Posted on 11/24/2005 8:15:50 AM PST by Imnotalib
This morning before leaving for school, my daughter... left me this question to ponder: "What are you thankful for, Mommy?"
Staring at my construction-paper hand, here's what I have written in the palm: Our Troops. And in the five fingers, I've written these names of heroes who we'll honor this Thanksgiving:
Tyrone L. Chisholm, 27, of Savannah, Ga. An Army sergeant and father of two, Chisholm was killed Nov. 11 when a string of roadside bombs exploded near his Abrams tank in Tall Afar, Iraq.
Roger W. Deeds, 24, of Biloxi, Miss. A lance corporal in the Marine Corps and father of two, Deeds was among five Marines killed last week during Operation Steel Curtain
James E. Estep, 26, of Leesburg, Fla. An Army staff sergeant and father of three, he was among four soldiers killed when an improvised explosive device detonated last week near their Humvee in Taji, Iraq.
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I am thankful for Dims and the biased press of course. Working together they make sure:
1. Dim presidential candidates are not vetted like the GOP candidate and lots of problems crop up during their campaigns.
2. They make more NON-Dim voters all the time with their outrageous views and bias.
In a word? Everything.
Very nice, Michelle! Thanks, Imnotalib for posting that.
I had lunch with a buddy just back from Iraq on Tuesday. To say that he's not the same man is an understatment, but I could see glimpses of the old friend still in there.
Let's all make sure we remember our returning troops, and please...if you have a Vet's Hospital near you, give them a few hours of your time each week or month if you can. They're going to be very busy helping out our returning troops in the near future. Thanks!
http://www.va.gov/ (Click on "Find a Facility" at the top.)
Through His death on the cross, He reconciled this sinner to God. There isn't one good thing that I have, and will still have one thousand years from now, that isn't because of, through, and in Him. Apart from Him, I would have nothing good that would not ultimately be taken from me, and stand in condemnation of me.
I am thankful for scores of other good things, but no good thing is as good as the person of Jesus.
Proclamation Establishing Thanksgiving Day
October 3, 1863
The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of unequalled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defence, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle, or the ship; the axe had enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years, with large increase of freedom.
No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy.
It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and voice by the whole American people. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to his tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the independence of the United States the eighty-eighth.
A. Lincoln
My God
My country and flag
My health
My past and family who made me who I am today
My husband who is my very soul
My children who are my pride and joy
My grandchild whom I'll thank God for for the rest of my life
My President
Our Troops
And everything else in my life.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
I found out in the Spring that I have Kidney Cancer...I spent the summer dealing with that and recovering from surgery to remove my kidney. I'm thankful just to be here to celebrate Thanksgiving.
As per another discussion on a different thread, I'm thankful my husband today. He hit a large cow last nite, totalled the car but walked away with scratches and a stiff neck. God has obviously got more for him to do.
I survived 13 months of combat in Vietnam. I've been thankful for every sunrise since the day I got home.
I'm thankful to all my fellow veterans.
How bout the fact that the Good Lord has not treated me as I deserve to be treated?
As I gathered more information about the Pilgrims it was interesting to see that their early experiment with communal property (socialism) resulted in lack of food and discord. As soon as they switched to a free enterprise approach there was plenty of food for everybody. This is a good case study illustrating the intrinsic value of the free enterprise system for which we can be thankful. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Related: How Private Property Saved the Pilgrims
Excerpts:
Bradford's comments make it clear that common ownership demoralized the community far more than the tax. It was not Pilgrims laboring for investors that caused so much distress but Pilgrims laboring for other Pilgrims. Common property gave rise to internecine conflicts that were much more serious than the transatlantic ones. The industrious (in Plymouth) were forced to subsidize the slackers (in Plymouth). The strong "had no more in division of victuals and clothes" than the weak. The older men felt it disrespectful to be "equalized in labours" with the younger men..
This suggests that a form of communism was practiced at Plymouth in 1621 and 1622. No doubt this equalization of tasks was thought (at first) the only fair way to solve the problem of who should do what work in a community where there was to be no individual property: If everyone were to end up with an equal share of the property at the end of seven years, everyone should presumably do the same work throughout those seven years. The problem that inevitably arose was the formidable one of policing this division of labor: How to deal with those who did not pull their weight?
The Pilgrims had encountered the free-rider problem. Under the arrangement of communal property one might reasonably suspect that any additional effort might merely substitute for the lack of industry of others. And these "others" might well be able-bodied, too, but content to take advantage of the communal ownership by contributing less than their fair share. As we shall see, it is difficult to solve this problem without dividing property into individual or family-sized units. And this was the course of action that William Bradford wisely took.
My beautiful and loving wife. A wonderful woman if ever there was one. I am blessed beyond measure that God found her for me.
Okay, I'm back. I wonder what my wife posted while I was gone.
The straight flush I drew two weekends ago...
I'm thankful for my savior Jesus Christ, those people that care about me, that I was born in America, still alive, sober, with sight to read this and ability to respond, and most certainly, to all those brave troops defending America, and to the poster for giving me the opportunity to express my thankfulness.
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