There are a lot of funny opinions in politics. Some are provably false. Thanks Media Matters, thanks Snopes. But only the most unprovable, paranoid ideas become enshrined in the pantheon of genuine conspiracy theories. What is it about conspiracy theories -- the Kennedy assassination, Vince Foster, 9-11, the atheist conspiracy to destroy Christmas -- that transforms paranoia into legend?
Well, they do sound an awful lot like movie plots. (a, b, c, and now d) The following is not a fake trailer. The upcoming Christmas with a Capital C is the story of a concerned father, Ted McGinley, forced to defend his local Alaskan politics against religious tolerance. Daniel Baldwin, his atheist rival, is trying to win a political victory by manhandling children dressed as angels.
Some choice quotes from the trailer:
"Who filed this complaint, the Grinch?"
"Seasons Greetings?!"
"It works for everybody."
"It doesn't work for me.""I do have a problem with Christmas. And all the rest of the garbage you Christians have been jamming down my throat." (...why does that sound familiar?)
"Just because God's out of vogue in the big city, doesn't mean we throw him away like last summer's fashion magazine."
"Christians happen to have started the United States of America!"
"Christmas starts with a capital C. Christ the Lord is the sound of Christmas."
Also recently, Tom Tancredo, currently running for Governor of Colorado, warned that Michelle Obama had abolished Christmas in the White House, in spite of copious evidence to the contrary. And Snopes.
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Also the 1st Ammendment in the US constitution is villian worthy according to this movie.
This is why people are tired of Christians pushing their beliefs on others.
CHRISTmas.. get it? Just because some people are hostile to Jesus Christ doesn't mean they get to usurp and co-opt it by merely X'ing out the CHRIST part of the equation.
I swear. it's not as if anyone is forcing you to pray or anything. People simply want the proper respect and acknowledgement given to why the day is even important to begin with. if that is too much for people, again, they why insist on observing it to begin with?
But this isn't a movie review. I don't presume in this article to know what the movie's actual plot is, I just described the events portrayed in the trailer. It does give away an awful lot, up to what seems like a very third-act event, the court ruling. I admit it was more a joke than summary when I mentioned Daniel Baldwin trying to grab the little girl in the angel costume, but it's pretty strange they put that in the preview. What a way to get votes!
Assuming the film is more family-oriented and less political than the trailer, most people probably *won't* see this entire movie, so the trailer is what they're putting out for us to see. That's the political statement they're making.
Once you acquaint yourself with a little bit of history the ridiculous demagoguery of the modern fox news Christmas warriors becomes simply laughable.
Finally, someone is willing to take the brave stand against the big-government extremists who want to take government out of Christianity.
With luck we can have politicians required to check with Christian leaders before enacting laws. Like we used to in the good old days.
You stay classy Alaska.
That is a very thin assumption and quite unlikely. I don't think most of the Christians I know have the fortitude or self-discipline to properly observer Ramadan.
We are supposed to live in a country where church and state are mutually exclusive. Christianity has no place in it. As for the history, many of our founding fathers were not "exactly" Christians. They wanted that separation to keep themselves out of the politics of a "church of state," as had been the history of Christianity in Europe and England.
By the way which "Christian leaders" would you have our lawmakers checking in with, the Pope, Jimmy Swagart, televangelists, the local Episcopal Bishops or the James Joneses of the world?
After lunch, we each had a turn to introduce ourselves, giving a short promo of our business and a generic 'Best of the Season/ Happy Holidays to our neighbors" speech.
Imagine how awful it was that a few of these prominent citizens went out of their way to say "Merry Christmas," sometimes while looking pointedly at our table (where the rabbi was sitting). One of the persons who did this was vice-president of local United Way!! Others simply stuck their chins out and glared around the room, so we would KNOW that they meant "Merry Christmas" the way that Bill O'Reilly meant "Merry Christmas."
It was plain nasty, the rudeness of those "conservatives."
I hope it hurt their respective businesses.
When i hear "happy holidays" I automatically assume someone is trying to sell me something and thus want to remain as completely bland and without a point as possible.
Before you know it, "happy Holidays" will also have one of those DVD commentary disclaimers underneath it. "The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinions of ____".
I can't wait for "Chanuka With a Capital C...or H If You Prefer That Spelling", "Ramadan With a Capital R", "Diwali With a Capital D", " Paryushana With a Capital P"...I could go on forever.
F&F.
We're supposed to be observing the birth of Jesus and instead we now seem to be openly worshiping Mammon instead.
emphasis on bully