http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/grinch/ en-us Thu, 6 Nov 2008 13:48:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126916/posts Obama is going to raise your taxes to give it to those that pay little to know taxes. Here's how I started to afford the Obama tax hikes. Here’s how I’m handling it. I typically leave the maid a tip at the hotel I stay at...I’m checking out today so instead of a tip...I left a note: “I wish I could afford to leave you a tip, but I’m saving for the Obama tax hike. However, I’m sure Obama will take good care of you as he plans to tax me to give it to you. Obama is going to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126916/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 13:48:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060249/posts Chris Matthews: Back With an Obamania Vengeance . . . If Barack Obama makes it to the White House, perhaps he should appoint Chris Matthews Commissar of Gosplan, the Commission charged with developing the economy's Five Year Plans. The Hardball host, back from vacation, displayed the enthusiasm of a dutiful apparatchik in praising an Obama ad that was in turn a pitch for central planning. During the "ad wars" segment on this evening's Hardball, Matthews first played a McCain ad that hit Obama over his plans to raise taxes and his lack of readiness to lead. After Andrea Mitchell suggested... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060249/posts#comment Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:52:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2048814/posts The Grinch nixes another holiday. What's next? Roast beast tax?Everyone down in Whoville liked tax holidays A LOT. But, the Grinch, who lived north of D.C., the Grinch he DID NOT! The Grinch hated tax breaks. Don't ask the reason. It took money from the quote-unquote "poor"... and cut cash for his sleazing. So the Grinch growled, his fingers nervously drumming. I must. I must keep this gas tax holiday from coming. Then a thought dawned and turned into a smile. The grin the Grinch shows when he's about to defile. I'll take this tax break and turn it inside... DotPenn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2048814/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:46:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945203/posts Merchants long have tried to lure shoppers into rising at ungodly hours to snare blockbuster bargains on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. But are the deals actually better? Turns out that often they are not. Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945203/posts#comment Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:22:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944130/posts Good morning and - at the risk of shutting down school systems and sending city workers fleeing in panic onto the icy streets - Merry Christmas! This is the year that Santa Claus was officially declared a subversive agent by McCall Middle School in Winchester. This was the year that Andover forced the Salvation Army to deploy bell-less bell ringers outside old Town Hall. The year a goose-stepping government goon in Salem declared holiday bake sales at schools and churches verboten. Like the Burgermeister Meisterburger before her, she has ruled that Granny’s non-government-authorized Christmas cookies are simply too dangerous to... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944130/posts#comment Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:41:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943786/posts Hate preacher Omar Bakri, who is barred from Britain, is calling on Brits to boycott Christmas. Using the internet to post a rant against the festive season, Bakri claims Christmas should be "completely forbidden". In another chilling post the radical cleric said Christmas Day would be the perfect day to launch a terror attack on the UK. He said: "To have Christmas tree, visit so-called Christmas Father - that is completely forbidden. "Make sure you do not watch TV. Do not let them hear jingle bells. Do not send your children on Christmas trip." Bakri's previous vile rants included his... Evening Standard (London) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943786/posts#comment Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:37:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939306/posts What a let down that 1,700 care packages lovingly prepared by Montreal-area residents and community groups destined for Canadian troops in Afghanistan, won’t be getting there.The Christmas care packages for soldiers have been grounded after the military said they could not be sent overseas.Claiming security concerns and a lack of space on transport aircraft as reasons for blocking the packages, Canadian Forces brass informed nonplussed members of the Roxboro Legion, who spearheaded the drive that they cannot accept the packages. Parcels must be addressed to a specific soldier, the military said, and not “Any CF member”.While citing security concerns would... Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939306/posts#comment Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:04:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1938149/posts Dear Ellen, Christmas is disgusting. It’s all pagan worship. Even most Christians don’t realize that all their decorations and traditions come from ancient Babylon. Our family doesn’t cave in to all this stuff and I tell friends at church they shouldn’t either. Signed, Ms. Christian Grinch Dear Ms. Grinch, By saying “all this stuff,” I assume we’re talking Christmas trees, mistletoe, hasty pudding, Yule logs, etc.? I grant that Christmas choices are a matter of personal conscience. I had a similar e-mail conversation with another Christian killjoy last month so I retrieve and relate to you my comments to him.... E-pistles to Ellen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1938149/posts#comment Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:59:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938105/posts WASHINGTON, (AP) -- President Bush granted pardons Tuesday to carjackers, drug dealers, a moonshiner and an election-laws violator but not to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, his vice president's former top aide who was convicted in the case of the leaked identity of a CIA operative. In all, Bush pardoned 29 convicts and reduced the prison sentence of one more in the end-of-the-year presidential tradition. Justice Department spokesman Erik Ablin said Bush has granted 142 pardons and commuted five sentences since taking office in 2001 — lagging far behind the pace set by most modern presidents. The list was issued with... