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Liberal, Hippie, PC Claptrap and Halloween Costumes (VANITY RANT)
Malacoda

Posted on 10/26/2005 10:50:42 AM PDT by Malacoda

Oh, I am enraged.

I went to Target (TARGET, of all places!) to purchase the last few things I needed to finish off my toddler son's Halloween costume. He's going to be a cowboy -- jeans, boots, flannel shirt, leather vest, sherrif's star, hat...and little gunbelts, if I can actually ever GET them.

Because Target doesn't carry "gun-based toys." According to the employee (and manager) I asked, it's "socially irresponsible" to expose kids to guns.

MEANWHILE, they have about eighty damn copies of "Grand Theft Auto."

"Socially irresponsible."

Anyone have any ideas where I can get cowboy accessories?


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1 posted on 10/26/2005 10:50:43 AM PDT by Malacoda
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To: Malacoda

Halloween night, and a daughter comes downstairs wearing her costume, ready to go trick or treating.

Mom: "Honey, you're wearing a witch's costume this year. I
thought you were going to be Hillary Clinton."

Daughter: "I am."


2 posted on 10/26/2005 10:52:52 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: Malacoda
Would that be the same Target that doesn't allow the Salvation Army to solicit on their properties at Christmas?
3 posted on 10/26/2005 10:53:59 AM PDT by Texas_Jarhead
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Walmart? Last i knew you could get BB-guns and Shotguns there so I'd assume you could get the toy variety. If anything you could go with a Water gun.
4 posted on 10/26/2005 10:54:22 AM PDT by tfecw (It's for the children)
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To: Doctor Raoul

Costume shop ping...


5 posted on 10/26/2005 10:55:41 AM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: Malacoda

"Anyone have any ideas where I can get cowboy accessories?"


You might just check with the PINK PISTOLS. I'm sure Targe' would approve....


6 posted on 10/26/2005 10:56:45 AM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (SAVE THE BRAINFOREST! Boycott the RED Dead Tree Media & NUKE the DNC Class Action Temper Tantrum!)
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To: Malacoda

Are you telling me I can't buy any toy guns at Target? I will have to check next time.


7 posted on 10/26/2005 10:56:52 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: Malacoda
According to the employee (and manager) I asked, it's "socially irresponsible" to expose kids to guns.

On the contrary -- it can be a very healthy thing . . .

8 posted on 10/26/2005 10:57:13 AM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: Malacoda

Walmart had some last time I looked.


9 posted on 10/26/2005 10:59:37 AM PDT by Adder (Can we bring back stoning again? Please?)
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To: Malacoda

I just went to Targets web site and searched "gun". I got 8,100 items.


10 posted on 10/26/2005 10:59:45 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: Malacoda

Any one of those Dollar Stores sells this stuff, made in China of course.


11 posted on 10/26/2005 11:00:23 AM PDT by Gerish (Choose God, he has already chosen you.)
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There weren't ANY at my local Target...and I made a point of looking in the toy aisles, as well as the area they had the costumes in. I also asked several employees and the manager.


12 posted on 10/26/2005 11:00:38 AM PDT by Malacoda (Islam = deranged, evil suicide cult)
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MEANWHILE, they have about eighty damn copies of "Grand Theft Auto."

You ought to write a letter to the management and point that out.

13 posted on 10/26/2005 11:01:02 AM PDT by A Ruckus of Dogs
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To: Malacoda

Definitely go to Walmart - they have great replica cap guns and belt, cowboy hats, etc. - and of course its Walmart so their quite inexpensive. Great stuff got it for my son this year who is also going as a cowboy.


14 posted on 10/26/2005 11:01:28 AM PDT by sasafras ("Licentiousness destroyes order, and when chaos ensues, the yearning for order will destroy freedom.)
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To: Phantom Lord

I was handing out candy at my aunt's house last year and one 14 year-old girl (guess because she was with the 'rents) was wearing lingerie as a costume.

I had to scrub my eyes out.


15 posted on 10/26/2005 11:01:54 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Texas_Jarhead

Would that be the same Target that told me they don't carry fishing gear because "it's cruel to fish"?


16 posted on 10/26/2005 11:03:06 AM PDT by bfree (The wrong Sheehan died)
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To: Malacoda

BTW - dont shop Target if you can - they support LaRaza, homo groups, etc.. and denied the Salvation Army to collect again this year. Target,Kraft foods and Walgreens is definitely on my boycot list.


17 posted on 10/26/2005 11:04:12 AM PDT by sasafras ("Licentiousness destroyes order, and when chaos ensues, the yearning for order will destroy freedom.)
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To: Malacoda

Oh, and while you're at it, don't bother to try to find those cool little plastic 'cowboys & Indians' figures that everybody played with when I was a kid - gone the way of the dodo bird!


18 posted on 10/26/2005 11:05:02 AM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof - usually by midmorning, or so.)
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To: Malacoda

Excellent rant !!!!!!!!!


19 posted on 10/26/2005 11:07:06 AM PDT by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right >>>>>>>>>>>>>>)
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To: Malacoda
"Anyone have any ideas where I can get cowboy accessories?"

Going out on a limb here, but maybe...a cowboy? ;-)

Seriously, though, I quit shopping at Target years ago when I saw their name on a list of major corporate donors to Planned Parenthood. Not surprised they won't sell toy guns, though, considering how they shafted the Salvation Army.

20 posted on 10/26/2005 11:08:03 AM PDT by Pablo64 ("Everything I say is fully substantiated by my own opinion.")
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