Merry CHRISTmas to all of you!

Today is the day they choose to celebrate, in their stylized way, the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ over 2,000 years ago. Greetings to you, my dear readers, in his holy and inestimable Name! Kris Anne and I have been busy with musical matters -- she was kind enough to play a flute solo at my church last evening, and she did beautifully as always.

My Christmas stocking is today's extra-ripe pile of news items. There was no thrill in my childhood like reaching down, down, further down into that bell-bedecked red and white stocking (made by an old [!] friend of my folks' when we three kids were born).... and quite frankly, now that I'm grown up, the biggest thrills go like this:

***An article I read in the current New American magazine at our Executive Director's place last night:Thomas R. Eddlem's Is Newt Gingrich the "Anti-Romney" or the "other Romney"? Oh, what Christmas joy that such a filthy politician as Newt can still be exposed with such thoroughgoing finesse! You've got to read it and share it with loved ones far and near. You won't even have to wrap it!

http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/9587-newt-gingrich-the-qanti-romneyq-or-the-qother-romneyq

***email from a friend this AM -- tastes like a Ferrero Rocher chocolate:

"Newt's failure to get on the Missouri, Ohio and Virginia ballots and Problems in NH : causing his supporters to leave in droves.

Was checking out some blogs today from various sites across the political spectrum and I noticed one thing in common. Not getting on the Virginia ballot is causing Newt Flight. Most people are saying if he can't get on the ballot, how can he run the country? People are saying if it's between Romney and Paul, they will support Paul even if don't agree with him on foreign policy.

Newt has now failed to get on some New Hampshire county ballots and failed to get a complete list of delegates in that state. He failed Also to get on the Missouri and Ohio ballots and now Virginia.

His support is just a shell of Fox News and Talk Radio propaganda, he has no real support of the people.

UPDATE:
It begins. Newt's inability to get on ballots shakes supporters
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/24/gingrich-ballo...

Of course, this is merely more of the sheeple endlessly chasing the chimera of who can get elected, normally on the grounds that the person can be elected, but if he can't get elected, he won't get elected, therefore somebody else should get elected if he can get elected, but only if he can get elected. It has absolutely nothing to do with merit, character or agenda, just herd instinct. But oh, YUM for purposes of genuine conservatism!

*** Tastes like chocolate mousse with a layer of lemon chiffon underneath and cherries on top:

Gingrich Campaign Slams Virginia Primary System After Failing to Qualify for Ballot
or as our correspondent in the PN-FRIENDS egroup puts it, " A Huge Hit for Newt: He cannot get enough votes in his home state and no Primary 'Write ins' are allowed!!!!"

Seriously, the way things go nowadays, It's magnificent news and a great Christmas celebration for this blogger to (finally) get up on the Big Day and see Newt going down in flames. I hope I'm not the only one turning to this blog who realizes the profound evil represented by Gingrich. He is not merely another so-so player, another overblown mediocrity angling for the "hearts and minds" of ameriKa.... in my studied personal opinion he is profoundly evil and subversive.

We're not in Kansas anymore; in an age when CONgress will use this holiday as cover for demolishing the remaining crumbs of the Bill of Rights, harsh realities have got to be faced or today's problems and crises will soon look like a golden age. We in the Patriot Network do not wish anyone ill, we merely want truth to prevail -- and at this point in history, it looks like it will be in spite of federal politicians, not any thanks to them.

The same issue of New American has a story on a subject dear to my heart: movies and the need to overcome the tide of Hollywoodian decadence. Ever heard about the church in Albany, GA that decided to do something about it some years ago and started producing family-friendly films themselves? Best news -- they're still at it. Can't find the URL, but here's the heading:

WORTH MORE THAN A THOUSAND WORDS
A Baptist church decided that if people gave more credence tio movies than to pastors, it would make movies. Four increasingly successful movies later, lives are changing. By Kelly Holt

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