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Freue dich, freue dich, O Christenheit! Christkindchen komm in unser Haus, Leer deine schönen Sachen aus, Stell dein Eselchen auf den Mist, Daß es Heu und Hafer frißt. + + + Rejoice, rejoice, O Christendom! The Christ-Child to our house has come. Bring now forth thy treasures fine, Lift thine ass-colts from the mire That they on hay and oats may dine. + + + From all of us at Chez B-Chan to all of our friends here... + + + JOYEUX NOËL FRÖLICHE WEIHNACHTSENZEIT FELIZ NAVIDAD MERRY CHRISTMASキリスト�誕生日�����������Kiristo no tanjoubi, omedetou gozaimasu...and a Happy New Year!

A White Christmas in Dallas. Never before in my 44 years. I have now seen everything. "Snow" (Irving Berlin, 1954) Snow It won't be long before we'll all be there with snow Snow I wanna wash my hands, my face and hair with snow Snow I long to clear a path, and lift a spade of snow Snow oh, to see a great big man entirely made of snow Snow where it's snowing all winter through That's where I want to be Snowball throwing, that's what I'll do How I'm longing to ski through the Snow Those glist'ning houses that...

Bless this night, oh Lord, we pray, Bless our families we love so dear, Bless our friends far and near— Lord, give peace in every way.

Was Shakespeare A Secret Catholic? The Evidence Is Mounting… By Oliver Marre December 22nd, 2009 The Venerable English College in Rome has found documents which may suggest that Shakespeare was a secret Catholic who spent some years in the city. It’s only conjecture – but the news will certainly excite the large number of people who believe that the Bard was a Papist. Clare Asquith has written a compelling and brilliantly researched book which argues the same point from textual and historical analysis of the plays. Shadowplay is a great read for anyone interested in Shakespeare, in the religious wars...

Senator Roland Burriss decided he was going to pervert a treasured Christmas poem to push progressive health care reform. He bashed republicans and lauded over dems. He did this all while on the Senate floor. I'll throw up a transcript if I can find one. Here's the video: Sen. Burris Rewrites “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” To Push Health Care Reform. What do you think of Sen. Roland Burris' version?

'Twas the night before Christmas Time off from Grand Rants! I was home with the family (A rare happenstance). My wife was in e-mail my daughter as well, my son, trying to figure out HTML When up on the roof there arose such a clatter! But we didn’t budge, thinking “What does it matter?” My daughter thought, “Squirrels” my wife thought so too. My son said, “Check it out, Dad” I said, “Why don’t you?” ...

(Warning: Contains spoilers for those who still believe in Santa Claus) Bob Dylan’s album Christmas In The Heart struck me both strongly and delightfully upon the very first listen, and it continues to strike me that way after many further spins. However, rather than try to make a grand case here as to why others ought to like the album (I know that some people love it and some people feel quite otherwise) I’m just going to explore why it seems to work better for me personally than most Christmas albums. I do suspect that how I have inwardly responded...

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‘Fever Mix’: The Poetic Stylings of Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. http://www.breitbart.tv/fever-mix-the-poetic-stylings-of-albert-arnold-gore-jr/

It should be pretty obvious that President Obama and his Dem-run congress want no part of what most of America is screaming for: A free republic with a smaller government footprint not the enormous one currently stomping anyone in its path. According to Rasmussen Polls, 71% of voters say they are angry at the government and 46% describe themselves as very angry. Reversals from the Obama 2008 juggernaut were huge in Virginia and leftist New Jersey , yet the Dems in charge don’t care. The leaders will knowingly sacrifice their own Dem Reps and Senators in upcoming races as long...

O’ God, save us from our enemies and protect us from the evil doers. Deliver us also from those who are hell bent on “helping” us. Let not those who seek to “save” us succeed O’ Lord. Neither allow them to “bless” us with their great “wisdom” or succeed in making us all “equal.” As an overflowing flood which destroys all before it, they have determined to quench our thirst. For our own safety they have promised to bind us tightly in chains of compassion, to wrap us securely in the swaddling cloths of a benevolent tyranny for our own...

