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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 08:45 AM
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FOX NEWS: "Is the "war on Christmas" hurting your portfolio?"
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FOX NEWS: "Is the "war on Christmas" hurting your portfolio?"

Emailer Bernard: They had a segment on that said (I kid you not) "The liberals attack on Christmas would cause the stock market to drop and ruin the American economy" I was floored. They even had "experts" on the show to explain how bad liberals are and how bad the economy would be if there was no Christmas.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/12/03.html#a6165
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,104879,00.html#1
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 08:48 AM
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1. I'm glad for the "war on Christmas." That way...
...I know which stores are exploiting Christmas specifically, and which are exploiting the holidays in general.

NGU.
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LiberalinNC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 08:49 AM
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2. That is probably the dumbest thing they said this year!
Let's just blame the "liberals" for Katrina, the tsunami, Aids, and all the devastation that's occurred since the beginning of time.

Since "they" can never admit to being wrong, they are always looking for someone to blame...like the bully in the school yard does.
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 08:50 AM
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3. Meh. I'm underwhelmed by Fox.
Anyone with half a brain realizes what BS that is.
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 08:50 AM
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4. And I'm sure they were able a find a guest to appear...
...who was advocating a war on Christmas too. You know, because they're fair and balanced and all.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 09:02 AM
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5. corporate america is ruining our economy, here's why: I hope they read it:
People who can't buy jack shit thanks to offshoring and offpeopleing is the symptom. A symptom by corporate america not providing jobs at LIVING WAGE values.
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acmejack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 09:03 AM
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6. Portfolio?
You're just too darn funny! I had a portfolio once, but then I had a pension and health care, too. Oh yeah, I used to make $25.00 per hour too.

On the plus side none of the jobs I can get now have any sort of responsibility attached to them.
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TomClash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 09:10 AM
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7. Nice way to run a Christmas war
The Dow is at 10,877 and had been climbing since mid-October until this week.
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 09:12 AM
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8. untill santas sleigh is shot down
There is no war on christmas. Btw Fox and news should never be used together in any combiniton.
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 09:29 AM
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9. I e-mailed the Fox wankers and told them what I thought nt
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 09:39 AM
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10. All this hype about the war on Christmas makes me despise the whole thing.
It isn't just me. All the adults I've spoken to are really getting sick of the politicization of Christmas. The Repubs have taken a dead dog (a non-issue) and keep poking a stick at it until they make sure the maggots crawl out. It's disgusting.

Not to mention the incessant blaring of those horrid Christmas tunes.
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 09:45 AM
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11. HAHAHAHA!!!!!
:rofl:
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 09:57 AM
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12. No. Besides, I invest in companies that don't depend on Christmas
or any other holidays :eyes:
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 10:02 AM
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13. They are trying to set up a scapegoat here
That this "war on Christmas" will be the cause if holiday sales do not hit their targets.

It is the "evil liberals" fault over a "social" issue and not an economic issue with tighter and tighter budgets.
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Hamlette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 10:08 AM
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14. So, right wing pious Christians LIKE the crass materialization?
And its the liberals who think that the celebration of the Prince of Peace should be about something different than the glorification of consumerism and Santa Claus?

This is the perfect example of why the marriage of wall street and religion leads to bizarre results. You'd think that at some point religious people, even right wing nut case religious people, would see through this.
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Ioo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 10:11 AM
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15. They don't even try to hide they are shills anymore...
Read this, it is great and from a very conservative website

http://www.theconservativevoice.com/articles/article.html?id=10415
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theophilus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 10:31 AM
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16. I guess the first one they'll put up against the wall will be
Charlie Brown. You know that little round headed kid started all of this "negativity" back with his anti-Commercialization of Christmas message back in the wild 60's. Right?

Christ in Christmas means taking out materialism not the reverse! These morons are going to feel a backlash on this.
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