An apparent Craigslist posting. I sure hope it was real. I wonder if anyone took him up on it?

PlayStation 3 (the city)
Reply to: XXXXXXXXX@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-12-07, 10:54AM EST

I have a Brand new in-box PlayStation 3 gaming system that you can obtain for a special price. It is the 80gb model and includes 2 brand new dualshock 3 wireless controllers.I do not want your money or thanks. To obtain this top of line gaming system, you must let me punch you in the face three times and your child must be present. If you have multiple children, I would prefer you bring your youngest child. This is not a joke. If you want to be your children's hero on Christmas, we will meet at a location that I will specify to you, and I will proceed to punch you in the face in front of your child. You may brace yourself if you want before I begin to punch you, for I am a man of large stature (6'6, 275lbs) In between each punch, I want you to instruct your child not cry. If your child so much as whimpers, the deal is off. Don't think I am a man to be trifled with or that you and a friend can ambush me. I am a former NAVY SEAL and a veteran of the Irag War.

This is the best deal you will ever find on a PlayStation 3. A truly unique offer. You are welcome to inspect the product for authenticity before the deal is done.

Email me for more specific details and we can arrange a rendevous.

Merry Christmas.

Remember when we told you a while back that we'd be getting a bunch of kids bicycles for Christmas? We also promised we'd let you in on our progress. Check out the bicycles hanging out in our offices just waiting to make some kids really happy Christmas morning. Special thanks to Gerald Greene from Raleigh Bicycles and Raymond Casey from Bikes and Beyond in Ft. Benning.

Apparently I did that wrong. Here is Neal's wish for Christmas:

People in radio are generally a bit...odd. Check out our little Christmas tree in the common area at our flagship station News/Talk 750 WSB. 'Nuff said.

This story is from Great Britain.  But it is only a matter of time before it becomes a reality in your child's government school.  The Greenwood Junior School .. I assume that is the equivalent to an elementary school .. sent out a letter to the parents: Christmas is canceled because we want to celebrate a Muslim holiday instead.

The three day festival of Eid al-Adha .. whatever that is .. will take place between December 8^th and 11^th.  Since a lot of students were going to be off from school for Eid, the school thought that the traditional nativity play scheduled for later in the month would be too taxing.  The staff of the Greenwood Junior School says, "It is with much regret that we have had to cancel this year's Christmas performances. This is due to the Eid celebrations that take place next week and its effect on our performers."

After some parents complained, the school had to send out another letter saying that Christmas hasn't been canceled; only postponed.  They will be doing their Christmas play in January. 

The slumping economy has taken its toll on troop support and donation programs. According to MOM 4R MARINES founder Patty Lewis, the number of  donations  and packages being sent to the troops has fallen to an all-time low, while the number of homesick Marines and sailors  hoping to receive a package is at an all-time high, especially while deployed in the cold mountains of Afghanistan over the holidays. We must send them our support! Please help make this happen for a group of 1500 wonderful, fearless warriors living without any normal amenities. WE NEED YOUR HELP TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN! NOW! THE TIME IS NOW! While they can use your donations year round, donate before December 7th to make your funds available for this year's holiday shipment. How to donate.

I'm gonna buy ten kids a bicycle for Christmas.  Details in a moment ... but let me tell you why I'm doing this.

I think I was about 14 or 15 years old when this fateful Christmas came to pass.  I woke up Christmas morning and rushed into the living room, there to find two brand-new shiny 10-speed bicycles.  Now these 10-speeds were something new back then.  To have a 10-speed was to be one of the most bitchin' kids on the block ... and there they were!  Two of them under the tree!

I immediately recognized that something wasn't quite right. Two brand-spanking new 10-speeds, and three kids.  One of us was going to get screwed.  One of us wasn't getting a 10-speed. ... and I had no doubt who that someone would be.  It was then that I noticed an old black bicycle sitting to the side of the room.  It was a 3-speed with the shifter on the handlebars.  Not cool.  The paint was old and faded, the tires worn.  How in the world did Santa belch out this wreck along with those two 10-speeds?  Surely this must be some sort of a huge mistake.

Well .. you know exactly where this is going.  My brother and sister were the proud owners of the new 10-speeds, and the sad old wreck was mine.  Devastation!  I couldn't believe it!  I don't think I rode that bike three times max ... and the last time I rode it I "accidently" left it somewhere where it was sure to be stolen.  It was such a sad looking bicycle that I think it is probably still right there where I left it. 

So ... sometime in the next week or so I'm going to go out and buy ten brand new bicycles.  I already have mine (a Trek Pilot) so I'm going to give these away.  I need to find 10 kids who aren't looking forward to all that much on Christmas morning, and I'm asking you to be my elves.  Logistics demand that we have to limit ourselves to the Atlanta area.  I'm not shipping a bicycle to San Francisco.  So if you know a young curtain climber who is facing a glum Christmas perhaps you can send us some of the details.  Click here to send an email to the Boortz show. Tell us about the child .. and give us the necessary contact information for his or her parents.  We're going to get thousands of emails here ... and poor Cristina and Web Guy are going to have to go through them, verify and choose.  We'll try to get some pictures and let you know how this works out. 

The day before Thanksgiving I got on the air and ranted for four and a half hours about Florida Gulf Coast University and its decision to ban Christmas from campus.  Cristina spent the entire show trying to get the president of the University, Wilson Bradshaw, on the air to discuss his asinine decision.  His calendar was "completely booked."  Yeah ... I'll just bet.  Everyone completely books their calendar the day before Thanksgiving. 

But wait!  It turns out that Bradshaw's calendar was indeed booked - he was busy drafting a new press release to reverse his decision to ban Christmas from campus.  By Wednesday afternoon, Bradshaw had a change of heart.  He says that he changed his mind due to the "overwhelming negative response."  Gee, ya think?  Don't you just hate it when some SAWB talk show host picks up on your absurd politically correct machinations? 

Anyway, I figured that you would be happy to know that some sanity has been restored to the campus of Gulf Coast University.  Although, it shouldn't take a national talk show and the national media to point out the idiocy of the original plan.