Al Gore:  Inventor of the internet; Nobel Laureate; Snorting, surly failed presidential candidate; angry, unhinged raving ranter, environmental pied piper.  And now, poet??? Al Gore has written a poem.  I'm not joking.  Vanity Fair is gushing over it.  Here are the funniest parts (I won't bore you with the whole thing; I want some readership left after this post):One thin September soon A floating continent disappears In midnight sun Vapors rise as Fever settles on an acid sea Neptune's bones dissolve The shepherd cries The hour of choosing has arrived Here are your tools Reverend Al has inspired me.  Here...

Fraudster the Snowman by F.R. Duplantier Fraudster the Snowman Was an enterprising pol, With a trust-fund life And an upturned nose And a heart made out of coal. Fraudster the Snowman Was a senator, they say. He was made of snow, But the voters know How he came to life one day. There must have been some magic in Those tight blue jeans they found, For when they placed them on his legs He began to dance around. O, Fraudster the Snowman Found a way to live for free. While the people pay, He could laugh and play And...

Subheaded: Obama may soon find out that he can't talk his way out of Afghanistan. On Tuesday night, we got the president’s Grand Unified Theory on Afghanistan, and in it we may have begun to witness the limits of the political efficacy of the Big Obama Speech. Given what he had to work with—no good options—the president did the best he could, but the question is, who's listening? He reminded us that Afghanistan was a war that al-Qaida started, not us, and that we only went after the Taliban because they refused to hand over Osama bin Laden, after he...

I received this today and thought I would pass it on: Keeping Watch The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, My daughter beside me, angelic in rest. Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, Transforming the yard to a winter delight. The sparkling lights in the tree I believe, Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve. My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep, Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep. In perfect contentment, or so it...

Well it is the night before Thanksgiving and the Obama White House still has not officially announced what President Tom Turkey is going to do concerning Afghanistan. Well, that is except to say that "He" will "finish the job." My, my, he really must be Superman. But of course this is just an arrogant boast by yet another self-serving politician as the only real Heroes who will be called on to "finish the job" are our brave men and woman in the military. The best Obama, or any politician for that matter, can do is to give them what they...

Thanksgiving Street I knew a man whose name was Horner Who used to live in grumble corner; Grumble corner in crosspatch town And he never was seen without a frown. He grumbled at this, and he grumbled at that, He growled at the dog. He growled at the cat. He grumbled at morning. He grumbled at night, And to grumble and growl was his chief delight. He grumbled so much at his wife that she Began to grumble as well as he. And all the children, wherever they went, Reflected their parents discontent. If the sky was dark and betokened...

The British Library formally opened it’s landmark photography exhibition Points of View last night at a well-attended private view. The exhibition marks the librarys first ever photographic exhibition. It opens to the public free. At a risk of running out of superlatives Points of View is quite simply the best exhibition that the library has ever put on. It is a large show, but never feels unapproachable. It is well designed and laid out and presents a wealth of the library’s treasures... The poison in the veins: “After the fall of Ceausescu, the country has long delayed the opening of...

Let's consider the governor's race in New Jersey. The state has the highest tax burden in the country and the incumbent democrat governor has only added to the economic burden. He eliminated property tax rebates for middle class homeowners while the sales tax increased. Altogether, taxes on the people in the region have increased by billions of dollars. It’s no surprise that New Jersey has the highest unemployment rate in the region! Thankfully, there is an alternative. Residents there will be better off under an administration that understands the benefits that result when workers are allowed to keep more of...

“…For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand. …”~W.B. Yeats First, my title is in no way intended to be a slight to C.S. Lewis, but rather a tribute and expression of gratitude for his many works that have profoundly influenced my intellectual and spiritual life these past years. Mimicry, it is said, is the sincerest form of flattery, and while I get the impression that Mr. Lewis was not particularly prone to vanity, I like to think he might be smiling down with the knowledge that my humble efforts here have grown out of thoughts and...

