Posted on 11/24/2004 10:27:58 AM PST by Focault's Pendulum
This computer thing of ours, has allowed the meeting of diversified geographics, differing opinions, and instantaneous reflections of our regional tastes, to form immediate bonds across a country so large and wonderful.
Some of us could only dream of visiting other parts of this great country...yet because of FR...we have...sometimes,... defending opinions other than our own, because we believe in what was set down over two hundred years ago.
Whether you are Christian Conservative, a person of The Jewish Faith, a Catholic, an Agnostic, an Atheist...and yes..a Muslim.........we have been allowed this greatest of freedoms....to congregate here at Free Republic.
We have, and will continue to debate, disagree, partake in humorous repartee, and on ocassion throw things at our monitors.
Truly, my friends, we are one of heart, one of mind, one of republic.
It is now that time of year...we should wish each other a Happy Thanksgiving!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU AND YOURS TOO, FP!
Thanks. We are truly blessed and beloved of God.
Hey FP! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
To you and yours as well. Query... just how wide spread are we I wonder? I'm in blueland, Pittsburgh, PA.
Uh...that was corporate proprietary information. My lips...like the judicial records are sealed.
Wow! Thank YOU!
The REAL Story Behind Thanksgiving
Did you know that the first [Plymouth Colony Pilgrim's]
Thanksgiving was a celebration of the triumph of private
property and individual initiative?
William Bradford was the governor of the original Pilgrim
colony, founded at Plymouth in 1621. The colony was first
organized on a communal basis, as their financiers
required. Land was owned in common. The Pilgrims farmed
communally, too, following the "from each according to his
abilities, to each according to his needs" precept.
The results were disastrous. Communism didn't work any
better 400 years ago than it does today. By 1623, the
colony had suffered serious losses. Starvation was
imminent.
Bradford realized that the communal system encouraged
and rewarded waste and laziness and inefficiency, and
destroyed individual initiative. Desperate, he abolished it.
He distributed private plots of land among the surviving
Pilgrims, encouraging them to plant early and farm as
individuals, not collectively.
The results: a bountiful early harvest that saved the
colonies. After the harvest, the Pilgrims celebrated with a
day of Thanksgiving -- on August 9th.
Unfortunately, William Bradford's diaries -- in which he
recorded the failure of the collectivist system and the
triumph of private enterprise -- were lost for many years.
When Thanksgiving was later made a national holiday, the
present November date was chosen. And the lesson the
Pilgrims so painfully learned was, alas, not made a part of
the holiday.
Happily, Bradford's diaries were later rediscovered. They're
available today in paperback. They tell the real story of
Thanksgiving -- how private property and individual initiative
saved the Pilgrims.
This Thanksgiving season, one of the many things I'm
thankful for is our free market system (imperfectly realized
as it is). And I'm also grateful that there are increasing
numbers of Americans who are learning the importance of
free markets, and who are working to replace government
coercion with marketplace cooperation here in America and
around the world.
Paul Schmidt
PS: A special thanks to long-time Advocate volunteer Cris
Everett, who told us about this neglected bit of history
several years ago, and who celebrates Thanksgiving on --
you guessed it -- August 9th.
-- copied from http://FreedomKeys.com/thanksgiving.htm
which was copied from the Nov. 20, 1997 issue of THE
LIBERATOR ONLINE at
http://www.theadvocates.org/liberator/vol-02-num-21.htm
for more detailed accounts see The Great
Thanksgiving Hoax at http://snipurl.com/apur
The Pilgrims’ Real Thanksgiving Lesson at
http://snipurl.com/av27
Thanksgiving: The Producers' Holiday at
http://snipurl.com/apuv
and How Private Property Saved the Pilgrims at
http://snipurl.com/apuw
Find general commentaries, Creating Our Own
Blessings at http://snipurl.com/apuy and
Whom Should We Thank at
http://snipurl.com/av9x
ALSO SEE: Giving Thanks for the Big Tent HERE:
http://snipurl.com/apv0
-- all from http://FreedomKeys.com/thanksgiving2.htm
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I have been banned from taking on straight lines such as yours.
How nicely put. I remember when I had a computer problem (nothing new there)you jumped in with the solution. FR never lets me down. A blessed Thanksgiving to you, FC.
Thank you, FP. We are, indeed, well blessed in this great country. I hope the blessings of each and every one of you, Free Republic, are too numerous to be counted.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING to everyone.
It was just a question really, more hypothetical than anything. If anyone cared to respond... I'm not asking for it though. I know I've conversed with someone from Australia and from Mexico. I don't know if they're living here (USA) now or not.
I remember that!! I'm pretty sure I told you don lingerie and swing the mouse by the cord over your head, in front of your neighbor's house....then wait for the flashing red lights.....glad I could help.
I have not been around here for long. But you are a great group of people. Happy Thanksgiving and a very Merry Christmas to one and all! ;o)
Yes, Happy Thanksgiving!
I'd like to thank a couple of folks:
Buckhead, and TankerKC: (you know why)Happy Thanksgiving!
Howlin & MeekOneGOP: My pingers! Happy Thanksgiving!
RaceBannon: One of us needed to win! Happy Thanksgiving!
And to ALL FReepers I give thanks because - United, We Are A Mighty ONE!
Happy Thanksgiving to One & ALL!
LOLOLOL. It worked!!!
Happy Thanskgiving to everyone here.
I wish you all the best.
bttt
Thanks to my favorite ping list people
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