Hope your family is able to be together to celebrate the gift of love that out God has given us.

As far as the surgery, it was some out of state by a surgeon we have known for years since he and his wife adopted one of "our boys" Swmbo stayed with our boy, who is now a married man while I was in the hospital. After the surgery the surgeon told me that I had died on the table and had to be resussitated. So I figure that I still have something God wants me to do and He has given me time to finish my task..

Ta-Nehisi Coates became a liberal hero after writing a long boring piece for The Atlantic about how the US owes black people trillions in s***ery r********ns. He’s back with another long boring piece for the liberal magazine about how r****t America has been to Obama during his time in office. As part of this snore-fest, Obama makes the stunning claim that his terrible presidency only seems terrible because of Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, and Sarah Palin.

As a companion to Coates’ “My President Was Black” article, The Atlantic released the source interviews with Barack Obama. It’s really some of the least interesting stuff I’ve ever read, but deep down inside, there was one little nugget. Obama believes, or wants you to believe, that the public perception that he’s been a weak president is not true and only based on conservative media coverage.

“In 2008 I was never subjected to the kind of concentrated vilification of Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, the whole conservative-media ecosystem, and so as a consequence, even for my first two years as a senator I was polling at 70 percent. And it was because people basically saw me unfiltered. I was at a town-hall meeting, or I was talking to people directly, or they had met me, or I would speak at a university or go to a VFW hall. But they weren’t seeing some image of me as trying to take away their stuff and give it to black people, and coddle criminals, and all the stereotypes of not just African American politicians but liberal politicians. You started to see that kind of prism being established towards the end of the 2008 race, particularly once Sarah Palin was the nominee. And obviously almost immediately after I was elected, it was deployed in full force. And it had an impact in terms of how a large portion of white v**ers would see me,” said Obama.

As you can see the failure of ObamaCare, the weak foreign policy decisions, the partisanship, and d******eness are just an illusion created by that miniscule slice of the media that leans to the right. When you saw Obama golfing as the country and the world were burning, it just wasn’t true; Rush Limbaugh made it up. When Obama focused on unimportant social issues instead of the economy, it was an invention of Fox News. When Obama was waging a cultural war against most of America, it was really Sarah Palin who was dividing the nation.

What a complete load of s**t. No president in US history has received less scrutiny from the press than Obama. Most news outlets and the entire entertainment industry have been firmly in Obama’s corner from day one. Any time someone dared question him, a quick accusation of r****m shot down that criticism. Obama carefully controlled his public persona and media coverage of his presidency. Kim Jong Il doesn’t get as favorable press from the North Korean media as Obama gets from the American media.

The most ridiculous thing about this pathetic complaint is, all of the stuff that people h**e about Obama, he’s actually proud of. Seriously, the socialism, the directionless policies, and the identity politics are what he considers his legacy. If he’s going to toot his own horn of his terrible presidency, he should be thanking Fox, Rush, and Sarah for calling attention to it.

Encourage people to believe in you.

Always remember who's naughty and who's nice.

Don't pout.

It's as much fun to give as it is to receive.

Some days it's OK to feel a little chubby.

Make your presents known.

Always ask for a little bit more than what you really want.

Bright red can make anyone look good.

Wear a wide belt and no-one will notice how many pounds you've gained.

If you only show up once a year, everyone will think you're very important.

Whenever you're at a loss for words, say: "HO, HO, HO!"

Papa Gringo was attending his high school reunion
The subject came up as to what they did on Christmas Eve,when they were children

Patrick Oriley replied"My twelvve brothers and I would go to midnight Mass and sing hymns,then go back home and put mince pies on the back porch for Father Christmas
hang up our stockings and go to bed,waiting for Father Christmas to come

Jimmy Brown then said"My Sister and I would go to church with Mom and Dad and sing Christmas carols.then when we got home we would put cookies and milk by the fire place for Santa.
then we would go to bed and wait for Christmas day

Then everyone realized that there was a Jewish graduate standing there.and not wanting to just leave him out of the conversation one of them asked"Papa,what did you do on Christmas Eve?"
Papa Gringo laughed and said"It was the same thing every Christmas Eve.Dad would come home from the office and we would all pile into the Rolls Royce and go down to Dads Toy factory.
we would go inside and look at all the empty shelves,sing "Oh ,what a friend we have in Jesus.then we would all go to the Bahamas for a week"


The Devil made me do this
happy Channukah Papi