Richard’s cartoon (click to enlarge) is a Thanksgiving Day prayer for all who have family members in the military who couldn’t be with them today. Blessings on the soldiers and their families.
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Agreed. May they all come home soon and safe
Good cartoon. It is really ashamed that the Bush family will enjoy a very luxurious and abundant Thanksgiving with all the trimmings money can buy while thousands of people will be missing from their table because of the Bushs and their LIES. So I will give my thanks for the fact that a year from now that lame DUCK will be eating his last TURKEY in the White House while Hillary, Obama or Edwards measure for the new drapes.
I’m sorry, Richard, but neither the holiday, celebrating God’s blessings on us, nor our young men and women’s service to our country (including one of my own) warrant flippancy. NOBODY with a child in Iraq will say this afternoon, “And if it’s not too much trouble, please fill our chair…”
We will be saying, “Lord, please bless and protect our son (daughter) and bring him (her) home safely.” Some of us will also read Psalm 23.
Yup.
Most of the National Guard troops I know signed up for “a weekend a month and two weeks a year,” and were ready to respond to any and every local emergency — flood, tornado, whatever — with an understanding that their service might put them in the line of fire against enemies of the United States.
They did not sign up for an aggressive unilateral war against a nation that posed no direct threat against America. And yet they serve.
Damn. That takes a lot of patriotism. That takes a lot of strength. That takes a lot of courage that most people — sitting and spewing George WMD Bush’s rhetoric on the Internet — simply do not have.
And when those troops come home, to see how the George WMD Bush administration has betrayed their trust in America, is sickening.
There are too damned many Americans who think a turkey-based MRE in the Sandbox is all they have to give to justify the absolute betrayal of patriotism and citizenship this administration has imposed on our National Guard and regular military personel.
I’m thankful for individuals in the military who are better, far better, than this government deserves. And I wish you were home with people who love and respect you. Don’t bother to visit the White House, though, or any of the supporters of George WMD Bush’s Reign of Error.
They’ve used you in a craven attempt to enrich their friends and open of the trough of public money.
America should be better than how we’ve treated you, military. Perhaps we can make it up to you.
Godspeed, troops. Come home. We need you.
Excellent post Long time
Ah, nothing like adding partisan crap and lies to the special holiday. Kind of gives it that special spice. We Dems are great at it!
Happy Thanksgiving!
I really didnt see anything flippant about it at all.
Hey ye native folk! You are warmly greeted. Sit and break bread with us. We be from England. This corn you bring, it is a blessing from the Lord!
What? Oh We will get ye acquainted with the Lord post haste! Thanks be to him and this bountiful land!
Listen friends. We rather like this land. We are looking with interest also on that land where your village is. Friends! You wouldn’t mind moving your house and kin would you? We’ve seen a spot we think you’d find most favorable until such time as we would like it as well. But we will talk of that later. Bring more corn and let the Lord bless our shared bounty and future!
Good morning to all on this beautiful Kansas day!
Special shout out to those who have come back from Iraq and those still serving.
My nephew at Camp Victory, Iraq – be safe lad and Happy Thanksgiving. My other relatives in the Marine Corp in Afghanistan and the North Arabian sea. Special thoughts for my relative who after three tours, came back home with trauma from IED explosions, may today be a restful day for you.
Prayers to all of you and your families and my thanks to God for your safe existence and return.
As we all sit down at our respective tables today, regardless of the type of food on the table, take a moment to thank our forefathers and foremothers who toiled and sacrificed so we might enjoy not only our freedoms, but the legacy of choice.
Thanks to those serving in the kitchens across America serving those who are not so fortunate. My God smile upon you for your charity and hard work serving good food with a smile.
I hope each and every one of you has a quiet day of contemplation and memories filled with fond remembrances about the past of which you can be thankful.
We Americans can be thankful that we have a day of thanks and the ability to celebrate it as we see fit.
Happy Thanksgiving to all,
God Bless you and yours!
Kansas God bless your relatives in the service, may they all come home soon and safe. My thanks and gratitude to them.
I rember that the Thanksgiving before the war started my son came home from Mirimar and told us that he was probably going to be deployed. Sure enough he was on his 22nd birthday. I am so greatful he is home safe and sound and using the skills he learned in the Marines as a firefighter to provide for him and his wife
A happy sock puppet thanksgiving?
