FEMA Alert: Black Friday

236.com:

The day after Thanksgiving is the holiday season's so-called "Black Friday," the day when shoppers across the country steel themselves for a flood of irritating news items about the holiday season's so-called "Black Friday." Though the day is traditionally thought of as the busiest shopping day of the year, retailers are now bracing themselves for weak sales volume as concerns about a sputtering economy threaten to keep shoppers at home.

This year, will Black Friday be nothing more than a retail urban legend? Or should shoppers expect seriously hazardous conditions at their local malls? At least one government agency thinks the latter.

Read the whole story: 236.com

Comments

[lynchcheney]

"Wife is pregnant with retarded Siamese triplets"? Simply not funny.

[whizkid]

The full piece is at 23/6.
Its hilarious.

[LORISNJ]

I think it would be best if they did not allow comments on 23/6 posts.

Unfunny posts and confused comments are a recipe for disaster.

[rwe]

this is pretty funny ,,,, But sorry , the most hillarous stuff is to the left dide of todays Huffho....these bloggers are suicidal from the Wilsons , Arianna, Durang, Cesna....They are so deranged in their depression and ignorance... Hey I had a good Thanksgiving..The success in Iraq, even by NYT standards....And one could only hope that Pres Bush would appoint Karl Rove to the SCOTUS...

[curiousasheck]

Good Slogan

"Amused to Death"

[curiousasheck]

23/6

We'll amuse you to death

[owiseone]

If this piece is truly something put out by FEMA, if it is a joke on real FEMA letterhead, the creator deserves public disgrace and firing.

For an agency with such responsibility and such a history of FAILURE in the past to operate in such a frivolous manner is beyond comprehens­ion...wait a minute...perhaps the jokesters have identified themselves. Fire them all, and bring in professionals who respect the seriousness of their jobs.

If this piece is a creation of someone outside the agency as a joke--it's still BAD, stupid, etc.

[davy]

Great isn't it. They wine about retail sales while warning us about the danger of Malls. Does anyone else think this is not a recipe for success.

[SamEllison]

Black Friday is traditionally the day retailers go from operating in the red to turning a profit, in the black. The day after Thanksgiving until the end of the year is when they make their profits. Please keep FEMA out of this!

[insanityfollows]

This is FEMA today. I used to work in retail for many years, and if I had ever gotten a document like that (from the federal government, no less) leading up to the day after Thanksgiving, I would have laughed until my ribs snapped. Now, I dont' find it amusing. Because of the shredding of all aspects of the federal government by the Bush administration, I now find it pitiful. I am ashamed that my government would publish such a ridiculous document, that my government is so dysfunctional that a once-great agency (and so many other agencies and departments) has now been reduced to allowing people to die in the squalor after Katrina, and is instead now issuing memos about shoppers. Truly, it really breaks my heart, and I hear my fellow citizen's hearts breaking with mine.

[barrycourage]

Stay home. Save gas; cut pollution.
Make gifts, bake gifts. Be creative.
Shop on line (e.g., eBay).
Cash gifts are always appreciated--and go a lot further at post-Xmas clearances.

Have a peaceful holiday season, folks.

[NovaNardis]

Just so ya'll know, this is from 23/6. ;-)