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938105/posts#comment Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:18:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937057/posts Mailman arrested for stealing cards BY JOHN MARZULLI DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Saturday, December 8th 2007, 4:00 AM Every thief has a hallmark, and a Brooklyn letter carrier is the Greeting Card Bandit. The feds arrested Michael Olivio this week after an elaborate sting operation to identify the Grinch-like mailman in Bath Beach who intercepted hundreds of greeting cards for the cash inside, the Daily News has learned. After receiving complaints from residents in the 11214 area code, the bait was set. Special Agent Stephen Dolloff mailed "test greeting card letters" to the postal customers who had complained. One customer... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937057/posts#comment Sun, 9 Dec 2007 20:01:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1934152/posts Kettle cash tempting to thieves http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/329594.html http://tinyurl.com/ypos7x Posted on Mon, Dec. 03, 2007 BY DIANA MOSKOVITZ Yes, Virginia, there are grinches out there. And they steal from the Salvation Army's red kettles. One bell ringer told police she was robbed in Lighthouse Point last month when she left her kettle for a few minutes to use the bathroom. ''That is the last thing the world needs right now,'' said Capt. Tom Louden, area commander for the Salvation Army in Broward. Such thefts are a perennial problem around the country for the Salvation Army. About 20,000 red kettles appear at storefronts... Miami Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1934152/posts#comment Mon, 3 Dec 2007 22:38:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928318/posts A Colorado city is considering a plan that one attorney calls the epitome of the war against Christmas. Tonight, the Fort Collins City Council will meet and decide the fate of a task force report that urges the city to decorate with white lights, winter symbols not traditionally associated with any particular holiday, and unadorned garlands of greenery. City staffers are also encouraged to remove ornaments or stars from trees and red ribbons from wreaths. Mat Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel, says the task force is seriously misguided. "I think it's absolutely ridiculous that anyone would consider banning red and... Click here for link to onenewsnow.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928318/posts#comment Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:13:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1926470/posts Poll question at: http://coloradoan.com/ reads: "Do you agree with the recommendations by the [neo-grinches on the] Fort Collins holiday display task force?"As of now, it's 89% against, w/ 2100 votes. Yay! Ages ago in Ft Collins, they stripped religion or any hint of it from public C***stmas displays: no Nativities or Stars of Bethlehem, the word "C****tmas" replaced with "Holidays" and so on. And recently, all or most of the main downtown tree display (Oak St Plaza) switched from colored lights to all-white. But that's still not enough. All remaining reminders of C****tmas must go! Or else! The Grinch Squad,... Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1926470/posts#comment Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:00:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1803312/posts Christmas tour ban http://community.emeraldcoast.com/onset?id=14246&template=article.html March 19, 2007 - 9:50AM City Manager Lannie Corbin did the right thing when he told the Christmas Lady to stop giving tours of her home, City Council members said earlier this week. Debbie Lewis, aka the Christmas Lady, has been decorating her home and giving tours for the past five years. More than 5,000 people visited her home on Duncan Drive during the Christmas season last year, Corbin said. Neighbors complained about traffic and congestion, he said. Meetings and talk of moving the Christmas display to somewhere out of a residential area did not get... Emerald Coast http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1803312/posts#comment Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:11:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758623/posts December 26, 2006 Fast Track to Hell: Stealing From a Church on Christmas At Christmas Mass at the Church of St. Mel in Flushing, Queens, robbers stole a money box with $20,000. The money, collected from three Christmas Eve Masses and the 7:30AM Christmas Mass and meant for church expenses and needy children, was kept in a 100 pound money box. The robbers hit around 9:20AM and witnesses saw men putting the box into an SUV with Vermont license plates. A parishioner did take the license plate number and give it to the police (the SUV belongs to a NYC... Gothamist.