Thursday, November 25, 2004
Happy Thanksgiving All!!
I realize I am still nominally Canadian, but I think I will begin to celebrate American holidays to push the last vestiges of my socialist, multi-cultural, Canuckistani upbringing out of my being.
I found today that another good friend whom I went to high school with has once again rejected Canada. He was living abroad for a few years and when he returned, he couldnt take the crap that goes on here. The lack of jobs for anyone not in government and the generally shittiness of socialism drove him to depression, so he packed up and left. Good work Derek!! I may try and get him to post on this subject once I get his new contact information.
Now, on to a little thanksgiving history. I heard a snippet of this on Rush Limbaugh yesterday before my radio cut out, so I investigated a little further. Two things struck me as wonderful about these pilgrims, one was their faith and the other was how smart they were.
First, these people fled religious persecution in England to come to America and live in harmony with people of any faith. They fared poorly at first, but survived with the help of local Indians. So now we are taught that they had a feast to give Thanksgiving to the Indians. Whoa Kemosabe, they were giving thanks to God! This is hardly ever taught and I myself was unaware. Is there a complete conspiracy to remove God from everywhere? Are lefty professors dropping him from textbooks in the hopes of reducing Republican support? What a load of shit.
Please Google George Washington and Thanksgiving. Read the proclamation he wrote for the first thanksgiving. He says God about 30 times. This leads me to wonder what would have happened to the first G.W. if he had lived today. Would the press vilify him for being a man of religion just as George Bush is? My guess is they likely would. Again, what a bunch of shit.
Back to the Pilgrims. The second smart thing they did was to renounce socialism. Let me briefly explain. The contract they had with the English company called for them to work collectively and put all the fruits of their labor into a common pool, and then each colonist could draw an equal share. Sound familiar? I thought so too. However, the governor soon noticed that this bullshit was pulling the colony down as people had no incentive to work any harder than they had to because they could keep nothing for themselves anyways. The best and brightest were being stifled because there was no need for creativity. Once the governor dropped this, the colony flourished and they were soon producing enough goods to sell and trade. Hello capitalism.
I love this story so much because some simple folk tried and rejected socialist/communist ideals hundreds of years before Marx was born. If we had learned our history better, perhaps we could have avoided all the Communist evil empires. I really doubt that though, as I am sure some lefty college professor would still be spouting ideas that if it was just tweaked a little, it would work.
Whatever boys, give it up. USA! USA!
Anyways, have a blessed holiday. God Bless America.
Kyle out.
StatcounterI realize I am still nominally Canadian, but I think I will begin to celebrate American holidays to push the last vestiges of my socialist, multi-cultural, Canuckistani upbringing out of my being.
I found today that another good friend whom I went to high school with has once again rejected Canada. He was living abroad for a few years and when he returned, he couldnt take the crap that goes on here. The lack of jobs for anyone not in government and the generally shittiness of socialism drove him to depression, so he packed up and left. Good work Derek!! I may try and get him to post on this subject once I get his new contact information.
Now, on to a little thanksgiving history. I heard a snippet of this on Rush Limbaugh yesterday before my radio cut out, so I investigated a little further. Two things struck me as wonderful about these pilgrims, one was their faith and the other was how smart they were.
First, these people fled religious persecution in England to come to America and live in harmony with people of any faith. They fared poorly at first, but survived with the help of local Indians. So now we are taught that they had a feast to give Thanksgiving to the Indians. Whoa Kemosabe, they were giving thanks to God! This is hardly ever taught and I myself was unaware. Is there a complete conspiracy to remove God from everywhere? Are lefty professors dropping him from textbooks in the hopes of reducing Republican support? What a load of shit.
Please Google George Washington and Thanksgiving. Read the proclamation he wrote for the first thanksgiving. He says God about 30 times. This leads me to wonder what would have happened to the first G.W. if he had lived today. Would the press vilify him for being a man of religion just as George Bush is? My guess is they likely would. Again, what a bunch of shit.
Back to the Pilgrims. The second smart thing they did was to renounce socialism. Let me briefly explain. The contract they had with the English company called for them to work collectively and put all the fruits of their labor into a common pool, and then each colonist could draw an equal share. Sound familiar? I thought so too. However, the governor soon noticed that this bullshit was pulling the colony down as people had no incentive to work any harder than they had to because they could keep nothing for themselves anyways. The best and brightest were being stifled because there was no need for creativity. Once the governor dropped this, the colony flourished and they were soon producing enough goods to sell and trade. Hello capitalism.
I love this story so much because some simple folk tried and rejected socialist/communist ideals hundreds of years before Marx was born. If we had learned our history better, perhaps we could have avoided all the Communist evil empires. I really doubt that though, as I am sure some lefty college professor would still be spouting ideas that if it was just tweaked a little, it would work.
Whatever boys, give it up. USA! USA!
Anyways, have a blessed holiday. God Bless America.
Kyle out.
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