{"id":6826,"date":"2009-12-12T11:09:59","date_gmt":"2009-12-12T11:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/12\/president-obamas-weekly-addres.html"},"modified":"2009-12-12T11:09:59","modified_gmt":"2009-12-12T11:09:59","slug":"president-obamas-weekly-addres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/12\/president-obamas-weekly-addres.html","title":{"rendered":"President Obama&#8217;s weekly address includes a Christmas tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atheists, I thought I&#8217;d warn you in case you were easily offended, you might not want to watch this video:<object width=\"580\" height=\"360\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Y1oyHybFWUg&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Y1oyHybFWUg&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6&#038;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"580\" height=\"360\"><\/embed><\/object>Though, I&#8217;m sure some of you won&#8217;t even be bothered by the tree (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5i7tADnxuR79MJPcf7h0C8jxGSMGQD9CG23P80\">you may even have one up at your house<\/a> with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001GSL70W?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=lifeunderth0d-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B001GSL70W\">flying spaghetti monster ornament<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=lifeunderth0d-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B001GSL70W\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>?) and have embraced the secular nature of our national holiday, celebrating the time with family and friends, not giving a thought to the reason for the season: the birth of the Savior of the world. Your blood pressure must be a lot lower than your brethren who freak out that they live in a secular nation that celebrates the birth of a major religious figure. Don&#8217;t worry, I&#8217;m sure that the focus of most families will be on the presents and not God&#8217;s gift to mankind.BTW, it&#8217;s about time Obama proposed tax cuts to small businesses! But I&#8217;ll believe it when I see it. Don&#8217;t see how he&#8217;ll get Charlie Rangel to do it since he hates giving tax cuts to the &#8220;rich.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atheists, I thought I&#8217;d warn you in case you were easily offended, you might not want to watch this video:Though, I&#8217;m sure some of you won&#8217;t even be bothered by the tree (you may even have one up at your house with a flying spaghetti monster ornament?) and have embraced the secular nature of our&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[406,8,399,402],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atheism-2","category-christianity","category-politics-2","category-religion-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>President Obama&#039;s weekly address includes a Christmas tree - 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