My father turned 81 today....Happy birthday, dad...It's not like he goes on line, but I wanted to say it anyway...I think he always felt short changed on birthday presents...
I hope everyone has had a nice holiday so far. Looks like the war on Christmas failed again...
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Happy Birthday to Mr. Amato!
Birthday greetings to your father. Mine turned 83 yesterday and he always gets short changed on the material gains to be made from two gift giving events held so close together. Maybe that is what makes him such a generous man.
Happy Birthday to Mr. Amato and myself. And your right, we do get short changed on our birthday.
And Frank Costanza Declares Victory in the War on Festivus
Happy B-day to your dad, John!
My dad's and my birthdays are 1 day apart, so we both always felt we got screwed on our birthdays, so I know how it feels. HBD to John's dad!
If I have not mangled the Italian, to John Amato's padre, felice compleanno.
It's lonely here at my keyboard but I vow to fight on in defense of 'Happy Holidays' everywhere....
So then....
Happy Holidays to John the rest of the folks who keep this site going and that includes all my fellow commenter's.
Whether they agree with me, the only rational progressive thing to do, or not!
And if your prefer 'Merry Christmas' that's cool too. I don't think we want Mr. Falafel to set the rules of usage for the English language.
My b-day is in a few hours, and I always joked that it only meant that since my birthday and Hanukkah were so close together, it meant my sweaters got bigger.
Happy birthday to papa.
May you have an extravagantly mirthful Christmas
God bless,
Cody
Happy Birthday, Mr. Amato! Your son is a man of good character,
Happy Birthday MrAmato....and we are grateful for this blog...your son is a man of courage and patriotism.....The Founding Fathers would be proud too...
DRATZ!!! Foiled again. I'll get you next year Christmas!
If you can't beat'em, join'em...Merry Christmas all and dare I say Happy Holidays.
happy bday to your dad!
Happy birthday to the old guy. My mom turned 90 last Thursday but my dad tells me that at their new retirement home, 90 isn't such a big deal. We took both of them out for what turned out to be a fine dinner -- no cake for her, just creme brulee.
…I think he always felt short changed on birthday presents…
Well, geez, John, if ya didn't send him C&L coffee mugs every year, and got him season tickets for the Yankees, instead..... ;)
Happy Birthday, Mr. Amato! Merry Christmas, one and all!
happy bday mr amato
and its amazing how xmas survives us libs every year
well, there is always next year
now back to watching alistair sim....scrooge was the original wingnut...anyway we can send some spirits over to george's house tonite?
and a happy birthday to Jesus!
gummitch @ 15:
I work in a facility that's 3 wings of retired people and 2 wings of rehab patients, and 90 ain't all that old. A few weeks ago we lost a woman who was 104- and I was kinda surprised that she'd died!
uncle joe mccarthy @ 17:
Like the Spirit of Christmas Pest?
Don't feel bad John.....my dads b-day is on Jan 2.....yeah....he feels the same way.
Yep.....Mele Kelikimaka...everyone....
Happy Birthday!
My brother's b-day is today.
Happy Birthday John's dad!!! And many more!!!
Oh, and Merry Christmas to all!!!
Hey....has anybody heard from Stawberry?....if your out there Strawberry.....Merry Christmas....and I hope your doing well with your back.....
Bestest birthday wishes to your Dad, John...and happiest holidays to you and yours. (Yes, I am a proud foot soldier in the War on Christmas. Lately, I've taken to waterboarding elves.)
You're the best, Big Guy, and so is C & L!
happy birthday old man!!!!!!!! i should lice so long!!!no really i should!
live dammit
My grandmother, a very special lady, celebrated her birthday on Christmas Eve. She was incredibly gentle and loving leading me to believe she was God's special present to me.
She never seemed to mind.
OK people O' Reilly and friends won this round but it's no reason to feel down. We can regroup and win this thing once and for all! King Osama and Queen Nancy demand it, we shall not dissapoint.
Thank you my fellow Satan-worshipping abortion terrorists.
P.S. anyone on the right wanting to use the above post for propaganda purposes please include this part where I make it clear that I am joking.
skippy @ 14:
You said BDay instead of Birthday...are you trying to say there should be no more births?!? before he can answer (and make me look like a dipshit)...cut his mic!!!
Merry Christmas to everyone--I don't care who cares (or not), it is Christmas today--the other "holidays" are on other days.
And don't forget--to those who think they're being "cool, slick & hip" (not to mention "progressive") by insisting on "happy holidays"--don't forget that "holiday" is a religion-derived term--comes from Holy Days!
Happy, Merry John and everyone at C&L. Great work this past year!
tyree @ 28:
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....don't ya hate that....hey tyree....I have a joke for ya...
Happy Birthday & Merry Christmas John's dad!