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758623/posts#comment Tue, 26 Dec 2006 18:39:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1756300/posts 'Santa Claus does not exist' school tells stunned kids A primary school has been accused of spoiling Christmas for pupils after a lesson telling them that Santa Claus does not exist. Children as young as nine were told that only 'small children believe in Father Christmas'. And yesterday their parents criticised teachers for taking the 'magic' out of the festive period. The blunder came after the Year 5 pupils were given seasonal worksheets containing various festive classroom exercises. One began by informing the children that 'many small children believe in Father Christmas'. It then went on to explain that thousands... thisislondon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1756300/posts#comment Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:54:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1754901/posts Why are we compelled to partake in the culture war when we would much rather just enjoy the Christmas season like countless generations before us? G.K. Chesterton put it best... The Strenuous Life http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1754901/posts#comment Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:57:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1754143/posts The Liberals are stealing Christmas. They will deny it, but they are. Political Correctness dictates that people can't wish eachother "Merry Christmas" in public. Libs will tell you that they just don't want religious symbolism in public but people are allowed to "practice ANY religion or holliday they want." How do I do that? This is where Liberal thinking gets pretty abstract. Do I walk past people on the street and think "that guy just mentally wished me Merry Christmas?" If I move to Africa, I definitely expect them to stop celebrating Kwanzaa because I'm there. Or how about in... gopusa.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1754143/posts#comment Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:52:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1753710/posts My parents who are in their seventies, retired, and on Social Security stopped at Walmart on US Hwy 80 in Mesquite, TX to get gas. After paying at the pump with a Walmart Gift Card and retrieving the receipt, the woman in the booth comes over the speaker and asks him how he intends to pay. My Dad tells her he has already paid and shows her the receipt through the window. They argue a bit, then she asks him to see the $500 Walmart Gift Card. Instead of telling her to buzz off, he hands her the card. She... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1753710/posts#comment Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:07:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1744760/posts David Corn of "The Nation" was just on Fox, scolding viewers for trying to enjoy the holidays while we are at war in Iraq. Picking-up on the New York Times' latest rant, Corn glared into the camera and grimly reiterated the message from "Putz" Sulzberger and his staff of leftist trust babies: 'How dare you shop and enjoy the holidays while we are involved in a war of which we at the Times personally disapprove?' LOL! And "Don't Tread on Me!" Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1744760/posts#comment Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:21:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1741933/posts Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has drafted legislation that would grant soon-to-be-unemployed Republicans severance pay while they look for jobs after Democrats take over control of the chamber on Jan. 4, according to a senior Democratic aide. Democratic aides have kept details of the proposed severance package secret, such as how much former Republican aides would receive and who would be eligible for compensation. And it is not certain that Pelosi will introduce the resolution on the House floor at all. But one House Democrat said that Pelosi is leaning toward compensating outgoing aides to keep Republicans remaining on... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1741933/posts#comment Tue, 21 Nov 2006 05:14:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546129/posts Every time I sign back on here and try to post, all I get is a screen that says my account is banned. I sign up another account and the same thing happens again. What am I doing wrong? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546129/posts#comment Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:30:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546287/posts WASHINGTON -- The National Security Agency, in carrying out President Bush's order to intercept the international phone calls and e-mails of Americans suspected of links to Al Qaeda, has probably been using computers to monitor all other Americans' international communications as well, according to specialists familiar with the workings of the NSA. The Bush administration and the NSA have declined to provide details about the program the president authorized in 2001, but specialists said the agency serves as a vast data collection and sorting operation. It captures reams of data from satellites, fiberoptic lines, and Internet switching stations, and then... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546287/posts#comment Fri, 23 Dec 2005 23:40:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546392/posts LICKDALE — Jamey Schaeffer stretched her mouth open wide, showing off a pair of twin gaps in her smile. With a mouthful of fingers, she said she has no interest in two front teeth for Christmas. Instead, she’d like a Barbie doll from Santa Claus — and Santa Claus only. But a substitute music teacher almost came between the 6-year-old and a Christmas Eve spent dancing cheek to cheek with sugar plums. Theresa Farrisi stood in for Schaeffer’s regular music teacher one day last week. One of her assignments was to read Clement C. Moore’s famous poem, “A Visit from... LDNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546392/posts#comment Sat, 24 Dec 2005 03:45:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1546120/posts If you were feeling a bit empty this Christmas holiday season because the secular greetings issued from the White House left you a little bit empty, we have a special treat for you, guaranteed to fill you up with all the love and warmth that is the Democrat Holiday Spirit. Nobody should ever have to suffer the annual pangs of winter holiday capitalism without the joy and peace brought about by the happy Christmas holiday donkey. WOW! Now that's what I call Christmas Holiday Spirit! How could I possibly have made it through this Christmas holiday season without that... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1546120/posts#comment Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:15:41 GMT