HOUSMAN: The Real ‘Lie Of The Year’

Edited: - The point is that this “Lie of the Year" is one of the biggest scandals in American political history: the lie that Joe Biden was acting as president in 2024 and was mentally capable of serving another 4 years.---There is no lie that could have been conjured up by any other person in American politics that could compete with this. The scope of the lie was enormous; the entire corporate media, Democratic Party and executive branch of the federal government conspired to hide the condition of the president. The consequence was historic; Biden cost the Democratic Party any prayer of winning the 2024 election by staying in the race and dropping a live grenade in the lap of Kamala Harris, who was utterly unequipped to handle it. And the stakes were life-or-death; with multiple major wars happening in the world, domestic unrest on college campuses, devastating inflation and declining social trust in the country, we had no president at the wheel.---https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/25/dylan-housman-politifact-lie-of-the-year-joe-biden/

Your team won, David. 

Looking for a Kitchen Sink post of substance, of interest, anything other than political/the election.  Movies?  Music? TV? 

How many times did anyone watch "It's a Wonderful Life" this season?  What would you say is the main message/moral of the movie?  How about "A Christmas Story"? 

I read a list of top ten Santa Clause portrayals in the movies.  Of course no surprise Edmund Gwenn topped the list (Miracle  on 34th Street). 

But also on the list was the guy who played Santa in "A Christmas Story?"  A tired, sick-of-kids grouch but good portrayal as he kicked/pushed Ralphie down the slide, "HO, HO, HO" as Ralphie suddenly remembered what he wanted for Christmas and tried to climb back up.  And the lamp, the 'old man's' "Major Award."  Priceless.

In "Wonderful Life" the angel Clarence, in the Pottersville bar thinking of ordering "A flaming rum punch", but thinking better of it, "No, not nearly cold enough."  Through the door comes Mr. Gower, drunk and dissheveled, who had lost his business when he accidently "poisoned a kid" because George Bailey wasn't there to save the day.

Another Christmas favorite is "The Shop Around the Corner."

Yours??

Candy

    Candy - the election of the President is/was not a "team" contest.The governing of America is not a game - it is our reality, 24/7. The election is/was an event of great magnitude and importance to the people of the United States. I, for one, will never forget the past 4 years of corrupt, anti - America governing of the DemocRat party. They set the table to disrupt and ruin America from within without regard to common sense, right and wrong and the things that made America the most enviable nation in the world. I will continue to post any and all instances of the surfacing of facts concerning the corruption and those who have attempted to ruin America. You may do as others here have done and put me on "block" if my postings are something you don't want to see/read. As long as I am allowed to post here, I will continue with these postings. I will never back away from telling the truth - everyone deserves to know the truth about the DemocRat traitors and the corrupt mainstream media. Anyone voting DemocRat needs to have a come to Jesus moment and look around to the actual reality of what the DemocRats have done and want to do to America. They are what is wrong with America.

And I will continue to post any and all wishes that somebody will start a thread of general interest, something a little upbeat, something to lighten the mood, something that was, is or will be right with life in America.

Candy

   OK. Here is one for you - Jan 20, 2025 - the day America begins healing.

I thought the Dolly Parton movie  Coat of many colors was great

What a horrid, stupid, evil, nasty little speech to spew on Christmas Day.

The election always is "of great magnitude and importance"--but not the way Davey Pig means it: when his side wins. It has been of great magnitude and importance every time it was held, regardless of who won. And it most assuredly IS a "team contest"--because all of America participates. I know that Davey Pig thinks that only his side's opinions and views are valid. He continually refers to his mere opinions as "THE TRUTH."

And to speak to him directly: AMERICA IS GREAT NOW. Fuck you for saying that it isn't. No one has "ruined" or "destroyed" America. Our nation is intact, functional, and wealthy. Fuck you for saying otherwise!

