From LaShawn Barber
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“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines.” Hebrews 13:8 & 9
America — the greatest country in the world — was founded on the concept of religious freedom. In America, you can be a Christian, Jew, Muslim, atheist or pagan, without fear of persecution. While government cannot endorse one religion over the other, individuals can.
For decades, the media have given credence to many a self-appointed black “leader,” no matter how outrageous. Now they’re doing the same with a pagan ritual called Kwanzaa, a so-called African-American holiday.
A made-up, anti-Christian observance, Kwanzaa is celebrated by blacks who profess Christ. In our politically correct climate, even President George Bush, a believer in Christ, feels obligated to praise this ritual.
Kwanzaa was invented in 1966 by Dr. Maulana “Ron” Karenga, a former black militant, Marxist and convicted felon. Claiming to have the unity of black people in mind, Karenga committed most of his crimes against blacks.
Just five years after his invention, he was convicted of torturing two black women by stripping them naked, beating them with electrical cords, placing a hot iron into the mouth of one and mangling the toe of the other in a vise. During the ordeal, he forced them to drink detergent.
But I digress.
Observed from December 26 to January 1, this “alternative” to Christmas is based on a mixture of East African harvest rituals called first fruits — according to Karenga — and 1960s radicalism, although most ancestors of black Americans were from West Africa.
Participants acknowledge their African roots and promote seven, harmless-sounding principles — unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith.
While they sound commendable, the guiding principle behind Kwanzaa is based on race, not on faith in the one true living God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Paganism is a “religion of nature.” Those who practice it and other New Age fallacies see the divine in the created — humans, sun, moon, stars, trees — instead of the Creator. Christians who worship created beings are acting like pagans. It’s that simple.
Karenga and his followers worship the created, their African ancestors, in a “libation” ceremony, and believe these dead ancestors to be spiritual intercessors between humans and God. But Christians know (or should) that only Christ is the intercessor between us and God.
Attention Christians: Kwanzaa is a made-up creed cobbled together by a man hostile to the very God you claim to worship! According to Karenga, Christianity is a myth. He does not believe in the God of the Bible. He says this about Christianity: “Belief in spooks who threaten us if we don’t worship them and demand we turn over our destiny and daily lives must be categorized as spookism and condemned.” He believes that the death, burial and resurrection of Christ, the whole rationale behind Christianity, is a myth.
Over the years, Karenga has altered his pagan intentions to attract more black Christians into the fold. He now claims that Kwanzaa is a time of giving “reverence to the Creator.” Just what creator he refers to is unclear. Red flags should jump out at any Bible-believing Christian when someone reveres a “Creator” but denies the deity of Christ.
Christians must understand that Karenga intends Kwanzaa to be an alternative to Christmas so that blacks can celebrate themselves rather than the birth of Christ.
Kwanzaa is not an innocuous celebration of black history. It attempts to spiritualize that history, replacing Christ-centered theology with pagan principles. For Christians, the only principles by which to live are found in God’s word, the Bible.
Pagans have argued that Christ was not born on December 25. Insignificant. While no one knows exactly when Christ was born, the fact remains that He was born. Christmas is a time for Christians to celebrate this joyous fact.
Christ became a man to save men, not to lift up one race or culture in worship. As with any man-made religion, Kwanzaa is just another attempt to make gods of men. All Christians must be discerning when faced with these false doctrines.
The Fall of Man was the direct result of our determination to become gods. The pagan ritual of Kwanzaa is merely the old Lie wearing a new disguise.
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Sources and articles: The Truth About Kwanzaa, The Story of Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa: The Path To Blackness, Happy Kwanzaa, The True Spirit of Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa: A Holiday From The FBI, The Kwanzaa Hoax
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Monday, December 25, 2006
For Unto Us a Child Is Born...
Great article.
