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| Happy Thanksgiving |
| 2004-11-25 |
| 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. . . . 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. --Abraham Lincoln, 1863 |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #23 happy thanksgivin yalls! ima go mourn the turkeys now. :( |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-11-25 9:22:48 PM |
| #22 I'm late! But thanks to all you guys-- and Fred in perticular of course! |
| Posted by: Wuzzalib 2004-11-25 9:02:13 PM |
| #21 The year has not been a good one here, either - but I am still alive and healthy, as are all of my loved ones. Reason enough to give thanks. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2004-11-25 8:22:00 PM |
| #20 Happy Thanksgiving to those of you who got a real Thanksgiving dinner. Here in China, I had fish and boiled leeks. Oh, and a bowl of plain white rice. Still, I'm thankful that American prosperity is responsible for putting that rice on my table. |
| Posted by: gromky 2004-11-25 6:25:49 PM |
| #19 Thanks Fred and all the folks fighting for decency and freedom around the world. Thanks Rantburgers for your humor, insight, and attitude .... |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2004-11-25 5:49:13 PM |
| #18 Happy Thanksgiving you all |
| Posted by: djohn66 2004-11-25 5:02:42 PM |
| #17 Thanks to Fred, the Steves, Dan Darling, and everyone else here. And not least to those putting their lives on the line abroad as we on the home front are not. And on a lighter note, thanks that we're not French. |
| Posted by: someone 2004-11-25 4:43:33 PM |
| #16 All the best to my American colleagues . Eat , Drink and be Merry . |
| Posted by: MacNails 2004-11-25 4:33:46 PM |
| #15 Thanks to all for the wit, camaraderie and good cheer. Rantburg is a blight upon the dullness of the MSM world. My best to all. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-25 2:59:50 PM |
| #14 Hey, I'm just here for the sarcasm and the smart-assery... oh, and the hot buttered popcorn! Thanks! (OK, who's hogging the bowl of popcorn...) |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2004-11-25 2:54:59 PM |
| #13 I am thankful for all the women and men that serve our nation in every branch of the armed services of the US. God Bless every one of them and their famlies. I am thankful for the great doctor who operated on me with skill and got all the bad stuff out of me. I am thankful for my family and my country. I am thankful for all the Random J. Posters out there who share opinions with us. Thanks Fred for the Server and bandwidth. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-11-25 2:34:17 PM |
| #12 Thanks Fred for putting this wonderful site together and thanks to all the other RB'ers who make it so interesting and fun. Thanks especially for Mucky who makes me laugh. Most of all, thanks to our men and women in the military and their families. I am so proud of them. |
| Posted by: Remote Man 2004-11-25 2:10:00 PM |
| #11 I've had a really rough year for my personal life but I am thankful that I have the courge to face it. I am also thankful for the friends I've made on Rantburg and for the time I've spent here. I really appreciate everyones views, humor, and honesty. This is a great site. |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2004-11-25 1:53:49 PM |
| #10 Thanks to all and sundry here at Rantburg for your wit, wisdom, and humor. Thank you, America for your promise and bounty. Thank you GWB, for your leadership. Thank you, military men and women on duty around the globe today, standing in harm's way. Plus their families. Now please pass the spuds down this way. Time to eat! |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-11-25 1:49:11 PM |
| #9 Thanks to all here, thanks to the brave men and women who defend us and our country, and thanks to all the people who every day make our lives a little better. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-11-25 1:03:47 PM |
| #8 Thank you Fred; and thank you Rantburgers all. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-11-25 12:44:14 PM |
| #7 Dar is referring to Murat. He's thankful for Turkey on Thanksgiving Day. |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-11-25 12:42:14 PM |
| #6 Dar---In reference to "them crazy Rantburgers," be more specific. Please supply examples, citing sources, as well as names. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-11-25 12:36:43 PM |
| #5 Rantburg and them crazy Rantburgers--just a few more things to be thankful for today! |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-11-25 12:01:36 PM |
| #4 Rantburg has been my morning coffee, without drinking coffee. Heh heh. Heck, I get RB withdrawl symptoms when the site is down, right Seafarious? All kidding aside, we have much to be thankful for. Thanks, Fred, for your remarkable site. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-11-25 11:35:29 AM |
| #3 I am thankful that Rantburg has occupied so much of my time during the past year in such an interesting and thought-provoking manner. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-11-25 11:16:37 AM |
| #2 Shoulda put this in the original posting, but I forgot: let us give thanks for Fred (for letting us play with his bandwidth and server space), the Army of Steve, and all the Rantburg community. |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-11-25 11:02:23 AM |
| #1 This has truly been a year of great things and portends of future goodness (hear that, Iran?). I and my family give thanks and wish you all a happy Thanksgiving, even you, Aris! Eat up and drink to all our good health! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-25 10:52:27 AM |