Happy Thanksgiving !
Posted November 22nd, 2007 by Da King
You are supposed to feel guilty today, you know. We all want to celebrate Thanksgiving, because most of us realize we have a lot to be thankful for, but protesters remind us that the original Thanksgiving wasn't followed up by many more good times for the Indians, I mean, Native Americans, while other protesters tell us that killing turkeys isn't such a good thing either. So humanocentric. Maybe we should listen to PETA and eat some tofurkey instead, whatever that is. Plus, eating all that food will make us fat and lead to health problems, overburdening our health care system and causing us to miss work, decreasing productivity.
And what are all you men doing sitting on the couch watching football while the women do all the work, you sexist pigs ?
After today, the Christmas shopping season kicks into full gear, with all our american decadent consumerism on full display. Oh, wait a minute, am I still allowed to say 'Christmas', or is that a bad word now ? Do I have to say 'the holiday shopping season' instead ? Lord knows, I mean, gosh knows, I want to be politically correct. Let me phone the ACLU to check on this year's protocol. I'll remember to press '1' for english.
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Forget all that, and have a great day with your loved ones. Thank God for your blessings, and say a prayer for our troops while you're at it. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. We are truly fortunate to live in this country and in this time.
November 22nd, 2007 at 10:32 am
Yes, we all need to thank God for our blessings — and not just as individuals but as a nation, too.
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:31 am
It gets harder and harder to celebrate Thanksgiving. Today I read a piece that a professor at Roanoke U. in Virginia wrote that tears up Thanksgiving as a myth. Of course, it was mentioned that the holiday was declared such by Abraham Lincoln so it only pertained to the North since the South still didn't consider itself part of the United States in1864. Also, the reader was informed that it was well into the 20th century before most states in the south began to follow along.
According to the good prof the whole thing came into being because the people of New England wanted a special story like the south had about Jamestown. He pointed out that the name, Pilgrim, didn't come into existence until the 1630s so the original couldn't possibly have been about them and the Indains. He also points out that the early settleres at Plymouth were scared to death of the Indians who they considered to be some descendants of shipwrecked Hebrews.
What a story and who cares. I hope all who don't want to forget the day had a great day for themselves.