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December 25, 2004

Happy Non-Denominational Winter Solstice Celebration from San Francisco

Alex sends along this email circulating at his SF law firm:

HAVE A VERY HAPPY ONE!
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all ...

... And a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2005, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great, (not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country or is the only "AMERICA" in the Western Hemisphere), and without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith, choice of computer platform, or sexual preference of the wishee.

By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms. This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year, or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.

posted by Ace at 03:18 AM

Comments

Heh. How very true.

Let me be the first to wish everyone a Merry Christmahanukkwanzaamadanstice!

Posted by: blackbird4739 on December 25, 2004 04:22 AM

You forgot to mention Festivus, blackbird. You can expect a call from the ACLU tomorrow.

That said, I'd like to wish you all a safe and happy non-denominational, eco-friendly, and inclusive celebration. Unless you don't feel like celebrating anything. That's cool, too.

Posted by: Sean M. on December 25, 2004 05:05 AM

I like Jim Treacher's take: Have a good Red State Fascist Antiquated Gift-Giving Ceremony for Capitalist Racist Rednecks!

Posted by: Joe R. the Unabrewer on December 25, 2004 09:26 AM

You know it's getting bad when you see e-mails like this. It honestly doesn't surprise me. We had a "Holiday" card being passed around at our work for the big boss with over 20 signatures wishing him "Happy Holidays" and only one with "Merry Christmas". Make that two "Merry Christmas" greetings after I signed it.

Posted by: Natalie R. on December 25, 2004 10:56 AM

Well I'll wish eveyone the politically incorrect Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Retread on December 25, 2004 12:25 PM

I object to their use of the term Holiday, and also the wish that we should celebrate. Implying to me that I should have a reason to celebrate, or that there is anything Holy about this day (whatever Holy may mean), is forcing me to react to their idea of what is worth celebrating. Don't will your traditions and values on me! The oppression is stifling!

Posted by: Mark on December 25, 2004 12:38 PM

This year the Christians seem to be fighting back more aggressively than their milksop priests and ministers counsiled in the past 2 decades. Even the Pope is saying "enough".

Most welcome is the large number of Jewish writers coming to the defense of Christmas - admitting that the ACLU is mostly a Jewish-funded institution utilizing activist Jewish lawyers to impliment their lawsuit strategy for Christian-bashing ---but saying the ACLU does not speak for the vast majority of Jews that have no problem with public or private expressions of Christianity. And that Christmas is rather nice, they like Christmas carols, and are no Grinches trying to impose PC thought. Good for them!

It might help reform the ACLU to an impartial civil liberties organization again. They are already taking heavy hits on the anti-Boy Scout jihad they are on, Christian-bashing, and seeming to side with terrorists more than Americans need for enhanced security following 9/11. (being forced to jump to your death from a burning skyscraper is the ultimate deprivation of your civil liberties, not wiretapping an Islamoid fond of calling for "Death to America" in a Jersey City mosque).

The counterattack on the ACLU, vs. playing pure and thus losing, defense, has started. They still keep their private donors and members secret, but talk is now of a nation-wide boycott of any lawyer appearing in public court documents working for the ACLU in going after Boy Scouts, Christian expression, 2nd Amendment rights.

Also, going after the 501C-3 tax exempts that have to report moneys given the ACLU in their public disclosures. The largest tax-exempt donor to the ACLU is the Ford Foundation. A fact that most Ford-drivers in the Red States and red areas of Blue states are so far unaware of. Not many "blue" voters drive Fords anyways...Volvos, Audis, Mercedes-Benz, Lexus,and Acuras for them.

And moderate Democrats, blacks - need to tell their Party that they don't like the Far Left wing of the Democrats trying to destroy things that moderate
Dems and blacks love and believe in...especially Christmas..

Posted by: Cedarford on December 25, 2004 12:48 PM

Ah, good old reliable Cedarford. Always guarding good Christian folk against those sneaky Joooos. They'e up to no good, I tells ya!

Hmm. I wonder, what's the ACLU's stance on tax cuts for the wealthy?

Posted by: zetetic on December 25, 2004 02:02 PM

Sometimes...a simple 'Merry Christmas' comment will suffice.

Posted by: jmflynny on December 25, 2004 04:03 PM

Well, Zetetic, paleo-boy DID mention that some Jewish people are coming out against the Christmas-bashing agenda.

It reads as a rather backhanded recognition of those good people, to be sure, but there it is. You could knock me over with a feather.

Posted by: lauraw on December 25, 2004 05:53 PM

Cedarford is no paleocon. He wouldn't know a states' rights argument if it reached up and goosed him.

Posted by: Smack on December 25, 2004 07:55 PM

Have a dolphin-safe December, everyone!

Posted by: Kazmin on December 25, 2004 09:18 PM

I'm reminded of Roger Zelazny's Agnostic's Prayer:

Insofar as I may be heard by anything, which may or may not care what I say, I ask, if it matters, that you be forgiven for anything you may have done or failed to do which requires forgiveness...

and Robin Weinbaum's prayer in "The Quincunx of Time" by James Blish:

To Whom it may concern: Thy Will, not mine.