History comes back to haunt us. Just over 20 years ago, the then British prime minister Margaret Thatcher told Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev: “Britain and western Europe are not interested in the unification of Germany. The words written in the NATO communique may sound different, but disregard them. We do not want the unification of Germany.” She went on to say... About one year after the construction of the wall, Peter Fechter attempted to flee from the GDR together with his friend Helmut Kulbeik. The plan was to hide in a carpenter’s workshop near the wall in Zimmerstrasse and, after...

Genius is not a generous thing In return it charges more interest than any amount of royalties can cover And it resents fame With bitter vengeance Pills and powdres only placate it awhile Then it puts you in a place where the planet's poles reverse Where the currents of electricity shift Your Body becomes a magnet and pulls to it despair and rotten teeth, Cheese whiz and guns Whose triggers are shaped tenderly into a false lust In timeless illusion

I am as free, from any mountain, to roaring pristine sea, this land of majesty, agreat constitutional people reign,, My mustagn spirit uncontrolled, free to roam, I go,, great spirits we are unfold, the herd as on untold, freedom isn't free for show,, Tyrany has many aname, different faces as well, can strip your spirit lame, herding you a new game, from foreign or domestic swill,, Fight as a mustagn might, full of snort with rage, your freedom is loosing sight, of tyrany of consistent fight, or windup in a cage,, America has lost moral ground, loosing your freedoms everyday,...

As heard on Glenn Becks show today this is video of Anita Dunn discussing the tactics to be used in controlling the media and press. For Example: She talks about how they would use David Pluths videos to bypass having to talk to reporters. "We'd put those out and make them write what Pluth had said as opposed to Pluth doing an interview.." Here is the video Here is the video of Anita Dunn.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. When political times get tough for liberal Democrats in Washington, conservative conspiracies are the bogeymen of choice. Back in 1998 when things got tough for Bill Clinton, Hillary declared that there was a “vast right-wing conspiracy” looking to bring her husband down. Other Democrats where quick to pick up the mantra and do anything they could to discredit those who criticized Clinton. Now here we are eleven years later and, (although there are no chubby interns involved), we have another liberal President facing hard times. So out pop the conspiracy...

It was empirical reflection that brought independence to the colonies, as much as affliction played a role in the declaration, remedies were numerously proposed and reconciliation was the foremost at the time. As much as usurpation and injustices may have originated the debates, the remedy, was not unanimously collaborative. The abuses of the king were not levelly applied to all colonies. Quartering of British soldiers was more prevalent in some colonies than in others, tariffs impacted some colonies more than others and, violent interactions between colonists and British soldiers were not uniformly spread throughout. The tribulation of the colonist was...

Mmm . . .mmm . . .mmm . . . Barack Hussein Obama is a commie like his mama . . . mmm ... mmm ... mmm will not name his true papa; Mmm . . .mmm . . .mmm . . . Barack Hussein Obama claims he was born in hawai-i-a . . . mmm ... mmm ... mmm not canada nor kenya; Mmm . . .mmm . . .mmm . . . Barack Hussein Obama lived in indonesia . . . mmm ... mmm ... mmm and memorized the sallah; Mmm . . .mmm . . .mmm ....

In June 2009 Patrick Gaspard, a Brooklyn-based, 41-year-old Democratic operative, became White House director of the Office of Political Affairs. Patrick Gaspard’s official responsibility is to provide the president with an "accurate assessment of the political dynamics affecting the work of his administration" and to "work with powerbrokers around the country to help push the president’s agenda". According to Rep. Gregory Meeks; He’s a low key, behind-the-scenes, no-fingerprints kind of guy. I need something, I call Patrick. And if he calls, it’s a big deal. He’s close to the president.” Considerable attention has been focused on Gaspard's ties to the...

Papa Possum needs readers for three different video projects. Pieces to read available at his blog. 1) People who disagree with the current administration are needed to read for, "Now In The Center Ring" 2) People who disagree with the current administration, dislike the way The Democrats treat the military, and who are US combat vets are needed to read for, "Old Sun Tzu" 3) People who disagree with the current administration and who have at one time lived under communism are needed to read for, "Marx The Angry Munchkin" If you are interested, FReepmail Papa Possum

I have been reading the columns about the recent Washington DC protest and the varying numbers that have been reported by either the mainstream media or Fox and even foreign correspondents. While the mainstream prefers to report the number at somewhere around 60,000 or less, Fox indicated the number was much greater, in at least hundreds of thousands and others report as many as two million, including the DC police. So what? Obama says he knew nothing about the protest, and congress was all at home trying to convince the people to re-elect them in 2010. The crowd, no matter...

