Sunday, December 23, 2012 12:52:53 AM
Fox and Friends Santa Claus
http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/12/20/1365271/fox-news-brings-on-santa-claus-to-discuss-the-war-on-christmas/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XApkZoPM25w
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Ho Ho Ho? Fox & Friends 'Santa' Turns Out To Be Quite The 'Dirty Old Man' And 'Pleaser of Women'
http://douchechillz.com/chillz/fox-n-friends-santa-loves-the-ladies/
Yesterday morning Fox & Friends interviewed a man dressed as Santa Claus to ask for his feelings about the so-called "War on Christmas" that many conservative commentators believe is being waged by "secular America." Turns out, the portly man in the red suit, Sal Lizard, is quite the horn-dog and self-described "dirty old man."
Lizard is a professional Claus impersonator, and he's written a book called Being Santa Claus to attest to his uncanny resemblance to the popular fictional Christmas character.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5KzARKp4PM [also at/title and text taken from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkaZtX-Um3I ]
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Judge: La. woman can flip finger in holiday lights
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
December 20, 2012 | Updated: December 20, 2012 8:08pm
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana woman ran afoul of police when she gave her neighbors an unusual holiday greeting, hanging Christmas lights in the shape of a middle finger.
Sarah Childs was in a dispute with some of her neighbors in Denham Springs, just east of Baton Rouge, so she decided to send a message with her decorations. Neighbors complained and police threatened to arrest her, so she and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana sued the city.
A judge ruled in her favor Thursday.
"I imagine it will be back up before too long," ACLU of Louisiana executive director Marjorie Esman said of the display.
Childs erected the lights on her roof last month. She has removed them twice — once after a police officer told her she could be fined and again after another officer threatened to arrest her, her lawsuit said.
U.S. District Judge James Brady issued an order temporarily barring city officials from interfering with the display. The two-page order said the city's "continued efforts" to prevent Childs from displaying her holiday lights will violate her rights to free speech and due process. He scheduled a Jan. 7 hearing in Baton Rouge.
Denham Springs attorney Paeton Burkett said the city will comply with Brady's order, but she declined to comment on the lawsuit.
"We're going to sit down with everybody involved and see if there's any merit to it," she said.
Mayor Jimmy Durbin and Police Chief Scott Jones, who are named as defendants, didn't immediately respond to calls seeking comment.
The suit said the police department dispatched an officer to Childs' home after several neighbors complained directly to the mayor. The officer told Childs she would be violating the city's "obscenity statute" and could be fined if she didn't take it down, according to the lawsuit. However, Denham Springs doesn't have an obscenity statute, the suit said.
Childs removed the lights but put them back up after the ACLU defended her in an open letter to the city. That time, the display showed two hands with extended middle fingers.
After another round of complaints, the city responded with a "collateral attack," issuing her two tickets, according to the suit. One accused her of obstructing the flow of traffic as she walked down the side of a street. Another ticket accused her of disturbing the peace while singing an impromptu song about her neighborhood dispute while standing in her driveway.
"Childs' impromptu song allegedly contained some obscenities directed at her neighbors, so the city cited her for simple assault," the suit said.
The ACLU would not say exactly what the neighborhood dispute was about, and a no one answered at a telephone listing for Childs.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press
http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Judge-La-woman-can-flip-finger-in-holiday-lights-4135796.php [with comments]
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Santa Arrested In Austin For Drawing On Sidewalk With Chalk (VIDEO)
A man wearing a Santa suit was arrested in Austin, Texas, Friday for drawing on a sidewalk with chalk.
By John Stephens
Posted: 12/21/2012 10:00 pm EST
Officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety arrested a man dressed as Santa Claus in Austin [ http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/man-in-santa-suit-arrested-outside-capitol/nTc6c/ ] Friday on charges of criminal mischief after writing with chalk on the grounds of the state Capitol building, the Austin American-Statesman reports.
Video footage of the arrest was quickly uploaded to the Internet [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Wzao_2PSI (below, as embedded)] by members of Occupy Austin, which included a press release with the video detailing the incident and the group's response.
"Today I saw the jolly red elf at the Capitol, cheerfully requesting that children write their wishes for a better world in chalk on the sidewalk. Santa said his favorite word was 'Community.' Various children wrote words like 'Peace,' 'Friendship,' and 'Grace,'" Occupy Austin's Lainie Duro, a witness to the arrest, said in the statement [ http://occupyaustin.org/2012/12/freesanta-rally/ ].
In the video, peace officers can be heard saying that the man, identified by the American-Statesman as James Peterson, was the only person drawing on the sidewalk with chalk. But bystanders quickly responded that children and other adults were also drawing on the sidewalk and that they had video footage of it.
Peterson repeatedly asked why he was being arrested and was visibly distraught. According to the paper, DPS spokesman Tom Vinger said Peterson was charged with evading arrest.