Posted by: on December 26, 2004 03:11 AM

I'm reminded of Roger Zelazny's Agnostic's Prayer:

Insofar as I may be heard by anything, which may or may not care what I say, I ask, if it matters, that you be forgiven for anything you may have done or failed to do which requires forgiveness...

and Robin Weinbaum's prayer in "The Quincunx of Time" by James Blish:

To Whom it may concern: Thy Will, not mine.

Posted by: Joseph Hertzlinger on December 26, 2004 03:12 AM

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"It's f**king f**ked."
-- reportedly a genuine comment offered by a "senior Labour source"
Correction: I wrote that Labour is losing 88% (now 87%) of the seats it is "defending." I think that's wrong. The right way to say it is the seats they are contesting -- that is, they don't necessarily already hold these seats, but they have put up a candidate to run for the seat. It's still very bad but not as bad as losing 87% of the seats they already held.

Basil the Great
@BasilTheGreat

🚨ED MILIBAND [a Minister in Starmer's government] SAYS KEIR STARMER WILL RESIGN AS PRIME MINISTER

He has reportedly reassured Labour MP's that Starmer will be resigning following the disastrous results tonight

It's over

"The end of the two party system in the UK" as first the Fake Conservatives and now Labour chooses political suicide rather than simply STOPPING THE INVASION
Incidentally, the only reason this didn't already happen in the US is because of the Very Bad Orange Man (who is right on 85% of all policy calls and extremely, existentially right on 15% of them)

No political party that is NOT also a doomsday religious cult would EVER choose a cataclysmic loss -- and possible extinction as a party -- to support a toxically unpopular favoritism of NON-CITIZEN ILLEGAL MIGRANTS over actual citizen voters.

Only a cult does this.

Now they've lost 84%.

Annunziata Rees-Mogg
@zatzi
If this continues Labour loses 2,148 seats tonight.

That is much worse than the worst case predictions I’ve seen.

Cataclysmic

Update: They've now lost 88% of the seats they're defending. As I mentioned earlier, I think I heard that London will not bail them out, as many of those Labour seats will probably flip to "Muslim Independent" or Green. Detroit's 5am vote will not save them.

Yup, Labour is losing 80% of its seats...

The British Patriot
@TheBritLad

🚨 BREAKING: Labour have lost 80% of all seats contested as of 2:25 AM.<
br> If this continues, Keir Starmer will be out of office next week.

Reform has surged and projected to pick up between 1700-2100 seats.

Wow, up to 1700-2100 seats. It's not incredible that this is happening. It's incredible that the Davos crowd is so absolutely determined to privilege Muslim "migrants" over the actual native population who elects them, no matter how loudly the natives scream that they want to be prioritized, that they will gladly self-extinguish as a party rather than simply representing the interests of their own voters. Astonishing.
Remember, when they call other people "cultists" -- they are the ones so imprisoned in their social reinforcement and discipline bubbles that they will choose political death rather than dare upset the Karen Enforcement Officers of their cult.
Update: Now they've lost 83% of the seats they were defending.

(((Dan Hodges)))
@DPJHodges

Reform are basically wiping Labour out in the North. It's not a defeat. It's not even a rout. Labour are simply ceasing to exist.

Nick Lowles
@lowles_nick

Tonight’s results are calamitous for Labour. Not just for Keir Starmer's leadership, but for the very future of the party

STARMERGEDDON: In early returns, Reform gains 135 seats, Labour loses 90, the Fake Conservatives lose 36 (and I didn't even know they could fall any further), the Lib Dems lose 4, and the Greens gain 6. Note that the only other party gaining seats is the Greens and they're only gaining a handful of seats.
Update: Reform now up 145, Labour down 98.
Labour projected to lose Wales -- where they've ruled for 27 years.
Fulton County Georgia just discovered 400 boxes of ballots for Labour
Update: REF +156, LAB -107, CON -45
Brutal: In four out of five council seats where Labour is defending, they've lost. 80%.
I'm sure it's not this simple, but Reform is straight taking Labour's and the "Conservatives'" seats. They've lost almost exactly what Reform gained. If understand this right (and warning, I probably don't), all of London's council seats are up for election, and Labour might lose hugely there, as their old voters abandon them for Reform, Muslim Indenpendents, and the Greens.
REF +190, LAB -134, CON -56.

Updates on the Labour collapse in council elections -- which wags are calling #Starmergeddon -- from Beege Welborne. There are about 5000 seats up for grabs, Labour is expected to lose 1,800, Reform will probably gain 1,580, up from... zero. So this would be more than that.
People claim that while Labour has adopted the Sharia Agenda to appeal to the million Muslims it allowed to migrate to the country, those voters are ditching Labour to vote for the Muslim Independent Party or the Greens. Delicious. This shadenfreude is going straight to my thighs.
Oh, and if Starmer loses about as badly as expected, Labour will toss him out of a window Braveheart style and replace him. He will announce he is resigning to spend more time with his Gay Ukrainian Male Prostitutes.

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