Everyone has the power to pardon a turkey this year

Friday, November 21, 2008 11:55 PM EST

Barack Obama has risen from humble beginnings to the power of the presidency. But, every one of us has the presidential power to pardon a turkey on Thanksgiving.
In fact, here are some reasons to skip the turkey this Thanksgiving:

#&149; You are what you eat. Who wants to be a butterball?

#&149; You won't have to call Poultry Hotline to keep your family alive.

#&149; You won't sweat the environment and food resources devastation guilt trip.

#&149; You won't spend a sleepless night wondering how the turkey lived and died.

#&149; Your body will appreciate a holiday from saturated fat, cholesterol, and hormones.

My family's Thanksgiving dinner will include a tofurky, lentil roast, mashed potatoes, corn stuffing, stuffed squash, chestnut soup, candied yams, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and carrot cake. An Internet search on vegetarian Thanksgiving got us lots of recipes and other information.

Abram Cowald

Auburn

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casualobserver wrote on Nov 21, 2008 7:56 PM:

" I will eat turkey and ham, Sam I am! Abram, enjoy that yummy soybean curd tofurky and all the trimmings. It's always seemed funny to me that some people are sanctimonious about eating animals... But then we feel better about eating "happy" farm animals. I say, kill and eat the unhappy ones. Afterall, we're just putting them out of their misery, right? You have two rows of teeth so you can eat meat! Use them or lose them. "

owastocat wrote on Nov 21, 2008 4:17 PM:

" Bush will be pardoning a bunch of turkeys after Thanksgiving, and I'm sure he will include himself.
Facts:
#&149; You are what you eat. Bush must have eaten a lot of turkey, with a side dish of BS.

#&149; You won't have to call Poultry Hotline. Call for a bail-out instead.

#&149; You won't sweat the environment and food resources. He never did anyway.

#&149; You won't spend a sleepless night. If he had a conscience he would never sleep.

#&149; Your body will appreciate a holiday from saturated BS and Faux news. "

cheeko wrote on Nov 21, 2008 2:17 PM:

" Stuff your turkey baby---I'm having cornish hen this year. "

mark wrote on Nov 21, 2008 1:34 PM:

" no chicken and kool-aid? "

Farmer's Gal wrote on Nov 21, 2008 11:20 AM:

" I just had turkey for lunch today too. Wish I could afford one of Sam Hill's locally-grown happy, healthy turkeys -- they are the BEST (but they aren't cheap). "

nature lover wrote on Nov 21, 2008 10:01 AM:

" Well sounds like u will have a nice vegan thanksgiving. But as my dinner will include a Weggies honey brine turkey and that doesnt sound good to you...your dinner doesnt appeal to me. This is America , people have choices and tradition remains king. "

cm wrote on Nov 21, 2008 7:40 AM:

" I plan to have turkey and all the fixings and especially the pies for dinner!
along with a cheesecake! "

anonymous wrote on Nov 21, 2008 6:49 AM:

" Abram, you are pardoned. There, I did my share, so now I can avoid the "food resources devastation guilt trip".

I really hate the "food resources devastation guilt trip".

Can anyone think of anything worse than the "food resources devastation guilt trip"? "

brew1234 wrote on Nov 21, 2008 2:31 AM:

" You can eat what you like and I will eat what I freely choose to eat. So stop your preaching you sanctimonious fool. "

dan w wrote on Nov 21, 2008 1:18 AM:

" You can have what you like and I'll have turkey. "

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