Friday, December 3, 2010

Colbert's war on the war on Christmas

This is funny:

An atheist group put up a billboard on one side of New York's Lincoln Tunnel saying of Christmas, "You Know It's a Myth."

Stephen Colbert, a devout Catholic in real life, takes considerable umbrage at this.  "A myth? What part of three kings following a star through a desert to bring presents to an immaculately conceived baby-god they dreamt about sounds like a myth to you?"

The Catholic League was none too pleased either.  It "counterpunched," in the words of a spokesman, with a billboard of its own on the other side of the tunnel: "You Know It's Real: This Season, Celebrate Jesus."

Ever biblically correct, Colbert responds: "Yes, just like Jesus says, if someone slaps you on the cheek, counterpunch!"

 The video is at right.  (For some reason, a tag is broken when I put it in a post, but not in an adjacent column.  My html-challenged mind reels.)

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