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just ladies and gentlemen
is that time of year as you can move you
socialite oneself leisurely or christmas
uh... insult to celebrate
long fought
war on christmas at present to you
my favorite clipped
from me doing television at least ah...
specifically to deal with the world christmas in fact the only clip five
advert participated in nine television that uh... with the war on christmas
i can't imagine why i wasn't baat backed onto television to talk about the war on
christmas this is from two thousand five c_n_n_
me with the uh... head of the concerned women for america at that time amend
name bob knight
a merry christmas and happy holidays of christmas tree our holiday tree which
should it be and then you ask
we've seen controversy most notably prompted by the white house it send out
cards this card matter fact wishing the holiday season of hope unhappiness no
mention of christmas
some thoughts now on the subject sent to your host the show majority report on
air america radio bob knight
is the director of the culture and family institute is affiliated with the
christian conservative organization concerned women for america down a great
to have you with me thanks for having us on right about let's start with the
holiday carton what do you think sam
well i was in the you know as far as the world christians goes i feel like we
should be waging war on christmas
i mean i believe that christmas it's it's it's almost proven network of
christmas
has uh... nuclear weapons
can be a timid threat to this country
that uh... uh... they have operated ties with terrorists
and i believe that we should sacrifice thousands of american lives
uh... in pursuit of this war a christmas
and there are hundreds of billions of dollars taxpayer money well senator
warren chris
mr warren christian cell warren over political correctness artists a lot of
people is way too much time on their hands
well i would say
probably if i was to be serious about it too much time on their hands but i'd
like to get back to be operational ties between santa claus and al-qaeda
i don't think that exist bapat as well uh... we have a bad year we have
intelligent you can tell you at intel
and wherever there's a retail come from
well we have tortured and health
and that's uh... it's actually how we got the same information from holiday
it's exactly the same way the bush administration got this info about the
operational ties between
confidence enough okay bob knight as sam is is tying in now the lack of
information regarding weapons of mass destruction and somehow moving that into
santa claus that help me out here what's going on in the busiest as the old war
and christians a warrant christmas is this
too much political correctness
together roseburg first i want to compliment among on his dry humor but
uh... this is actually a very serious subject because
a lot of people are waking up to realize that the war on christmas is really the
culmination of a war on faith and the idea that public square has to be
cleansed of any religious expression particularly christian religious
expression you don't want i'm happy holidays was a welcome addition to merry
christmas and so you would say the same thing over and over again but a lot of
people now see it as a substitute and it's very gratuitous at times
and it's house actually insulting when you're talking about christmas day or
christmas tree and you can't bring yourself to use the word for fear of
offending someone by the name of diversity were less free country when
that happens it's interesting sam because i mean this is a time where
by
if anything we want to be even more sensitive to diverse city considering
everything that's happening
with regard to warrant a relational magic more about different religions
different ethnicities and trying to become more of one verses uh... being
segregated
yeah i want to know i mean i listen yet
i would like bob to tell me who is the person who has been offended by someone
saying merry christmas in i've never met that person i don't celebrate christmas
but a if someone says merry christmas to me uh... and
i do think both a little bit audits like me saying happy birthday to you
on my birthday but uh... i you know no one cares but i'll tell you this
as we head into the war on the war on the war on the war on christmas on our
radio show
newscorp
foxnews those people
who had started this uh... entire a war on christmas needing
fake war
they're having a holiday party
president bush
saying happy holidays tokyo grows more bush saying happy holidays to her dogs
in the video i'm sure you've seen it i mean these are the things that we
shouldn't
talking about
when we are waging this war in iraq
we should be equating it to a warm christmas what else would bob might have
an opportunity to build health we get on television if you want pretending to be
attacked
yeah this would be funny accepted a serious to a lot of people who've seen
their faith cleansed from the public square system and i i i just heard
nothing about that someone can celebrate christmas in america
i mean until about a dozen looking metering here
go ahead bob go ahead bob talking about things like in ridgeway wisconsin where
the school children in the public school were told they could use a silent night
states so they substituted all coldnite
you know i think when you take jesus out of anything it gets pretty cold a so its
abt
but it's outrageous that children actually singing a bastardized version
of silent night well i don't think it's a good israel on holiday tree might
specialize in synergies as the messiah
is that you have to meet you praise jesus
unavailable offended one that i don't think the singing of the song
you can find other songs to sing so what about summer night somalia because
