I'm a firm believer that the "War on Christmas" comes not from atheists trying to have creches removed from public land but rather the commercialization of the holiday. How far have we come from the original intention of the holiday? How far have we established greed and status instead?

So also with MLK Day. The more we see sales and advertising; the less we remember the actual man & his service.

Really? MLK Day sales? I suppose it's to be expected, but I personally have never noticed this. I haven't really been looking for it, though, so I stand corrected.

RyanMM [4 & 5]

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Thanks for the info on SAD... so I guess he has a thin veneer of "I didn't mean THAT" after all. But I still say the timing of it precluded a joke of this nature. Especially after he ran the Monday strip which did reference the fact that MLK Day was a federal holiday.

Everyone else -

I'm glad to see others are disgusted at using MLK Day to hawk products! The ultimate in crassness, seems to me.

-CW

I know how ya feel. The wife and I haven't watched network/cable TV in over a decade..

We sometimes miss the commercials. We sometimes catch them when we are out or over at family's and it's nice to see previews and local stuff...

Michale

"There can be no offense where none is taken."

Or, if you prefer the lighter side...

"In the immortal words of Socrates; 'I drank what!?' "
-Val Kilmer, REAL GENUIS

:D

Michale

As I am wont to do....

"Welcome to the party, pal!!!!"
-John McClane, DIE HARD

:D

Michale

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/austria/9820517/Lego-accused-of-racism-with-Star-Wars-set.html

A perfect case in point...

Michale

When one looks for racism, one can always find racism...

Michale

Wow ... talk about cheesy. You're helping me feel better about not watching commercial TV anymore (though sometimes I do miss it!)

That IS pretty bad...

Michale

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bonni-brodnick/squirrel-appreciation-day_b_2496591.html

Whether or not Mallard was using the fact it falls on MLK day this year as a way to throw some racist shade out there I can't be sure, it wouldn't surprise me, but this is also not the first time he's mentioned Squirrel day.

He actually covered Squirrel Appreciation Day LAST year too (using the same lame joke as this year, because he's a hack), when MLK day was the 16th, and not the 22nd as Squirrel day is every year.

http://i.imgur.com/z1lpgYf.jpg

I doubt that comic runs in any of the newspapers I occasionally read - I've never paid much attention to the comic strips, funnily enough - but, I'll double check ...