Wouldn't it have been easier just to put the sock on his left hand?

"Trick or treat,
smell my...
well actually , I smell like your feet, I s'ppose."

When did we become a country of wimps that gives in so readily to wee terrorists that threaten tricks if we do not give them treats? Sure, we seem all civilized about it. They know we're going to give them candy no matter what they say, and still they bring out the threats, first thing.

Well, I say bring on the tricks! If we don't stand up to these little sockpuppet devils, who will? Who's with me?

I've already bought a ridiculous amoung of candy, so I'm going to try to get rid of it first, but right after I'm out, I'm calling their bluff. If I don't make it back, tell people my story. And just maybe someday, people will face their latent fears, and we'll break this vicious cycle of extortion.

HEY KEVIN

I think you've forgotten the utter chaos that runs the mean streets of suburbia. I can't ever banish the hellish memories from my tormented childhood, one that required donning costumes of lurid creatures and vile denoms every October 31 just to remain within the good graces of my community. Oh sure, you can rant about having to hand out candy to "midget extortionists", but it seems you fail to acknowlege the courage and will that it takes to roam the dark avenues of candy hell.

I'm with Kevin on this one. Just as we had "No Justice, No Peace!", I say "NO TRICK, NO TREAT!".

Enough with the idle threats made in anonymity behind a mask! After all, YOU rang my door bell. I was comfortable in my chair watching TV. I'm not answering the door just to pass out FREE candy. You think I'm Barry Obama or some other Democrat? I want to be entertained! Show me what you've got! You'll then get an amount of candy commensurate with your performance. About time young people learn there's no such thing as a free lunch!

>EEEFF-HAAAAA
>EEEFF-HAAAAA

PREPARE YOURSELVES TO FEEL THE POWER OF THE DARK SIDE

>EEEFF-HAAAAA
>EEEFF-HAAAAA

DON'T MAKE ME DESTROY YOU

I gotcha, John. The kids're the patsies. We gotsta get at the hand syndicate controlling the little sockpuppet monsters. What, did the little ones come up with this racket all by themselves? Who's telling them to say "trick or treat"? Who's that on the sidewalk? Just a curious passersby? Where does the candy really go? We gotsta follow the candy, gentlemen, all the way down the rabbit hole.

Wow, I didn't realize how brilliantly excoriating and subversive that halloween political cartoon was, John, until this very moment. Sht. ixnay on the andhay yndicatsay.

Great idea, G -- kids should be in training for door-to-door entertaining on Halloween. Make it a life lesson. This is how holidays are remade, gentlemen. How countries are brought back from the brink. Years from now they'll say, it started here. They may take our lives, but they shall never take, our candy!

I use to get into it. Dress up, darken the house and light some candles, rent some good "old" horror flicks (like origianl Universal stuff), and really play along with the Trick or Treaters. We'd be drinkiing of course.

I don't have Trick or Treaters anymore. But if I did, I'd have a Barack Obama mask, a sign on my chest that says, "I'm a Socialist Pig" and a sign in the yard that says, "You Take Candy..I OWN YOU!".

John:

The sock puppet stuff is always really great expression! Loving It!

It's November 1st. All across this great land of ours, thousands of dentists are LAUGHING!!

For some reason, I can hear the sock singing "I've got you under my skin."

We're teaching our precious little children, our next generation and the future leaders of our great nation to be...

gasp...

extortionists!!!

Yeee-aaah!

I wouldn't call them domestic terrorists since they don't seem to actually do much damage except smash jack-o-lanterns.

BTW for the cartoon, the hand says "Nice patina ya got there Frank".