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...cheer. Beginning in 1999, Brimelow ran a competition to spotlight offenders in the War on Christmas. The inaugural villain was the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which earned the dubious honor for hosting a holiday party dubbed "A Celebration of Holiday Traditions." The following year, Amazon.com became a target of Brimelow's wrath for subjecting consumers to the nondenominational greeting "Happy Holidays!" (In 2003, VDare was classified as a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center for providing a platform for white nationalist viewpoints.) Outrage over alleged restrictions against Christmas emblems imposed by stores like Wal-Mart...
...obstacle to focusing on the spiritual messages of Christmas. "We've seen churches embrace the Americana idea of Christmas," says Michael Hidalgo, lead pastor at the multi-denominational Denver Community Church. "Their heart is in the right place, but in some ways they end up looking like Target celebrating Christmas." Others, though, have accepted the idea that Christmas Day is a time for family instead of religious reflection. "I think it is our job to get Christmas off on the right foot...and then get out of the way," wrote one pastor at CreativeWorshipTour.com, in a discussion about Christmas services...
...Alpha course's own advertising campaign, with posters on buses carrying an inscription with a similar font to the Alpha's posters: "There is probably no god. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life," they state. Within a few weeks, the fund raised $180,000 after setting a target of just...
...Chrysler, with GM getting $9.4 billion and Chrysler $4 billion. The money will be in the form of three-year loans, but the terms permit the Obama Administration to demand earlier repayment - presumably triggering bankruptcy - if it believes the restructuring goals are not being met. The near-term target is a March 31 deadline for the automakers to show a plan for achieving long-term viability. Based on White House and Treasury descriptions of the plan, this will be less an acid test than a subjective assessment of progress...
...protests are not "just for the boy," but express the anger at the financial crisis and political corruption, and "will not end until the government falls." Lazaros Apekis, president of the Hellenic Federation of University Teachers, said the youth demonstrations are "a genuine social revolt." He said the target is "a political system that has sold out the public in favor of private interests...