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Give Thanks for the Blessings of God

Jeff2214 Wrote: Nov 21, 2012 11:47 PM

Not today's America. Now it's God, get the hell out of our life's. We worship evil and condemn all that is good. We want America to become a fourth rate banana republic complete with a strong dictator who will watch our every move. We want to give up all our freedoms so we can get all that neat stuff for free from the government. We are stupid, lazy whimpy, whiny fools who can't take care of ourselves.

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Give Thanks for the Blessings of God

Thanksgiving is traditionally a time where the people of the United States turn their eyes toward heaven and give thanks for the many blessings which have been bestowed on us by Almighty God. Although we tend to associate the modern holiday with the proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln on October 3, 1863, the first presidential proclamation declaring a day of Thanksgiving actually dates back to 1789 and was promulgated by our first president, George Washington. Since that time our presidents have traditionally, but not always, issued a proclamation urging American citizens to give thanks to God for the blessings that have...

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