In the days before this Christmas Day, the so-called "Christmas wars" were again in full swing. Should the clerks at Target say "Happy Holidays" or "Merry Christmas?" Can Christmas trees be displayed in airports and other public places? Can they have religiously-themed ornaments? Lots of ink and airtime are spent debating these questions. It is actually all very humorous – the battle has long been lost, but to the forces of capitalist consumerism, not secular humanism.
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In the days before this Christmas Day, the so-called "Christmas wars" were again in full swing. Should the clerks at Target say "Happy Holidays" or "Merry Christmas?" Can Christmas trees be displayed in airports and other public places? Can they have religiously-themed ornaments? Lots of ink and airtime are spent debating these questions. It is actually all very humorous – the battle has long been lost, but to the forces of capitalist consumerism, not secular humanism.
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Sunday, December 24, 2006
A Savior Has Been Born To You
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them ‘Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.’”(Luke 2: 1-12)
New Line Cinema has made available a six-minute clip of “The Nativity Story.” The link will be live for 24 hours, so check it out.
New Line Cinema has made available a six-minute clip of “The Nativity Story.” The link will be live for 24 hours, so check it out.
Friday, December 22, 2006
Let 'em Have Xmas!
From Evangelical Outpost:
For almost half my life I've spent nearly every holiday season far from home. But the hardships of being away from friends and family have taught me to appreciate the continuity of traditions that are shared across America. I learned to appreciate Christmas lights hung hastily along roof ledges; grade school pageants; watching It's a Wonderful Life on TV; the nativity scene on the courthouse lawn; the ACLU filing to have it taken down.
While this last tradition is the newest, it's already firmly established across the nation. Indeed, my generation has never heard a "Season's Greetings" that wasn't followed by a season of protest. Yet every year I'm baffled by the animosity toward Christmas symbolism. The same secularists who think that playing Grand Theft Auto:Vice City while listening to gansta rap has no affect on children act as if hearing "Merry Christmas" will turn little Johnny into a Pat Robertson clone.
As hard as I try, I can't comprehend what could causes such a reaction. What is it about seeing a plastic baby Jesus laying in a manger on the public square that inspires such passionate outrage? Are they afraid it will lead to intolerance, religious bigotry, or--even worse--voting Republican?
Almost as peculiar is the counter-reaction of my fellow Christians. Tales of religious persecution told by returning missionaries lead to earnest prayers and the passing of the offering plate for a "religious freedom" fund. But an announcement by a senior deacon that the ACLU has caused the cancellation of the Christmas pageant will have the senior ladies auxiliary ready to march on Washington.
Naturally, we have an obligation to defend important cultural traditions. But could we be taking it too seriously? We act as if the struggle over holiday symbols will inevitably lead to intolerance of religion (First they came for the magi, and I did not speak out...) or that the slightest retreat will lead to the cancellation of Christmas. While we must always be on guard to protect our most cherished freedoms, we could use a little more discernment in choosing our battles. We must prayerfully choose both ours campaigns and the rhetoric we employ. (The way we invoke the "slippery slope" you'd think we evangelicals lived on the north face of Everest.) After all, not everything worth fighting for is necessarily worth the fight.
Perhaps we should let the forces of secularism have this one, let them win this skirmish. After all, wasn't it Jesus who said, "...and if any one would sue you and take your coat, let him have your cloak as well." When the ACLU sues to remove the Christmas tree let's give them the nativity scene as well. When the secularists fight to stop the Christmas pageant let's let them have the caroling too. Let's let them have X-mas. Because maybe then we can finally show them Christ.
For almost half my life I've spent nearly every holiday season far from home. But the hardships of being away from friends and family have taught me to appreciate the continuity of traditions that are shared across America. I learned to appreciate Christmas lights hung hastily along roof ledges; grade school pageants; watching It's a Wonderful Life on TV; the nativity scene on the courthouse lawn; the ACLU filing to have it taken down.
