"War on Christmas"

Someone made this excellent observation "Who is stopping you from saying merry Christmas, and why are you listening?"

Isn't that the real question? Where is the who? So far all anyone has is the word of O'Reilly and Fox News for this supposed injustice. Mac is all pissed off over this but haven't heard yet any personal experience of his with the war. For someone so fervently pro-Christmas you think he would have a story to share of the horrors this evil war has had on him. All soldiers in a war usually have a story to tell. Unless of course the war is manufactured. Of course to admit it at this time for most would be to admit to an act of real stupidity which few are willing to do voluntarily. So the story shall live, grow, and only because of repeats will become a "fact" without any real facts to back it.

"The Colbert Report"'s "War on Humbuggery" did an excellent job making fun of those whole "controversy." He just talked about how no one is following the old Christmas traditions, pointing out how Christmas use to be truly celebrated at the turn of the century before commercialism took over. Watch the repeat today if get a chance.

I forgot that almost ALL of the Christmas traditions are not Christian origin but pagan and commercial origin. From the Christmas tree, to carols, pretty much everything, does not have a "sacred" origin despite what many may think. Even ole Santa Clause we all know was manufactured by Thomas Nast. He was the same cartoonist that created the iconic symbols for the Democrat and Republican parties.

The fact that many are discussing this issue so seriously is actually frightening in scope. Here we have that jackass insane bastard O'Reilly literally creating a controversy out of whole cloth...and the nation bought into it. He made it up! Absolutely made it up. He proves that Americans are so damned stupid that lies actually can become a "truth" by repetition. Day in and day out he "proof" is getting rejected and disproved. From so-called press releases to town supposedly banning the colors of the holiday, his overall thesis is disproved. Hell, take a walk anywhere and tell me that Christmas is being banned. Hell, those most defending it can't seem to even come up with proof it even exists beyond whatever new thing O'Reilly chooses to make up. People should just be ashamed of themselves about this whole thing. Fox News should be ashamed too but they stopped being about news a long time ago anyway.

Someone in college should seriously use the war on Christmas to show how an opinion becomes "truth" through repetition. Its a truly fascinating and new political phenomena that few recognize.