Thanksgiving 2013

Thanksgiving Day

Today, the fourth Thursday in November, is Thanksgiving Day.  What does that mean, this word "thanksgiving"?  To whom does one give thanks?  The very word "thanksgiving" implies the existence of the object of gratitude.  I mean "object" in the grammatical sense, of course.  In a sentence with a transitive verb, one must have the transitive verb that describes a specific action, the subject (entity performing the action in question) and the object (entity receiving the action in question).  Without that object, the very term "thanksgiving" is nonsensical.  That is why atheists find themselves in a quandary on this day, as they do on Christmas.  The very existence of those two holidays reveals the lies behind their erroneous beliefs.

Now before I go on, I issue this advisory to members of these organizations and other similarly deluded folks:

• People for the American Way
• Americans United for Separation of Church and State
• Freedom from Religion Foundation
• American Humanist Association

If you suffer from periodic fits of rage, frequent hissy-snits, cognitive dissonance or other maladies typical of atheists and progressives, I suggest you read no further - at least not without having taken blood pressure medication.  If you do read, please have smelling salts handy.

I publish below the Thanksgiving Proclamation issued in 1789 by President George Washington:

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 favor; 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 public thanksgiving 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 26th 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 thanks for 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 enabled 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 favors 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 public 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 shown kindness to 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 3rd day of October, A.D. 1789.

The Craven Scrooges Who Are The Progressives

In a small town in Texas, called Athens in Henderson County, the people there celebrate Christmas - not "the holidays" but Christmas.  Their celebration comes complete with Nativity scenes in public areas.  From all accounts, the citizens there have been perfectly happy with this arrangement for years.

Come now the grinches, the scrooges who call themselves the Freedom from Religion Foundation, hailing from Wisconsin.  As the name suggests, they are a pack of progressive atheists who are on a relentless crusade to force their pathetic world view on as many hapless folks as they can.  Their very concept of freedom is twisted to mean "freedom is permitted only if religion is eradicated".  Make no mistake about it!

What kind of craven, miserable hatred would motivate this "foundation" to butt its big bazoo into the affairs of a town hundreds of miles away to stifle that community's joyous celebration of Christmas?  Don't they sound like the quintessential kill-joys?  Ladies and gentlemen, do we want to let these pathetic progressives have their way with us?

My hat's off to Joe Hall, County Commissioner of Athens, TX!  He states that they'll remove the display when hell freezes over.  That's the spirit!

Ladies and gentlemen, we need to stand by the Joe Halls and Natalie Johnsons of our times and against these progressives who are attempting to force us to make their sad, stale worldviews the law of our country.

By the way - why not send these "freedom from religion" folks a real Christmas card?  Contact information is on the link above.  They'll have to open it for they don't want to miss a possible donation check.  Who knows?  It might brighten their day up there!

"Should This Be the Last Generation?"

That is a serious question posed by atheistic "philosopher" Pete Singer of Princeton University.  He is apparently mulling over the work of fellow atheist David Benatar.  Both men (in differing degrees) opine that the pain of human existence is evil.

In my opnion, if one holds to the erroneous belief that there is no God and that there is no eternity, then the beliefs of these two men are actually quite logical and consistent.  Did not even Paul attest to that logic in 1 Corinthians 15, when he states that if there is no resurrection, then "eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die"?

Those of us who grapple with the Culture of Death (e.g., those of us in front of abortuaries) would do well to consider this mental paradigm that is foundational to the thinking of our opponents.  While they still have that God-shaped restlessness in their hearts (of which St Augustine wrote), they are becoming increasingly oblivious to it and unable to recognize it. 

We Have No King But.......

This clip from Real Catholic TV gives a brief definition of the role of civil government.  Michael Voris rightly decries those who look to government to solve their problems, and he also states that it's mostly left-wingers who do so.  I'll take that a step further by illustrating why I believe that liberalism and atheism feed each other.  The atheist claims there is no God.  However, such a claim violates his very nature, as we all recognize a need for God, be that need conscious or unconscious.  Nature abhors a vacuum.  So what, then, becomes the god of the atheist?  Well, there are the usual suspects: money, pleasure, comfort, convenience - but there's another choice of false deity - government!   I truly believe that is why so many atheists are lovers of Big Government and haters of the One True God.



