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Title: The HNIC refuses to celebrate Christmas in White House: A first ever.
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URL Source: http://www.arguewitheveryone.com/ge ... as-white-house-first-ever.html
Published: Dec 13, 2009
Author: arguewitheveryone
Post Date: 2009-12-13 09:43:30 by dont eat that
Keywords: allahakbarobama, communigger, marxistmoolie
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Could it be that it goes against his Muslim Faith? A survey of adult Americans finds that an overwhelming majority prefer the seasonal expression "Merry Christmas." More than seven out of ten, in fact. Twenty-two percent, according to Rasmussen Reports, go for "Happy Holidays." However, the Obamas, who won't spend their first December holidays in the White House, apparently don't like either one. The Obamas have just mailed thousands of greeting cards that say simply, "Season's Greetings." They're cream-colored, maroon-bordered cards showing a gold wreath wrapped around the presidential coat of arms. The Obamas' card, paid for by the Democratic National Committee, makes no religious reference whatsoever. "May your family have a joyous holiday season," says the Obamas' greeting, "and a new year blessed with hope and happiness." This comes after reports that, initially anyway, the ObamaWhite House planned its first Christmas to be a "non-religious" one, kind of like a non-sports Super Bowl Sunday. Hpwever, Barack Obama doesn't want to offend the sensibilities of folks who aren't Christian by celebrating Christmas, and avoids any reference to the birth of Christ -- even though it's a federal holiday -- at least that's his excuse. But the "alleged" Christian, who rarely, if ever, attends Christian services, has no problem offending Christians by attending services in a mosque. Obama said, that Americans "do not consider ourselves a Christian nation..." Obama has made similar statements in the past. In June 2007, he told CBS, "Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation. But that’s not what the U.S. Supreme Court ruled when, in Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, 143 U.S. 437 (1892), they held that "this is a Christian nation." They meant that this nation was founded on Judeo-Christian biblical principles, and that those who brought these biblical principles to this land and who implemented those principles in our system of government were for the most part professing Christians who were actively involved with Christian churches -- 51 of the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention were members of Christian churches, and that leading American political figures in the founding era quoted the Bible far more than any other source. And the ideals on which they framed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution -- that man is subject to the laws of nature and of nature’s God, that God created man equal and endowed him with basic unalienable rights, that human nature is sinful and therefore government power must be carefully restrained by the Constitution -- are ideals that they derived, directly or indirectly, from the Bible. Some of these ideals may be shared by those of other religious traditions. But the Founding Fathers, with few exceptions, did not read the Koran, or the Upanishads, or the Bagavigita. They read the Bible, and they heard the Bible preached on Sunday mornings. Besides denying that America is a Christian nation in his April 6 news conference in Turkey, President Obama told the Turkish Parliament on the same day: " We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world -- including in my own country." The suggestion that Islam has shaped America in any substantial way is ludicrious. As Robert Spencer asks: Were there Muslims along Paul Revere’s ride, or standing next to Patrick Henry when he proclaimed, "Give me liberty or give me death"? Where there Muslims among the framers or signers of theDeclaration of Independence , which states that all men -- not just Muslims, as Islamic law would have it -- are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? Were there Muslims among those who drafted the Constitution and vigorously debated its provisions, or among those who enumerated the Bill of Rights, which guarantees -- again in contradiction to the tenets of Islamic law -- that there should be no established national religion, and that the freedom of speech should not be infringed?
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Hey look, it's padlock!
OMG! It's a tagline! Is it funny?
Good article. I agree with you. But could you please try and keep nigger out of the key words. Please.
Well, okay, but while "nigger" would not be appropriate when applied to, say, Clarence Thomas or Condoleeza Rice, it is 100% appropriate when applied to the muslim worshiping asshole who currently stinks up the Oval Office.
Don't they mean: Paid for by the taxpayers? At least they went with a cheap design.
The antiPalin are all Muslims. They hate the US, Israel and our troops.
