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The Lesson of the First Thanksgiving

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  1. Craig says: 1

    “The lesson here: socialist “redistributive” policies “breed much confusion and discontent and retard much employment.” Labor free to reap it’s own reward provides an abundance for all to enjoy!”

    If only Obama could understand that!

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    November 25, 2008 at 8:09 pm
  2. mynameis says: 2

    I’ll bet them natives wished they had persevered with collectivism, and perished.

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    November 26, 2008 at 3:18 am
  3. blast says: 3

    A few points, it seems a stretch to use Bradford as the exemplar against “redistribution.” If you look at the entire North American Population at the time; namely, the Native Americans were living communality for thousands of years. The “story” of Thanksgiving was indeed about redistribution, the Native Americans sharing with the starving settlers of Plymouth.

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    November 26, 2008 at 8:49 am
  4. Mike's America says: 4

    Just one problem blast: That’s not what happened. The Indians shared in the feast, but they didn’t provide it all. They did help the Pilgrims with their early farming practices but they didn’t do the work for them.

    Leave it to a lib to pervert the history of the Pilgrims.

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    November 26, 2008 at 9:23 am
  5. Hard Right says: 5

    Mike, libs don’t change their views to fit reality. They simply change reality to fit their views.

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    November 26, 2008 at 9:27 am
  6. AdrianS says: 6

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    PETITION FOR PUBLIC RELEASE OF
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    To: Electoral College, Congress of the United States, Federal Elections Commission, U.S. Supreme Court, President of the United States, other controlling legal authorities

    Whereas, by requirement of the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, no one can be sworn into office as president of the United States without being a natural born citizen;

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    November 26, 2008 at 9:27 am
  7. SoCal Chris says: 7

    I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving, filled with lots of good eats and good times!!

    If you’d like to show thanks to President Bush for his hard work of the last 8 years, go to Jeffrey Scott Shapiro’s email link on Medved’s site set up for just that at: honor.freedom@gmail.com. Thank you! :)

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    November 26, 2008 at 9:56 am
  8. Missy says: 8

    Thanks for the link and the blessings SoCal Chris, Happy Thanksgiving to all!

    We will be remembering the President tomorrow and be thankful for his protection. We will also “hope” that all goes well for this country under President-elect Obama.

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    November 26, 2008 at 11:02 am
  9. Wordsmith says: 9

    Speaking of Jeffrey Scott Shapiro:

    The Treatment of Bush has been a Disgrace
    What must our enemies be thinking?

    NOVEMBER 5, 2008

    By JEFFREY SCOTT SHAPIRO

    Earlier this year, 12,000 people in San Francisco signed a petition in support of a proposition on a local ballot to rename an Oceanside sewage plant after George W. Bush. The proposition is only one example of the classless disrespect many Americans have shown the president.

    According to recent Gallup polls, the president’s average approval rating is below 30% — down from his 90% approval in the wake of 9/11. Mr. Bush has endured relentless attacks from the left while facing abandonment from the right.

    This is the price Mr. Bush is paying for trying to work with both Democrats and Republicans. During his 2004 victory speech, the president reached out to voters who supported his opponent, John Kerry, and said, “Today, I want to speak to every person who voted for my opponent. To make this nation stronger and better, I will need your support, and I will work to earn it. I will do all I can do to deserve your trust.”

    Those bipartisan efforts have been met with crushing resistance from both political parties.

    The president’s original Supreme Court choice of Harriet Miers alarmed Republicans, while his final nomination of Samuel Alito angered Democrats. His solutions to reform the immigration system alienated traditional conservatives, while his refusal to retreat in Iraq has enraged liberals who have unrealistic expectations about the challenges we face there.

    It seems that no matter what Mr. Bush does, he is blamed for everything. He remains despised by the left while continuously disappointing the right.

    Yet it should seem obvious that many of our country’s current problems either existed long before Mr. Bush ever came to office, or are beyond his control. Perhaps if Americans stopped being so divisive, and congressional leaders came together to work with the president on some of these problems, he would actually have had a fighting chance of solving them.

    Like the president said in his 2004 victory speech, “We have one country, one Constitution and one future that binds us. And when we come together and work together, there is no limit to the greatness of America.”

    To be sure, Mr. Bush is not completely alone. His low approval ratings put him in the good company of former Democratic President Harry S. Truman, whose own approval rating sank to 22% shortly before he left office. Despite Mr. Truman’s low numbers, a 2005 Wall Street Journal poll found that he was ranked the seventh most popular president in history.

    Just as Americans have gained perspective on how challenging Truman’s presidency was in the wake of World War II, our country will recognize the hardship President Bush faced these past eight years — and how extraordinary it was that he accomplished what he did in the wake of the September 11 attacks.

    The treatment President Bush has received from this country is nothing less than a disgrace. The attacks launched against him have been cruel and slanderous, proving to the world what little character and resolve we have. The president is not to blame for all these problems. He never lost faith in America or her people, and has tried his hardest to continue leading our nation during a very difficult time.

    Our failure to stand by the one person who continued to stand by us has not gone unnoticed by our enemies. It has shown to the world how disloyal we can be when our president needed loyalty — a shameful display of arrogance and weakness that will haunt this nation long after Mr. Bush has left the White House.

    Mr. Shapiro is an investigative reporter and lawyer who previously interned with John F. Kerry’s legal team during the presidential election in 2004.

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    November 26, 2008 at 11:57 am
  10. SoCal Chris says: 10

    Thanks, Missy, and blessings to you, too!

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    November 26, 2008 at 11:58 am
  11. SoCal Chris says: 11

    Here is Jeffrey Scott Shapiro’s website as well, if anyone would like to visit there: http://drinkthis.typepad.com/shapiro/

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    November 26, 2008 at 12:05 pm
  12. OLDPUPPYMAX says: 12

    And the MSM has spent years telling us that Thanksgiving was created in order to thank the Indians for saving the lives of the Pilgrims. Gee, ain’t it strange the MSM hasn’t told us the truth?

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    November 26, 2008 at 1:19 pm

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