Is anyone else out there wondering why all the hubbub over the non-issue "Merry Christmas" vs. "Happy Holidays"? It seems to be the number one talking point coming from The Right lately, and I have no idea why. That it has gone on for more than the second half of Thanksgiving Weekend makes me wonder what the hell they are trying to misdirect us from paying attention to. What is wrong with Happy Holidays? What is wrong with generically including all the peoples in your Cheer Giving? Especially when all the peoples are your customer base, neighbors and fellow citizens?

Latest Bill O'Reilly blathering on about it

This link comes from a conservative website, Human Events Online, that Marty aka Gram Ponante linked to today. Gram is a dashing adult industry blogger, with his finger on the throbbing pulse. I wonder how many of Gram's readers linked through like I did, and how will it skew the statistics at the end of this righteous month. I most love the ad "Stop Dating Liberals!" figured prominently on the sidebar. I hate when Dating Liberals happens!

It all reminds me of that "Ed Anger" column that used to be (still is?) in one of the supermarket tabloids, the National Inquirer, I think. The column was obviously a joke, and the innane topics would be just like this one. What gives???