This is what the AFA thinks Iwo Jima was about:

[Are_grits_groceries]

http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/

The war has begun.

[SteppingRazor]

1. I find your misappropriation of the time-honored tradition of the Christmas tree deeply insulting.

Why do you hate Christmas?!

[Are_grits_groceries]

3. I don't.

I hate trees.

[SteppingRazor]

4. I'm totally telling all my tree-hugging hippie friends. n/t

[damntexdem]

6. Hey, unfair: I don't have any hippie-hugging tree friends!

But I pine for some.

[SteppingRazor]

9. You pine and yet they continue to leaf you alone, eh?

They must think you're some sort of sap.

[hootinholler]

20. Willow knock it off.

He's a poplar enough fellow.

-Hoot

[SteppingRazor]

21. Oak A. I'll stop. n/t

[MineralMan]

11. I hate shiny balls and tinsel.

I'm down with the baby Jesus, though.

[rubberducky]

2. LOL Too, too funny! The war is on.

[Ozymanithrax]

5. The photo was staged, and nothing more than propaganda...

Great for warbonds.

[damntexdem]

7. Yeah, but how did they get that Xmas tree to a remote battle site?

And was it for war bonds or Christmas seals? ;-)

[Ozymanithrax]

8. I think the artist took a bit of artistic license.

You know, Christmas tree, American Flag. They can be confusing.

[deaniac21]

16. Yeah, those marines were just loser pussies! None of them were ever

in danger.

[Posteritatis]

17. Trees of our Fathers, coming soon to a theatre near you! (nt)

[foxfeet]

10. Coming from the AFA, I'm surprised it doesn't depict a bunch of gay soldiers

erecting a big, ol'. . . well, you get my drift.

[Are_grits_groceries]

12. You do know what AFA stands for don't you? nt

[foxfeet]

13. When I see "AFA" I understand it to mean the American Family Association,

James Dobson's bunch. Were you referring to something else?

[MissMarple]

14. In Colorado Springs AFA usually means Air Force Academy.

Dobson has Focus on the Family, and I do believe they have a "war on Christmas" section on their web site. Focus is also in Colorado Springs. Oh, joy.

[foxfeet]

18. Apologies-- I was thinking of Donald Wildmon's outfit in Mississippi.

Not that there's all that much difference among the three. Damn acronyms!

[MissMarple]

19. I confused CBC with CBN earlier.

Totally unrelated.

[Sinti]

15. Why do they wage a war on Christmas every year?

Couldn't they take a month off of outrage and let their 'peace on earth' preaching alter ego come out for a little while? The tree, the lights, the gifts, and ritual feasting doesn't even belong to them, it comes from us pagan/heathen folk and we don't wage war on them saying, Hey - what Christmas? This is Mithra's birthday! Maybe that's the reason, they hate Mithra.

END THIS WAR!!1! - it's unconscionable. Think of the children. :+