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October 31, 2007 at 08:06:11

Healthful Treats for Hallowe'en? It's Sacriholidayous

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Uh oh. Here they come to clobber that cute, fluffy Easter bunny. T'wouldn't be any fun a'tall for the children to go on an Easter egg hunt, when if at the end, all they wind up with is a bunch of bland colored eggs to munch on, and no sweet candy bunnies to wash them down. That's no fun at all.

That will be followed by Easter baskets that are missing hollow chocolate bunnies, stick-in-the-teeth jelly beans and the ever popular so-sweet-a-guy-could-chock-on-them Peeps bunnies, chicks and eggs.

The only advantage of treatless holidays is for mom on the Fourth of July. No longer will she have to toil for hours over a cake that she's painstakingly decorated with whipped cream, blueberry stars and strawberry stripes to simulate the American flag.

Worst,the "worstest" of all, some food tyrant will declare "America's food" -- the grand old venerated hot dog -- off limits. Sure, they're cholesterol-laden tubes of spiced delight, but no barbequed hotdogs on the 4th? That would be down right "sacriholidayous."

What are they thinking? Taking the fun out of fun!

What's next? Taking the cake and ice cream out of junior's birthday party? Maybe these health nut do-gooders have finally found a way to "let them have their cake and eat it, too."

Plastic replica cakes all around as table decorations to celebrate memories past, and right next to them some awful spinach-rice cake decorated with celery sticks and lemon peal.

It's easy to lose one's head over the love of sweets, and Marie Antionette certainly did, but she was right when she said, "Let them eat cake."

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Just a person that knows he matters and placing more on acceptance than expectation... And while this explanation is viewed apparently by some as limited, here's some more personal information that those same some believe I "need" to testify that I can post here at OpEdNews.com:
I have an undergraduate degree (BA even - not a foppish BS) in biology/environmental science with an emphasis on environmental/ecological systems (they are, like, um, so complex), a master's degree in public he...

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Tom MurphyJust a person that knows he matters and placing more on acceptance than expectation... And while this explanation is viewed apparently by some as limited, here's some more personal information that those same some believe I "need" to testify that I can post here at OpEdNews.com:
I have an undergraduate degree (BA even - not a foppish BS) in biology/environmental science with an emphasis on environmental/ecological systems (they are, like, um, so complex), a master's degree in public he...

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The necessity of being scared out of your wits

"The image of carrot sticks and tofu skeletons enclosed in plastic wrap immediately poped into my head."

I loved the imagery you presented, as well as the entire article and its validity. Being a kid on Halloween (or any other holiday) SHOULD BE - fun. The feeling of being scared out of your wits, even though you know it's not real, makes you feel so alive, elated, focused as a kid, although you don't relaize it at the time.

What better holiday then Halloween to experience all those feeligs by approaching a spooky house or daring other kids to "see if it's real or not"? And, of course, the only comfort that works in calming (initially) the intensity of those feelings is wolfing down six Crunch bars followed by a Laffy Taffy chaser and a wad of Razzles.

We need the scare to remind us, as adults, that being a kid is about having fun. The kids need the scare to justify to us, the adults, that they can eat candy without care!

by Tom Murphy (3 articles, 4 quicklinks, 10 diaries, 1708 comments) on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 8:43:52 AM

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then and now

I am 103 years old. I have eaten as many Hershey bars per week as my mom, and now my wife and my daughter will allow me-actually I eat whatever the hell I want regardless of what anyone including my Doctor says, He is skinney but he never has any fun. I just reject ChemFood, Carbon Monoxide meat, any kind of sugar substitute and any kind of substitute for anything. For those who are afraid of catching some disease, the Japanese sell a full size Sex Doll of beautiful Japanese models with all the right orifices and softness according to an article I read in a Japanese news paper-they cost as much as a good motorcycle. However, I am old fashioned, I prefer real flesh and blood females.

I don't eat fake chocolate, or fake soda pop with fake sugar, or fake apples or fake Hershey Bars, besides sugar is good for you and so is chocolate, they both make you smile, who cares if your teeth look like lace, the happy-jolt of chocolate is similar to the sex/love chemicals the brain makes when in ecstasy and Hershey's new Full bean chocolate has more fiber than an apple-so I slice up my apple, and alternate on slice with a sliver of chocolate and one with a sliver of Sharp Cheddar Cheese, and a can of Dr. Pepper to wash it all down.

by Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo (144 articles, 1 quicklinks, 95 diaries, 1311 comments) on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 9:19:34 AM

EWE ARE ALL ASLEEP! ENJOY YOUR EMPIRE!
Joe RathbunEWE ARE ALL ASLEEP! ENJOY YOUR EMPIRE!

