The Obama White Black Muslim House is sending out a “holiday” card (not a CHRISTMAS card, despite the fact that CHRIST IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON except for Hanukkah but that doesn’t count because unlike Christmas it’s just a random religious holiday that marketers got their hands on) that prominently features their hypoallergenic dog deity, Bo.
The 2012 White House “Holiday” card spotlights the Obama’s family Portuguese water dog — instead of Christmas. The black and white illustration was designed by Iowa artist Larassa Kabel and shows Bo the dog, wearing a scarf, while frolicking in the snow on the South Lawn of a blurred White House. The inside of the card reportedly reads, ”This season, may your home be filled with family, friends, and the joy of the holidays.” The card is signed by the entire First Family — along with Bo’s paw print.
Let’s realize what the holidays are really for: bundling up your family in matching clothes, making them sit uncomfortably for half an hour in a Sears photo studio, then sending out a meticulously detailed letter listing every banal accomplishment of your empty suburban lives to people you haven’t talked to in months.
The 2012 card made no mention of any specific holiday nor did it include a Bible verse noting the birth of Christ.
Here is a pictorial history of the White House Holiday Card, which, other than Dubya spraying straight Bible tracks all over his Christmas mixtape (and inventing the little-known Hanukkah Tree), is basically an unbroken string of bland images of the White House coupled with nondemoninational holiday well-wishes. As an actual historian said in the LA Times, the cards are pretty much always nondemoninational going back to the 1920s, which is like nearly over a hundred years ago, more or less.
President Obama’s “holiday” cards have been the subject of controversy in the past. His 2009 greeting card made no reference to Christmas, drawing the ire of Republican Congressman Henry Brown. “I believe that sending a Christmas card without referencing a holiday and its purpose limits the Christmas celebration in favor of a more ‘politically correct’ holiday,” the South Carolina congressman told Fox News Radio in 2009.
To be fair, Henry Brown only served during the Bush Administration and the first two years of the Ungodly Obama Occupation, so it makes sense that he knows absolutely nothing about the history of a wholly unremarkable bit of holiday fluff.
Anyway, now that your Wonkette has devastatingly proven that complaints about the White House Holiday Card are undeniably full of shit, we are off to worship at our golden idol of Bo, who is frozen in a beautiful tableau of having his holy leg lifted to urinate on a flag-draped coffin with a homemade cross on top.
Please stop the War on Boism.
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Happy Bo-lidays!
In Dog We Trust.
E pluribus canine.
I am going to celebrate by sniffing my bed, rustling the coverings with my nose, then turning in a swirl for an indeterminate period of time to finally plop down in the center of the cosy mass. Then I will give a satisfied yawn and wait for "food time".
That sounds perfect but I think I will add a bit of gratuitous crotch sniffing.
In my house, we just call that "the weekend."
Clearly, you are familiar with the ways of the dog.
I even know the secret greeting.
Merry Bo-mas to all and to all a good night.
"Bo_humbug"
You and your damn Bollywood liberal ideals…
just a random religious holiday that marketers got their hands on
I've wondered if "In Marketing We Trust" would not only be more honest: where 'murican legacy is concerned, marketing and the scheming & duplicity behind it probably is older than God.
The Ferengi approve.
The approve, but have trademarked those thoughts. So, MP owes then two bars of gold pressed latinum.
May your holidays be profitable!
The Endless War on Christmas.
No mention of Saturnalia, or Osiris' birthday? I'm offended.
KWANZA LIBEL!
Happy New Baktun!
Festivus greetings
orand GTFO.ezzacklee! Where is all the xmas imagery stolen from pagan idolatry we have come to know and love as signs to spend beyond one's means?
KEITHMAS LIBEL!
Fox probably took exception to the card Obama sent the newsroom there, with the "Merry Holidays, You Ho-Ho-Honkies!"
Thanks for making me burst out laughing at work.
Those muslins don't even have the decency to put Bo in a hideous sweater or have him hold a Glock. Won't somebody think of the children?
The question is: has the Secret Service trained Bo to bite Santa's ass….?
Anything short of Christ bleeding on the cross with Romans poking him with spears is just not Christmasiee enough for this Catholic.