This poem is dedicated to those who suffer from Dementia or Alzheimer's and for family members who find themselves - forgotten. Mum has suffered from Alzheimer's for years and often doesn't not know who I am. If she does, she has no idea when I spoke to her or saw her last. For each week she declines, it's that little bit harder for us all who love her. Medication helps, and she has some good days... Dad lives in the same wing of a nursing home. It's a beautiful place and I'm so glad that Dad can be close by....

Alone in a crowd of rugged men, nursing his drink in the far corner of the old post town's only tavern: Kaim. A single man strides in through the tavern door. Massively built, he wears the garb of a warrior. His soiled uniform bespeaks a long journey. Fatigue marks his face, but his eyes wear a penetrating gleam—the look of a fighting man on active duty. The tavern's din hushes instantly. Every drunken eye in the place fastens on the soldier with awe and gratitude. The long war with the neighboring country has ended at last, and the men who...

ACORN CEO calls employee actions indefensible, but calls attacks racially motivated. From ABC News' Jake Tapper In a press release, ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis says, that as “a result of the indefensible action of a handful of our employees,” the group will immediately stop accepting anyone into ACORN office for service programs, will conduct in-service training of staff, and begin an audit “to review all of the systems and processes called into question by the videos,” to be conducted by the group’s Independent Advisory Council.

Sometimes wonder if you're listening. Please save me from despair. Yes, I know you don't bargain, But I can't say you don't care. At least, help me bear the outcome If your plan does not match mine. Give me strength to trust your wisdom, Help when nothing seems to shine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMv7N63W4uY

I heard a noise and saw it was my friend. He said he needed help and asked me if I'd lend An alibi that would save his neck. He rushed through my front door and told me of the wreck. They were "ambushed by a gang of mean men." What they did to his girl, he called: "the darkest sin." They roasted her, ate her flesh off bone. They forced him to partake and then left him alone. Once saved my life when we went off to war. He was a one man force, an action movie star. I always...

Being on the Tricare military healthcare, I know firsthand what health care rationing is. I know how much the government uses mid-level providers to fill physician positions. I know they will deny coverage for certain treatments and medications when they are needed but considered too costly. I have seen the lines for prescription medicine taking hours to fill a prescription that cannot be filled over the phone. I feel I have a different perspective on the HR 3200 bill and I can offer a different insight on the future of health care if this bill passes. This is why I...

Perhaps Reagan's finest speech when he discussed a "trust me" government that we once again find ourselves encountering today: "...I will not stand by and watch this great country destroy itself under mediocre leadership that drifts from one crisis to the next, eroding our national will and purpose. We have come together here because the American people deserve better from those to whom they entrust our nation's highest offices, and we stand united in our resolve to do something about it. We need rebirth of the American tradition of leadership at every level of government and in private life as...

THE DAY LIBERTY CRIED By EJS 9/13/01 She was there as it all began, They arrived in boats from foreign lands, She was moved to behold their new-found pride, But she held her tears, she never cried. She saluted her beloved sons, As they boarded ships and manned their guns, To defend her name despite the cost, She still calls the names of the sons she lost. In war and peace she held her post, Torch in hand, steadfast, composed, Until the day horror filled her eyes, That Autumn day when Liberty cried. She cringed at every piercing scream, Each...

Papa Possum'sNew World Nursery Rhymes Political Poetry for Traitorous Times Historia Dea Stili(Historia, Goddess of The Stylus) Of Tigris and Euphrates and         Civilization's day, men still can read the records baked         cuneiform in clay. Of Egypt's three millenia         through which The Nile rolled, men still can see The Pharohs' deeds         on papyrus enscrolled. Of Marathon, Thermopylae, Plataea         men still speak, and those inclined can read accounts         penned in the Ancient Greek. ...

