Say no to Black Friday - a new kind of obedience

Say no to Black Friday - a new kind of obedience

Black Friday is nuts. I will not be shopping on Black Friday or Shabby Saturday. If we refused to go out and shop, then corporate America would not force employees to work under such horrid circumstances.

If you have to go out tomorrow - treat the retail workers especially well and tip the restaurant servers extra and be sure to say "Thank you."

Nov. 24, 2016

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A New Kind of Obedience

"Like many, I try to reconcile myself to these daily humiliations through militancy over pressing issues.  But that always seems like just another diversion from the emptiness of it all.  Is it our pursuit of happiness through conspicuous consumption that is at stake? 

"Is happiness a value that we can find within ourselves or must we try to purchase or acquire it?   In this pursuit of happiness, what if it is really me, my soul, and the very essence of my existence that is at stake?" (1.)

"Life has a value only when it has something valuable as its object".

HEGEL, Introduction to Philosophy of History (1852)

"Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve."  ERICH FROMM, Man for Himself, (1947)

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A shout out to those working today.

A shout out to those working today. Thank you. God Bless you for your service. 24Nov2016

Westminster Patch: History indicates that this time of the year has always been busy by Kevin Dayhoff

History indicates that this time of the year has always been busy.

By Kevin Dayhoff, Saturday, December 7, 2013

http://westminster.patch.com/groups/kevin-e-dayhoffs-blog/p/history-indicates-that-this-time-of-the-year-has-always-been-busy

Let’s briefly revisit Thanksgiving before it fades into a distant memory. The rise of ‘Black Friday’ and the over-commercialization of Christmas in recent years has hastened the gradual disappearance of Thanksgiving.

Many folks can still fondly recall a time not too many years ago when Thanksgiving was still a holiday all to its own and not ‘the day before Black Friday.’

I recently introduced the Thanksgiving holiday, “… as the first day of the winter solstice holiday season. Others know it as the ‘Harvest Festival Bowl,’ and celebrate by gathering together and arguing over football.”

On November 26, 2011, the Scripps Howard News Service said it best when it editorialized, “Thanksgiving (is still) around, but not so you'd notice it. Pilgrims and Indians are being replaced by door busters and rolling sales. The traditional Thanksgiving dinner is less a family feast than an opportunity for carbo loading for the rigors of the morrow's shopping marathon.

“The weekend after Thanksgiving has always been the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, but the Christmas ads began right after Halloween with darn little mention of Thanksgiving.

“America's hypercompetitive retailers began hyping their Black Friday sales, and America's hypercompetitive shoppers responded. Stores began opening earlier; for a few brief years, 4 a.m. Friday was the tacitly agreed-upon opening time. But then some stores moved it back to midnight, others followed and now some are opening at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving Eve...”

Thanksgiving has always been a special holiday in Carroll County. Of course, most Carroll countians are a fan of any holiday in which food is involved, especially turkey… Read more: http://westminster.patch.com/groups/kevin-e-dayhoffs-blog/p/history-indicates-that-this-time-of-the-year-has-always-been-busy

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2013/12/westminster-patch-history-indicates.html
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Carroll Co YMCA Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 5K finish line

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Westminster Fire Dept helps out Carroll Co YMCA Thanksgiving Turkey Trot

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Carroll Co. YMCA Turkey Trot is about to begin. Happy Thanksgiving

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Macaroni and cheese is my favorite Thanksgiving tradition.

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Winter storm lashes eastern U.S., threatens Thanksgiving travel | Reuters

Winter storm lashes eastern U.S., threatens Thanksgiving travel | Reuters: "BY IAN SIMPSON WASHINGTON Tue Nov 26, 2013 "

Winter storm lashes eastern U.S., threatens Thanksgiving travel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A powerful winter storm lashed much of the eastern United States with rain and snow on Tuesday, threatening to snarl travel plans for millions over the busy Thanksgiving holiday, forecasters said.

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