Keep your Christmas Cheer to youself? I don't think so!

Okay, this recent news story has to take the cake. A high school group calling themselves the "Christmas Sweater Club" finds itself being disciplined by the school for spreading a little Christmas cheer.

http://princewilliamcounty.wusa9.com/content/christmas-sweater-club-punished-local-high-school

The students wear the craziest Christmas sweaters they can find, sing Christmas songs and try to spread a little Christmas cheer to their fellow students. Now they are in trouble and sentenced to dentention and two hours of cleaning.

The violation: throwing out candy canes to their fellow students.

The charges went from intent to "maliciously maim students with the intent to injure" (you could sharpen the ends of the candy canes and use them as weapons) to littering.

But the issue seems to go deeper than that. It seems the adminstration just thinks the ten youths should just keep their Christmas cheer to themselves.

One mother said she was told by a school adminstrator "not everyone wants Christmas cheer. That suicide rates are up over Christmas, and that they should keep their cheer to themselves, perhaps."

First, its just an urban legend that suicide rates go up over Christmas, there is no evidence that is true. Second, no one has the right to tell anyone to "keep their cheer to themselves."

Similar stories are appearing this season. One story reported that we should refrain from displaying Christmas trees because atheists and other unbelievers might feel "left out" or it might depress them.

Give me a break. Take your cue from the members of the Christmas Sweater Club. The news report says they are still wearing the sweaters, and singing their songs.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Finally! Some common sense in this absurd politically-correct world!

Small town bank employees wear Merry Christmas buttons. Small town bank puts a daily Bible verse on its website. Big bad Feds (read Scrooge) say its not allowed.

That was the situation earlier this week when the Payne County Bank in Oklahoma was told by the Federal Reserve that the symbols were "inappropriate" and had to be removed. It cited the the discouragement clause of Regulation B of the bank regulations. According to the clause, "...the use of words, symbols, models and other forms of communication ... express, imply or suggest a discriminatory preference or policy of exclusion." Whaaaattttt?

Well, after a national outcry, the number two man at the Fed notified the bank that it could put the decorations back up, and restore the daily Bible verse on its website. A little common sense, thank you!

http://www.koco.com/news/26174152/detail.html


What has this country come to. It's CHRISTmas! We seem to worry more about offending non-believers that protecting the rights of Christians to freely practice our beliefs.

I loved one of the responses to KOCO 5, the TV station the aired the story: "They may take the symbols of God off the walls and the building,but the whole bank is filled with 'In God We Trust.' Take that Federal Reserve."

I couldn't have said it any better.

Michelle Obama: "Stay out of my kitchen!"

Well, the Nanny-State has finally shown its true colors. At the December 13 signing of the new "Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act," First Lady Michelle Obama said out loud what we all suspected the liberals have been thinking but haven't said: parents are not smart enough to decide what is best for their own kids. She stated that "We just can't leave it up the the parents" to decide what our kids eat.

http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-spokane/michelle-obama-on-child-nutrition-we-can-t-just-leave-it-up-to-the-parents

Now granted, we may not all make the best decisions when raising our kids. My wife and I certainly made our share of mistakes. But I don't think anyone sets out with the intention to be a bad parent. Our son ate his share of Mickey D's fries, chicken nuggets and Happy Meals growing up. Is he obese? No, and never has been. He played sports, camped, enjoyed hiking and high adventure and stayed active, he needed those calories to feed that high metabolism.

Outlawing toys with Happy Meals (i.e. San Francisco) isn't going to be the answer. If a parent who has run out of patience wants to drive through the fast food drive-in because the kids are screaming in the back, not getting a toy will not make a difference. Three dollars is a small price to pay to get the kids fed and quiet.

Parents will not stop buying fast, convenient food for their kids. McDonald's chief executive Jim Skinner said as much when he described those against Happy Meals as the "food police" and accused them of undermining the decisions they make for their families.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/77523de6-06f7-11e0-8c29-00144feabdc0.html#axzz187EqJo5O

“We’ll continue to sell Happy Meals,” Mr Skinner, told the Financial Times, referring to the new San Francisco rule that takes effect in 2011. The new rule “really takes personal choice away from families who are more than capable of making their own decisions”.

Interesting war of words between Mr. Skinner and the First Lady.

I noticed that McDonald's has launched a counter campaign of sorts. I viewed a commercial recently that emphasized that each Happy Meals sold helps support the Ronald McDonald House. The phrase "Hope is good" is repeated throughout the ad (apparently a jab at Obama).

The liberals are constantly telling the conservatives to stay out of their bedrooms. I say, liberals stay out of my kitchen!