I hope you have a great 2008!!
Happy birthday to your dad, John. Heh. I wished my mom happy birthday earlier this month on my blog, too, even though she has never been on line and isn't threatening to start now. Great minds think alike? Well, so do all other kinds, I suppose.
mudshark @ 34:
Torgal @ 18:
lets hear it
andrew @ 32:
Just saw this post. Gotta love it. There's always that distant jackass of a relative who has one too many and embarrasses himself (and everyone else) at the end of a perfectly good day.
Way to piss in the egg nog, "andrew".
Happy Holidays!
Happy Birthday John's Dad.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.
And a special thanks for John Amato for this place to vent and cheer and curse and celebrate.
Peace.
OK ....if you have nuts on a wall....you have wallnuts.....if you have nuts on your chest ...you have chestnuts....if you have nuts on your chin...you have....?
mudshark @ 40:
Duh......... chinnuts? ; )
Merry Christmas to all and everyone that is C&L.
Jo @ 41:
NO.....A DICK IN YOUR MOUTH.....
sorry......I thought tyree would appreciate that one
mudshark @ 43:
Isn't that special.
John Amato, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday season to you, and your family.
I trust it gives you pleasure that you have created an entity which brings a good deal of pleasure to others. That is something which a very small minority of folks can claim. In addition to the pleasure of interesting discourse and dialogue, C&L offers, or at least holds out the opportunity of being, an arena of intellectual exchange which could have a considerable effect on the course of human events, much as have a few significant books and other expressions of ideas, in the past.
It occurs that a weakness of this medium, which is also a great strength, is that it is ethereal, easy to access by a multitude, but with a very short half-life; without the quality a book offers, of being able to re-read, and re-consider it's premise(s).
Have you considered yourself, or someone(s) you would consider capable, compiling a selection of entries, in such a way as to make them re-accessible, perhaps separated by topic(s), or just a 'Best Of', as an ongoing, permanent effort, building a 'Library of C&L Posts'?
It's great to be from Wisconsin. Not only are we represented by that honest man, Sen Feingold, we have the opportunity to listen to Wisconsin Public Radio, the best Public radio in the land, with, as many many guests have noted, the most astute and informed callers they have ever encountered (ahem).
"What has this to do with the holidays?" I can hear you not asking. Recently, WPR listeners were fortunate to hear Prof Bruce David Forbes of Morningside College, author of
Christmas, a Candid History You can do a search if interested in his book.
During the hour long discussion, Prof Forbes noted that perhaps the first war on Christmas was waged by the Puritans, with the aid of Oliver Cromwell. I will spare the details, which were fascinating. Prof Forbes posited that Dickens' Immortal A Christmas Carol was perhaps in response to that Scrooge-like behavior of the Puritans (no businesses were allowed to close, etc.)
My Christmas wish is that someone from the esteemed C&L staff will contact the good professor and interview him. I'd love to see this play out on the blogs. Bill Oscroogely would surely hear the chains rattle.
Happy Birthday to Mr Amato, and God Bless us everyone.
your smart tyree......you waited...and Jo...I am very sorry.........but you have to admit..it's pretty damn funny..........well kinda I guess.if you don't mind dirty jokes.
Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas Mr. Amato!
Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays / Federally Mandated Day Off Work to everyone who posts in these comments too!
I love being one of the talking crows on the fencepost of John's Amato's truth farm....and it's been a great year!
I'm late jumping on this thread, but I wanted to wish happy holidays to all the C&L readers and especially to those who take the time to comment, discuss and debate on the threads. You inspire and encourage us, a warm thanks to you all.
Happy birthday, John's dad! Hope you have a mighty fine year!
Happy birthday Mr. Amato, and many, many, many more!!! And Merry Holidays to all posters on C&L
mudshark @ 48:
It's hilarious, I agree. I love dirty jokes. I was just disappointed. I thought tyree was going to mention a republican. Oh well.
mudshark @ 40:
id say the picture of bush!
Jo @ 53:
Use it..I pulled it on my boss........yeah......he's still my boss........but he did pass on the Xmas bonus......oh well.....it was worth it.
tyree @ 54:
go back to 43
Ahem.
Someone forgot the music thread.
It's your premature Early Late Nite Wake Up Club!
mudshark @ 56:
thats what i see shark bush with a dick in his jaws!!!!!!!!!!
This is for mudshark.....
Remember the Bobbit case where Mrs. Bobbit demasculated her husband and threw it out the window? Well, with that as a background....
Two nuns were driving down the highway when the winshield was hit by a big SPLAT.
One nun says, What kind of bug was that?
The other nun says, I don't know but did you see the size of the DICK on it?
