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   XPost: alt.rush-limbaugh   
   From: traitors@house.gov   
      
   It was 2007 and I was feeling patriotic about the Iraq War. I   
   was also getting to know my fiancee's extended family, and at a   
   family get-together my future sister-in-law shared her anti-war   
   views. I couldn't help myself. I had to respond.   
      
   My future sister-in-law said that the war was ruining America's   
   reputation across the world. I said I didn’t care what the world   
   thought, and then I proceeded to tell her what I thought of the   
   rest of the world.   
      
   Finally, I shut down the conversation with a serenade.   
      
   “You can say what you want,” I said with a smirk, "but I think   
   Lee Greenwood said it best in 'Proud to be an American.'" Then I   
   belted out the song.   
      
   “I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free!   
   And I won’t forget the men who died and gave that right to me!”   
      
   I thought it was pretty funny, but it didn’t go over well with   
   my future family member.   
      
   My future sister-in-law just looked at me with a blank stare,   
   turned around and went to the kitchen to do something other than   
   talk to me.   
      
   When I look back on that conversation, I cringe. It was so   
   reckless – I hardly knew my fiancee’s sister and yet I saw fit   
   to go to the mat over a complicated political question. But I   
   wasn't the first to do it and I won't be the last – especially   
   at this contentious political moment in history.   
      
   It's just so tempting to convert our Christmas get-togethers   
   into stages for political punditry. We can hardly help   
   ourselves. There's nothing like gossiping about the palace   
   intrigue involving one of the most powerful leaders on the   
   planet.   
      
   If we simply must talk politics about powerful leaders, however,   
   I say we discuss a political event for the ages – one involving   
   two kings. This event impacts you and me more than the news   
   about a presidential impeachment ever could.   
      
   You may recall the story: One "king," known as Cesar Augustus,   
   orders everyone in his empire to participate in a census. It's   
   poor timing for a couple named Mary and Joseph, who live in a   
   conquered little country called Israel.   
      
   Joseph travels 90 miles with Mary, who's pregnant, to a little   
   town called Bethlehem. It is there that Mary delivers a baby   
   named Jesus and places him in a feed trough – a humble crib for   
   a child born into poverty.   
      
   That child would grow up to serve, love and heal. And as a grown   
   man, His glory would come to its apex when He hung on a cross,   
   taking on the sins of the world so that the world could become   
   like Him.   
      
   Above Jesus' bleeding head would be a title, issued by a Roman   
   governor, "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews." The baby boy   
   from Nazareth was lifted up to kingship by taking on a crown of   
   thorns for you and me.   
      
   Now that's a political discussion worth having.   
      
   In the midst of all of the strife in our country, let's redirect   
   our attention and conversation to the true reason for Christmas:   
   Jesus Christ, the one for whom the angels still declare: "Glory   
   to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men!"   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/joshua-rogers-forget-impeachment-   
   heres-the-most-stunning-political-story-this-christmas   
        
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)