(2013/12/21) Christmas in black and white (War on Christmas™)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 22 December 2013
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Summary
Edition #784
Christmas in black and white
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Genesis of Bill O'Reilly's War On Christmas - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date 12-6-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: Ding Dong Merrily On High - Manor House String Quartet
Ch. 4: Act 2: Christian Radio Host Wants to "Punch Atheists" - Majority Report - Air Date: 01-08-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: Carol of the bells - United States Army Field Band and Soldiers' Chorus
Ch. 6: Act 3: Pat Robertson: Atheists 'Miserable' & Trying to Steal Christmas - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 11-22-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: Walking in the air - Peter Auty
Ch. 8: Act 4: Scrooge was not the hero of 'A Christmas Carol' - Bill Maher Air Date: 11-11-11
Ch. 9: Song 4: Scrooge - The Muppet Cast
Ch. 10: Act 5: War on Christmas: Christians Losing Culture War! - Young Turks - Air Date: 12-15-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: I saw three ships - Manor House String Quartet
Ch. 12: Act 6: On Veterans Day, Hannity Devotes Twice As Much Time To "War On Christmas" - Media Matters Minute - Air Date: 11-12-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: I saw three ships - Manor House String Quartet
Ch. 14: Act 7: Megyn Kelly: Don't Worry Kids, Jesus and Santa Are White!! - Majority Report - Air Date: 12-13-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: God rest ye merry gentlemen - David Grisman
Ch. 16: Act 8: The fear of a black Santa continues - All in With Chris Hayes - Air Date: 12-16-13
Ch. 17: Song 8: Nutcracker: Act 1: March - Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Ch. 18: Act 9: Megyn 'Santa And Jesus Are White' Kelly A Victim Of Race-Baiting - Young Turks - Air Date: 12-17-13
Ch. 19: Song 9: Mistletoe and holly - Frank Sinatra
Ch. 20: Act 10: Sarah Palin 'War on Christmas' Book Flops - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 12-06-13
Ch. 21: Song 10: Get down for the holidays - Jenny O.
Ch. 22: Act 11: Right Wing's Fake War on Christmas Started Nearly 100 Years Ago - Majority Report - Air Date: 12-19-13
Ch. 23: Song 11: Good King Wenceslas - London Symphony Orchestra & Vienna Boys Choir
Ch. 24: Act 12: The Dark Mastermind Behind The War On Christmas - Young Turks - Air Date: 12-20-13
Ch. 25: Song 12: Christians and Pagans - Dar Williams
Ch. 26: Act 13: Jesus Is a Liberal Democrat - Colbert Report - Air Date: 2010
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Here We Are - Patrick Park
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is made possible by the members and donors to the show for details visit the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:09.0 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with Cups Today from the Jimmy Doar show. |
| 0:13.0 | The majority report at the David Pakman show, real-time with Bill Marr, the Young Turks, the Media Matters Minute, all in with Chris Hayes and the Colbert Report. |
| 0:21.0 | And a happy non-denominational, non-politically affiliated, non-gender-specific holiday season to all. |
| 0:30.0 | So, they're still pretending to fight the pretend war on Christmas, Bill O'Reilly. |
| 0:35.0 | Let's listen to him. He's going to talk about the genesis of his fight to protect Christmas from the people who are at war with it. |
| 0:45.0 | Ready, here. |
| 0:46.0 | Hi, Bill O'Reilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. The war on Christmas centralizes. |
| 0:51.0 | That is the subject of this evening's Talking Points memo. Well, over the years, we've taken on the role of protecting the federal holiday of Christmas. |
| 0:59.0 | As you know, there are some Americans who are offended by any reference to Jesus Christ. |
| 1:05.0 | And that's what the USA celebrates on December 25th, the birth of the baby Jesus. |
| 1:12.0 | President Grants, the baby Jesus, as opposed to the birth of the middle-aged Jesus. |
| 1:19.0 | That would hurt the baby Jesus. |
| 1:25.0 | Find the holiday into law after Congress passed legislation in 1870, acknowledging the country's Judeo-Christian tradition. |
| 1:34.0 | Yes. |
| 1:35.0 | Which involves slavery, by the way. |
| 1:36.0 | Which involves slavery, the Judeo-Christian tradition. |
| 1:39.0 | And by the way, so it wasn't, of Christmas, wasn't an official holiday to America until barely over 100 years ago. |
| 1:46.0 | Wasn't even an official holiday. |
| 1:48.0 | So that's kind of interesting, right? Do you think about it? |
| 1:50.0 | I thought Jesus was born in America. |
| 1:53.0 | If you look back... |
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