you're offended none of those other kids can celebrate the great heritage of i'm
not going to have a good news that
no i'm not so you have your age there are trying to follow her why you trying
to force conversions on people me god rescue while your christmas ironically
let me ask let me ask you guys about the pressure that's been put on on stores
for example i and they're condemning cessation call to the boycott of target
stores the weekend every thanksgiving accusing the chain of getting the phrase
merry christmas
from its stores a chart that target denies pressure from conservative groups
ai look like they have an impact here complaints from the catholic league
wal-mart agreed to create a christmas page on its website rather than a
holiday page and then macy's which is you know perhaps uh... more closely
decisions christmas than any other retailers that acted as a letter
attacking its ease of merry christmas and added store windows after it was the
target of a small scale boycott last year and if this is pretty amazing all
these boycotts of pressuring all these stores these businesses bomb while these
businesses are taking millions and millions of dollars in firm christians
in particular and others who celebrate christmas giving gifts
uh... in the name of the christmas season
and yet they're so worried about offending people like my opponent here
that they don't want to mention the word christmas people are going to have a
holiday time i'm not your opponent
about hearing room while you are idu agree with bob that i think what should
happen is company should calculate
how much money they're getting
from people who are celebrating christmas and provide exactly dot much
amount love merry christmas
because that is exactly how
i would want any type of religious holiday to celebrate
well ya when i haven't answered my email account monica
i'm curious
what would we have the same it would argued about how does not the same as
christmas it's not a major holiday for one thing and and this is the christmas
season it's wide
billions of dollars are really being spent its christmas play well for the
winter solstice or not there
obviously argue that that that hannukah is just as big as christmas
does not and i don't know who it was wrong
i don't agree with a lot of not on that says monica's has been a lot of it is
not a high holiday ahaha liza russia shine on your right for
which i'm sure bobbie it's been
has been protesting why there aren't uh... more young to poor sales or uh...
uh russia china sells
money why should they be right borough if that was associated with that all of
a then maybe i will join you but uh... it never has dot another light and
martin luther king day not being celebrated
and you're is that when people don't say
happy martin luther king day a month out in advance you know let's let's put this
in perspective when it living in a bottle i want to be able respond with
indigenous c_n_n_ eight u_s_a_ today gallup poll
had a question was is it okay for people to say merry christmas eighty percent
said yes eleven percent said now
yet while ninety six percent of americans celebrate christmas
uh... so why would we care about their love love love love or percent that get
offended by it
and i'm anybody who'd be a friend i was someone wishing someone right right here
why are we making all the changes bob how do we do have a a bob where's the
war
worker morale lines and the
you can tell me how i would not only has he found a man in one school in
wisconsin
that has one example that's not the totality so don't dot what are you know
salad and the totality of the eighty you brought it up
the totality of the seventy eight percent of the american population has
no promulgate you don't care about the people who don't celebrate christmas
but i don't celebrate christmas
and i don't care so why wouldn't wasting everybody's time
it so that you can fundraise that's why bob headline i think you know that's a
bit of but i can't let you have the final final thought bob ok you know when
the nazis moved into austria nine all that is an extensive bombing immediately
raise not looking for in the schools so that is right about it
dot on family planning white letter dot and i think i would go ahead bob
okay maria trapper at the story of the straps on yours that's a in the sound of
music
and she said she sent her kids to school after the nazis took over and they came
home and said mama we can say the word christmas anymore it's now winter
holiday i think that water uh... disturbed to hear about that threaten
kind of attitude in this country the puritans also outlawed christmas
the founding fathers of this country a would find u_n_ in massachusetts if you
celebrate christmas at the beginning
so don't talk about nazis bob i think that's really inappropriate why do you
have to bring the soviet union restaurants and hotels in cost that's so
sad bawa it's not ok ordering the book you're so it bothers you so bad that you
have to raise nazis when you're talking about
christmas in the holiday season
and we all know that person is actually
uh... tannenbaum is a german holiday
that bob uh... really really disappointed and hehehe i'm sorry to
disappoint you but if you're if you can understand that
the the uh...
force of history to bring a are not come on now thing up
uh... well you know i know it down then why are you calling a knot we gotta let
it they are not
we could probably do you watch their sincere
and there are a lot of libya and about night cricket both of them is sit down
and
ivy league if the discussion
everyone's talking about it that is that there are a lot of people tell you that
i should say not just curious do i say merry christmas happy holidays have
happy height which people will have like to say merry christmas and i added from
no gotten one from
or on christmas
thanks gentlemen talk to you later thank you