Avoiding another battle in the “war on Christmas”, the Fort Collins City Council ultimately decided on adopting the third, hybrid option recommended by the “holiday display task force”–keep traditions by retaining current policy, while adding a ne…

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meatpieandtatters said:
I live here in the People’s Republic of Boulder, where Kerry/Edwards’ bumper stickers adorn most of the hulking SUVs and practically every Subaru.

I live in the People’s Republic of Santa Cruz, and feel your pain, but I did see something funny yesterday. A car had four bumper stickers stuck on the liftgate of a van: “Obama ’08″, “Hillary ’08″ and the third read, “Edwards, ’08″. The fourth? “Proud to be a Democrat”. I cracked up! This silly voter can’t be decisive about anything, just like their candidates!
Happy Thanksgiving, Everybody.

Sorry, with the whole Festivus reference here, I just had to.

Happy Thanksgiving, all!

CHRISTmas vs. Xmas – who will out-fierce who this year? Sounds like Team CHRISTmas won this skirmish. But the question remains – who will win the war? Tune into Fox News tonight – and EVERY night until December 25 – for all the latest. There may even be a book or 6 on the subject for you to buy!

PS – you know, we still have a giant Christmas tree with red and green lights, even in heathen/commie enclave San Francisco.

Why? The senator says it’s because, as he wrote Leavitt, he’s “concerned that this appears to be a pattern of behavior by the Stryker Corp. that could increase healthcare costs throughout the region. Any time allegations of fraud or waste of taxpayer dollars are brought to my attention, I take them very seriously. Coloradoans need to be assured that same pattern of fraud that occurred in South Dakota did not occur in Colorado or any other state where Stryker Corp. is doing business with Medicare and Medicaid.”

What a public watchdog.

But wait.

Colorado Republicans used Allard’s letter to demand that Colorado Democrats return contributions from Pat Stryker, a “Fort Collins philanthropist.” Stryker is one of America’s wealthiest individuals. She and her brother Jon Stryker have contributed large sums to Democratic and progressive causes over the years. Bob Martinez, chairman of the state Republican Party, said the state Democratic Party received $21,000 from Stryker in the 2006 election cycle and should give the money back because it was “dirty money.”

According to a Kalamazoo Gazette story on October 15, the Colorado GOP claimed Patricia Stryker has a “controlling interest” in the company and her money is “dirty,”’ because they believe it’s tainted by the Medicare fraud case. A Michigan GOP press release said it was Jon Stryker who paid the Medicare fine. Republicans in both states are urging Democrats to give back Stryker family donations, claiming the two have operational ties to the company.

Jon and Patricia Stryker’s grandfather, Homer Stryker, founded Stryker Corp. in 1941. Neither works for Stryker Corp. nor serves on the company’s board of directors, a company spokesman was quoted as saying in the Gazette article.

Jon Stryker owns 7.8% of the company’s stock and Patricia Stryker owns 6.6%, according to the Stryker Corp. There also are shares in the Stryker Family Trust, in which Patricia and Jon Stryker are two of five trustees. A company spokesman said the heirs together own about a third of the company’s shares.

In all things Colorado one of the prime movers is a very rich totally way off to the left lady by the name of Pat Stryker.

She is the sister of Jon Stryker the founder of AMWAY who tries to do his own funding a king making in Michigan where he is based.

They are hand in hand working on and funding a coordinated plan along with Soros funded groups to leverage and buy their agenda by flooding the area with one side of the issues and destroying any chance of fair and informed debate on any issue.

Look at most of their advertising efforts and position papers and you will see major efforts of pigs becoming prime cosmetic consumers.

What Happend? I mean massive ethnic move, a compleat 180 on politics in a couple of years, or what? If this is just a small number of single digited offended people its not there tradition, but on the other hand I see no one with a gun to there heads yelling Sing for Baby Jesus, allah, etc. They want no part of it or want a *insert religious Celebration here* Can’t they just do it in the confines of thier homes?

#19 – Greyman – If a Christmas tree offends someone, don’t look at it. If someone doesn’t want to celebrate Christmas, fine, I expect to see them at work on Dec. 25th.

These are the same people that tell us that if we don’t want our children to see all of the sex and violence on TV, just change the channel or turn it off. Why can’t they take their own advice? If you don’t like Christmas trees or decorations, just don’t look.

It’s obvious that the “just turn it off” mantra only applies to US and not to THEM. Why, I am shocked, stunned, and amazed at this revelation.

And I agree with having them work on DEC 25. If they don’t celebrate Christmas, don’t take the day off.