While this last tradition is the newest, it's already firmly established across the nation. Indeed, my generation has never heard a "Season's Greetings" that wasn't followed by a season of protest. Yet every year I'm baffled by the animosity toward Christmas symbolism. The same secularists who think that playing Grand Theft Auto:Vice City while listening to gansta rap has no affect on children act as if hearing "Merry Christmas" will turn little Johnny into a Pat Robertson clone.
As hard as I try, I can't comprehend what could causes such a reaction. What is it about seeing a plastic baby Jesus laying in a manger on the public square that inspires such passionate outrage? Are they afraid it will lead to intolerance, religious bigotry, or--even worse--voting Republican?
Almost as peculiar is the counter-reaction of my fellow Christians. Tales of religious persecution told by returning missionaries lead to earnest prayers and the passing of the offering plate for a "religious freedom" fund. But an announcement by a senior deacon that the ACLU has caused the cancellation of the Christmas pageant will have the senior ladies auxiliary ready to march on Washington.
Naturally, we have an obligation to defend important cultural traditions. But could we be taking it too seriously? We act as if the struggle over holiday symbols will inevitably lead to intolerance of religion (First they came for the magi, and I did not speak out...) or that the slightest retreat will lead to the cancellation of Christmas. While we must always be on guard to protect our most cherished freedoms, we could use a little more discernment in choosing our battles. We must prayerfully choose both ours campaigns and the rhetoric we employ. (The way we invoke the "slippery slope" you'd think we evangelicals lived on the north face of Everest.) After all, not everything worth fighting for is necessarily worth the fight.
Perhaps we should let the forces of secularism have this one, let them win this skirmish. After all, wasn't it Jesus who said, "...and if any one would sue you and take your coat, let him have your cloak as well." When the ACLU sues to remove the Christmas tree let's give them the nativity scene as well. When the secularists fight to stop the Christmas pageant let's let them have the caroling too. Let's let them have X-mas. Because maybe then we can finally show them Christ.
Monday, December 18, 2006
The Only One That Makes Sense
Like Christmas, The Spirit Of Christ Is Still With Us
By Doug Patton
December 18, 2006
Recently, my wife and I saw "The Nativity Story," a simple, true-to-the-gospels retelling of the most familiar story in Christianity. As we walked into our local multiplex, past the throngs of moviegoers in line for the opening of the latest fantasy action flick of the week (a flying dragon movie called "Eragon"), I couldn't help but smile. As we made our way into the half-empty theater, showing the film that tells the story every human being desperately needs to see and hear, I thought to myself, "Isn't this the way it has always been?"
I thought of the week Princess Diana and Mother Theresa died. It was as though the media was annoyed that in the middle of the most important story of the decade, the quiet passing of the gentle nun of Calcutta was an afterthought they had to cover. The attention paid to the violent death of the beautiful young princess in a Paris tunnel contrasted so stunningly with the coverage paid to the passing of one of the 20th Century's towering spiritual role models that I remember thinking, "This is just like God to take her at this time."
"The Nativity Story" reminds us again of the irony inherent in the fact that God chose the humblest of settings to bring the Savior of all humanity into this world. Even King Herod's men did not think to look in a stable for the king of the world, and for two thousand years we have looked for something more. Something flashier. Something more glorious. Something greater. For those of us who passionately believe in the truth of this story, it was a clear reminder of why our faith is more than just a belief to be followed by the letter of the law. It is a life to be lived in the Spirit of the living God. What could be greater than that?
Therein is the difference between Christianity and every other religion in the world. Virtually every other faith speaks of Jesus Christ as a wise prophet, a great teacher, a good man. But scripture tells us that Christ is "the way, the truth and the life." Other religions are willing to acknowledge that following Jesus is one of the ways to heaven. Christ says he is the only way to heaven. No wonder he was crucified.
Christianity also is unique in that it proclaims that its central figure is still alive. Hindus think their leaders have been reincarnated. Buddha and his followers are thought to be part of some vast cosmos of energy. Mohammed, fiercely and violently defended as he may be, is still dead. Even the body of Moses has long ago turned to dust. Jesus Christ alone is believed by his followers to be physically alive -- even after having faced the worst death imaginable.
