Category Archives: Politics

Blogathon: Being One of Jen’s Cheerleaders

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I know that money is pretty tight for some of you right now and I have an offer for those who want to give but can’t:

I need cheerleaders! As one of “Jen’s cheerleaders”, you promote my Blogathon on your site. I’ll send you an awesome button that says “I am Jen’s cheerleader!” and all you need to do is link it to my Blogathon site. On the day of the Blogathon, you do an entry on your blog about what I’m doing and show your super awesome button.

Leave me a comment if you’re interested!

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Sponsor Jen in Blogathon 2007 on July 28th. Come join the fun at her Blogathon site as she blogs for International Justice Mission! Even a pledge of $1 makes a difference!

Independence Day

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Despite the idiocy of our executive branch this week in commuting the Scooter Libby sentence and our asnine vice-president assuming that he’s above the law and part of his own special branch of government, try and have a decent 4th of July.

And remember: vote intelligently — don’t let our country make mistakes like voting these jerks into office again.

Blogathon Alphabytes

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Hey y’all!

I’m getting my Blogathon site ready (I’m working with International Justice Mission this year) and I’m doing “alphabytes” again though not really tied to any topic.Â? I need y’all’s help in coming up with entry topics starting with the following letters:

D
J
N
O
P
T
W
X
Y

I also need questions to answer in my Q post so if you have any questions you’ve been dying to ask me, let me know so I can answer them that day.

The Supposed “War on Christmas”

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OK… let’s get a couple things straight here.

[-] There is not a vast left-wing conspiracy to secularize Christmas.Â? At least, there isn’t a conspiracy to secularize it any more than it already is.
[-] Not every person on this planet celebrates Christmas.Â? Thus, “Happy Holidays” is sometimes the better choice, especially since you normally can’t tell who is Jewish or Wiccan at this time of year.
[-] There is no religious significance to a Christmas tree.Â? There is nothing Scriptural about it.Â? It’s a pagan custom that was integrated into Christianity and is now a secular part of the holidays.Â? Ditto with the yule log, miseltoe, and holly.

Having said that, I’d like to tell my fundie Christian and Orthodox Jewish blogging friends who are up in arms over the holiday trees being taken down at Sea-Tac to CALM DOWN.Â? Sea-Tac was *not* trying to discriminate against the Chabad rabbi who requested permission to put up an electric menorah.Â? Likewise, taking the trees down was not an assault on Christmas — rather, it was trying to neutralize the situation because there was a lawsuit being threatened.

To the rabbi who started this mess: your timing was not good.Â? With the increased holiday traffic going through Sea-Tac, getting the menorah up would have been a logistical nightmare.Â? If you had gone to them in October and asked, I think the board of directors would have been more than happy to accomodate you.

Sea-Tac has actually said that they will start figuring out a way to exhibit holiday symbols for all religions celebrating December holidays next year.Â? Maybe the rabbi could work with the board on that, maybe donate a small menorah so that there could be a display that includes a creche, an Advent wreath, a menorah, some kinte cloth, and a yule log or something?

Or… perhaps we could find some neutral decorations like a wreath in a peace sign with candles since this is a season where we’re all praying for peace.

Let’s just please not make this a season of lawsuits and backbiting over whether it’s more appropriate to say “Happy Holidays” or “Merry Christmas”.