Now, for the political issues of the day

Well, here we go again. More tripe against Christmas. I'll bet they no longer allow kids to exchange Valentines.
A school doesn't want children to swap Christmas cards because they are bad for the environment.

At least someone has some "balls"!
AUSTRALIANS ON MUSLIMS
Godwin Goh of Australia's Christian Democratic Party said that if his party is elected, it would lobby the Federal Government to change its anti-discrimination laws. And why does he want to do that? Because Mr. Goh wants a 10-year ban on Islamic immigration to Australia, and he wants a ban on the construction of Islamic schools or mosques. Current law in Australia would make these bans illegal, hence why Goh wants to change the discrimination laws.
Mr. Goh says it will take a decade to review the impact of Muslim immigration. And when it comes to schools, Mr. Goh says he does not want any Islamic schools because they teach extreme versions of Islam. He says that in an Islamic school in Victoria, a teacher asked the students who their hero was, and the unanimous response was "Osama bin Laden."
I do like the ban on Muslim immigration idea. It's our house .. we decide who gets to come live with us.

More on the anti-Christmas mindset.
Now here in the United States, we have our own issues with Santa. In Winchester, Massachusetts a government school principal has canceled a seventh-grade field trip to see "Miracle of 34th Street" because "it is too focused on Santa Claus."
McCall Middle School Principal Evander French said that parents complained about the "narrow focus on Santa Claus." It is also not tied to the children's curriculum. French says that he is not "anti-Santa" but that it is his job to make sure that the curriculum is "appropriate for everybody."
Students will be refunded their $20. Meanwhile, the school will still take its annual trip to North Shore Music Theatre's "A Christmas Carol," which is apparently OK because it is about a season and the human condition --- and it focuses on ghosts.

Some numbers for the anti-war crowd.
Here's an interesting report. More active soldiers died during two years of peacetime in the early 1980s than died in a two-year period of war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

More examples of women not being able to make decisions regarding what they want their lives to consist of. I really don't care what they do, unless it affects others. When in the hell are they going to pull their heads out of their asses and stop embarrassing all members of their gender.
There is a new wave of companies experimenting with "parenting at work" policies, which would allow workers to bring their children, including infants, into work. Oh yeah ... that ought to work.

Well, they are walking contradictions, aren't they?
According to liberals, it is not OK for politicians to pray for rain ... but they can pray to stop global warming.

Again, women are having a difficult time juggling all the decisions they have to make. Can we say, personal responsibility? All this "free love" isn't necessarily free, now is it?
Students at the University of New Mexico are upset because birth control prices are increasing. One student, Ambrosia Ortiz, says that "students shouldn't have to choose between birth control and their cell phone bill or birth control and their gym membership." Give me a break. This student body must be a real trip.

Who would have "thunk it"?
Gallup Poll Shows Americans "Angry and Frustrated" with Dems in CongressNovember 15, 2007Even though the President suffers from record low approval numbers, the Democratic Congress is, if anything, faring worse as far as popularity is concerned according to a new Gallup Poll: More

Cal has it right. If there is one topic I'm not poised to speak about, it's television. I only view three shows on a regular basis (when Mad Men comes back next year, the will be four). Otherwise, it's FOX News and will be college basketball for the next four months. Sometimes I read as I view the news so as to keep my mind alert.
Cal Thomas: Must-Flee TV
There are events in most of our lives that offer opportunities for us to change our ways. The strike by television writers affords one such opportunity.

Lengthy, but right on for the anti-America crowd.
Michael Medved: Propaganda, and Perspective, on "American Empire"
Critics of the United States and its role in the world prefer to argue their point of view by focusing on specific instances of American bullying or brutality, recounting their favorite horror stories from Indonesia or Nicaragua, Vietnam or Chile, the Philippines or Iraq