Dude, please. Wait for Easter when it
is the appropriate season to commemorate His Holy Messiah-ness's deathcan be celebrated with purty pastels and Mallow Peeps™®By focusing on the tortured death of Christ it keeps us from being distracted by some of those icky humanitarian messages of his life.
and gives us such a poignant message about the necessity of home weaponry – they'd never have taken him in the Garden if he'd been carrying!…
…so you'll have to decide whether Judas Iscarriot had God on his side.
Actually, one of the disciples WAS carrying (a sword) and cut off a Roman's ear, but Jesus was all like "Yo, quit it."
I thought it was the fixation on immaculate conception and subsequent virgin birth.
I could have sworn it was Jews that were doing the spear-poking thing. Because Romans are mostly Catholics, which is sort of Antichristish, but still basically Christian, so it can't have been them.
Although, come to think of it, when it comes to spear-chucking, I'm pretty sure that's some other group of non-Christian scum . . . forget which bunch, though. Someone help me out, here. Anyone? Bueller?
So the shrine to Bo (bless his adorable appendages) in my living room is a-okay, then?
Better than okay. Bow before your God, Babylon!
Bow-wow before your dog.
/ft
In the dogdom of Bo (bless his adorable appendages) we bo before our G*d.—
Baby Jesus can't read it anyway. He a baby!
Seriously, you just give him a shiny ball he can't break and he is all set for the next ten minutes.
And God is his baby daddy. And his baby daddy is never around when you need him.
According to Islam, Baby Jesus was born knowing how to speak (and sassed back the townsfolk who dissed his mama), so knowing how to read isn't much of a stretch.
Yeah, they gave him all that nice gold and myrrh, but he just played in the box.
Also, some didn't particularly care for the painting of Obama strangling Baby Jesus in his crib.
This is so sick……………love it.
I recollect that teh Jeebus was spared, all the other Jewish kids had a bad time of it though.
Was Jesus the one in the basket or in the whale? I get these things confused.
No I think he was the one swinging the jaw bone of an ass. Can somebody verify this for me please?
For some reason, WikiJesuspedia won't load this morning.
No, I think he killed a fat guy with a sling shot. Or something else. I recall.
Oh, that's what that palimpsest was…thx….
Email this to 10 friends and it will headline Drudge tommorrow.
Hey, I don't complain that News Corp's Christmas Card offends me personally, and is dishonest, because it doesn't show Roger Ailes getting triple-penetrated by Rupert Murdoch and the Koch Bruddahs, so STFU, Faux News.
Triple? Does he have a cooch?
Now if they only had him mounting a Golden Calf. . .
I got that card from the Obamas, and boy was I pissed. No matter how hard I shook it no money fell out. Not even a free Obama-phone. I tell ya, that's the last time I ever vote for him for president.
Shake hard enough and some universal healthcare will land in your lap.
There's a GPS tracker in the card; the black helicopters will be by to pick up your gunz shortly.
What are you talking about? When he runs for President in 2016, you better be voting for him!
Your healthcare comes in the form of the card being laced with invisible antioxidants from Michelle's power garden.
It's a Christmas miracle! The majority of the comments on the Fox Radio site are pro-Bo!
Maybe because it's one of those sites that use your Facebook login to comment and the usual crusaders can't hide behind anonymity…. Oh, wait…
Nah, I think we just found the bright line in the War on Christmas. Store clerk (who is not me) must always say "Merry Christmas"= Damn right! You can't put a picture of your family dog on your Christmas cards= Wait, what?
And what's all this "peace on earth and goodwill to men" bullshit??
Ass-kicking Jesus does not approve.
For some convoluted reason involving China I used to receive the W holiday card each year. Yes, Holiday card. Never a mention of Christmas.
Was I outraged? Yes, because I was receiving the card in the first place.
I got all of the Clinton Cards except for 1996. I think Clinton's 95 card included the word Christmas in the greeting.
Several of Bush's (W) included new testament scripture but I don't recall if the scripture was related to Christmas. I just didn't pay any attention to them and the last time I looked at them was when I opened them.
It was Leviticus: that bit about how it's a sin to eat seagulls.
Bo Knows Christmas.