WATCH: Full YouTube Video Of Santa Being Arrested In Austin:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/21/santa-arrested-austin-chalking-video_n_2349446.html [with (additional) embedded video report, and comments]
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Published on Dec 20, 2012 by ThinkProgress TP
http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/12/20/1365271/fox-news-brings-on-santa-claus-to-discuss-the-war-on-christmas/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XApkZoPM25w
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Ho Ho Ho? Fox & Friends 'Santa' Turns Out To Be Quite The 'Dirty Old Man' And 'Pleaser of Women'
Published on Dec 21, 2012 by Douche Chillz
http://douchechillz.com/chillz/fox-n-friends-santa-loves-the-ladies/
Yesterday morning Fox & Friends interviewed a man dressed as Santa Claus to ask for his feelings about the so-called "War on Christmas" that many conservative commentators believe is being waged by "secular America." Turns out, the portly man in the red suit, Sal Lizard, is quite the horn-dog and self-described "dirty old man."
Lizard is a professional Claus impersonator, and he's written a book called Being Santa Claus to attest to his uncanny resemblance to the popular fictional Christmas character.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5KzARKp4PM [also at/title and text taken from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkaZtX-Um3I ]
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Judge: La. woman can flip finger in holiday lights
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
December 20, 2012 | Updated: December 20, 2012 8:08pm
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana woman ran afoul of police when she gave her neighbors an unusual holiday greeting, hanging Christmas lights in the shape of a middle finger.
Sarah Childs was in a dispute with some of her neighbors in Denham Springs, just east of Baton Rouge, so she decided to send a message with her decorations. Neighbors complained and police threatened to arrest her, so she and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana sued the city.
A judge ruled in her favor Thursday.
"I imagine it will be back up before too long," ACLU of Louisiana executive director Marjorie Esman said of the display.
Childs erected the lights on her roof last month. She has removed them twice — once after a police officer told her she could be fined and again after another officer threatened to arrest her, her lawsuit said.
U.S. District Judge James Brady issued an order temporarily barring city officials from interfering with the display. The two-page order said the city's "continued efforts" to prevent Childs from displaying her holiday lights will violate her rights to free speech and due process. He scheduled a Jan. 7 hearing in Baton Rouge.
Denham Springs attorney Paeton Burkett said the city will comply with Brady's order, but she declined to comment on the lawsuit.
"We're going to sit down with everybody involved and see if there's any merit to it," she said.
Mayor Jimmy Durbin and Police Chief Scott Jones, who are named as defendants, didn't immediately respond to calls seeking comment.
The suit said the police department dispatched an officer to Childs' home after several neighbors complained directly to the mayor. The officer told Childs she would be violating the city's "obscenity statute" and could be fined if she didn't take it down, according to the lawsuit. However, Denham Springs doesn't have an obscenity statute, the suit said.
Childs removed the lights but put them back up after the ACLU defended her in an open letter to the city. That time, the display showed two hands with extended middle fingers.
After another round of complaints, the city responded with a "collateral attack," issuing her two tickets, according to the suit. One accused her of obstructing the flow of traffic as she walked down the side of a street. Another ticket accused her of disturbing the peace while singing an impromptu song about her neighborhood dispute while standing in her driveway.
"Childs' impromptu song allegedly contained some obscenities directed at her neighbors, so the city cited her for simple assault," the suit said.
The ACLU would not say exactly what the neighborhood dispute was about, and a no one answered at a telephone listing for Childs.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press
http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Judge-La-woman-can-flip-finger-in-holiday-lights-4135796.php [with comments]
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Santa Arrested In Austin For Drawing On Sidewalk With Chalk (VIDEO)
A man wearing a Santa suit was arrested in Austin, Texas, Friday for drawing on a sidewalk with chalk.
By John Stephens
Posted: 12/21/2012 10:00 pm EST
Officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety arrested a man dressed as Santa Claus in Austin [ http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/man-in-santa-suit-arrested-outside-capitol/nTc6c/ ] Friday on charges of criminal mischief after writing with chalk on the grounds of the state Capitol building, the Austin American-Statesman reports.
Video footage of the arrest was quickly uploaded to the Internet [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Wzao_2PSI (below, as embedded)] by members of Occupy Austin, which included a press release with the video detailing the incident and the group's response.
"Today I saw the jolly red elf at the Capitol, cheerfully requesting that children write their wishes for a better world in chalk on the sidewalk. Santa said his favorite word was 'Community.' Various children wrote words like 'Peace,' 'Friendship,' and 'Grace,'" Occupy Austin's Lainie Duro, a witness to the arrest, said in the statement [ http://occupyaustin.org/2012/12/freesanta-rally/ ].
In the video, peace officers can be heard saying that the man, identified by the American-Statesman as James Peterson, was the only person drawing on the sidewalk with chalk. But bystanders quickly responded that children and other adults were also drawing on the sidewalk and that they had video footage of it.
Peterson repeatedly asked why he was being arrested and was visibly distraught. According to the paper, DPS spokesman Tom Vinger said Peterson was charged with evading arrest.
WATCH: Full YouTube Video Of Santa Being Arrested In Austin:
Copyright © 2012 TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/21/santa-arrested-austin-chalking-video_n_2349446.html [with (additional) embedded video report, and comments]
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