Thursday, November 26, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving!

For the third year in a row...  If the Wall Street Journal has been running the same piece since 1961 I figure I can get by with re-runs, too. I'm not quite as good as they are, though. But seriously: Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, Gentle Reader. I’m going to be lazy today and re-run what I said last year (in part...there was more), mainly coz (a) it’s all true and (b) I’m fresh out of original i-deers. So…from Turkey-Day-2006:
Of all the things I’m thankful for on this day…family, friends, reasonable health… I thank God most of all for making me an American. Most all of the good things in my life begin and end with that one single fact.
You could do much worse today than read the editorial the WSJ has published every Thanksgiving since 1961.  An excerpt:
We can remind ourselves that for all our social discord we yet remain the longest enduring society of free men governing themselves without benefit of kings or dictators. Being so, we are the marvel and the mystery of the world, for that enduring liberty is no less a blessing than the abundance of the earth.
And we might remind ourselves also, that if those men setting out from Delftshaven had been daunted by the troubles they saw around them, then we could not this autumn be thankful for a fair land.
As true today as it was back in 1961.
The images come from Thanksgiving Corner, which has a great collection of Thanksgiving wallpaper. Normally I'd only post a single topical image, but I was so taken with the second image that I had to post it. Shades of Ben Franklin, and all that.

13 comments:

  1. And a Happy Thanksgiving to you, Buck! Hope you get some good food today!

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  2. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

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  3. Have a Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for all your cherished visits at my blog! :)

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  4. MissBirdlegs in AL26 November, 2009 10:04

    Happy Thanksgiving, Buck! ...and to all who visit here.

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  5. Well said, Buck! Happy Thanksgiving, my friend.

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  6. Happy Thanksgiving! I love that article in the WSJ - I quoted it today on FB. Are you a turkey or a ham man? LOL!

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  7. Alison: Both, LOL!

    And to all: back atcha! Enjoy your day to the utmost.

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  8. Happy Thanksgiving, my friend. You're one of the unexpected blessings I have to be thankful for this year, Buck. I hope you have a wonderful day.

    Much love,

    Daphne

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  9. Hope it's been a great day for you Buck.

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  10. Hope everyone's day was peaceful!!

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  11. Wishing you the blessings of Thanksgiving, my friend!

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