Merry Xmas, Buttars!
UPDATE!An astute Trib reader points out a belief of another of the world's major religions seems to be kicking in for South Jordan residents who re-elected Chris Buttars.
There is a certain amount of Karma going on here. The people of West Jordan re-elected Buttars again and now they are paying for it through [former City Manager Gary] Luebber's separation plan. So there is some justice in the world.
Last night, MSNBC has alerted the nation to what most Utahns out side the benighted Jordans already know: state Sen. Chris Buttars is the "Worst Person in the World."
Annoying liberal commentator Keith Olbermann rates Buttars as edging out Bill O'Reilly and a Virginia GOP hack who told McCain workers to compare Barack Obama to terrorist Osama bin laden "because they both have friends who bomb the Pentagon."
Buttars won worstest gold for his defense-of-Christmas resolution to encourage retail workers to say "Merry Christmas" instead of "Happy Holidays."
Says Olbermann:
The charcter on South Park of the same name is just a coincidence.Hat tip to Trib political editor Dan Harrie who offers his take on the joyous occasion of Buttars national notoriety.
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"... and a pretense of objectivity that fools nobody except the chumps in the newsroom. We [non-newspaper people] reject contempt for the readers, hatred of free enterprise..."
The above words are better than scripture.
Buttars - Butt-arse - has the brain of a gnat. It's Utah, and once again someone's trying to make points with the silly Mormon church. I love living here: mountains, skiing, hiking, scenery and lots of Mormon ammo for my friends in the Midwest.
God, how they laugh.
tobiaz - you are hilarious! that is so funny! you are able to use the sacred religious beliefs of others as ammo for your buddies! please share your jokes with all of us! You're right - defending the CHRIST in Christmas is only done to score brownie points with the Mormon Church. I forgot that other Christian groups do not believe in Christmas. I'm in stitches. You crack me up, tobiaz!!! Go grab a Bible - it's full of great material...or...ammo.
Other Chrsitian groups? Mormons are Christians? Couldn't tell during last year's republican primaries.
Happy Kwanzakah, Brother Buttars!
Again, as an atheist, I'm quite happy celebrating Christmas, but I'm not quite sure how cutting down a pine tree, covering it with lights and helping out the economy on Black Friday by shopping for toys has anything to do with the worship of the Christ child.
Buttars is indeed an idiot. I think he represents his voters well.
Happy Holidays, one and all!
In my home we celebrate
the "holiday season" with a Christmas tree, we sing Christmas carols, the children are very excited on Christmas eve, we give and receive Christmas gifts, and we have Christmas dinner with family. Because I am trying to follow Christ's example more fully each year, and one day hope to call myself a true Christian, I believe in, love the principle, and try to live so as to be inclusive to all God's chilren. At this season I also respect and celebrate my bros and sis's special holidays such as Hannakah, Kwanza, etc. I abhor exclusivity and compulsion---those traits were not to be found in Jesus, whom I seek to be like.
It is also strange to me that with all the moaning and complaining some do regarding how a "sacred holiday" has become so "commercial," --that you are now so eager to combine the two that you would seek to introduce a bill to do so. Please, please, let's keep the Christmas spirit in our hears and homes, strive for goodwill to ALL mankind and let the commercialism celebrate ALL cultural holidays of this season by wishing ALL Happy Holidays--whatever their special day may be called. Happy Holidays to all my brothers and sisters everywhere! May you find love, peace, and joy in your circle of family and friends.
Rexine
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