Great post! This info should be discussed at the Thanksgiving dinner!
Great post! This info should be discussed at the Thanksgiving dinner!
Great post! This info should be discussed at the Thanksgiving dinner!
Great post! This info should be discussed at the Thanksgiving dinner!
American History - The Pilgrims learned of socialism’s dangers: Why can’t we?
In the case of the Pilgrims it came to a point where it was either live or die, and they quickly decided to end this failed experiment. In our case the effects of pain is not bad enough yet for people wanting to change. The only time people are willing to change is, when something severely impacts their pocket books or their health and we are not quite there yet.
Not quite at the live or die situation. Plus, people do not like change and life is good and people are soft, weak and government dependent.
Not quite at the live or die situation. Plus, people do not like change and life is good and people are soft, weak and government dependent.
...the first Thanksgiving — the 400th anniversary of which we celebrate this month.
And there it is! I sometimes wonder what it's going to take to finally stamp out this stupid myth.
Martin notes, “Did you know that today 10% of the population of the United States are Mayflower descendants? 30 million people from 51.”
How many more are descended from the much larger pool of colonists already living in Virginia at that time (who were also already celebrating Thanksgiving)?
BTW, if the author wasn't so lackadaisical in his citation, he'd have noticed that his "Of Plymouth Plantation" link redirects to restricted content not accessible outside of the UMich environment. That is a common mistake made by students.
This will be our 400th Thanksgiving. Make it a great one because it may be our last.