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NORAD's Santa tracker draws criticism with fighter jet escort
Fox News ^ | 12/4/13

Posted on 12/04/2013 11:58:34 PM PST by Impala64ssa

Edited on 12/05/2013 4:31:37 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

North American Aerospace Defense Command website showing Santa Claus delivering presents while flanked by fighter jets has some child advocates raising concerns about Saint Nick's new travel companions.

NORAD Tracks Santa, operated by the joint U.S.-Canada command, has provided children with information about Santa's whereabouts since 1955. In recent years, Santa updates have included animated videos showing Santa on his flight path.


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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: navy; pc; pshycobabble
Allen Kanner, a California child and family psychologist and co-founder of the Boston-based Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood, told The Boston Globe the Pentagon is "completely out of line" for linking Christmas with the military. with the military."

If only this quack was more concerned with the possibility of children associating the Christmas Season with stampeding, sometimes deadly crowds on black Friday and other random acts of mayhem and stupidity that goes with the shameless commercialization of Christmas. And what about the little darlin's that are so enthralled with Grand Theft Auto, and other such age INappropriate games? Show me a psychiatrist, and I'll show you someone without a clue.
1 posted on 12/04/2013 11:58:35 PM PST by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa

arming civilian agencies and militarizing the poice wasn’t enough I guess


2 posted on 12/05/2013 12:02:11 AM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Impala64ssa
Run Rudolph Run
3 posted on 12/05/2013 12:06:20 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper (http://tinyurl.com/q5ftrzs)
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To: Impala64ssa

“”completely out of line” for linking Christmas with the military.”

Umm, NORAD is military, you dingbat.


4 posted on 12/05/2013 12:06:33 AM PST by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: max americana
LoL - Disgusting!

(Sorry about that, video still works in Germany.)

2008 Winston Christmas Lights (Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run)

6 posted on 12/05/2013 12:21:59 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper (http://tinyurl.com/q5ftrzs)
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To: GeronL

Perhaps an odd question....but what evil doer exists....preparing to bring Santa and his sleigh down? Seems like there’s evil afoot here Watson, and we need to get to the bottom of this.


7 posted on 12/05/2013 12:22:18 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice

see #41

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3098366/posts

seriously


8 posted on 12/05/2013 12:28:19 AM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Impala64ssa

Kanner is nuts and needs a good psychologist and psychiatrist.


9 posted on 12/05/2013 12:30:59 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: GeronL

Good Grief !!!! Take me back to the 50s, when life was real, and I left cookies, a glass of milk, and a cigar on the mantle for Santa :P


10 posted on 12/05/2013 12:38:03 AM PST by AlexW
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To: Impala64ssa

Saw that. Saw mention of California, and Boston, and psychologist, and that just shut down their entire bitch-fest.

I would rather have Santa Claus escorted by F-16’s than be shot down by MIG’s :)


11 posted on 12/05/2013 1:02:49 AM PST by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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To: Impala64ssa

“Allen Kanner...co-founder of the Boston-based Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood...”

In fairness, it sounds like he is more anti-commercial than anti-military.


12 posted on 12/05/2013 3:26:57 AM PST by JoeDetweiler
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To: GeronL; SkyDancer
Love the escort! But I thought all flyovers were cancelled? ; )

Don't tell Zero.

13 posted on 12/05/2013 3:29:46 AM PST by Northern Yankee (Where Liberty dwells, there is my Country. - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Impala64ssa

Not to worry. In line with his strongly anti-Christianity stance, Obama has this year instructed the jets to shoot Santa out of the sky the moment he crosses into American air space.


14 posted on 12/05/2013 4:12:06 AM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: Impala64ssa
Allen Kanner, a California child and family psychologist and co-founder of the Boston-based Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood, told The Boston Globe the Pentagon is "completely out of line" for linking Christmas with the military.

Seriously?

I bet the Marine Corps "Toys for Tots" gift drive must make his head explode. And he'd probably go cataleptic or something if he knew that military units often "adopt" needy families around the holidays so that the whole unit can contribute to their Merry Christmas.

15 posted on 12/05/2013 4:12:40 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: GeronL

Why Does Santa’s sleigh need an escort? I thought it employed stealth technology as well as being armed with AIM-120s for dogfights and a few AGM-65 Mavericks for those children who have been very naughty.


16 posted on 12/05/2013 5:17:12 AM PST by Flick Lives (The U.S. is dead to me.)
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To: Jack Hammer

Except there is very little specifically Christian about the Santa story.

Santa Claus, elves, North Pole, decorated trees, flying sleigh, Rudolph, presents, etc.

What does any of that have to do with Christ?


17 posted on 12/05/2013 5:38:39 AM PST by Sherman Logan
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To: Flick Lives

very very very naughty


18 posted on 12/05/2013 11:27:44 AM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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