"Too many Catholics look to the State to solve problems that the Church should be solving."  That does describe the modus operandi of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.  Let us learn the principle of subsidiarity.  Let us learn why Pope Pius XI condemned socialism.  Let such knowledge govern our votes this coming November.

A note to left-wing lawyers regarding my previous sentence.  We are NOT a "501(c)" anything!  Among other things, there are no muzzles upon what we can say, be it political, partisan or whatever.  So stop salivating, now!  There is no lawsuit fodder here!

If You Thought the Term "Obama Death-Care" Was Unkind..

Sorry! You're wrong! If anything, that term is an understatement of the horrors that await us all, should we be so unfortunate as to fall into the hands of his Frankenstein-esque cabal.

Here's a "case in point". It came to my attention that Cass Sunstein, another of Obama's countless "czars", has made his grisly opinions known. Since he was just recently confirmed, we can only assume that such are the views held by the Messiah Most Macabre himself. And just what might those views be?

He defends the "possibility of removing organs from terminally ill patients without their permission." Yes, you read that correctly! The "organ donors" need not be dead before Frankenstein et al come with their knives and buzzsaws to rip out their vital organs. Of course they will be dead immediately after the removal!

He writes candidly about this murder scenario in his book, "Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness". He calls this type of murder "routine removal". He says,"Though it may sound grotesque, routine removal is not impossible to defend. In theory, it would save lives, and it would do so without intruding on anyone who has any prospect for life." Well it not only sounds grotesque; it is grotesque! "Save lives? He is talking of ending lives. Moreover, we have the state here deciding who has any "prospect for life".

This book gets quite revelatory. Note this pivotal statement:"The state owns the rights to body parts of people who are dead or in certain hopeless conditions, and it can remove their organs without asking anyone's permission." (italics mine) Do you comprehend what he's saying here? If you fall into a coma or a condition like the murdered Terri Shiavo, according to Sunstein, it is the state who owns your body! Not you, not your family - but the state.

Such is the mindset of the left. The vast majority of leftists and socialists are atheists. They do not believe in the One True God. However, nature abhors a vacuum. Man's nature demands a god, since there is an inate instinct for a god (even though that instinct is corrupted by original sin). Thus the State becomes god. It is for that reason that Pope Pius XII pointed out that no one can truly be a Catholic while being a Socialist. Here we have crystal-clear proof of the dangers of what Mark Levin calls "statism".

One institution that had better learn this lesson is the Catholic hierarchy in this country. The bishops, at least the majority of them, still insist on their dangerous flirtations with socialism. We must help them learn that lesson. A good way to start will be to boycott the Catholic Campaign for Human Development collection in November.

Help! I live in Montgomery County Liberal Loony-Bin!

I live in a county that teaches children how to put condoms on vegetables, but not what an unborn child looks like. We're taxed to oblivion while at the same time building $65k restrooms for the county executive. Yet we keep electing into office such charlatans, and I wonder at times how we can do so. I wonder at times how that can be.

Sadly, I am reminded how that can be. We elect such incompetents because many of the voters are clearly out of touch with reality. I beheld evidence of such spacy-brained mentality when I viewed some bumper strips on a car that I'll now share below.

According to this first lovely gem, I can blow my nose into a tissue, but I'd better be careful about tossing that tissue into a trash can, because that tissue might be a long-lost family menber. After all, it does say that "with all things we shall be as relatives," does it not? For that matter, does blowing my nose into that tissue constitute "tissue-abuse"? I'd better be careful what I say, because some sort of person (such as the owner of the vehicle) might take me seriously!

Moving along the bumper of that vehicle, we see the one below.

Most likely, you are reading this on a a computer that belongs to you. The computer is yours because you paid for it (or it was given to you by someone who in turn paid for it). Soooo... how much did the earth pay for you? Nada-zippo. To whom does the earth belong? It, and every human being, belongs to God. That's why it is a sin of the most grievous magnitude to murder another person - such as in the abortion of tiny babies. I could be wrong, but I suspect this car owner, and far too many folks, don't believe in God. They have no foundation in any truth whatsoever. There is a saying. "They who believe in nothing will fall for anything." Don't we see so much evidence of that? We see two pieces of that evidence on this blog right now.