Far too many in our society reject the simple gospel presented by Christ and his disciples in favor of alternative religions that teach vague notions of piety through good works. Discontented seekers of new age solutions to age-old problems need only look to the truth of the Christmas story.
This week as we celebrate the miracle of a baby whose life was given as a gift of sacrifice for all humanity, we also should remember that he is still with us. Like Christmas itself, the reality of Christ persists and grows stronger. He was born, lived, died, rose again, ascended into heaven to sit at the right hand of his Father to make intercession for us, and sent his Holy Spirit to live within us. What a story. To millions of us, it is still the only one that makes sense.
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Doug Patton is a freelance columnist who has served as a political speechwriter and public policy advisor. His weekly columns are published in newspapers across the country and on selected Internet web sites, including Human Events Online, TheConservativeVoice.com and GOPUSA.com, where he is a senior writer and state editor. Readers may e-mail him at dougpatton@cox.net.
By Doug Patton
December 18, 2006
Recently, my wife and I saw "The Nativity Story," a simple, true-to-the-gospels retelling of the most familiar story in Christianity. As we walked into our local multiplex, past the throngs of moviegoers in line for the opening of the latest fantasy action flick of the week (a flying dragon movie called "Eragon"), I couldn't help but smile. As we made our way into the half-empty theater, showing the film that tells the story every human being desperately needs to see and hear, I thought to myself, "Isn't this the way it has always been?"
I thought of the week Princess Diana and Mother Theresa died. It was as though the media was annoyed that in the middle of the most important story of the decade, the quiet passing of the gentle nun of Calcutta was an afterthought they had to cover. The attention paid to the violent death of the beautiful young princess in a Paris tunnel contrasted so stunningly with the coverage paid to the passing of one of the 20th Century's towering spiritual role models that I remember thinking, "This is just like God to take her at this time."
"The Nativity Story" reminds us again of the irony inherent in the fact that God chose the humblest of settings to bring the Savior of all humanity into this world. Even King Herod's men did not think to look in a stable for the king of the world, and for two thousand years we have looked for something more. Something flashier. Something more glorious. Something greater. For those of us who passionately believe in the truth of this story, it was a clear reminder of why our faith is more than just a belief to be followed by the letter of the law. It is a life to be lived in the Spirit of the living God. What could be greater than that?
Therein is the difference between Christianity and every other religion in the world. Virtually every other faith speaks of Jesus Christ as a wise prophet, a great teacher, a good man. But scripture tells us that Christ is "the way, the truth and the life." Other religions are willing to acknowledge that following Jesus is one of the ways to heaven. Christ says he is the only way to heaven. No wonder he was crucified.
Christianity also is unique in that it proclaims that its central figure is still alive. Hindus think their leaders have been reincarnated. Buddha and his followers are thought to be part of some vast cosmos of energy. Mohammed, fiercely and violently defended as he may be, is still dead. Even the body of Moses has long ago turned to dust. Jesus Christ alone is believed by his followers to be physically alive -- even after having faced the worst death imaginable.
Far too many in our society reject the simple gospel presented by Christ and his disciples in favor of alternative religions that teach vague notions of piety through good works. Discontented seekers of new age solutions to age-old problems need only look to the truth of the Christmas story.
This week as we celebrate the miracle of a baby whose life was given as a gift of sacrifice for all humanity, we also should remember that he is still with us. Like Christmas itself, the reality of Christ persists and grows stronger. He was born, lived, died, rose again, ascended into heaven to sit at the right hand of his Father to make intercession for us, and sent his Holy Spirit to live within us. What a story. To millions of us, it is still the only one that makes sense.
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Doug Patton is a freelance columnist who has served as a political speechwriter and public policy advisor. His weekly columns are published in newspapers across the country and on selected Internet web sites, including Human Events Online, TheConservativeVoice.com and GOPUSA.com, where he is a senior writer and state editor. Readers may e-mail him at dougpatton@cox.net.
