The alleged “War on Christmas” that has recently infiltrated the youthful cheeriness that Christmas once had represented, is now making people second guess themselves in a time of giving.
Christian activist groups are taking action against bigger retail stores and making it known that the original idea of Christmas has been torn, crumpled up, and thrown in the garbage can; similar to the way your four year old will be plowing through the wrapping paper to get to her new Wii gaming device.
This is beyond ridiculous. Doesn’t our country have more important things to worry about during a holiday season? Perhaps the fact that there are still too many families that go hungry and cold every year wishing only for an extra blanket. Or perhaps your husband lost his job due to corporate downsizing, and he cannot afford to exchange gifts with you or his children. Doesn’t that seem more important that supporting a “war” on Christmas?
The AFA has devised a “naughty and nice” list for this years rat race to buy mass produced material products. Avoid: Banana Republic, Old Navy and Staples. God forbid you buy your daughter a warm fleece so she doesn’t freeze her ass off while waiting for the school bus, because you’ll be going straight to hell; along with the computer purchasers and the owners of tweed jackets.
War on Christmas? Every single person who deals with the burden of their finances fights a war within themselves, and their bank accounts. Do these religious representatives plan to abolish fun and smiles for the year of 2012 as well?
Retailers such as Victoria’s Secret are being attacked this joyous holiday too. But let me ask, when was Victoria’s Secret ever about “spreading the good word of Jesus Christ”? Victoria’s Secret is designed to keep your husband/boyfriend from cheating on you, not to remind you of your readings from the gospel according to Luke. That is truly a blessing.
In addition to these ridiculous epiphanies of moral compass, Texan congressman Rick Perry has the audacity to blame president Obama for the lack of “Christ-like virtue” among our nation during Christmas. Perry’s last endorsement commercial explained how gays in the military are allowed, but letting children pray in school, or celebrate Christmas is not politically correct enough. Forgive me for being simple, but can someone further explain to me the correlation between homosexuality and prayer? No one ever put a stop to children celebrating Christmas within schools, but when your celebration becomes a distraction to educating the youth of tomorrow; regulations need to be made and executed. Along with Rick Perry’s considerable amount of ignorance.
I am not stating that the original purity of Christmas hasn’t been lost and re-vamped over the years. The general populations’ list of priorities are merely different. For the majority, Christmas has become more about celebrating and gift giving, no longer about worship and religious dedication.
But what’s so bad about buying something nice for someone? Isn’t that what your lord and savior tried to preach for years and years? Honor thy neighbor? Spread the ideology of kindness and karma? All hope isn’t lost, people, but this war on Christmas is a joke. Now, all of you Christmas disclaimers, get back in line at Barnes and Noble. I’ve read they’re on the nice list. I guess they have to be if they will be going out of business soon.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
The Great (electrical) Delay
Dangerous live wires, property devastation, widespread panic and general discomfort as people plow through one another at your local Walmart's, Target's and Stop and Shops; reacting to the news providers information hours after a Nor'easter, to "make sure you have plenty of water and perishable items. This one's gonna be a doozy".
What CL and P offered was the same tired scenario that a father preparing to leave his family says to his youngest boy, "It'll be OK, everything will be fine". Thank you, Northeast Utilities, United Illuminating, General Electric, what have you, for providing our state with yet another empty promise. We all feel let down and electrically abandoned.
800,000 households, (not even people), statewide without power for more than a week, including businesses, schools, and every traffic light from the 203 to the 860. I get it, guys, you didn't get compensated properly for the "tropical storm", which was a nice way of saying heavy rains and a little wind, but don't you have families to go home to? Or at least your Irish setter? What will you do when you can't crack open a can of Budweiser and watch the Giants lose after a long day of tree cutting? Where in the world is your sense of unity and hospitality?
And on the fifth day, God made the Home Depot and Loewes who provide the good state of Connecticut with generators, pricing anywhere from $800-1000, only to be sold out instantly after the hype of Irene. You know what my community had to do for nine grueling days? Live out of our cars, the diner, and the New York Sports Club, until they started charging $15 dollars a day to use their luke warm community showers.
Next time something so severe decides to grace us with its temperate presence; make sure you have a staff in front, and behind you that has a stronger work ethic. I know, no one wants to work for free in an ever dwindling economy, but if it helps, think about what YOU or your coworkers have to go home to. Maybe it's a generator and a loving family awaiting your arrival, but more often than not, its a cold lonely one bedroom apartment, in South Meriden, with a dog that's so freaked out by the darkness, and a refrigerator full of rotten hungry man dinners. If you can't do it for you, do it for the guy in lime green working beside you.
What CL and P offered was the same tired scenario that a father preparing to leave his family says to his youngest boy, "It'll be OK, everything will be fine". Thank you, Northeast Utilities, United Illuminating, General Electric, what have you, for providing our state with yet another empty promise. We all feel let down and electrically abandoned.
800,000 households, (not even people), statewide without power for more than a week, including businesses, schools, and every traffic light from the 203 to the 860. I get it, guys, you didn't get compensated properly for the "tropical storm", which was a nice way of saying heavy rains and a little wind, but don't you have families to go home to? Or at least your Irish setter? What will you do when you can't crack open a can of Budweiser and watch the Giants lose after a long day of tree cutting? Where in the world is your sense of unity and hospitality?
And on the fifth day, God made the Home Depot and Loewes who provide the good state of Connecticut with generators, pricing anywhere from $800-1000, only to be sold out instantly after the hype of Irene. You know what my community had to do for nine grueling days? Live out of our cars, the diner, and the New York Sports Club, until they started charging $15 dollars a day to use their luke warm community showers.
Next time something so severe decides to grace us with its temperate presence; make sure you have a staff in front, and behind you that has a stronger work ethic. I know, no one wants to work for free in an ever dwindling economy, but if it helps, think about what YOU or your coworkers have to go home to. Maybe it's a generator and a loving family awaiting your arrival, but more often than not, its a cold lonely one bedroom apartment, in South Meriden, with a dog that's so freaked out by the darkness, and a refrigerator full of rotten hungry man dinners. If you can't do it for you, do it for the guy in lime green working beside you.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Pissin' All Over the World
Public urination, disorderly conduct, noise pollution. You name the class F misdemeanor and 90% of 19-22 year old's have displayed this kind of behavior. Do I agree to sloppiness and conducting yourself like a wild animal? No, but I'll be damned if I need to get involved upon your potential arrest outside of campus.
I have more than enough faith that all of these students displaying ill behavior know should know how to monitor themselves. If you think it's a good idea to pee all over downtown New Haven, be prepared to suffer the consequences. If you could get into this university in the first place, you should know the difference between right and wrong.
As far as off campus residents running into trouble with the Hamden community; this situation is not our responsibility. If you are going to throw a kegger on a Wednesday night in your residential town house, and the cops show up due to your bass thumping all the way down Dixwell avenue, you are going have to deal with the famifications of your actions, and the school administrative offices will have nothing to do with it.
Hamden and New Haven police can figure this out without our faculty there to defend you.
I have more than enough faith that all of these students displaying ill behavior know should know how to monitor themselves. If you think it's a good idea to pee all over downtown New Haven, be prepared to suffer the consequences. If you could get into this university in the first place, you should know the difference between right and wrong.
As far as off campus residents running into trouble with the Hamden community; this situation is not our responsibility. If you are going to throw a kegger on a Wednesday night in your residential town house, and the cops show up due to your bass thumping all the way down Dixwell avenue, you are going have to deal with the famifications of your actions, and the school administrative offices will have nothing to do with it.
Hamden and New Haven police can figure this out without our faculty there to defend you.
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