Hell, we got snow today. Probably 10, maybe 15 flakes, and my dogs wouldn't even go outside. Somehow, they know when it snows. I call this time of year "Piddle Pad Days".
This card has the paw print of approval from Santa Dog and the sweet Puppy Jeebus.
Dog is my Co-Pilot. Woof.
A Portuguese Water Dog should be offended at all that SNOW.
You know who else worshiped dogs?
Pavlov!
That weird Berkowitz kid down the street.
Not Muslims. Which throws a spanner in the works of that theory.
West Minster?
Cruella DeVille?
The Dog Catchers from Homeward Bound: Lost in San Francisco?
Not Romney?
Queen Elizabeth II?
Dyslexic Christians?
Me!
Other dogs?
All reall Xtians know that Xmass is celebrated at the mall.
Sure buy all your made in China crap and then go over to the Evangelical Mall Church and thank Jeebus for all of the material crap you just bought. It sounds so meaningful.
Mallelujah!!
He can kiss my Chanukkah bush.
Is that the opposite of a Brazilian?
Wow, the banal accomplishment letter, haven't seen one of those since my cousin got on facebook.
On facebook everyday is
a banal accomplishment letterChristmas."Bo" is an abstract concept, since security precautions probably involve maintaining 5 or so decoy dogs at the WH in case of terrorist attempts.
I have said this twice to the officers outside the White House- one thought it was funny and one said "Yes, ma'am"
The untold story is those decoys were forced to have plastic surgery to resemble Bo while their families were held hostage.
It also bothers me, deeply, that the White House Card leaves out:
Muslims
Buddhists
Islamics
Hindus
Zoroastians
Environmentalists
Druids
Pagans
Atheists
My cousin Vinny
My dog "Charlie"
Gays
Lesbians
Transgenderians
Vegans
Vegetarians
Specific Democrats
Socialists and
Ex-corporate magnates who saw the light and became socialists.
And it bothers me that YOUR list leaves off the most oppressed minority of all:
Mets fans.
Hey, my dog is named Charlie too!
I am especially offended on behalf of Druids. They are damned cold out in the forest at this time of year, and the evil man in the White House should acknowledge them.
When are the Rosicrucians gonna get some love?
Your cousin Vinny? Won't anyone think of the Utes?
I support the veneration of dogs.
All in favor say woof.
Me too. The unconditional love of a real dog beats that of an imaginary skygod every time.
Oh Merry mutha fucking Christmas already, wingnuts.
Faux will regret it when the god Spot takes over.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGjx–qRj_E
I wonder, does Bo like Frankincense or Myrrh? Personally, I like Scnapps but the is not pertinent here, I suppose.
Goldschläger. Crisis averted.
No, no. Absinthe.
fixed.
No, no, single malt.
I vote for you.
Sincerely,
Pete Bogg
My favorite part of the "reason for the season" people is that the actual reason we have a holiday there is because of the winter solstice, the end of the darkening and celebration of the return of light.
And if you tell them this they go all "Nu-UH!" even though they're well aware that Jesus wasn't even born in December. One woman claimed that no one knew so "they chose a day at random", which just happened to coincide with all the Pagan holidays.
And really, if they REALLY wanted to get back to the true meaning of CHRISTmas, they would stop spending so much money on stuff, get rid of the tree, the decorations and the grossly inaccurate nativity scene and just have a small birthday party. Jesus hates to be reminded of his age after all, its so tacky.
We actually had a surprise birthday party for Jesus once. All of us kept wondering WWJD when we jumped out and yelled surprise. You should have seen the look on his face.
Sadly, I thought the invite said "No Gifts". Do you know what it feels like to be the only one that was not bearing gifts? I excused myself to go full on McGyver. Rummaged in my friend's medicine cabinet and made a nifty cross of out some cotton swaps and dental floss. Whew. He was even cool with the Percocet I gave him too.
One year my church for their Christmas Pageant had some of the younger kids sing Happy Birthday to Jesus. They had to be dressed as giant presents too, which is kind of sick if you think about it (though we weren't Catholic so its less ironic now)
They suffered an even greater indignity than I did, I was playing Mary and all I did was kneel while the older kids, who were the stars, were talking about the littlest star who would be getting the biggest flashlight at the end. Worse, Joseph was a foot shorter than me.