Friday, December 15, 2006
Romney Confronts "Triple Cheats"
A Chain of Corruption
by Patrick J. Buchanan
Gov. Mitt Romney, leaving office, has just taken a modest step to protect the people of Massachusetts.
Romney signed an agreement with the feds to empower 30 state troopers -- to be trained by the feds for five weeks -- to determine if arrested crime suspects are illegal aliens. If so, the troopers could hold them on immigration violations. Here is how it would work.
If an MS-13 gang member were arrested for assault and battery, and the victim was too terrified to testify against a Mara Salvatrucha member, the state troopers could hold the alleged assailant, call in immigration authorities and have him deported.
The troopers would also be empowered to arrest and hold illegal aliens leaving prison, to ensure their deportation by the feds.
Why any Bay Stater would oppose having his cops authorized to rid his state of illegal aliens implicated in crimes escapes me.
But never underestimate the suicidal bent of a Bay State liberal. Recall: This is the commonwealth whose governor used to grant weekend prison "furloughs" to the likes of Willie Horton.
Deval Patrick, the incoming Democratic governor, thinks Romney has a "bad idea" because state troopers have "enough to do."
But Romney's plan does not force troopers to do anything. It empowers them. And what is more important for police to do than assure that convicted felons, who do not belong in this country, do not return to Boston, or that criminal suspects and gang members are sent back where they came from, rather than set loose in Springfield?
What the Romney plan challenges is the "sanctuary" policy many cities have adopted under pressure from ethnic lobbies. Under New York's policy, backed by Rudy Giuliani, five illegal aliens, several with long rap sheets, were still in the city in 2002 and able to kidnap and gang-rape a woman for three hours in the shadow of Shea Stadium.
Nine states have adopted versions of the Romney plan, where state or local police can assist U.S. immigration authorities in dealing with criminals and criminal suspects who are in the country illegally.
Resistance to this common-sense idea reveals how ingrained is the ideological hostility to any idea that might halt the flow of illegals into our country. For open-borders champions, the real criminals are those who wish to secure the border or reduce immigration to preserve the country they grew up in.
Anger has also surfaced over the raids on six meatpacking plants of Swift & Co. Of the 7,250 workers at the plants, 1,271 -- nearly 18 percent -- are suspected illegal aliens.
According to The Washington Post, 100 have already been charged with various crimes, including identity theft. Both federal and company officials estimate that between 30 percent and 40 percent of all plant workers may have stolen or falsified identity documents.
In recent weeks, Swift discovered false or stolen documents for some 400 workers, who either quit or were fired. The folks at Swift apparently knew something was coming down. But while there has been a slowdown in production, Swift says it anticipates "no adverse long-term impacts." What does this tell us?
First, that the Bush propaganda that illegal aliens only take jobs Americans won't do is patently false. There is probably no industry in which illegal aliens are more heavily concentrated than meatpacking. Yet even at Swift, we are told, 60 percent to 70 percent of the workers are neither illegal aliens nor do they have phony IDs. They are legal immigrants or U.S. citizens forced to compete with illegals, and thereby denied the overtime work or higher pay to support their families.
Stepping back, consider the rampant criminality the feds unearthed by turning over a few rocks at Swift & Co.
These illegal aliens had to break the law to get into our country. Many were probably assisted by human traffickers who rob the men of money and the women of much else. The illegal aliens then paid for forged or stolen documents provided by organized crime. They then are hired by companies that know they are here in violation of federal law and who wink and accept the phony IDs.
These companies are triple cheats. They cheat competitors by hiring illegal labor. They cheat the government of taxes. They cheat the community by passing on to citizens the costs in higher taxes of schools and social services for the illegals.
What we have here is a chain of corruption that contaminates everyone associated with it, including the politicians who refuse to enforce the law and who take the contributions of the corporations that give them these legal bribes for not enforcing the law.
