People with ample time on their hands (read: Unemployed losers and/or college pukes) have been figuring out
ways to irritate the rest of us.
Christmas has been under attack by a handful of whiners
because it is too religious. The image
of Baby Jesus is much too much for most of those clowns for some unknown
reason. This likely goes along with that
‘freedom of religion’ stuff in the Constitution but, I’m not sure how.
Conversely, the same folks who have been ardently trying to
eliminate Christmas because of its religious roots, are first to celebrate
Halloween. Halloween is the celebration
called All Hallows Eve, a celebration of saints and the deceased. Not being terribly bright, I would deem
Halloween a religious event which should be shunned by schools and the other
easily offended folks.
But, it is not enough to climb aboard some else’s offended
train. People from all walks of life are
now reaching for their own cause du jour.
By way of background, my high school mascot was an Indian,
and the sports teams were dubbed the Red Raiders. This name was derived from the steeped
history surrounding the Upstate New York area.
It seems that back in the 1700’s, the “City Beyond the Pines” was
repeatedly attacked by fun-loving Indians who eventually burned the city down
after killing all the inhabitants. ‘Take-no-prisoners’
was the lesson we learned from those peaceniks.
But, I digress.
Today, however, the school is gone, as is the Red Raider
moniker. On the other hand, in the Washington , D.C.
They clearly believe the name is racist in nature, and
Redskins recalls a time when red-skinned people lived in America
So, President Barack Hussein Obama has weighed in, taking
time off from his secret “jobs” plan, to say he would change the name. No word yet on the fate of the Boston Celtics
or any other team changing their names.
Perhaps President Obama will find time to add his two-cents after a
round of national security golf or taking a break from his jobs initiative.
Redskin’s team owner Dan Snyder has said there will be no
name change as long as he is the owner.
Why all this is news is baffling because the offended parties can, and
should, boycott attending the games as that is the solution for nearly
everything else coming from the seat of government.
The politically correct crowd – a term given to do-gooders
who enjoy sticking their noses into other people’s business – have renamed the
Indian population “Native Americans.”
It seems as though “Native Americans” is now the preferred
term to refer to not only people born in America