Your mileage may vary, depending on what Gospel you're looking at this week. Luke states that John the Baptist is 6 months older than Jesus, and that Zechariah was chillin' in the Temple when God told him that he'd be knocking up Elizabeth shortly.
If you assume that Zechariah was chilling in the Temple because it was Yom Kippur (sort of reasonable, but not explicit), that puts JtB's conception in ~September, his birth nine months later in ~June, and Jesus' birth six months later in ~December.
So you abandon the Jewish calendar in favor of the Roman (because Jews), peg the respective conceptions and births to the dates of the equinoxes and solstices at the time Caesar made his calendar (3/25, 6/24, 9/24, 12/25), forget about three of the four over the course of 2000 years, and only remember the December one because of Dickensian propaganda, and that gives you the living Hell that is Christmas today.
The moral of the story is that having four different Gospels means you can make the text say whatever you want it to say.
Atheists don't call it "The Big Book of Multiple Choice" for nothing.
But the shepherds were watching their flocks in the fields. You wouldn't do that at midwinter, not even in Palestine. Jesus was probably born in the spring – isn't the Hebrew month of Nisan the recommended ballpark?
True to the Christian obsession with
sexconception, about 300 years after the event, church leaders decided it was important to know when Jesus was conceived.Apparently even when God's yo Daddy, gestation is still 9 months. (Who knew?) And for reasons I prefer not to explore, because eww, squick, early church scholars (or dingbats, if you will) decided that Jesus's conception and crucifixion must have occurred on the same day in the calendar. Because Sex = Death, or something. God likes patterns. Whatever.
So they counted backward 9 months from Good Friday and hey bingo: Dec. 25. Nothing at all to do with the Roman Saturnalia, or the early Christian propensity for syncretism, or any of that. Just the basic Sex = Death, over an over, reliably, always.
Which is why leaving the Christ out of December 25 greeting cards is so horrible and wrong: because it would be truly horrible and dirty if we celebrated Christ's conception instead, which is March 25. In other words, on Good Friday we should all turn our thoughts to some really unusually hot
sexspiritual enlightenment Mary was having, which she later commemorated by assassinating her son. (With votes.)Good summary of the various options here: http://www.bib-arch.org/e-features/christmas.asp
Joseph Campbell salutes you from beyond.
I get a card from the White House every year, and it's always beautiful and tasteful. Obviously, the prez has a lot of Jews on the list (like us!), do these wingnuts not get that?
A song for you, then, jesus christ…
OMG, that was just full of awesomeness! Thanks!
Santa Claus died for our sins. Of course, it was from high cholesterol, but still…
One of my neighbors has a decoration of Santa Clause looking over a baby in the manger. It left me confused and uncomfortable.
I wonder where the baby Jesus falls on the "naughty or nice" list.
I'm trying to remember which travel author describes spending Xmas in Japan one year, and seeing with mixed horror and amusement a shopping window display showing Santa Claus hung on a cross. It wasn't so much for laughing at the Japanese' (or those behind the display) expense as it was the author pointing out another east-meets-west misappropriation of borrowed pageantry.
If my neighborhood didn't have soo many oldz, I might put that up as a yard decoration. But, I fear the unending sounds of EMT and ambulance sirens would annoy me.
Wasn't there a story about a kerfuffle over a display showing Santa crucified in Virginia? I could swear I read about it on Wonkette. But it doesn't show up if I do a search for "War on Christmas" on the site – at least it's not among the first 30-40 posts with that label.
Look closer. I can't help but wonder if it's really Jerry Sandusky in a Santa outfit.
The bio of the Fox report's author, Todd Starnes, notes that his book is "endorsed by Sarah Palin, Mark Levin and Sean Hannity".
So I wouldn't expect much from his 'journalism'.
I swear to Bo, this shit is getting silly!
How does Fox explain a muslin keeping a black dog? Oh, sorry there I go again with logic and/or consistency. My bad.
True story – dog ownership has become popular in Iran, since Iranians have learned that if you own a dog the religious police will steer clear of your house.