A society that passes laws its leaders refuse to enforce, the violation of which is condoned by its corporate and media elites, is a society on the way down and on the way out.
by Patrick J. Buchanan
Gov. Mitt Romney, leaving office, has just taken a modest step to protect the people of Massachusetts.
Romney signed an agreement with the feds to empower 30 state troopers -- to be trained by the feds for five weeks -- to determine if arrested crime suspects are illegal aliens. If so, the troopers could hold them on immigration violations. Here is how it would work.
If an MS-13 gang member were arrested for assault and battery, and the victim was too terrified to testify against a Mara Salvatrucha member, the state troopers could hold the alleged assailant, call in immigration authorities and have him deported.
The troopers would also be empowered to arrest and hold illegal aliens leaving prison, to ensure their deportation by the feds.
Why any Bay Stater would oppose having his cops authorized to rid his state of illegal aliens implicated in crimes escapes me.
But never underestimate the suicidal bent of a Bay State liberal. Recall: This is the commonwealth whose governor used to grant weekend prison "furloughs" to the likes of Willie Horton.
Deval Patrick, the incoming Democratic governor, thinks Romney has a "bad idea" because state troopers have "enough to do."
But Romney's plan does not force troopers to do anything. It empowers them. And what is more important for police to do than assure that convicted felons, who do not belong in this country, do not return to Boston, or that criminal suspects and gang members are sent back where they came from, rather than set loose in Springfield?
What the Romney plan challenges is the "sanctuary" policy many cities have adopted under pressure from ethnic lobbies. Under New York's policy, backed by Rudy Giuliani, five illegal aliens, several with long rap sheets, were still in the city in 2002 and able to kidnap and gang-rape a woman for three hours in the shadow of Shea Stadium.
Nine states have adopted versions of the Romney plan, where state or local police can assist U.S. immigration authorities in dealing with criminals and criminal suspects who are in the country illegally.
Resistance to this common-sense idea reveals how ingrained is the ideological hostility to any idea that might halt the flow of illegals into our country. For open-borders champions, the real criminals are those who wish to secure the border or reduce immigration to preserve the country they grew up in.
Anger has also surfaced over the raids on six meatpacking plants of Swift & Co. Of the 7,250 workers at the plants, 1,271 -- nearly 18 percent -- are suspected illegal aliens.
According to The Washington Post, 100 have already been charged with various crimes, including identity theft. Both federal and company officials estimate that between 30 percent and 40 percent of all plant workers may have stolen or falsified identity documents.
In recent weeks, Swift discovered false or stolen documents for some 400 workers, who either quit or were fired. The folks at Swift apparently knew something was coming down. But while there has been a slowdown in production, Swift says it anticipates "no adverse long-term impacts." What does this tell us?
First, that the Bush propaganda that illegal aliens only take jobs Americans won't do is patently false. There is probably no industry in which illegal aliens are more heavily concentrated than meatpacking. Yet even at Swift, we are told, 60 percent to 70 percent of the workers are neither illegal aliens nor do they have phony IDs. They are legal immigrants or U.S. citizens forced to compete with illegals, and thereby denied the overtime work or higher pay to support their families.
Stepping back, consider the rampant criminality the feds unearthed by turning over a few rocks at Swift & Co.
These illegal aliens had to break the law to get into our country. Many were probably assisted by human traffickers who rob the men of money and the women of much else. The illegal aliens then paid for forged or stolen documents provided by organized crime. They then are hired by companies that know they are here in violation of federal law and who wink and accept the phony IDs.
These companies are triple cheats. They cheat competitors by hiring illegal labor. They cheat the government of taxes. They cheat the community by passing on to citizens the costs in higher taxes of schools and social services for the illegals.
What we have here is a chain of corruption that contaminates everyone associated with it, including the politicians who refuse to enforce the law and who take the contributions of the corporations that give them these legal bribes for not enforcing the law.
