Thread: Halloween + Politics

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It's that time of year again when you can't get away from the political ads, be they on TV or in your mailbox....Everywhere you look, smiling, insincere faces promising they will make everything all right and then promptly getting amnesia the minute they enter office...all that said, where is OUR candidate? The one that is going to push this country to recognize Halloween as more than just a one night stand?

So, what would your perfect Halloween politician do? My candidate should endorse the following:

1. October 31 would be recognized the same as Thanksgiving; you would get the day of Halloween off and the day after off as well.

2. We would have a tax free week on all items purchased in relation to Halloween.

3. You would get a one week paid vacation to get your haunt set up.

4. If your neighbors complain about the haunt to the local authorities, my candidate would fully back your right to use them as props on your lawn. However you subdue them is up to you.

5. Anyone who shows up at a Halloween party without a costume with the lame excuse of "I couldn't find one" or "I really don't get into this kind of thing" (then why are you at the party?) will immediately be covered with glue and rolled around on the ground until he is sufficiently covered with leaves, twigs, mulch, grass, etc. When asked what he is dressed as, the appropriate answer will be "Fertilizer".

Please feel free to add your own......

I would like to get a tax refund on all Halloween related items purchased.

1. there should be a national flag raised at half mast in honor of all the ones who have strived so deligently, worked so hard, to give so much pleasure to this country, so much work [and money] for a one night stand.
2. there should be recognized a hallows eve [as there is a christmas eve] giving us two nights to enjoy the festivities.
3. lets have a national song in honor of the night.
4. for those that complain the candy is to costly, lets get them a program that helps raise money for these degenerates, after all, what do they spend at christmas. duh
5. for those who just can't get into the spirit or meaning of ween, lets make a movie called -a halloween carol. 4 ghosts who scare the wits out of them. better yet, lets scare the wits out of them.
6. for those who want to try to put an end to halloween or complain of this night, lets have a squad that goes around and gathers them up. we can make them do community service. they need to help for a night or two with a nearby haunt. maybe with a little hard work they will see all we do and appreciate us.
7. everyone needs to lightenup. declare it to be a law to have fun.

1 - a black light in every lamp post
2 - Halloween allowed in schools, and that Friday is a half-day
3 - handing out religious tracts instead of candy is a 1st degree felony

Here is an article talking about how politicians tax various goods and services.
I'll post the link to the article at the end, but this is the one sentence I found distrubing...

"Some states take a slice out of pumpkin sales at Halloween"

I want to see a roll call of who voted for this.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080128/.../taxing_states

there should be a Halloween Calendar in the same vain as an advent calendar.

The calendar could have bones in each date, where on Halloween Eve (agree with that one too) you have a full skeleton or zombie or some halloween related prop.

Anyone complaining about halloween should be used as a static zombie prop in the 1st year the following year their full skeleton would be the prop.

a black light lampost, and an advent calander, those are good ones. i like that. did anyone see the movie christmas with the Kranzs, hilarious. on every house in the neighborhood there was a snowman. that was pretty cool. so
every house in the neighborhood should have a witch weather vane on top of their roof. heck, lets leave this up all year.

I like the idea of a formal recognition of Halloween in schools and the workplace, combined with an honest effort to educate people about the true meaning of the day. A candidate that would take active steps to quash the "Devil's Birthday" propaganda and the other outright lies that are spread every year would get my interest.

John, that law got such flak and national attention, they decided to not enforce it.

Originally Posted by john

Here is an article talking about how politicians tax various goods and services.
I'll post the link to the article at the end, but this is the one sentence I found distrubing...

"Some states take a slice out of pumpkin sales at Halloween"

I want to see a roll call of who voted for this.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080128/.../taxing_states

All of these are great ideas, however, I for one, am for government meddling in our lives as little as possible. The most I'd want to ask of any politician is to make Halloween a National holiday!

Smaller Government! Less taxes! More Pumpkins!