Honestly, at this point these assholes are going to need the jaws of life, a backhoe, and a Wonderbra the size of Nebraska to get their titties sufficiently unbunched.
Jane Mansfield approves of this message.
I'd love to get one of those!
I tell you now
Love me love my dog . . . . .
So love me love my dog
If you can't understand
Then I guess we'll have to move on out up land.
Anybody want to share some OT rage about this "accident"?
Just! Ya gotta admire the safety-consciousness of a dad who puts his kid in the safety seat and then leaves a loaded pistol on the console.
eta: damn there goes my great Terminator bit…
My mom once impaled her hand with a knitting needle while backing out of a driveway.
If only the kid was armed.
Obviously, he attended the Vincent Vega gun and car safety school.
No, I'll just hug my son.
If only there were some way we could these unavoidable accidents could be avoided.
Can't we just go back to calling it Yule?
Yule live to regret that comment, I suspect.
Yule be sorry you asked that.
Snooze, yule lose!
That would still Mithras the Pointsetta.
Portyuleguese Water Dogs across this great nation approve your message.
If you'll excuse me, I gotta drop a Yule log off at the porcelain altar.
Yuletide upfists for everybody.
Yule come back now, hear?
The War on Portuguese water dogs….this could get ugly.
The 2012 White House “Holiday” card spotlights the Obama’s family Portuguese water dog . . .
Heh. When did they start calling him "the Obama"?
'The Donald' will object.
Got my card. My daughter loved it. Let me just say, that is one handsome pup.
I guess mine must still be in the mail.
Also, all the outrage over saying "Holidays" is hilarious because "Holiday" is a derivative of "Holy Day"
Aaaaah stupid people, the gift that keeps on giving.
And aren't them Portuguese some kinda Muslims or somethin'? why can't the Obamas have a good American dog, like the Bushes and their Scottish Terriers?
Portuguese are Western East Messicans, so illegal.
kkkkkkkk
They were the only WH occupants I liked then- Barney and Miss Beasley
I am so frickin tired of ginned up outrage. The only good thing about it is it shows that the wingnuts can't find anything real to be pissed off about.
Uh-oh, that's a line that should not have been crossed. Late tonight, Michelle Obama is going to rappel into Todd Starnes' bedroom dressed in a ninja suit, wake him up by pressing a cold steel blade to his throat, and whisper, "You do not mess with Bo!" in his ear.
Jesus was born a Jew, and like all good little Jewish boys he was circumcised seven days later. This gives us the long-forgotten Christian Feast of the Circumcision.
PUT THE FORESKIN BACK IN NEW YEAR'S!
That's when you cut the tip off the tree?
I believe the traditional gift is pruning shears.
I prefer a deity that licks my face.
You know what's even better? A deity that humps your leg.
That can be taken in more than one way…
Fox will never be able to bring itself to give up on this meme. Their audience of old white geezers expects crap like this every year. It is as much a part of old white christian crazy Christmas as putting up the tree and getting into a huge knock-down drag out fight on Christmas with your son-in-law.
The War On Christmas is over. Christmas lost; Walmart won. One or two "Black Friday Melee" vids is all you need to see for proof. BTW- our founding fathers in Massachusetts outlawed Christmas for a time. Having a Christmas tree in your house could get you a day in the stocks.
If that StogieBoy is a boy I don't want to see his stogie.
Wag more, bark less as Bo always sez…
This year, we're celebrating Japawnza.
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/j-po…
Har har har. The best part of the "Bo Holiday Card" is the idea that there is still a chance the atmosphere can get cold enough to make snow. Verrrrrrrrrry funny NoBama. You don't fool me with your fake God, Bo with his fake snow and whimsical scarf.
Fox must REALLY hate the Pope, who wrote a book this year that says that there were no animals in the stable and that angels didn't sing. He'll soon be outed by Faux for what he really is….Al Quaida,no doubt about it.
And you thought Hitler Youth would be bad enough.
Was he nominated for a spoken-word Grammy, though?
Well, the Pope. I mean: worse than Bin Laden. In fact, when Obama is not being Bin Laden, he is the Pope. Have you ever seen them together" Eh, have you?
