[Vision2020] The Grinch Factor

[Matt Decker]

Anybody think that this is coincidental since Bill use to be a editor on the 
LA Times. Not really a fan of him but I won't believe in the left sided La 
times. It tiss funny though.


>From: Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com>
>To: Ron Force <rforce at moscow.com>
>CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The Grinch Factor
>Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:38:22 -0800
>
>On 12/16/05, Ron Force <rforce at moscow.com> wrote:
> > Here's a hoot that can't be posted becauuse of copyright. Reading is 
>free at
> > the LA Times, but you have to register.
>
>I'm going to trust that Fair Use laws protect us, Ron.
>
>The Grinch Factor
>by Rosa Brooks
>
>THE WHOS down in Who-ville
>Were a tolerant lot:
>Who Christians, Who Muslims — a Who melting pot.
>Who Hindus! Who atheists! Who Buddhists, Who Jews!
>Who Confucians, Who pagans,
>And even Who Druze! The Who 1st Amendment's Establishment Clause
>Said, "No creches in courts," and the Whos loved their laws.
>Because somehow … they worked. The Whos rarely fought,
>Mostly, each Who did just what he ought.
>Every Who down in Who-ville
>Loved the Consti-Who-tion a lot.
>But the O'Reilly, who lived up in Fox-ville,
>Did NOT!
>The O'Reilly DETESTED the Who Consti-Who-tion,
>He thought it was some sort of liberal pollution.
>Now, please don't ask why, for I really don't know.
>Perhaps it had something to do with his show.
>It could be that his head wasn't screwed on quite right.
>Or it could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.
>But I think that the most likely reason of all
>May have been that his RATINGS
>Were two sizes too small
>Well, whatever it was, bad ratings or tight shoes,
>He stood there one Christmas, just hating the Whos.
>"They're so multicultural," he sneered, "and wherever they're from,
>They lack the good sense to just launch a pogrom!
>There's no Who ethnic cleansing, no Who Inquisition,
>If this PEACE can't be stopped, I may lose my position.
>Those sensitive, tolerant Whos! It's quite grating.
>I must think of something to fix my show's ratings!"
>Then he said with a smirk, "I know just what to do
>To destroy all the joy in the land of the Who!
>I think I can end that PC Who peace.
>This year, not one Who will enjoy his Roast Beast!
>"Here's just how I'll do it:
>I'll tell each Who Christian
>That the liberal Whos have devised a new mission
>To take away Christmas!
>To mock and destroy
>Till no little Who Christian is left with a toy!
>And when secular Whos — most likely Who Jews —
>Attempt to deny it? Why,
>I'll just SPIN THE NEWS!
>"I'll bluff and I'll lie; I'll sow seeds of mistrust.
>Soon they'll form battle lines into
>Who 'THEM' and Who 'US,'
>Based on which Whos prefer
>To sing out, 'Merry Christmas'
>And which Whos say, 'Kwanzaa!'
>Or 'None of your business!'
>"They'll get so confused and so MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD
>That they won't even notice the way
>They've been HAD!
>They'll be so busy squabbling
>They won't notice the war!
>They won't care if Who rich
>Start to trample Who poor!
>"Forget torture, and terror, and taxes, and health!
>They'll waste all their time on some red-hatted elf.
>"And the Who Consti-Who-tion?
>They'll stretch it or burn it!
>If it came as a gift, they would try to return it!
>"The Who Christians will think that they fight the good fight,
>They won't know that they're puppets of the Fox-ville Far Right.
>They'll forget all that DRIVEL about faith, hope and LOVE
>And say 'Merry Christmas' with a sneer and a shove.
>"But I? I will prosper! My ratings will soar,
>And maybe at last they'll forget I'm a BOOR.
>Then for every Who Christmas tree
>A most fitting adornament:
>My O'Reilly MUG on the tackiest ornament!"
>
>… And what happened then?
>
>Well, the rest's up to you.
>But I know what I'd like this holiday season:
>A little less NOISE and a little more reason.
>So Who Christians! Who Buddhists! Who Muslims! Who Jews!
>WHOever you are, just say NO to Fox "News!"
>If you don't want to lose the whole Who Consti-Who-tion
>It's time to reject the Far Right Revolution.
>So turn off O'Reilly and everyone shrill,
>Let's have some peace
>And old-fashioned GOODWILL.
>
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