It's CHRISTmas .. SUCK. IT. UP!!

Philly's City Hall

Ask yourself this...

WHY IS IT THAT WE HAVE TO BE TOLERANT OF ALL OTHER RELIGIONS BUT ITS PERFECTLY FINE TO ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH GOD, CHRIST OR CHRISTIANITY IN THE CENTER OF A DART BOARD.

I'm sick and tired of it ... SICK AND TIRED OF IT..

LEARN HISTORY PEOPLE!!!!!! Our founding father's were deep believers in God.. The Capital.. The Washington Monument.. every historical building in Washington DC has references or statues or murals or ceiling paintings depicting their beliefs.

The lastest attack on the word CHRISTmas was targeted at an annual event that is held in the courtyard at Philadelphia's City Hall.

The CHRISTmas Village are booths and tents of vendors set up like a medieval village .. they sell all kinds of German food and candy and crafts and CHRISTmas stuff from all over the world.

If you've never been.. the German CHRISTmas ornaments are AMAZING!!

So what's the problem.. A CHRISTmas village selling CHRISTmas stuff..

Well there was a problem.. and the problem was that some people didn't like the world CHRISTmas.. so they called the mayor's office and complained.

Two things here:

1. Do people NOT have anything better to do with their time? and...2. I thought Mayor Michael Nutter had bigger balls

Because as soon as he got ".. a few complaints" .. he had the word CHRISTmas taken off the sign over the CHRISTmas village.

Are you KIDDING me?? A few people complained of being offended. Well guess what? I get offended every single time Christianity is attacked.

But what really set me off this morning is watch a news report where Mayor Nutter ".. caved under pressure" from the national media and is putting the word CHRISTmas back on the sign. And if knowing that he was only prompted because of the media attention wasn't bad enough, someone wanted to know why there weren't OTHER RELIGIONS represented claiming bias.

OK. IDIOT!! DO YOU NOT KNOW CHRISTMAS IS A CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH. OF. CHRIST????

Do I go to a store selling dreidels for Hanukkah wanting to know why they don't sell Christmas decorations??
Do I stomp my feet about Kwanza??
Should I be offended that Muslim's don't celebrate Ramadan with a big pork dinner?

No .. no.. NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Isn't it funny that we have to be tolerant of other religions and beliefs but MY BELIEF is constantly under attack? Where are other people's tolerance?

Ohhh... but I guess the same people who refuse to be educated on the founding of this country also refuse to believe that CHRISTmas is a religious holiday.

So here's my question to those:

Why does God offend you? Why does CHRIST offend you? Why do people with a strong faith in Christianity offend you so?

While I was typing this, there was a story on the news about a high school football player, Ronnie Hastie, who made a touchdown in a semi final game.. knelt in the end zone and raised his finger in the air to give praise to God... something that he has done countless times before.

THIs time was penalized 15 yards for being arrogant, self promoting and offending the opposing team.

Really? REALLY?

Was that really arrogant? Was that really self promoting? And how the HELL did that offend the opposing team? I could see if he jumped up and down pointing at himself.. I can see if he pointed at the other team.. but he didn't. In his own words, he was giving praise to his God.

But being the good Christian that he is .. and being the tolerant person that we're suppose to be.. he said that from now on, he will walk to the side lines after the play and make his acknowledgement there, away from the field.

So maybe that should have been what he did in the first place.. but isn't that something that should have been addressed ON the side lines by the referees instead of penalizing the team?

I could go on and on but I'm not. I think you get the point. But I will say one last thing:

You can attempt to erase all references to God.. to Christ and to Christianity but you will never erase our faith because that is in our soul.

John's At It Again..

I would call John Street a "colorful" character .. but my guess he would call the NAACP and have me brought up on charges. Because, yknow.. John is like that.

BTW .. whatever happened to Milton?

Anyway .. I don't want to say that John was the WORST mayor in Philadelphia history (I believe THAT would be Wilson Goode seeing that he bombed a neighborhood) but Street's been involved in so much shady shit and controversy that even Time magazine named him one of the worst big city mayors back in 2005.

But having been a resident of the city during his term in office, it was painfully obvious where his loyalties lie.

And, yknow, nobody is against helping those that actually NEED it .. but to me and most decent folk of ANY racial decent.. one's color shouldn't determine whether you get what you need.

Then we have Michael Nutter, the current Philadelphia mayor. He's been called everything from an "Uncle Tom" to "The Whitest Black Man".

Why is that?

Because he's fair? Because he's educated? Because he's well spoken? Because I believe he truly wants what's best for Philadelphia and isn't afraid to make the necessary changes?

When is that a criteria for ".. not being black?"

Well.. it is if you're John Street.

Read the following:

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A longtime feud between former Philadelphia Mayor John Street and his successor has been renewed with racially charged comments from Street, who told a newspaper that Mayor Michael Nutter was "not a black mayor ... just a mayor with dark skin."

The two men, both black, have sparred for years, dating back to when both were on City Council. When Nutter ran for mayor in 2007, he focused much of his campaign on Street, even though Street was term-limited and could not run again.

In an interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday, Street questioned whether Nutter -- who faces re-election next year -- was black enough for the city's African-American community.

He is "not a black mayor," Street told the newspaper. "He's just a mayor with dark skin."

Nutter called the statement "undignified" and questioned "these very personal" attacks.

The feud between the two began boiling recently, in the midst of controversy over the Philadelphia Housing Authority, which Street chairs.

Last week, the board fired its executive director, Carl Greene, after allegations he used public money to settle sexual-harassment complaints and coerced top employees to pay into a slush fund.

Street, who has long held great support in the city's black community, has spawned racial controversy before.

In 2002, he galvanized opponents by telling an NAACP conference: "Let me tell you: The brothers and sisters are running the city. ... Don't you let nobody fool you; we are in charge of the City of Brotherly Love." He later apologized.

So really, John.. how is ANYONE (white or black) with any sense about them going to take you seriously with statements like that? Who's really the one wanting to hold progress back to a 60's mentality.

Rodney King got it right.. Can't we all just get along?