My family looks forward to the great fiction stories enclosed within banal cards from fellow suburbanites. First we have a dramatic reading of the stories to the group, followed by in depth analysis of what is really meant by the author if you read between the lines. This event is always accompanied by copious amounts of wine and is truly in the spirit of the season.
"President Obama’s “holiday” cards have been the subject of controversy in the past."
Um, that's because everything Obama does has been "the subject of controversy in the past". because assholes like you guys at Fox decide to treat every fucking action of his as if its a scandal, no matter how trivial or normal, like these silly Christmas cards. That doesn't mean it's actually controversial, moron; just that you shitheads, who are the problem, will treat the manner the President pisses as if it's a scandal.
Shhh! Don't tell anyone, you will fuck up their sweet gig!!
I think it is more like, "SHHH! Don't tell them that their incessant ranting has them in danger of becoming even more isolated and obsolete". With every tongue-fart they waggle, they become more and more like gassy ol' Uncle Gus – literally, if you look at the last exit polling data. Each time they spout off that "The world is ending because OBOMBER CARE" and it doesn't – another Teatard Angel loses his wings!
Here in the Ole Lone Star state, our CHRISTmas card has a picture of a gut-shot coyote lying beside a freshly injected Death Row minority on the cover. On the inset, it reads:
"Perry Christmas to All"
Shouldn't there be the head of someone on the card? From a racial minority, perhaps?
Never too soon to start planning for next year.
Sad no Gumby saying "Merry Christmas, damn it!"
The war on Christmas continues
The Kenyan Pretender's War on the Hijacked Day of Pagan Winter Rituals continues.
And what's moyal, it's not Happy New Year, it's Jesus' Circumcision Day.
Peace on Earth, War on Christmas.
Even Dubya knew he shouldn't talk about zombie Jebus while he was manufacturing corpses in Iraq to resolve his Oedipal issues.
Let's not forget the reason for the season, ala Sheldon Cooper:
December 25th, 1642. Julian calendar. Sir Issac Newton is born. Jesus, however, was actually born in the summer. His birthday was moved to coincide with the traditional pagan holiday that celebrates the winter solstice with lit fires and slaughtered goats, which frankly sounds like more fun than twelve hours of Church with my mother, followed by fruit cake.
No mention of Kwanzaa? What an Oreo!
Hopefully, Obama will hold a press conference shortly where he will announce that on Christmas, and every Sunday from here on out, all businesses will remain closed so that their employees can stay home and worship as is ordered in their Bible. Oh, and that will mean TV stations, too (lookin' at you FUX), and hospitals and police and power plants and WALMART!!!!
Football fans rioting in 3.. 2.. 1..
Free Market Jesus weeps!
"… sending out a meticulously detailed letter listing every banal accomplishment of your empty suburban lives to people you haven’t talked to in months."
My proposed bill to make Christmas newsletters illegal got filibustered in the Senate. DAMN REPUBLICANS!
Through Him, with Him, in Him, in the Unity of the Holy Canine. All glory and honor is yours, almighty Bobama, for ever and ever.
Amen. Woof.
Isn't this level of everyone's-out-to-get-us-(because-if-they-don't-love-us-or-give-us-billions-of-dollars-then-they-MUST-OBVIOUSLY-hate-us-duh) paranoia one of the signs of schizophrenia and personality disorders?
For those worshiping at the holy altar of Bo (hallowed be thy name), just remember the advice of the wise men who say unto thee: "Don't eat the yellow snow".
I, for one, welcome our new canine overlords from Portugal.
All of this canine adoration is sorely misplaced.
Bo Knows Christmas.
When asked for comment, the congressman's brother Charlie replied, "Good grief."
me personally i like my christmas with loads of greenery, saturated nogs, bags of bling and as little jesus as possible.
(sorry mom.)
My holiday card this year, like every year, features PedoBear.
"This season, may your home be filled with family, friends, and the joy of the holidays.”
Yeah, leave it to the Kenyan Usurper to quote famous atheist Ricky Gervais in his "holiday" card from the Formerly White House.
(Got my card today, by the way. It's quite nice!)
Well, in a pinch, Conservapedia will do. How does this relate to the Free Market?
I thought it had something to do with a boat?
Jeebus took all the animals two by two atop a mountain and drowned them. With smites!
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