Why I will be doing ALL my Christmas shopping (that I do not do online) at WALGRENS...

They're BACK!

The Wonderful people at the Americam Family ASSociation are back again, targeting (and in some cases THREATENING) companies that do not cram Christmas down the throats of...well...anyone who either does not ahere to the Christian faith (as proscribed by the Neck-less WIldmons), people respectful of other beliefs, or folks just sick and tired of 24-hour ho-ho-ho.

This year's main target....the wonderful folks at America's Drug Store

Yesterday (Tuesday), Walgreens placed a 24-page circular in newspapers all across America. It had all the festive markings of that day known as...Holiday?
It's true! At Walgreens, they advertise "Holiday Candy," "Holiday Gift Tags," "Holiday Gift Wrap," "Holiday Decor," "Holiday Accessories," "Holiday Nuts and Snacks" and "Holiday Hats and Stockings." But no Christmas! In total, Walgreens used the term "holiday" 36 times, rather than using "Christmas."

(Wow...these people have so much time on their hands.  i wonder how much they pay the word counters....)

Oh, the trees advertised in their circular? It's just "Prelit" trees.

(Oh that's nice...now I don't have to risk electrocution..)

Go to Walgreens' website and you can shop their "Holiday Shop" and take advantage of their "Holiday Shipping." If you want Christmas, it's not there.

(uh...doo-fi, it's there...as well as Hannukah, Ramadan, Kwanzaa, and just plan "gimme my stiff on the 25th.  Ever heard of RESPECT, morons?)

At Walgreens, Christmas doesn't exist! Walgreens wants you to do your "Christmas" shopping with them, while refusing to recognize that Christmas even exists.
Walgreens doesn't want to offend non-Christians by using the word Christmas. The fact that they're censoring the use of Christmas and might offend Christians by doing so seems to be of no importance.

TAKE ACTION

(Actually, this is OUR action..)

1. DO NOT Sign ANY pledge to boycott Walgreens this Christmas season.

2. Call Walgreens' Customer Service at 1-800-289-2273 and let them know you will BUY AS MUCH STUFF AS POSSIBLE their stores this Christmas/Hannukah/Kwanzah/Whatever, and THANK THEM for recognizing that there is more than one holiday being celebrated at this time of the year.  Especially thank them if you are a Christian, for respect for other faiths is what God and His Son commands us to do.

3. AFA has released its annual "Naughty or Nice" list of retailers for 2011. Find out how other stores stand in the War on Christmas. (actually, I'll save you the trouble...these are the companies that are NOT being held hostage by the AFA (as well as Bill O'REALLY's private war on repect...

Banana Republic
Barnes & Noble
Foot Locker
Gap Stores
L.L. Bean
Limited Brands
Office Depot
Old Navy
Radio Shack
Staples
Supervalu (Albertson's and Lucky)
Victoria's Secret

As well as....

1-800-Flowers.com (that includes Conroy's Flowers in L. A.)
Bath & Body Works
Cooking.com
Dollar Tree
Hy-Vee Stores
Limited Brands
Safeway (in L. A. its Vons and Pavillions)
Starbucks
UncommonGoods.com
Whole Foods

Oh..and next time you are at www.afa.net, you MIGHT want to send them a message letting them know that, as a Christian organization, there are, for instance, there are about 49 million human beings who are suffering through poverty this Christmas.  Your time may be better spent helping them.

Happy holidays.

Between Americans by Corwin

Norman Corwin 1910-2011

Mr Corwin, known as the poet laureate of radio, wrote
"Between Americans" for a radio anthology sponsored by Gulf Oil. It was scheduled to be broadcast on December 7th 1941. Because of what happened earlier that day, the play, narrated by Orson Welles, takes on an even greater meaning.

Go away, sir.

The frustration level is starting to show from the letters I keep getting from Son Of NoNeck, Little Timmt Wildmon, and the 'phobes over at the American Family ASSociation.


As you probably know, AFA has been targeting The Home Depot since the summer of '10 over it repeated, consistant, and blantant attempts to try to see homomsexuals, bisexuals, and transgenders as....perish the thought...actual human beings.


Since August of 2010, I have been bombarded with AFA e-mails AGAHST at the antics of the more flamboyant participants in Pride activities.


And all of their screeds end with a plea to sign thier petition to boycott Home Depot (more on that in a few paragraphs), and...of course...send money.


I'll leave out the pitch for money and the link to the boycott...and get to the meat of the lastest comminique from Generalissimo Wildmon:

Dear Donald,


Home Depot is showing it wants to advance same-sex
marriage in America. The company is planning to set up a booth at the October
8-9 Gay Pride Festival in Atlanta. The event includes a "Commitment Ceremony" in
which two gays get "married."

This picture was taken at the Atlanta gay
"marriage" ceremony last year. Home Depot paid for printing thousands of
brochures promoting it. Video of last year's ceremony sponsored by Home Depot
here.

Home Depot is also sponsoring the Atlanta pride parade and plans
to march alongside groups like Dykes on Bikes, Queer Femme Revolution and Human
Rights Campaign.

Over one-half million people have
signed the pledge to boycott Home Depot until it agrees to remain neutral in the
culture and political war over homosexual marriage.

Let me point out something. If a boycott is to be sucessful, you have to have a indication that people are no longer supporting the target of the boycott...right?

According to Reuters, The Home Depot same store earnings ROSE....ROSE 4.5%. And with a upbeat holiday forecast, the wily Jim Cramer has gone BOO-YA! on Home Depot stock.

In other words, Tim Wildmon, your boycott is a failure.

I remember several years ago when the anti-legalized-abortion forces were almost winning thier battle, using time-honored grass roots efforts in local areas, until the Randall Terry freakshow came to town, shoving dead feti in the faces of any he can fine. The anti-abortion bandwagon went downhill from there.

And just as Herr Terry became an embarassment to the "pro-life" movement, you, Mr. Wildmon, your neckless father, and the AFA have, with your silly boycotts and equally cartoonish freakshows, become an embarrasment to all Christianity.

For the sake of us all, Mr. Wildmon, please go away. You're not welcome here anymore.