RRD:Often we look at the world around us and ask:With all that is wrong in the world both here and abroad;what do we have to be thankful for?The answer is different for each person.And we must not forget that some people are,this day,beset by personal tragedies.Both here & abroad people must cope with desperate situations.
People here suffer the loss of loved ones.Or they suffer from incurable diseases.
Some of the student dissidents in Iran suffer horribly in Tehran's gulags. Chinese dissidents suffer the same fate,as do dissidents in many countries of the world.Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani faces death in Iran for converting to Christianity.(See the photo of the man with his wife & two children).
Our troops struggle in foreign wars to protect us.
Military Doctors labor in war zones to heal the wounded,& save the dying.
Young children in Africa,India & Latin America die from diseases that are easily curable in the western world.
Women in Afghanistan struggle to retain even the most basic rights.
I know that it is cliched,that it has been said millions of times,but it is still true.Our problems are often minor compared to what others face. I am thankful for living in a country where--despite all my complaints--I am free to speak without being imprisoned,tortured,or murdered.Where I can believe in "20 gods or no god",(fn1)without being drawn before a Inquisition--as my ancestors were. I am thankful to the men and women who volunteer to protect our country;for little pay,and a love of country.They have spared us the fate of many nations in Europe and Asia who have been conquered & oppressed in two world wars. I am thankful for living in the richest country in the world;where I can access life-saving medical care. I am thankful to the creators:from Edison,to Ford,to Steve Jobs,to countless others;and to the Workers,& to the Doctors & to the Scientists who's labors have enabled the United States to be the most prosperous nation on earth. In short I am thankful for being a citizen of the United States of America. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Thanksgiving at home away from home
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123280698 Thanksgiving on the Front Lines: No Break for Troops in Afghanistan - ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/International/thanksgiving-front-lines-break-troops-afg... Airport USO first line of welcome for troops on holiday, returning from Iraq as war ends - The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/airport-uso-first-line-of-welcome-for-...
George Washington Celebrates Thanksgiving
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=64008 USS Essex Celebrates Thanksgiving At Sea
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=64009 Update: Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani to hear court’s decision in December
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/42465 Free Thanksgiving meals donated to MEU Marines
http://www.marines.mil/unit/15thmeu/Pages/2011/FreeThanksgivingmealsdonatedto... Footnote: fn1
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People here suffer the loss of loved ones.Or they suffer from incurable diseases.
Some of the student dissidents in Iran suffer horribly in Tehran's gulags. Chinese dissidents suffer the same fate,as do dissidents in many countries of the world.Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani faces death in Iran for converting to Christianity.(See the photo of the man with his wife & two children).
Our troops struggle in foreign wars to protect us.
Military Doctors labor in war zones to heal the wounded,& save the dying.
Young children in Africa,India & Latin America die from diseases that are easily curable in the western world.
Women in Afghanistan struggle to retain even the most basic rights.
I know that it is cliched,that it has been said millions of times,but it is still true.Our problems are often minor compared to what others face. I am thankful for living in a country where--despite all my complaints--I am free to speak without being imprisoned,tortured,or murdered.Where I can believe in "20 gods or no god",(fn1)without being drawn before a Inquisition--as my ancestors were. I am thankful to the men and women who volunteer to protect our country;for little pay,and a love of country.They have spared us the fate of many nations in Europe and Asia who have been conquered & oppressed in two world wars. I am thankful for living in the richest country in the world;where I can access life-saving medical care. I am thankful to the creators:from Edison,to Ford,to Steve Jobs,to countless others;and to the Workers,& to the Doctors & to the Scientists who's labors have enabled the United States to be the most prosperous nation on earth. In short I am thankful for being a citizen of the United States of America. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Thanksgiving at home away from home
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123280698 Thanksgiving on the Front Lines: No Break for Troops in Afghanistan - ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/International/thanksgiving-front-lines-break-troops-afg... Airport USO first line of welcome for troops on holiday, returning from Iraq as war ends - The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/airport-uso-first-line-of-welcome-for-...
George Washington Celebrates Thanksgiving
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=64008 USS Essex Celebrates Thanksgiving At Sea
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=64009 Update: Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani to hear court’s decision in December
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/42465 Free Thanksgiving meals donated to MEU Marines
http://www.marines.mil/unit/15thmeu/Pages/2011/FreeThanksgivingmealsdonatedto... Footnote: fn1
Notes on the State of Virginia - Wikiquote
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Notes_on_the_State_of_Virginia
The text of this post(not the pictures),are mine & I release them under the Creative Commons Non-Commercial Share-Alike license.You may legally reproduce & build on this work for non-commercial purposes so long as you share your added content under the same license.
The pictures of US Military personnel are from US Military websites,and are in the public domain.
What do I have to be thankful for?A lot. by Robert Reed Daly is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://www.fightingstatism.posterous.com.
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