Posted on 04/01/2013 6:29:00 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Culture challenge of the week: Easter makeover
On Easter Monday, the White House will host its annual Easter Egg Roll. Before you applaud the Obamas for maintaining the traditional celebration, consider how things have changed. This year’s theme (Why does Easter Monday demand a “theme” apart from Easter itself?) is “Be Healthy, Be Active, Be You!”
Yes, that’s right.
The Egg Roll, an event that has been around for 135 years, acknowledging Easter’s importance in the cultural and religious lives of our people, has been reduced to a physical fitness promotion, with Michelle Obama as the Richard Simmons-style cheerleader.
This year’s Egg Roll is hosted by Let’s Move, Mrs. Obama’s signature obesity-fighting initiative. Along with the traditional egg hunt, the Egg Roll will feature “sports and cooking demonstrations” and will aim to “help educate families on smart ways to incorporate healthy eating and exercise choices into their daily routines.”
Worthwhile objectives, surely, but why override Easter’s meaning?(continued)
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Obamanation Counterculture File.
Obama is “celebrating” Easter on April Fool’s day. Jesus will not be mocked by the bastard child in the White House.
I’m thinking that putting bunny ears on a graven idol of Moloch would just look silly.
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