****Happy Thanksgiving Everyone
Jerry Davis
jdawgaz at cox.net
Thu Nov 22 14:28:07 MST 2007
I saw this on a Tshirt:
Homeland Security: since 1624
and a bunch of Native Americans with guns were in the picture!!
On Thursday 22 November 2007 12:06, keith smith wrote:
> I second the commend made by Josef.
>
> We have our problems and some are rather large. Still we are the greatest
> country on earth.
>
> Just read you bill of rights.
>
>
>
> Josef Lowder <joe at actionline.com> wrote: .
> On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:21:44 -0700, Craig White wrote
>
> > On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 08:22 -0700, Chris Gehlker wrote:
> > > My you all have a great holiday season.
> >
> > ----
> > I believe this is a misnomer
> >
> > Thanksgiving is actually a celebration of the original illegal
> > immigrants so today should actually be called Illegal Immigrants Day
>
> Very funny.
>
> However, the truth is that at the time the first "immigrants"
> came to this continent that is now known as North America, there
> there were no immigration laws so there was no such thing as
> "illegal" immigration at that time. There were not even any
> property ownership laws. There was not even such a thing as
> a "country" here, per se.
>
> This was truly the land of the *free* where people came to
> escape tyranny and oppression, and to find opportunity.
>
> Consequently, the concept of "Thanksgiving" remains valid.
>
> And regardless of the flaws that may exist in this great country,
> I am still thankful beyond words to adequately express for the
> privilege of living in this amazingly wonderful U.S.A.
>
>
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Happy Trails!
Jerry
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This email's random fortune:
Q: What is purple and commutes?
A: An Abelian grape.
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