Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is not only in remembrance of the feast of giving for the successful harvest of the Pilgrims and Indians, it is a moment to ponder what “we” are thankful for in our everyday lives.

This is my list of things I am most thankful for:

A healthy family

A family that each is able to pursue their dreams

A business that gives me time to spend with family and helping others

A functioning mind with which to read, learn, reason and teach

A body healthy enough to work and play

Friends who take time out for one another

Money enough to pay our bills, spoil the kids a little, and give some to charity

A home to shelter me and my family

A bed to rest my head on after a long day

The ability to go to a store and buy whatever my family needs, knowing that my money is helping others to do the same

The ability to understand the difference between “good” and “evil”

Faith that there is a supreme being looking over us all

And, the energy to get up everyday and look forward to what new challenges are out there for me and my family

There are many other things I am thankful for, but for now, I am off to spend time doing the things I am thankful for.  May you be blessed enough today to do the same and more.

YiT,  Shelly

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“Oh Say Can You See?”

The following article and video are an epitome of the past, present and future of our Country.  Please share them both this holiday season and into the new year.

Yours in Truth    Shelly

Story of “The Star Spangled Banner”.

December 15, 2010

The Only Thing That Will Save Us Now Is Fear Itself

By Herbert E. Meyer

On March 4, 1933, millions of Americans sat beside their radios listening to Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivering his first inaugural address, in which he famously declared that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."  (Joe Biden thinks he watched the speech on television, but that's the subject for an essay in Current Psychiatry, and this is American Thinker.) FDR gave Americans the confidence and courage to cope with the Great Depression, which is among the reasons he's one of our very greatest presidents.

I hate to say this, but right now the only thing that can save our country is -- fear itself.  Our government is bankrupt, its deficit is insurmountable, and at both the federal and state levels, we've run up more debt than can possibly be repaid.  This isn't a political thing; it's a numbers thing.  Either everything I've ever learned about math and economics is wrong, or we're on the verge of going down.  The only possible way to come through safely -- and even so, the odds are against us -- will be to frighten ourselves so badly that we'll be willing to do things that in normal times we simply could not imagine doing.

Read the full article by clicking here: http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/12/the_only_thing_that_will_save.htm

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Happy Holiday or Black Friday? Which Do You Celebrate?

As a true believer in ‘free markets’ and no ‘public/private’ co-operatives which exist only by tax dollars…it pains me to agree that events like ‘Black Friday’ and all of it’s relatives are not a good way for consumerism to exist.  It’s just another bubble which encourages otherwise respectful human beings to behave like self centered infants.  Holidays should be about giving, celebrating and spending time with family or loved ones.  The Holidays should be about enjoying these moments, not stressing out and spending so much money that you spend the rest of the year to pay off the debt you’ve accumulated, just to do it all over again.

How are you spending your holidays this year?  Share your favorite ‘holiday’ thing with me and anyone else who happens by this posting.

Yours In Truth    Shelly

The Madness of a Lost Society

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