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Comment by steve on December 24, 2009 at 2:22pm

Merry Christmas everyone..... I have been listening from afar to what everyone has had to say and I am breaking one of my policies, not discussing politics and religion so lets see if i can not alienate ppl here!!

ctyankee,I have to agree with your last statement that there will be change,yet i personally feel that the system that we Americans know will continue to function.As soon as people can wake up and get the problem representatives voted out of office we can put those in that believe in putting the constitution first and foremost.

One of the other things that I have to disagree with is the comment by Rex which has to do with peaceful change,and I hope I am totally wrong on this,but I don't believe so.
This country was built on revolution and being told how we are gonna live our daily lives like we as a ppl. don't have the ability to make good decisions on our own is a bunch of B.S..I personally didn't ask for the government to be involved in my daily life and I sure as all He-- don't care for the ways they are trying to run my life and that of my family.
I think that the best way to bring about change in Government is thru the ballot box,but I also feel that is not going to work.It may be about time for a good old fashioned revolution against the political heads that are ruling,regulating,and taxing "We The People" to death.

Again,Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you folks!!!!!

Steve!!!!!!!!

It's not a sin to get knocked down;It's a sin to stay down
"Master Chief Boatswains Mate Carl Brashear"

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on December 24, 2009 at 2:15pm

Agreed Mike....it's CHRISTMAS !!!!

For the next day or two, I don't care about the Dems or Repubs at all...

We are all Navy folk here...thank you Lord for giving us these brave sons and daughters that continue to amaze in their maturity and willingness to step forward and protect our freedom! Merry Christmas to all my great NavyDads friends!!!

Comment by Mike Stark on December 24, 2009 at 1:41pm

OK, it's Christmas Eve and time to get into the spirit, even on Talk Politics!

Religious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eLDvM7eSq0

Secular: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JD5yWup9bM

Merry C hristmas

Comment by Rex on December 24, 2009 at 1:31pm

ctyankee i agree, but i hope it will be a peaceful change, only time will see.
It wont be long now before the radicals on both sides will start to react on the current and up and coming situations.

Comment by ctyankee on December 24, 2009 at 1:18pm

As long as they act like all we want is bread and circuses, the republic will continue to deteriorate. At some point the system *will* fail, and bureaucracy be damned there will be change, whether they believe it or not.

Comment by Mike Stark on December 24, 2009 at 12:08pm

FAVORABLE UNFAVORABLE DON'T KNOW

PELOSI: 41 (40) 49 (50) 10 (10)
REID: 30 (29) 60 (60) 10 (11)
McCONNELL: 18 (17) 64 (65) 18 (18)
BOEHNER: 16 (15) 64 (65) 20 (20)

CONGRESSIONAL DEMS: 38 (39) 56 (55) 6 (6)
CONGRESSIONAL GOPS: 16 (16) 69 (68) 15 (16)

http://www.dailykos.com/weeklypoll/2009/12/17

And yes, kos is a liberal site -- but it's the only one that I found that polls on dems & repubs separately every week. Even if you correct for 4-5 points bias, the congressional republicans' popularity is down at the levels Yeltsin attained by the end of his Presidency, except in South (confederacy plus Kentucky), and even there they are negative. The numbers are bad for the dems, but worse for the repubs. So Ray Stevems may be right, but only in the Confederate States of America.

Comment by Rex on December 23, 2009 at 1:27pm

This cartoon should read, getting all the politicians to do WHAT YOU WANT .

Comment by Rex on December 23, 2009 at 1:25pm

Comment by Mike Stark on December 23, 2009 at 7:34am

Miss Manners link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/22/AR2...

More on the meaning of the season: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanukkah

Comment by Mike Stark on December 23, 2009 at 7:32am

Hey Santa, could we have a cease-fire in the war on Christmas BS this year?

From Miss Manners:

Dear Miss Manners:

I work as a cashier during the Christmas season, and I often wish my customers "Happy holidays." Sometimes customers get all offended and reply with something like "I choose to celebrate Christmas," or they go into this long angry rant about the use of the word Christmas.

Am I wrong? "Happy holidays" is more of a habit for me than "Merry Christmas." I mean it as a gesture of goodwill, and am rather hurt to be yelled at for my choice of words.

But they mean it as a gesture of -- well, of what? The spirit of Christmas? Their interpretation of the proper Christian attitude toward those who wish them well?

Miss Manners realizes that those who deal with the public will encounter some nastiness, which professionalism requires them to ignore. But please do not allow the misuse of religion to browbeat others to make you doubt yourself. "Happy holidays" is the general greeting because, as you know, not all your customers are Christian, but they all do get legal holidays for Christmas and New Year's Day.

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