Friday, November 27, 2009

The War on Christmas. . . .

According to moonbattery.com:

A Christmas tree was put up in the Orange County (California) courthouse as the centerpiece for Operation Santa Claus, a charity that provides toys and gifts for disadvantaged children (and one I have worked with in the past).

An intolerant, progressive busy-body was offended, complained and the tree was taken down.

How is this possible, if there is no war on Christmas?

A bright spot; courthouse employees are petitioning to have the tree returned.

According to jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com:

Well, it looks like Best Buy has stepped in it this holiday season. In a sales flyer they sent out they chose to give a special mention to the Islamic holiday of Eid al-adha, instead of the more traditional American holiday of Thanksgiving.



In light of recent events like the Ft. Hood massacre and the decisions to bring the 9/11 plotters to this country for trial you would have thought the braintrust at the corporate headquarters might have been just a little more sensitive. I have no doubt they have some Harvard Business School grads up there, you know like the ones in charge of a lot of financial institutions.

Eid al-Adha commemorates the end of the Hajj, that annual rite of passage whereby Muslims travel to Mecca, march around a stone, and try not to get trampled to death. It is also supposed to mark the story in their Koran, shamelessly lifted from the Christian Bible about Abraham, who was asked to sacrifice his son Issac as a test of his faith.