Maybe bush will go share another plastic turkey with the troops.
The vast majority of bush war supporters have cause to be thankful, thankful they have no one in harms way!
Circa 2013:
The Clinton family will enjoy a very luxurious and abundant Thanksgiving with all the trimmings money can buy while thousands of people will be missing from their table because of the Clinton and their LIES. So I will give my thanks for the fact that a year from now that lame DUCK’s (Bill and Hillary Presidential Team) will be eating their last TURKEY in the White House while, Obama or Edwards measure for the new drapes.
Hillary is devoted to the war and more deaths for our troops until at least 2013.
Posted by: Kev
It does not matter what we feel about the conditions that have put our soldiers in harm’s way. That will be argued over for many years to come. Our military is, as always, carrying out the job assigned them with the ultimate in professionalism and dedication. Along with the thanks I give this year for many gifts I have received, I give thanks for these brave men and women along with a prayer to bring them home safely to their families. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!!
God bless all our men and women serving overseas and away from their families today.
God bless the families and children of servicemen and women who spend their days in worry and fear – but supporting their soldier, airman, sailor, or Marine.
God Bless the parents, particularly those with multiple children serving. As a career serviceman, your support and prayers were always faithful when others were not. As a parent, I cannot fathom the worry and burden you alone carry. Know we are with you in thought and prayer.
God bless them all, our nation, our leaders, and families. We have much to be thankful for.
God Bless Kev who decided to caste this day in a negative light. I am thankful he lives in a nation where that priviledge still exists.
Wow…
You liberals have to turn every thread into a Bush bashing session.
Couldn’t simply say Happy Thanksgiving or something nice about the troops?
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
(Nathan, that includes everyone, serving or not serving.)
How about a prayer for all the Iraqis who have had their lives turned upside down, lost loved ones, and are now sitting in refuge camps wondering if they’ll ever be able to go home? While all the armchair warriors give thanks for our heros and our freedom, remember that those who’s country we invaded have paid one hell of a price for our “freedom”.
Mary,
They are paying that price for THEIR freedom not ours.
I just watched the Baghdad Diaries the other night and it was a really good show.
How quickly you liberals forget the mass graves unearthed and torture rooms discovered after the fall of Saddam.
How quickly you liberals forget the Iraqi people cheering in the streets at the fall of Saddam.
The difficulty caused their was by those few people left after Saddam who were purposefully trying to cause as much strife as they could, the terrorists trying to kill as many as they could, and the insurgents.
I guess it’s Ok for us to kill and displace them, as long as it’s for the right reaasons…do you really think things are better for them now that Sadamm’s gone? I’m sure no one misses him, but I don’t think you can call what they have now “freedom”.
They sure love satellite TV, playing western CD’s, using email and the internet. All things which they were not free to do under Saddam.
Mary,
I bet things were not that wonderful for the people in Europe while we were fighting against Hitler.
Should we have not fought him?
We are fighting for the future, not the present.
Who is it that you think we are killing Mary?
This is a nice way to tell our men and women that we care.
Something cool that Xerox is doing
If you go to this web site,
http://www.LetsSayThanks.com
you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq . You can’t pick ou t who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services.
How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one!!! This is a great site. Please send a card. It is FREE and it only takes a second.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these? Whether you are for or against the war, our guys and gals over there need to know we are behind them…
Oh please Mary go pray for the Iraqi’s yourself. You really don’t give a rats ass about them, you just want to bash bush for taking us there.
This is an American holiday for being thankful. I am thankful for the abundance I have in my life, my family, my nation, and those serving it.
You can do the political crap and post about those poor Iraqis’ and turn this festive day into your own mourners pool.
Thank you George!
More Turkey for the rest of us!
I wouldn’t mind invading another country for oil and personal agendas if the president would have just been honist about it and not hide behind WMD’s and BS.
If he wants to invade Iran, than I say go for it! Just tell us its about the oil…
I will note that the holiday we are celebrating is based on the generosity of my ancesters toward the Europeans. Had we not fed them they would have all died.
We were repaid with genocide. I can fully understand the Iraqi peoples’ attitude toward the US military.
“”"They sure love satellite TV, playing western CD’s, using email and the internet. All things which they were not free to do under Saddam.”"”
