AMERICA
Developments
‘Merry Christmas!’
ENERGY DILEMMAS
Developing new energy
sources could stoke the battle
(With No Apologies)
over global warming, a new
Rand Corp. study warns.
Converting liquefi ed coal and
Canadian oil sands into
COMMENTARY / Michael Reagan
gasoline will generate twice as
much carbon dioxide as
conventional petroleum, says
C
HRISTMAS IS ONCE AGAIN UPON US. calling our purchases Christmas gifts.
Rand, a nonprofi t research
Sadly, we can expect to witness The secular progressives who recoil
group in Santa Monica, Calif.
countless displays of the rampant at the sound of a Christmas greeting The fi ndings refl ect the diffi cult
secularization of what should be a joyous have largely succeeded in intimidating
balance between cutting
celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. the world of commerce and government.
greenhouse gases and reducing
U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
Frankly, I’m fed up with seeing It’s time for the nearly 90 percent of
federal, state, and local governments; Americans who call themselves Christians
BILLIONS AND BILLIONS
nationwide chain stores; to do a little intimidation of their own. In the midst of Wall Street’s
and even the White House, Last year, after decades of meekly
meltdown in October, a tax-law
which last year couldn’t accepting such demonstrations of
change in the Treasury
Department went virtually
call its Christmas party the nation’s increasingly enforced
unnoticed, despite its price tag
a Christmas party; all paganism, many Americans began to
of up to $140 billion. The new
giving in to intimidation shout “Enough!” We’ve since won some regulation, intended to
from a handful of secular signifi cant victories in the fi ght to put
encourage banks to acquire
progressives who loathe Christ back into Christmas.
ailing rivals, allows fi nancial
institutions to shelter profi ts
Christianity and any My fellow Christians, I urge you to
based on losses sustained by
celebration associated with it. join me in pledging never again to shop
companies they acquire. But the
Michael Reagan
More than 80 percent of in any commercial establishment where New York law fi rm Jones Day,
is a syndicated talk-
Americans are Christians. the clerks greet us with the “Happy
which specializes in banking,
radio host heard by
Along with Easter, Holidays” insult to our religious beliefs.
fi nance, and anti-trust,
5 million listeners.
estimates that the change could
Christmas is one of the Just as we must defend the display of
cost the federal government
two most sacred days in the Christian the Menorah and other Jewish symbols
$140 billion in lost revenues.
calendar. Despite that, we have allowed at Hanukkah, we must stand up for
a tiny minority to turn Christ’s birthday Christian beliefs and values as well.
TIGHTFISTED FRANK
celebration into a secular holiday devoid We should never again vote for a
The urgent news conferences
convened to discuss the recent
of religious signifi cance. candidate who does not recognize the
$700 billion bailout bill
Merely greeting one another with right of Christians to have their sacred
demonstrated
a hearty “Merry Christmas” is to risk religious observances recognized by all the tight
offending non-Christians and being levels of government. We should not
control Rep.
labeled politically incorrect. It is taboo. buy products manufactured or sold by a
Barney Frank,
D-Mass.,
Pity the poor store employee who dares commercial enterprise that bows to the
exercises over
to greet customers with this traditional intimidation of those who hate our faith
the House
salutation instead of uttering the and seek to deny it any recognition, offi cial Finance
meaningless “Happy Holidays.” or otherwise.
Committee.
Municipalities large and small tremble On the positive side, we should
Roll Call reports that members
of Congress were so in the dark
in fear of being charged with violating applaud all those commercial entities that
over the bill’s provisions that
the separation of church and state if they joyfully and unambiguously recognize
they went to the informal news
allow a crèche on city property, or if they and celebrate the birthday of Jesus conferences, or “press scrums,”
dare to call a Christmas tree anything Christ and stand side by side with our
to hear what Frank was telling
GES
other than a “holiday” tree. Any mention Jewish brothers and sisters as they, too,
the media about the measure to
TY IMA
rescue America’s economy.
of the holiday’s correct title is verboten. fi ght to have their religious observances
GET
It has long been clear that the sole celebrated without restriction.
offi cial purpose of the “holiday” season Have a Merry Christmas, Newsmax
AN HOFFMAN/
is to boost the economy. We’re expected readers. And don’t be afraid to say that
to engage in an orgy of shopping at loud and clear to everyone.
establishments that insult us by avoiding
© 2008 MICHAEL REAGAN. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
FRANK/BREND
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