A society that passes laws its leaders refuse to enforce, the violation of which is condoned by its corporate and media elites, is a society on the way down and on the way out.
Happy Hanukkah!
To all my Hebrew Homies!!!
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INCUBUS » Get Your Dreidle On
Yo, it's Hanukkah time right about now
We be dreidlein'
We 'bout to set it
Baby go get your dreidle on
Get your dreidle on
(Chris)
All of my homies in Santa Monica celebrate Hanukkah
And my peeps in the streets are shvitzing for every one of those
8 nights of lights
And a menorah of
Muthafuckin' fantasy of fun, all rolled into one
See the thing is, I'm not really Jewish
But Mike said, Kil, won't you come down
So I hopped up to do this
Through this time of 8 days
We all come together and celebrate
We grub lots of matzas and latkas, a.k.a. potato pancakes
Get Your Dreidle On
(Jose)
3, 2, 1
Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah
Oh, what a lotta fun
Here I go again, once again
No I don't mean to offend
I grub all my gefilte fish, mmm, as quick as I can
Then I light a candle and, ouch!
Whoops, I just burned my hand
Don't really matter though, 'cause I gotta go
And down some Manischewitz wine
Yeah now I'm feelin just fine
(Mike)
Yo, Mikey in the temple, all up on the beamer, eatin
Hallavah, hallavah
You know I'll be cleaner than a shiny silver platter of chocolate chip macaroons
My afro leavin Mike shadows as I step in the room
You heard Hanukkah was comin and it's comin correct
Lightin candles, open presents, giving family respect
To the creator of the earth and of the fruit of the vine
Manischewitz flowin large, like it ain't got the time, yo
'Cause we be eatin
hallavah, hallavah
With salt and butta'
That's right
Hanukkah 2001, y'all
We be dreidlein'
We're outta here
Shalom fo sheezy my neezy
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INCUBUS » Get Your Dreidle On
Yo, it's Hanukkah time right about now
We be dreidlein'
We 'bout to set it
Baby go get your dreidle on
Get your dreidle on
(Chris)
All of my homies in Santa Monica celebrate Hanukkah
And my peeps in the streets are shvitzing for every one of those
8 nights of lights
And a menorah of
Muthafuckin' fantasy of fun, all rolled into one
See the thing is, I'm not really Jewish
But Mike said, Kil, won't you come down
So I hopped up to do this
Through this time of 8 days
We all come together and celebrate
We grub lots of matzas and latkas, a.k.a. potato pancakes
Get Your Dreidle On
(Jose)
3, 2, 1
Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah
Oh, what a lotta fun
Here I go again, once again
No I don't mean to offend
I grub all my gefilte fish, mmm, as quick as I can
Then I light a candle and, ouch!
Whoops, I just burned my hand
Don't really matter though, 'cause I gotta go
And down some Manischewitz wine
Yeah now I'm feelin just fine
(Mike)
Yo, Mikey in the temple, all up on the beamer, eatin
Hallavah, hallavah
You know I'll be cleaner than a shiny silver platter of chocolate chip macaroons
My afro leavin Mike shadows as I step in the room
You heard Hanukkah was comin and it's comin correct
Lightin candles, open presents, giving family respect
To the creator of the earth and of the fruit of the vine
Manischewitz flowin large, like it ain't got the time, yo
'Cause we be eatin
hallavah, hallavah
With salt and butta'
That's right
Hanukkah 2001, y'all
We be dreidlein'
We're outta here
Shalom fo sheezy my neezy
Monday, December 04, 2006
SEAL THE BORDERS NOW!!!!
The filthy piece of human garbage that killed this Marine and his girlfriend was an illegal:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/howard/bal-md.ho.accident30nov30,1,568221.story
What's the bet that this scum who ran over and killed a toddler before fleeing the scene is, too?