They did all that under Saddam too. 90% of the houses there have satellite dishes on them and they were there under Saddam too.
90% huh?
Exactly where would you be getting that number from?
The cartoon is terriffic!! As usual, Crowson manages to put the matter into full perspective… WTG Richard!!
I’d like to see some of you trade places with the Iraqis right now, you’re the ones who don’t give a rat’s ass about them..and Nathan, we’ve killed plenty of civilians right along with the insurgents.We fought WWII because Hitler was going to take over Europe…who had Sadamm invaded? We went there for the oil, was it worth destroying their country? I think not.
American..you’re what’s wrong with our country…anything goes as long as we have something to gain by it. I’m sorry that you think it’s worth the lives of American soldiers and innocent Iraqi citizens for the pursuit of oil and power…Iraq was never a threat to us, but those like you will swallow the lies and spin hook, line, and sinker because of your facist beliefs.
Mary,
What country did we destroy?
I have been there. We didn’t destroy their country. We have spent the last several years helping them rebuild it better than it was.
The only ones destroying it are the insurgents and terrorists.
We spend every day trying to prevent that and rebuild.
Typical member of the blame America first crowd, hey Mary?
Mary,
Saddam had invaded Kuwait and was under our terms for a surrender.
Terms which they were in violation of.
The comparison was in response to your statement that things in Iraq are not great right now.
Of course they are not wonderful right this second.
We are trying to make them better.
I am looking to the future and all you can do is try to focus on how bad things were today.
With that attitude we would have quit WWI and WWII in the first year.
A day to celebrate? Hardly.
It marked the beginning of manifest destiny and the beginning of the end of the Native American way of life.
What might America have evolved into if Europe had stayed home? It’s an interesting speculation. The Natives of America were not unlike the Europeans. They grouped themselves into various factions and quarreled often. They had a healthy respect for the Earth and nature. The Europeans had that too. Well before Christianity anyway.
Left to their own, would the natives of America have evolved their own advanced culture based on a respect for nature?
But we can never know what would have been. I find that sad.
Apparently a large percentage of our military have been brainwashed, so that they see war desstruction as some sort of re-building efforts… when in fact it is left over bomb and battle damages…
Other military come back with far different tales to tell, other than that we are over there re-building what we destroyed.
Iraq is not a culture that would place high value on something that is re-built, and told it is better than what they have had there for centuries… That kind of culture places value on “old” and established — “new” doesnt mean to them what “new” means to us!
I would love to see us make Iraq a haven for peace and democracy in the Middle East…but I live in the real world. You can’t compare Iraq to post WWII Europe…it’s like comparing apples to oranges. If we would never have invaded Iraq, we would have no to reason to rebuild it, right? Maybe the insurgents are blowing things up, but would they be doing that if we weren’t there? All we managed to do is get ourselves stuck between a rock and a hard spot. If we stay, they will be more of the same, and if we leave, there will be a bloodbath the likes we haven’t seen since Cambodia. This whole war was a disaster…and for what? So we could have better access to their oil? If we’re so concerned about the human atrocities that occured under Sadamm’s regime…then why haven’t we invaded North Korea or sent troops into Darfur? Why do we have free trade with China, who has the worst human rights record of any country in the world? Iraq was no threat to us before we invaded, and if terrorism was our big concern, it would have made more sense to invade Pakistan and overthrow their worthless leader. That’s where the terrorists have their training camps now.
Apparently a large percentage of our military have been brainwashed, so that they see war desstruction as some sort of re-building efforts… when in fact it is left over bomb and battle damages…
Posted by: Chas. | November 22, 2007 at 10:12 PM
I don’t think the military are the ones brainwashed.
The one who is brainwashed by Liberal Propaganda is the one standing in your shoes.
Can you be specific, Kansas? How is what Chas said not true?Would we be rebuilding if we never invaded Iraq in the first place? How quickly the armchair warriors forget the “shock and awe” plan to intimidate Sadamm’s regime, and all the destruction that took place afterward, completely destroying Iraq’s infastructure.I guess to honestly believe that Iraq is still welcoming us with open arms you’d have to have your eyes completely shut. Lie to yourself all you want, Kansas, but you’re the one who’s been brainwashed, not those that see this war for what it really is.