Source: Patriot's Corner
Wishing a joyous and peaceful Thanksgiving to all of you.
Even with a muslim in the White House, we have so much to be thankful for. Best wishes to you and yours on a day that is about beingThankful and not so much about pigging out and sports.
President George Washington's Proclamation of a National Day of Thanksgiving.
WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favour; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a DAY OF PUBLICK THANSGIVING and PRAYER, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:"
NOW THEREFORE, I do recommend and assign THURSDAY, the TWENTY-SIXTH DAY of NOVEMBER next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanksfor His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed;-- for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enable to establish Constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted;-- for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge;-- and, in general, for all the great and various favours which He has been pleased to confer upon us.
And also, that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions;-- to enable us all, whether in publick or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us); and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.
GIVEN under my hand, at the city of New-York, the third day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine.
(signed) G. Washington
Limbaugh Blasts Obama's Thanksgiving Address
Friday, 26 Nov 2010 08:43 AM
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Rush Limbaugh dissected President Barack Obama's Thanksgiving pr
oclamation and found it riddled with cliches and other faults, according to a New York Daily News report.
Limbaugh called the Obama vision of the national holiday so "wildly distorted" that he first thought he was listerning to a "prank."
• "This Thanksgiving Day, we reflect on the compassion and contributions of Native Americans, whose skill in agriculture helped the early colonists survive, and whose rich culture continues to add to our Nation's heritage," Obama proclaimed in the official address.
But Limbaugh qualified, "…at their casinos and on their reservations."
• "This spirit brought together the newly arrived Pilgrims and the Wampanoag tribe — who had been living and thriving around Plymouth for thousands of years," Obama declared.
But Limbaugh crticized: "So, we were the invaders. The Indians were minding their own business. We were incompetent idiots. We didn't know how to feed ourselves so they came along and showed us how and that's what Thanksgiving is all about."
Limbaugh furthermore noted that Obama said "nothing about the Constitution in his Thanksgiving Day proclamation -- because" he's got a problem with it."
The controversial host then went on to give some of his own thinking on the important and historic holiday.
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Limbaugh called the Obama vision of the national holiday so "wildly distorted" that he first thought he was listerning to a "prank."
• "This Thanksgiving Day, we reflect on the compassion and contributions of Native Americans, whose skill in agriculture helped the early colonists survive, and whose rich culture continues to add to our Nation's heritage," Obama proclaimed in the official address.
But Limbaugh qualified, "…at their casinos and on their reservations."
• "This spirit brought together the newly arrived Pilgrims and the Wampanoag tribe — who had been living and thriving around Plymouth for thousands of years," Obama declared.
But Limbaugh crticized: "So, we were the invaders. The Indians were minding their own business. We were incompetent idiots. We didn't know how to feed ourselves so they came along and showed us how and that's what Thanksgiving is all about."
Limbaugh furthermore noted that Obama said "nothing about the Constitution in his Thanksgiving Day proclamation -- because" he's got a problem with it."
The controversial host then went on to give some of his own thinking on the important and historic holiday.
© Newsmax. All rights reserved.