I'm a patriot. That means that I oppose the party that tried to overthrow the government; the party that makes its hay by seeking to divide us and sow fear among us; the party of pessimism and hate; the party of misogyny and racial bigotry.

We're a great nation, and will still be even after the Turd oozes into the White House.

Candy, I share your wishes. A couple of months ago, I posted a series of music videos that I thought people would enjoy in the Sink. David Miller, Boilerman, and Tom ruined those threads by posting political nonsense and insults. I have repeatedly offered Miller a truce--that I will treat him with respect if he in turn ceases his childish, disgusting habit of calling everyone he disagrees with a liar, a moron, delusional, etc. He's NEVER had the decency to even try to control himself.

So here's one thing that makes me feel good. I encounter many, many people whose political views differ from mine--often, polar opposites. Yet, I can have civil conversations with them, and they're generally nice people. Now, I do live in Portland, where people seem to be inherently nice, and when I've been in other areas, the political discourse degenerates to screaming and insults rather quickly.

So I guess I'm glad that I don't live in the Sink! What's right with life in America? That there are places where we all can go if we don't like it where we are! Do you fantasize aloud about shooting people? Do you loathe Mexicans? Do you think women who get abortions should be tried for murder? Then you can go to Texas and be among like-minded people!

Hi Candy,

I generally don't like Christmas movies, because they feel kind of saccharine. There is in fact no Santa Claus, but every movie seems like it has to pretend there is. And the relentlessly upbeat nature of Christmas as portrayed in those movies--well, it's not such a joyous time for everybody.

Christmas, as it's celebrated nowadays, is and always has been a Christian hijacking of the ancient traditions of winter solstice celebrations, in myriad civilizations. Those celebrations were always about family, home and hearth, the beginning of days getting longer again, and yes, helping members of the community who might not survive a long winter otherwise. 

So for me, the real "Christmas story" has been when people sacrifice their time, effort and money to help those who need it: Christmas dinners for the homeless, toy drives, various charity efforts, and yes, the guy who drives around Portland with a van full of blankets and hands them out to people who need them. Some people bitch and moan about the people they consider worthless vermin; others, though, try to help them. That's what Christmas means in my book: community, caring, generosity. But that rarely makes its way into the movie theater: some anonymous guy in a van handing out blankets so homeless people can be a little less miserable. Very little drama there. Kindness rarely is dramatic.

The Bible's Christmas fable is particularly risible because there is no historical record of the Roman Empire EVER issuing a decree ordering everybody to return home so that they could be taxed. But let's say that there was--would that ever have been done in the dead of winter, during the shortest days of the year??? Obviously, the writers of the Bible decided to make Christmas concurrent with, or replace, the "pagan" winter solstice celebrations.

I do have one Santa portrayal that I enjoy--Billy Bob Thornton in "Bad Santa." The most amusing character is his dutiful elf helper--a very short black guy who is far more dedicated to the job than Santa is, punches his time clock and tries to compensate for the mess that his perpetually drunk boss creates. It's a hoot.

I hope this season finds you and those you love well.

Oh, and Candy: the main message of "It's A Wonderful Life," one of the few Christmas movies I do really enjoy, is IMHO that the people who do good in this world often do so unseen, unacknowledged, and unsung--but they do it anyway. Very few good deeds do, in fact, go unpunished, but people still do them.

That may lead such people to believe that the good they do ultimately doesn't matter. it can be kind of a downer to work your ass off to improve the life of your community in some small way and never be acknowledged, but the problematic nature of such work is that you often don't see its ultimate effects at all. The same goes for people who toil in public service and public health positions, often earning dismal pay--they often don't see the results of the good they do because those results are that they stop bad things from happening.

George Bailey is, in fact, loved by his community, but he doesn't quite see it. And unlike in the film, the George Baileys of this world often never do get to see that, and their fate is to develop cancer, go bankrupt, or get run over and killed by a garbage truck, not to ultimately receive the adulation and adoration they deserve. But then...it's the movies.