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rushfanatic
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21 Nov 2007, 8:12 am

Just wanting to wish all who celebrate this tradition in America a very Happy Holiday to you!

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21 Nov 2007, 11:03 am

Thanks! Happy Thanksgiving!

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21 Nov 2007, 5:28 pm

Have a Happy Thanksgiving yourself!

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21 Nov 2007, 5:32 pm

Indeed, happy Thanksgiving day to all of you!

And rushfanatic: I take it you are a RUSH fanatic, i saw them in concert a few years ago, it was my first (and probably last) concert ever! RUSH ROCKS!!

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21 Nov 2007, 6:20 pm

Yes, I am indeed a Rush Fanatic! I've seen them 4 times in the last 10 years, have most of their albums, cd's, couple of decals on the vehicle...they are simply amazing!! ! A trio that can sound like a symphony of artists, they are multi- talented, non-conformists, dedicated intellectuals...Happy to hear from another Rush fan!! ! Which tour did you get to see? Thanks for your inquiry!

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21 Nov 2007, 6:34 pm

yea, happy thanksgiving. stuffing is the best.

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21 Nov 2007, 7:10 pm

Happy Thanksgiving!

Pistachio salad is awesome!

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21 Nov 2007, 7:24 pm

Happy Thanksgiving. I'll be roasting my own turkey and be trying to get in touch with some of my relatives.
My family is scattered all over the country. And yes I'll be posting here as well.

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21 Nov 2007, 7:30 pm

wtf is thanksgiving!?!?!?!?!

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21 Nov 2007, 8:18 pm

Dear Webster, are you serious about not knowing what Thanksgiving is? The puritans from England wanted freedom from religious persecution, so they traveled to America to settle there, back in the 1600's... They met the native americans who showed them how to grow their gardens and such, and they came to respect each other enough to have a dinner with everyone together... Hens, corn, veggies, pies, and ale were enjoyed together, and this became a tradition for all of us in America, to share goodwill with one another.....

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21 Nov 2007, 10:09 pm

rushfanatic wrote:

One day out of the year! :wink:

Then go out the next morning and fight each other for those wonderfully low-priced goods so we can keep the capitalistic circular flow going! :twisted:

I spread my THANKS out over the entire year... Thanksgiving is just a day off or a day with extra pay and few outpatients... until the food has been eaten, the games are over, and Uncle Ralph has finally collapsed from all this over-indulgence!

OH HAPPY HAPPY GLORIOUS DAY! HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL! :roll:

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21 Nov 2007, 10:12 pm

happy thanksgiving all!

in the spirit of thanksgiving i'm going to reread the chapter in my book, Lies My Teacher Told Me, called The Truth About Thanksgiving. yay!! !

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21 Nov 2007, 10:13 pm

An excerpt from the book "Where White Men Fear to Tread", the autobiography of the Oglala Lakota freedom-fighter patriot Russell Means.
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"When we met with the Wampanoag people, they told us that in researching the history of Thanksgiving, they had confirmed the oral history passed down through their generations. Most Americans know that Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoag, had welcomed the so-called Pilgrim Fathers - and the seldom mentioned Pilgrim Mothers - to the shores where his people had lived for millenia. The Wampanoag taught the European colonists how to live in our hemisphere by showing them what wild food they could gather, how, where and what crops to plant, and how to harvest, dry, and preserve them.

The Wampanoag wanted to remind white America of what had happened after Massasoit's death. He was succeeded by his son Metacomet, whom the colonists called "King Philip". In 1676, to show "gratitude" for what Massasoit's people had done for their fathers and grandfathers, the Pilgrims manufactured an incident as a pretext to justify disarming the Wampanoag. The whites went after the Wampanoag with guns, swords, cannons and torches. Most, including Metacomet, were butchered. His wife and son were sold into slavery in the West Indies. His body was hideously drawn and quartered. For twenty five years afterward Metacomet's skull was displayed on a pike above the whites' village. The real legacy of the Pilgrim Fathers is treachery.

Americans today believe that Thanksgiving celebrates a bountiful harvest, but that is not so. By 1970, the Wampanoag had turned up a copy of a Thanksgiving proclamation made by the governor to the colony. The text revealed the ugly truth. After a colonial militia had returned from murdering the men, women and children of an Indian village, the governor proclaimed a holiday and feast to give thanks for the massacre. He also encouraged other colonies to do likewise - in other words, every Autumn after the crops are in, go kill Indians and celebrate your murders with a feast.

In November 1970 their descendants returned to Plymouth to publicise the true story of Thanksgiving and, along with about two hundred other Indians from around the country, to observe a national day of Indian mourning.

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