europe that is in trouble.
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Finally A Nativity the Left Can Get Behind

Hat Tip STACLU for the link and the pic. Here is the Original Story as well:

The Young Conservatives of Texas - University of Texas Chapter announced today that they will be displaying an “ACLU Nativity Scene” on the West Mall of the University of Texas campus on Monday and Tuesday, December 4th and 5th.

The group’s intent is to raise awareness on the extremity of the ACLU, and bring to light its secular-progressive efforts to remove Christmas from the public sphere. The display, the first of its kind in the nation, will feature characters that are quite a bit different than the standard crèche.

“We’ve got Gary and Joseph instead of Mary and Joseph in order to symbolize ACLU support for homosexual marriage, and of course there isn’t a Jesus in the manger,” said Chairman Tony McDonald. “The three Wise Men are Lenin, Marx, and Stalin because the founders of the ACLU were strident supporters of Soviet style Communism. The whole scene is a tongue-in-cheek way of showing the many ways
that the ACLU and the far left are out of touch with the values of mainstream
America.”

The scene will also display a terrorist shepherd and an angel in the form of Nancy Pelosi.

“The ACLU and other left-wing extremist groups are working diligently to destroy American’s rights to the free expression of religion,” said Executive Director Joseph Wyly. “We’ve already seen in Chicago an attempt to censor the nativity by a city government this week. It’s just more evidence that there is a War on Christmas being waged by the far-left in this country.”

Why They Think They're Winning Part II

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

The abuse of this portion of our constitution has always facinated me. It kind of reminds me of the way some denominations are begining to interpet the word of God to say that the homosexual lifestyle is accepted by God. Now to my knowledge, and mind you I am a relative babe in terms of age and history, Congress has never, ever, made an attempt to make a law respecting an establishment of religon, nor have they ever to my knowledge attempted to make a law prohibiting the free exersise thereof. Yet we still have dozens of cases in which portions of our society claim that the constitution has been infringed apon by religion?? Those two statements are pretty simple in fact to understand if one attempts to do so without consulting the many supreme court cases on record debating it. #1. It was written in English, #2. There are no controversies over the English meaning of any of the words in that sentence, and finally, #3. If we become confused somehow, we have historical context to guide us. Let's take it a word at a time then shall we?

We'll skip over the easy stuff first. I think we can agree on what Congress is, so next lets take the phrase "shall make no". That simply means they "will not make any". Next we have the word law, I have included the wikipedia definition for your benefit as it is much more thourough than I could ever be in explaining.

Ah! Now on to the meaty stuff... First the word "respecting". In the context of this sentence it means "regarding" or "with respect to". Which essentially means "promoting" I think. Then we have "an Establishment" (See Established Church) and (State Religons). Also I would like to take the most broad definition of the word "Establish" and break it down. Now there are probably two possible ways you could look at it. #1 would be the way jefferson and the authors of our constitution meant it, and #2 the way our liberal brothers in the US choose to look at it. Only one is correct and very simply so if you examine it in the context of history and are not biased. the first is "To make a state institution of" and the second is " To cause to be recognized and accepted". I will trust that you have now read the two links I provided above and can see that there is no way any rational person could conclude that our founders meant anything remotely resembling the second definition based on again, both the history of our government and the context of the time. The last word is Religion, which I have also provided the wikipedia definition to for you benefit. In a nut shell though, an organized form or worship.

Even if you could make the leap and ignore all evidence to the contrary, you are still faced with that nasty little bit about "Congress making any law". To my knowledge congress never made a law that demanded a Christian prayer by a graduating student, or a law demanding that a nativity be placed on the steps of a city hall, or a law stating that a large cross be placed in the mojave desert to promote Christianity. Calling things like these government sponsorship of religon is like calling a Big Mac a Stick of Celery. Its really that ridiculous.

Now why do I bring this up as a part of my post? Simple, because this argument especially is at the heart of our perceived weakness as a country in the eyes of our enemies. They see it with uncolored eyes, they see the sad truth of it that so many of us don't. Put simply they can see through the agendizing and political correctness that promotes ideas like the liberal definition of a seperation of church and state. Don't get me wrong, I mean, the lawyers who came up with this argument knew it was a thin at best, false at worst argument also, but in order to promote it they had to convince people it was true. So what we have now is half our country who are ignorrant of both church history and American history who actually buy that load of dung. So why, you ask, does that make us look weak? Well, to answer that you have to look at the Islamic culture, God is the center of every family and religion is not just a thing you do on Sundays if your favorite football team isn't playing between the hours of 8:00-10:00am. I don't mean forced religon, nobody has to force these people. They have a respect and a reverence for their God that encompasses the entire family and their entire lives. So when they see us and our simpering, quibbling and infighting over such vital issue, that of reverence for God at its core, of course they percieve it as weakness.

I have not even mentioned State sponsored abortions or our debate over the very existence of God. But these too cause us to appear weak. I know some of you are saying that these things are our strengths. The fact that we have dissent, etc... and you would be correct if not for the level to which we have let these arguments rise. Having differing opinions and ideas is what makes our country great, yes! But we have forgotten who made the laws in the first place. We have forgotten by whose grace we even exist. We have "exchanged the truth of God for a lie" and now worship and serve created things rather than the Creator. Have we actually been weakened to some degree by this, I for one think so and do we appear weak to our enemies? Yes! You can bet we do.

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