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Thank you, Al Halstead

What a delight to open a letter today calling me:

“fat” “gutless” “scum” “spineless loser” “total loser” “your as bald as a monkeys rearend and just as ugly” “Your a few sandwichs short of a picnic lunch!” “I’m a retired special ed teacher and your truly retarded as I’ve ever seen.”

“Proud vet, Al Halstead”

I called Mr. Halstead at his home in Circle Pines, but he didn’t pick up the phone. I left him a message, saluting his courage in signing his name to this glorious letter.

UPDATE: Al just called me back, and doubled down by calling me the “scum of the earth” however he took umbrage when I said he was being “juvenile.” I apologize for the name-calling.

I think I might have gone too far in replying to an email from someone complaining that there isn’t enough attention being paid to Christmas. That “Happy Holidays” replaced Merry Christmas. I told the viewer that my fellow Christians need to stop whining. It’s too needy.

Jason’s History Lesson:

There was a time in December when people just said, “Hello.”
Then Christians started saying, “Merry Christmas!”
Then the Jews got in on it with “Happy Hannukah!”
The African-Americans threw in, “Happy Kwanzaa!”
And the rest of the world gave up, switched from “Hello” and went with “Happy Holidays.”

So shut up already. Everyone still says Merry Christmas. Worry about yourself and what kind of a person YOU are being. I’ll worry about what everyone else should be doing.

Stop using your kids as political pawns. Stop making your 8-year-old carry an anti-abortion sign. Stop forcing your 3rd grader to go confront Michele Bachmann. Stop it.