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_county/bal-toddler1204,0,4325706.story?coll=bal-home-headlines
And now, the newly elected Democratic congress wants to give illegals full citizenship.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20061204-122448-1240r.htm
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Jim Wallis: We Need Greater Moral Leadership
One of my heroes, Jim Wallis, gave the Democratic Response to the President's weekly radio address today. Here is the link to the audio: http://www.sojo.net/special/multimedia/061201_wallis_radio_address.mp3
The text of his remarks are below:
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I'm Jim Wallis, author of God's Politics. I was surprised and grateful when Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid called to say his party wanted to set a new tone and invite, for the first time, a non-partisan religious leader to deliver their weekly radio address and speak about the values that could unite Americans at this critical time.
So, I want to be clear that I am not speaking for the Democratic Party, but as a person of faith who feels the hunger in America for a new vision of our life together, and sees the opportunity to apply our best moral values to the urgent problems we face. I am not an elected official or political partisan, but a religious leader who believes that real solutions must transcend partisan politics. For too long, we have had a politics of blame and fear, while America is eager for a politics of solutions and hope. It is time to find common ground by moving to higher ground.
Because we have lost a commitment to the common good, politics is failing to solve the deepest crises of our time. Real solutions will require our best thinking and dialogue, but also call us to transformation and renewal.
Most Americans know that the important issues we confront have an essential moral character. It is the role of faith communities to remind us of that fact. But religion has no monopoly on morality. We need a new, morally-centered discourse on politics that welcomes each of us to the table.
A government that works for the common good is central. There is a growing desire for integrity in our government across the political spectrum. Corruption in government violates our basic principles. Money and power distort our political decision-making and even our elections. We must restore trust in our government and reclaim the integrity of our democratic system.
At this moment in history, we need new directions.
Who is left out and left behind is always a religious and moral question. In the Hebrew Scriptures, the health of a society was measured by how it cared for its weakest and most vulnerable, and prosperity was to be shared by all. Jesus proclaimed a gospel that was "good news to the poor."
I am an evangelical Christian, and a commitment to "the least of these" is central to my personal faith and compels my public actions. It is time to lift up practical policies and effective practices that "make work work" for low-income families and challenge the increasing wealth gap between rich and poor. We must find a new moral and political will to overcome poverty that combines personal and social responsibility with a commitment to support strong families.
Answering the call to lift people out of poverty will require spiritual commitment and bipartisan political leadership. Since the election, I have spoken with leaders from both parties about creating a real anti-poverty agenda in Congress. We need a grand alliance between liberals and conservatives to produce new and effective strategies.
This week, President Bush met with Prime Minister Maliki of Iraq, seeking solutions to the rapidly deteriorating situation in that civil-war torn nation. Nearly 3,000 Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have died. The cost and consequences of a disastrous war are moral issues our country must address. Leaders in both parties are acknowledging that the only moral and practical course is to dramatically change the direction of U.S. policy, starting with an honest national debate about how to extricate U.S. forces from Iraq with the least possible damage to everyone involved.
Our earth and the fragile atmosphere that surrounds it are God's good creation. Yet, our environment is in jeopardy as global warming continues unchecked and our air and water are polluted. Good stewardship of our resources is a religious and moral question. Energy conservation and less dependence on fossil fuels are commitments that could change our future - from the renewal of our lifestyles to the moral redemption of our foreign policies.
A culture that promotes healthy families is necessary to raise our children with strong values, and the breakdown of family and community in our society must be addressed. But we need serious solutions, not the scapegoating of others. And wouldn't coming together to find common ground that dramatically reduces the number of abortions be better than both the left and the right using it as an issue to divide us?
We need a new politics inspired by our deepest held values. We must summon the best in the American people, and unite to solve some of the moral issues of our time. Americans are much less concerned about what is liberal or conservative, what is Democrat or Republican. Rather, we care about what is right and what works.
The path of partisan division is well worn, but the road of compassionate priorities and social justice will lead us to a new America. Building that new America will require greater moral leadership from both Democrats and Republicans, and also from each and every one of us.
I'm Jim Wallis. Thank you and God bless you.
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