The War On Halloween & Thanksgiving Has Begun

[Ghost in the Machine]

High heat laser beams from unmanned drones have decimated the nation's pumpkin supply for this holiday season coming up.



In the steady march to unamericanize Americans, the Bush misadministration is cracking down on halloween jack-o-lanterns and pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners.

Unnamed sources inside the White House have said, off the record, that Presidunce Bush is eyeing apple pie next. Turkeys everywhere are flocking to safety as a precaution.

http://www.myfoxnewsonline.com/?q=node/12

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Now The Real Story: Pumpkin crop devastated by drought

Drought Wipes Out Many Pumpkin Crops
Published: 10/1/07, 4:05 AM EDT
By TIM HUBER

BUFFALO, W.Va. (AP) - There's trouble brewing in the pumpkin patch.

Scorching weather and lack of rain this summer wiped out some pumpkin crops from western New York to Illinois, leaving fields dotted with undersized fruit. Other fields got too much rain and their crops rotted.

Pumpkin production is predicted to be down for the second straight year. U.S. Department of Agriculture figures show a slight production decrease from 2005 to 2006 in what the department estimates is a $100 million-a-year industry.

"If you've got to have them for your 5-year-olds, I certainly would not wait a long time to get them," said Steve Bogash, a Penn State University horticulture educator who works with about 1,600 Pennsylvania vegetable growers.

Pennsylvania, the nation's No. 2 producer, harvested what Bogash calls a beautiful early crop. But he said the state's midseason pumpkins were a bust and the fate of late-season pumpkins depends on decent weather holding on well into October.

A lack of rain in July and August seems to have hurt the most.

http://home.bellsouth.net/s/editorial.dll?bfromind=2728&eeid=5440032&_sitecat=1462&dcatid=0&eetype=article&render=y&ac=1&ck=&ch=ne

[cornermouse]

1. If he puts apple pie on the list

I suggest you hide mom because she's probably on the list as well.

[Ghost in the Machine]

4. Republicans declare war on moms... film at 11 ... n/t

[glowing]

2. Very interesting.. I haven't seen any less pumpkins this year than

last year... the price, on the other hand, has risen. I just figured inflation. Don't these stories always seem odd... I would think it would be nearly impossible to find pumpkins.. Then again, the coolest thing we did in South Carolina was go to the pumpkin patch and ride out on the trailer hitched behind the tractor to pick out our pumpkin. I would say the North East will have a harder time finding their gourds this year.

[Ghost in the Machine]

5. There's a guy who lives near me who usually has 2 big fields of pumpkins

and decorative gourds/squash growing every year. I noticed the other day that it had been turned under already. He's usually just getting ready to pick here in the next few weeks and runs through thanksgiving..

Gonna be a rough year for him this year, I guess....

[zabet]

3. Here in NC

we are over 20 inches below NORMAL rainfall.
It is DRY here!

[Ghost in the Machine]

9. I'm trying to remember the last time it rained here in east tenn...

it's been a while...

[gatorboy]

6. It's a bitch being The Great Pumpkin these days...

[Ghost in the Machine]

10. Why do you hate Linus??

LOL!!

:hi:

[InkAddict]

7. Fast-forward: They've put up the X-mas trees in my neck of the woods.

and are playing Run-Run Reindeer in Sears stores.

[flvegan]

8. Iran's nuclear program is to blame.

At least, that's what I heard.