Bought a lotto ticket. It's lucky. I just know. No doubt I'm a winner Soon rolling in the dough. I'll spend, now, on credit And buy a fancy car, Take a nice vacation, Hang with the movie stars. They announce the winner. Expect my lucky break. Someone else's numbers -- There must be a mistake. I didn't win no lotto, man. I didn't win no lotto, man. Forget all retirement plans. No, I didn't win no lotto, man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVZUypdHEkQ Once was a man who had lost all his direction. And soon his friends put it all up for inspection. "Think it's because of the alcohol. You drink alone -- well beyond last call. Donate your corpse or your liver for dissection." He took offense, swore he wasn't such a boozer. "Pile on me, now, since you're all a bunch of losers. Might take a drink, but I keep my job. Out of my sight. You're a hateful mob. Once called you friends, but I'll be a better chooser." "Who thought this up? Who's the saint of spotless virtue?...

The wonder of your love The comfort of your love The breadth of your love I stand in awe and know that you are here. In the sad times and the bad In the sorrow of my pain In the darkness of the night Oh, how I love the presence of my Lord. When fear and terror falls When anger turns to wrath When evil seems to reign You are always there to calm me down.

Oh, to escape the daily grind, And yet right now that cannot be. I’ll close my eyes and use my mind To dream of what I long to see. Unlock imagination’s door And clear my mind of other things. Look forward to what is in store, To what my fantasizing brings. The grass so green, trees reaching high And wildflowers line the way Of path beneath the sunlit sky. Such beauty words cannot convey. So red and plump, I cannot pass, Delight in taste of berries sweet. Remove my shoes, the luscious grass Feels velvety beneath my feet.

A ghost-story song Watch video. I watch my bride weep for me And wonder if she'll drown in pools of debt. Why'd I climb behind the wheel When my face I couldn't feel? Mr. Chivas, I sure wish we'd never met. I watch as they bury me. I struggle to believe I'm really dead. No one hears what I can't say. Lord, please give me one more day. Too many words of love went left unsaid. I won't cross through to the light. I'd rather stay behind than risk my end. Please don't catch my restless soul. Leave me hiding...

This is awesome. Shep lividly and repeatedly holds this guy's feet to the fire demanding to know how the public option is no longer essential to a plan that Barack Obama would sign, when Obama campaigned that it was. Eight minutes of relentlessness.

They found him dead one morning Just a bum from off the street Tattered clothes upon his shoulders Ragged shoes upon his feet

Dan Riehl reports that upon hearing the news that Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) said the Senate will never pass a government-funded public health insurance option, and it was futile to continue to "chase that rabbit" -- President Obama... "...was rumored to have been spotted roaming the White House in a stupor late last night searching for his faux-Greecian, paper mache columns cursing, my kingdom for a Facebook account! Woe is me, oh woe...."Riehl says "one fast ball over the plate from Sarah Palin" and the mighty Sox Fan has fanned. Dan goes on to paraphrase Shakespeare, but we were inspired...

Adultery: "Caught Cheating?" (song) Click to watch music video.Lyrics: Don't you wake me. I ain't moving. Got to me in my sleep -- Now I'm dead. And who's the guilty party? I was cheating. She found out. She murdered me With passion, And a steak knife. Got to me in my sleep -- Now I'm dead. And who's the guilty party? Dark, my casket, oh so dark. Man, she murdered me And I am hell bound now. She got to me in my sleep Now I'm dead. No, I don't wanna die. Now I'm dead. (Instrumental music by Trafic de...

Happy 48th Birthday Barack Obama. We hope you enjoy reading the Book. May you have many more Birthdays to remember this one on.

Papa Possum'sNew World Nursery Rhymes Political Poetry for Traitorous Times Happy Birthday, O Dear LeaderI'm Not Kneeling Happy Birthday, O Dear Leader,         and on this, your glorious day, if I were a kneeling peon,         I'd wish that all things go your way. That our evil land be humbled         so Utopia might flower. That our economy be leveled         to secure your seat of power. ...