Bill Oreilly War on Christmas

Why Would Progressives Make "War" on Christmas? It is a Celebration of Progressive Values

Robert Creamer | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

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Christmas celebrates the central premise of the progressive ethical system, "love they neighbor as thyself," and rejects the tribalism and radical individualism that lie at the heart of right wing ideology.

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Holiday Songs for Scientologists

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 12.12.2008 | Entertainment

Being a secular progressive, I want everyone to be included in the forced holiday cheer. And I got to thinking, why aren't there holiday songs for Scientologists?

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The White Nationalist Cabal Behind O'Reilly's Christmas Crusade

Max Blumenthal | Posted 12.10.2008 | Media

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Peter Brimelow explained to me how he conceived the War on Christmas during the mid-1990s, then brought his crusade to the conservative movement. Who is Brimelow?

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The Thin Red and Green Line: Letters from the War on Christmas

Chez Pazienza | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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"The last I heard, the National Guard was moving in to crush some kind of uprising that torched the Rockefeller Center tree and destroyed all the Christmas windows at Saks."

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How the Wal-Mart Stampede Made a Long Holiday Season Longer

Jason Notte | Posted 12.02.2008 | Business

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I'm talking to you, dentist office filing clerk. While your boss is busy snaking a vacuum tube under someone's tongue, turn the radio from the all-Christmas station.

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The Religious Right's War on Christmas Began Centuries Ago

Bruce Wilson | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

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As it happens, once upon a time there was a real "War on Christmas" and it was initiated by the theocratic Christian right of its day, Swiss Calvinists and Scottish Presbyterians.

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It's Time for a War on the War on the "War on Christmas"

Mitchell Bard | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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I would like to see a country where we don't seek to make non-Christian citizens feel like they are not part of the national fabric by pointing out to them, again and again, that they are different than a majority.

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Christmas Warrior O'Reilly Doesn't Practice What He Preaches

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.19.2008 | Media

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O'Reilly's "War On Christmas" aggression is about to be turned inward, as soon as he discovers that he avoids using "Merry Christmas" himself!

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O'Reilly's War On Christmas Goes Retail

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.06.2008 | Media

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You know, as I walked up into the CVS across the street from my apartment a few days ago and saw the store festooned with Christmas decorations, I had...

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Murdoch Joins The "War On Christmas" With Secular Holiday Card

Portfolio.com | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 12.20.2007 | Media

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There's a "War on Christmas" out there, according to Bill O'Reilly and the rest of the Fox News talkers, but no one's told Fox owner Rupert Murdoch. T...

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Tony Snow: 'The Second War In This Country' Is 'The War On God'

Think Progress | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics

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Former White House press secretary Tony Snow is apparently attempting to remake himself into the image of Bill O'Reilly. In a series of recent public ...

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The War (on Christmas) Is Over!

Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 12.14.2007 | Media

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In occupied K-Mart, the provisional government decreed that all employees spread yuletide cheer by no longer wishing Happy Holidays to shoppers, but, instead, Merry Christmas. Those who do not get into the spirit will be shot.

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Bill O'Reilly's Struggles With The Interwebs

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics

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O'Reilly demonstrates that his knowledge of the subject hasn't advanced much beyond ancient Sandra Bullock thrillers.

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O'Reilly Declares Victory Over The "Taliban-Like Oppression" Of Christmas

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.13.2007 | Media

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On "The O'Reilly Factor" last night, Bill O'Reilly — who boasts that he's leading the fight against the secular progressive "War On Christmas" (...

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O'Reilly Reports On "Major Victory" In The Non-Existent 'War' On Christmas

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.28.2007 | Politics

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Have you heard about this "war" on Christmas? It seems to come earlier every year. In fact, the only thing that seems to come even earlier are the m...

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Time to Talk Turkey

Anthony D. Romero | Posted 11.20.2007 | Politics

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Sooner or later, you'll take the bait this Thanksgiving and, when you do, you need to be ready with the best arguments. So, here you go: Your Turkey Day Talking Points.

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