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Really? www.dallasnews.com/shared...ate.Edition1.4c2c17e.html Obama's Hanukkah party draws hoopla 12:00 AM CST on Sunday, December 13, 2009 TODD J. GILLMAN Todd J. Gillman is / The Dallas Morning News chief of The Dallas Morning News. WASHINGTON – Nearly eight in 10 Jewish voters supported President Barack Obama last year. That's a few million people, many of them in swing states such as Ohio and Florida. Alas, only about 550 people are invited to the White House Hanukkah party on Wednesday. So when rumors began circulating in the Israeli press a few weeks ago that Obama's first Hanukkah party would be only half as big as his predecessor's – which turned out to be an exaggeration – the indignation started to fly. "It's silly," said Dallas attorney Marc Stanley who, as chairman of the National Jewish Democratic Council, was certainly on the A-list all along. He'll be at the White House on Wednesday, the sixth night of the Festival of Lights. "It's certainly not a reflection of how he feels toward the Jewish community. ... If he invited all of his Jewish friends and staff and supporters, he'd have tens of thousands of people invited to this party," he said. Presidents have long packed their Decembers with parties that let them ply supporters, the media and political adversaries with White House hospitality. The first White House Hanukkah party was hosted by George W. Bush in 2001. By last year, the new annual tradition had grown to 800 guests, and it was among the hottest tickets in town. That set high expectations for Obama, given how much more support Democrats get from Jewish voters and donors – though the faux pas of Christmas trees on last year's invitations probably bought Obama some breathing room. Hanukkah is a celebration of religious freedom – the story of the Maccabees and a one-day supply of lamp oil that lasted eight nights. Mix a scarcity of invitations with early skepticism about Obama's support for Israel, and it was inevitable the first Obama Hanukkah would prompt some reflection. There are complaints, for instance, about Obama pressuring the Israeli government to halt settlements in Palestinian areas, though plenty of Israelis oppose those settlements, too. "There's a small minority of vocal, uber-conservative Jews, and the Republican Jewish Coalition, who try to promote this theory that the Jewish community has a problem with Obama," Stanley said. In his view, Obama has been very supportive on nearly everything "with one small issue. They've asked the Israelis not to inflame the situation. But there's no criticism," he said. Stanley called Obama's engagement on the Middle East peace process a welcome contrast to years of neglect by Bush. The tough stance on Iran, and the fact that he's surrounded himself with pro-Israel stalwarts such as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden, make Obama "a true friend," Stanley said. There's more than just Israel on the agenda, though. "American Jews care about tikkun olam – healing the world," Stanley said, which means they're eager for progress on health care and the environment, and they care about abortion rights, education, poverty and job creation. Stanley has visited the White House several times this year to discuss Israel, health care and other issues with senior Obama aides. For his first Hanukkah party at the White House, he'll be more thrilled about the affirmation of diversity than about the latkes and sofganiyot – potato pancakes and jelly doughnuts, standard offerings at a Hanukkah party that are fried to recall the miracle of the oil. Obama's closest aides, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and adviser David Axelrod, are Jewish, for instance. "Think of the comfort level we have in this country, compared to our history in the world," Stanley said. "That's phenomenal." Todd J. Gillman is Washington Bureau chief of The Dallas Morning News.
'Holiday' Cards Ring Hollow for Some on Bushes' List By Alan Cooperman Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 7, 2005 What's missing from the White House Christmas card? Christmas. This month, as in every December since he took office, President Bush sent out cards with a generic end-of-the-year message, wishing 1.4 million of his close friends and supporters a happy "holiday season." Many people are thrilled to get a White House Christmas card, no matter what the greeting inside. But some conservative Christians are reacting as if Bush stuck coal in their stockings. "This clearly demonstrates that the Bush administration has suffered a loss of will and that they have capitulated to the worst elements in our culture," said William A. Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. Bush "claims to be a born-again, evangelical Christian. But he sure doesn't act like one," said Joseph Farah, editor of the conservative Web site http://WorldNetDaily.com. "I threw out my White House card as soon as I got it." ad_icon Religious conservatives are miffed because they have been pressuring stores to advertise Christmas sales rather than "holiday specials" and urging schools to let students out for Christmas vacation rather than for "winter break." They celebrated when House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) insisted that the sparkling spectacle on the Capitol lawn should be called the Capitol Christmas Tree, not a holiday spruce. Then along comes a generic season's greeting from the White House, paid for by the Republican National Committee. The cover art is also secular, if not humanist: It shows the presidential pets -- two dogs and a cat -- frolicking on a snowy White House lawn. "Certainly President and Mrs. Bush, because of their faith, celebrate Christmas," said Susan Whitson, Laura Bush's press secretary. "Their cards in recent years have included best wishes for a holiday season, rather than Christmas wishes, because they are sent to people of all faiths." That is the same rationale offered by major retailers for generic holiday catalogues, and it is accepted by groups such as the National Council of Churches. "I think it's more important to put Christ back into our war planning than into our Christmas cards," said the council's general secretary, the Rev. Bob Edgar, a former Democratic congressman. But the White House's explanation does not satisfy the groups -- which have grown in number in recent years -- that believe there is, in the words of the Heritage Foundation, a "war on Christmas" involving an "ever-stronger push toward a neutered 'holiday' season so that non-Christians won't be even the slightest bit offended." One of the generals on the pro-Christmas side is Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association in Tupelo, Miss. "Sometimes it's hard to tell whether this is sinister -- it's the purging of Christ from Christmas -- or whether it's just political correctness run amok," he said. "I think in the case of the White House, it's just political correctness." Wildmon does not give retailers the same benefit of the doubt. This year, he has called for a consumer boycott of Target stores because the chain issued a holiday advertising circular that did not mention Christmas. Last year, he aimed a similar boycott at Macy's Inc., which averted a repeat this December by proclaiming "Merry Christmas" in its advertising and in-store displays. More here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp...2/06/AR2005120601900.html
The HNIC
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#3. To: A K A Stone (#2)
But could you please try and keep nigger out of the key words.
#4. To: dont eat that (#0)
The Obamas' card, paid for by the Democratic National Committee,
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Toss: ADL,CAIR and the Vatican into the pit they belong in.
#6. To: 4G1 (#1)
The HNIC
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#8. To: dont eat that (#0)
the ObamaWhite House planned its first Christmas to be a "non-religious" one, kind of like a non-sports Super Bowl Sunday.
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