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November 23, 2005
Thanksgiving Gobble-dly-goo
More stellar reporting from MSM: AFP reports, "Thanksgiving a boom time for US turkey farmers." The article is complete with a fascinating close-up photo of a turkey, which is helpfully captioned, "...Thanksgiving is undisputedly Turkey Day..." Next week, AFP will investigate the recent disappearance of thousands of Balsam Firs from the New England countryside. (H/T: Rob from down the hall. Someone alert James Taranto!)
Then we have real writers (h/t: Powerline): David Gelernter's article, "Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving":
In his message proclaiming that November 1864 Thanksgiving, he said that the Lord "has been pleased to animate and inspire our minds and hearts with fortitude, courage and resolution sufficient for the great trial of civil war." And he prayed for the "blessings of Peace, Union and Harmony throughout the land, which it has pleased him to assign as a dwelling-place for ourselves and for our posterity throughout all generations." The Biblical language is typical of Lincoln. Like many Puritan-minded Americans, he thought of his country as a new promised land.
I wonder whether Michael Newdow celebrates Thanksgiving. To whom or what does he give thanks? His yoga instructor?
More Thanksgiving stuff here from Michelle Malkin.
Posted by bill at November 23, 2005 09:21 AM
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