From the Mailbox: "HERE IS ONE JEW THAT HAS NO PROBLEM WITH CHRISTMAS"
We get mail! In fact, we are on some crazy email lists, including one run by some guy named Tony Caputo. (He needs a Tumblr, bad!) Today he finds hope for the future in the writings of Ben Stein, who is the only Jew he likes. (Besides Jesus, I guess.) Good work, Ben Stein-your ramblings from 2005, about how Christmas bushes are fine with you, have put you in good company in the (mostly imaginary! Except to crazies!) culture wars.
My mom sent me this last week to get me to love Jesus or something and celebrate Christmas. I had to reply, "But mom, we're JEWS."
crazy people reside upon the bleeding edge of radical typography
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Why in the world would you remind us of e-mail lists?
It's almost christmas, and I've been, er, really good. Please mommy and daddy, PLEEEEAAAASE?
The way this was going, I thought the guy was trying to say Jesus was a CREEP WHO WAS TRYING TO DO THIS TO AMERICA.
In all seriousness, since these people invariably hate "the government," why do they seem to have so much trouble distinguishing between "the government" and "America"? I.e. Manger scene on the front lawn of a tax-funded government building = bad, manger scene in front of LITERALLY ANY OTHER BUILDING IN THE COUNTRY TOTALLY FINE AND NOBODY IS TRYING TO GET RID OF IT YOU MANIAC WITH DELUSIONS OF PERSECUTION!
Tony Ca-what?
I just avoid the issue with my annual Chrismhannukwanza party.
"The following was written by Ben Stein"
And that's when I clicked 'Close Tab' (meta?)
A metaphorical close-tab.
Why isn't Obama on the list?
Because he's a muslim, duh.