Jo @ 60:
anyway........thanks Jo.......LOL.........your a good sport.....Merry Christmas....and a very safe New Year to you.......
Wahoo!....
Just a quick note to all of you here....
Hope you-all had a great holiday....
& I hope I don't see another Christmas treat in a long, long time....
So another Xmas has come to pass. Chin up, secular-progressive warriors. We will prevail. They've won the battle - not the war.
Bill_O'Reilly_wets_the_bed @ 64:
Chin ups?
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone.
StCyrlyMe2 @ 66:
bah hamburgers!
happy birthday to jesus and John's dad!
merry xmas to all y'all!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!
O'Reilly's war on Christmas will never succeed so long as there are people out there who actually know the true meaning of Christmas; as opposed to the distorted corporate crap we're supposed to believe in.
So how'd everyone do this year anyway?
I've been sick as heck, might even have pneumonia (blech!); BUT! I've had a great Christmas just the same. Cause my family all got together, and instead of bitching at each other, we just had a good time. Even my super-republican uncle was able to get along with me for an entire Christmas. Neither of us mentioned politics and dammit if it wasn't good to just be human to each other once again.
John Amato--
Here is wishing your dad a very happy birthday and your entire family a merry Christmas, but I got to tell you bro, my dad is 84 and he surfs the web every day and this is one of his favorite sites, he especially likes the late night music club! Sometimes more than others though! Yes you can teach an old dog new tricks!
I regret to inform you that early this morning Santa was caught by our military forces giving aid and comfort to the children of our Muslim enemies in Iraq. For this treasonous act Santa has been placed on the no fly list as a suspected terrorist. So have a merry fucking Christmas America. Your friend Michael (Son of Satan) Chertoff.
December 25th is just another day. The all in "good will to all" means 6 billion people, so why are only friends and family treated well and treated to presents, and why only once per year?
Needing a mythical "religious holiday" to get motivated enough to treat others better is a sorry sign. If people aren't going to do better and treat others better every day, then why bother for this one day?
Have a nice Tuesday off.
The war on Christmas........reverse psychology.....
I hate Christmas.
I used to love Christmas, but I've got to say, if I get one more techno toy for Christmas I'm converting to Taoist.
Mio the puppy? Get real! You can't play tug of war with Mio.
I don't hate Christmas, I just find it an inconvenience. Trying to find a restaurant open is usually a tough thing on Christmas eve.
Happy birthday to Mr. Amato. I hope everyone had a great holiday and has a happy and healthy 2008
I'm a Christian Democrat, and yes there are plenty of us. Merry Christmas.
He's had a fine time...Thanks everyone...
Hey John, I trust you've printed out this thread for him ...
Well, I guess it's over for the next year (or well, the next 9 or 10 months), the War On Christmas. So it's time to remember these wise words/"Reducio Ad Absurdum" from Mr. Sam Seder (whom should be getting 3 hours a day for 5 days a week, but there are folk amongst us who are not wise and have no "vision"): Don't cut and run from the War On Christmas.
LOL - John, you think you're dad's got it bad - my birthday's today. Now I must be off to work!
seems to me that a balls out fauxnews bill o'reilly marathon on christmas day is a pretty good argument that fauxnews has waged a pretty good war on christmas it's damn self.
This punchline might work in the right crowd.
OK ….if you have nuts on a wall….you have wallnuts…..if you have nuts on your chest …you have chestnuts….if you have nuts on your chin…you have….?
cloture - The only procedure by which the Senate can vote to place a time limit on consideration of a bill or other matter, and thereby overcome a filibuster. Under the cloture rule (Rule XXII), the Senate may limit consideration of a pending matter to 30 additional hours, but only by vote of three-fifths of the full Senate, normally 60 votes.
Happy Christmas and Merry Birthday Mr. Amato!
Preacher Boob @ 46
"John Amato, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday season to you, and your family.
I trust it gives you pleasure that you have created an entity which brings a good deal of pleasure to others. That is something which a very small minority of folks can claim. In addition to the pleasure of interesting discourse and dialogue, C&L offers, or at least holds out the opportunity of being, an arena of intellectual exchange which could have a considerable effect on the course of human events, much as have a few significant books and other expressions of ideas, in the past."
Amen says me.
My dad was a Christmas baby too. The very first victims of the War on Christmas - ripped off on receiving their just desserts to keep the economic engines humming. He passed away 10 years ago. In any event, give your pops something extra special, not necessarily from WalMart.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. Let's hope Americans will kick Satan out and ask God to forgive America and bless us again. Oh and Happy Birthday to your Dad.
so is your dad jesus?????? seasons greetings
This is late because I was making merry with the family yesterday and wasn't anywhere near a computer.
Merry Mid Winter Holiday Everyone. Whatever the flavor may be.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year everybody!!!
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