They can't let kids run around dressed up as monsters....

because for a whole day a year, they can't distinguish between US and THEM!

Ciao SS

by Joe Rathbun (8 articles, 4 quicklinks, 12 diaries, 142 comments) on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 1:28:12 PM

Harpist, unemployed blue collar worker, and Bush basher living deep in the heart of Texas.
PappyHarpist, unemployed blue collar worker, and Bush basher living deep in the heart of Texas.

Boo, sugar police! Hurray, Samhain!

The very idea of the chocolate Gestapo having their way with All Hallow's Eve, Hallowe'en, Samhain, or whatever it is called now is just too ridiculous for words. How is taking the fun out of life one bit at a time going to help us as a species?

Of course, it is to be expected. After all, there is little profit in a day like Samhain. Sure, the perveyors of crystalline tooth rot get all kinds of money, as do the ones who love rotting teeth best: dentists. Other than them, no one really profits too much from a holiday supposedly devoted to the dead, or, goddess forbid, THE DEVIL (Cue JS Bach's Toccatta and Fugue in D minor!). Mwuh Huh Huh Huh Huh Huh Huh!

When I was a kid, Samhain was all about walking about, showing off whether or not Mom and Dad could afford real costumes, or the cheap, nylon ones bought at K-mart. It was about putting on a sugar rush that stretched out into days! It was about eating so much candy, vomiting was almost a sure thing!

The only worries were whether or not the lies about needles and razor blades in apples were true. Hell, even when I came home with candy cigarettes, it was still assumed I had fun. Now, one pack of candy cigarettes would be more than enough reason to slap the accursed purveyor of these phony, smoking treats with six months in jail (especially in your neck of the woods, Sandy).

With all of the REALLY SCARY SHIT going on, like DUBYA and Co. trying to whip up the frenzy and strike up the band in the march toward our latest war of choice, Iran, why worry about whether or not Suzie or Johnny get turned into sugar junkies before WWIII turns them into canon fodder?

I can only imagine how paranoid and deluded we in America appear to people in the outside world; people who know that the real threat to children is corporate criminals playing with tanks, and RPG's, and IED's, and all those other nifty acronyms. I am sure they groan at the thought of how incredibly anal Americans have become in the past six years...and I do mean ALL OF US!

So, I say, let's not just leave all the fun to the kiddies this year! We all need to grab a handful of what we are giving away tonight, find a quiet corner of the house, and get stoned on sugar! It's good for the soul! Hell, considering the cost of toothpaste and tooth brushes, it's worth it just to be able to give yourself permission to not take it all too seriously...just for one little moment, anyway.

Blessed be!
Pappy

by Pappy (61 articles, 0 quicklinks, 11 diaries, 860 comments) on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 1:39:26 PM

I am a black woman who is a progressive and which to find a way to get this country back on its feet by shaking up the status quo.
chip90043I am a black woman who is a progressive and which to find a way to get this country back on its feet by shaking up the status quo.

Healthful Treats

Hey Snady:

I cant help what you said what is wrong with these adults. I do believe those who do not want halloween grew up without it. But cant wander why if this pagen holiday is forbidden, then why celebrate the other two: Xmas and easter?

by chip90043 (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 60 comments) on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 9:08:17 PM

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Sandy SandSandy Sand began her writing career while raising three children and doing public relations work for Women's American ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training). That led to a job as a reporter for the San Fernando Valley Chronicle, a weekly publication in Canoga Park, California. In conjunction with the Chronicle, she broadcast a tri-weekly, 10-minute newscast for KGOE AM. Following the closure of the Chronicle, Sand became the editor of the Tolucan Times and Canyon Crier newspapers...

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Rooted in pagan festivals

Chip, because they've told the lie to themselves so often that they believe it. Only a few, a very few will admit that Easter and Christmas were born of pagan rituals to get non-believers to convert to Christianity.

They used these deeply rooted "pagan" traditions to bring these people into the flock, so to speak.

Grudingly they will admit they convenienty changing the assumed date of Jesus' birth to December to incorporate it into the winter solstice rituals, and that's only if someone presses the issue.

by Sandy Sand (140 articles, 0 quicklinks, 193 diaries, 1365 comments) on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 10:16:38 PM