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Last year's Presidential Pardon recipient
Say what you will about Christmas, the Fourth of July or Administrative Professionals Day, but yours truly has always counted Thanksgiving as my favorite holiday.
Why, you ask? Because aside from the blatant commercialism of the Macy’s parade and all of its nauseatingly cute balloon characters, Thanksgiving is all about family and feeding one’s fat face. And no gift exchange is necessary.
Of course, much in the way some politically-correct zealots have initiated a ‘War on Christmas,’ ‘War on Easter,’ ‘War on Columbus’ and ‘War on Talk Like a Pirate Day’, the day Americans give thanks now finds itself in the middle of a bull’s-eye.
First under fire is a 40-year tradition between California elementary schools. Every year (for the past four decades), students from Condit Elementary and Mountain View Elementary take turns visiting the other school for a Thanksgiving feast.
They also take turns dressing up as pilgrims and Indians (ooops, Native Americans) before they gather for turkey and traditional songs.
This year, however, a handful of parents have written the school and asked that this “dressing up as a racial stereotype” cease immediately.
Citing the ‘dehumanizing’ nature of the costumes, one parent (who happens to be an English professor at UC Riverside) went as far as to compare the kids costumes to having them dress as a “slave with kind slave masters” or as a “Jew with friendly Nazis.”
The area school board – last seen cowering in the corner with other public officials who lack the proper size giblets – is considering still holding the event minus the costumes.
So, if you’re not practicing racism this Thursday, the Washington Post is sure hoping you remember your friend Mother Earth when you sit down to the traditional meal.
In an article from their Food Section, the Greenies at the Post (hmmm, guess that’s a bit redundant) suggest eating “sustainably” and to remember that “the more you eat, the larger your carbon footprint.”
Yep, and one can also expect an increase in their arse-print, which, if you refer back to paragraph two, is one of the best things about Thanksgiving.
By the way, The Post failed to connect all the dots, however, by omitting the size of the methane footprint an hour after that second piece of pie.
One little, two little, three little… kindergartners used politically here.
Find out how much you owe Al Gore for those sweet potatoes here.
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