[kayla.meyer_144]

What am I thankful for?

I made a tremendous difference in our country,

[btomba_77]

I’m thankful that god gave me such awesome posting ability that you all have been able to be blessed by it.  AM is so much stronger now because of me … and I am thankful for that.
 
 

[ruszja]

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I’m thankful that god gave me such awesome posting ability that you all have been able to blessed by it.  AM is so much stronger now because of me … and I am thankful for that.

You are one of the best people posting here. Lots to be thankful for. It’s the best posting of all the internet. People say your posting is huuge. I don’t know. Who really knows?

[btomba_77]

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[kaldridgewv2211]

If I understood they had two turkeys and he only pardoned one. That seems kind of weird. I thought they usually just had one turkey that got the ceremonial pardon.

[btomba_77]

Happy Thanksgiving, Aunt Minnie

[link=https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/11/thanksgiving-american-economy-pandemic/672248/]Tom Nichols[/link]: 

[h1]Giving Thanks for What Weve Averted[/h1] [b]Americans have dodged some disasters over the past few years. Lets not forget it.[/b]

On Thanksgiving, we tend to express our gratitude for what we already have. We roll out of bed, glad (if were so blessed) that we are well and that our home is intact, and then head to the dinner table for a nice meal. Millions of us will do that on Thursday, and this is as it should be. But I want to challenge you to find gratitude for the disasters weve escaped over the past few years. This is the thankfulness not for the warm hearth or full belly, but the visceral sense of relief, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, that comes from being shot at and missed.

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Look, I dont mean to be morbid (or, heaven forfend, overly dramatic). But this year, in addition to being thankful for what we have, lets also think for a moment about the many ways that our nationand worldcould have been derailed by immense dangers that have so far been held at bay. This does not mean we live in the best of all worlds. We still must endure sadness and tragedies, both as individuals and as a society. Prominent Americans still [link=https://www.npr.org/2022/05/12/1098488908/has-tucker-carlson-created-the-most-racist-show-in-the-history-of-cable-news]attempt to stoke[/link] our nascent hatreds; [link=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/22/us/colorado-springs-nightclub-shooting-narrative-cec]mass shooters[/link] still kill our fellow citizens and obliterate our sense of safety. Ignorance and [link=https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-death-rates-higher-republicans-democrats-why-rcna50883]partisan tribalism[/link] continue to provide more victims for the pandemic.
 
Yet America survives, and even thrives. We shouldnt spend all of our days thinking about disaster, but it makes us better people (and better citizens) if we stop for a moment and realize that we should celebrate not only what we have gained, but also what we haveso farbeen spared.

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[satyanar]

I enjoyed reading that. Thanks. It’s close to my feelings about how we should deal with tragedy and potential impending tragedy. I am a fan of the Stoics.
 
Happy Thanksgiving.