The pictures speak a thousand words….and then some.

I will add one more though, that I am sure many of us here at RedState are thankful for – each other. We are here, together, to support and sustain one another in preserving our country.

Yes, indeed, I am thankful.

Especially the photo of the children.

I am thankful that my grandparents on both sides had the foresight to leave Italy and brave the waters to make it to Ellis Island, for a better future for their children and their grandchildren. And I am thankful to have the foresight to brave these “liberal waters” for my families children and grandchildren’s future.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Mr. Bushmills and the rest of the gang at Redstate.

Just having the good luck to have been born in this country says it all for me.
Blessings to you Vassar Bushmills and all who sit at the Thanksgiving table with you.

but mostly I am thankful that the TEA Party Movement has happened in time to save the Union. That WE The People stood up and will continue to stand up to the forces of tyranny together in God’s grace!

To God, the Constitution and the results of Mssrs. Smith, Wesson, Colt and Remington industry making it possible to defend my right to say this.

I’m thankful my daughter beat breast cancer (even though she lost her union job because she missed some work being treated for cancer).

I’m thankful my son graduated from college with only a little bit of debt.

I’m thankful my husband and I are employed, and in good health.

I pray my fellow Citizens stand against the insanity which is inundating Our Beloved Country.

So this Thanksgiving remember those gone and those away.
Remember Freedom from Want and Remember for those who earn to be Free.

Praise be to God. Remember and Be Thankful.

This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it. ~~Elmer Davis

I am stone forged from the fires of creation into flesh ~~Pamela1631

The greatest civilization is one where all citizens are equally armed and can only be persuaded, never forced.~~Maj. L. Caudill, USMC (Ret.)

The Concord Project: Fighting for Freedom in the Fall

But I’m keepin my bark on. I hope to teach my grandkids the same before I’m gone.

I’ll have an extra thanksgiving prayer to say for my namesake nephew, who is deployed to the badlands yet again, 12 or 13th time . . . I can’t keep up.

Rangers lead the way!

who go in harms way to protect me and mine, especially as I am too old and broken down th do it again. I pray for their safe return to their loved oned in glory and the well earned admiration of all true Americans. I pray that tose overseas have clear sights and crisp triggers and that they triumph.

For giving this impediment hope that the ruling class can be beaten back in my lifetime. (well, what’s left of it… I’m past the “more days behind than ahead” line …)

Mew

The following was forwarded to me by Mike Davis, who I recruited to run for the office of precinct committeeman here in Maricopa County, AZ by handing him my precinct committeeman recruitment flyer at a tea party rally in 2009 and speaking to him briefly. Mike went on to form the Deer Valley Tea Party and recruited more tea partiers to become precinct committeemen. Last Monday night he and other constitutional conservatives swept the elections in Legislative District 6 in Arizona — all officer slots (Chairman, First Vice Chairman, Second Vice Chairman, etc.) were filled by constitutional conservatives and all 69 state committeemen slots (there’s one for every three elected PCs) were filled by constitutional conservatives.

I wrote about it here:

http://www.redstate.com/biggator5/2010/11/17/life-in-the-rec-part-one/#comment-870

After the meeting, Mike sent me this, penned by a husband and wife to their fellow conservative PCs:

To all of our friends and relatives

Sue and I were talking to Sonny and Linda Friday night and we came to the conclusion that we owe an apology to our kids. We were attending the Deer Valley Tea Party meeting and we noticed that most of the attendees were over forty. We discussed that and came to the conclusion that we have failed our kids.

How did we fail them? Much in the same way our parents failed us. We were never taught to get involved in politics. I don’t mean we were not taught to exercise our right to vote. They taught us to do that. We selected the candidates we thought would be best for us and voted for them. So how did we fail?

First, we failed to get involved at the local level to determine who would be on the ballot. Yes, that process starts at home. We, the people, determine who will be the nominee for our “party”. That process is simple but complex. If any of you want to know the particulars of the process we will be happy to explain it to you.

Second, we failed to follow up on the elected candidates to make certain they did what they said they would do. We knew that most of them lied to us and, once in office, did what they wanted to do. Our answer was, “Oh well, that proves that politicians can’t be trusted. They are all the same”. Then we stopped and let things happen. We let our government get out of control. They became a government of “to the people” rather than “of the people, by the people and for the people”. And that is why our nation is in serious trouble today.

Others were not so complacent. Many had an organized agenda to “change our government”. Sound familiar? So they went about dismantling our constitution and eliminating our rights. And we sat idly by and let it happen. Then came Obama. He promised change and went about changing our world at super fast speed. Then he awoke the “sleeping giant”. The tea party was born and we started resisting Obama’s version of change.

Did we awaken in time to save our nation? That remains to be seen. We have an uphill battle and a bunch of “old geezers” to fight it. Are we up to the battle? Well, maybe over the short haul. But these people, bent on destroying our nation, are patient. They can wait a few years for the old geezers to tire of the fight or die. Which brings us back to our observation of seldom seeing anyone under forty at the tea party meetings.

We didn’t teach our kids to get involved so they are not. And, again we apologize for our failure to teach you properly. We feel we may be the last generation to protect our freedom. We are aware that many of our kids are fighting wars abroad, as our generation did. We honor them for their commitment to serve their country. But, how many are involved in fighting the war at home. There are dangers here. Our freedoms are more at risk of attack from within. The danger is real and for the last few decades the bad guys have been winning the war. The old geezers can fight it for a while but not indefinitely. You kids will have to get involved or suffer the consequences after we are gone.

Some of you think we are going off the deep end. We send you good information and you tune us out. You delete or block our e-mails, You yawn as we are talking to you and find reasons to leave or change the subject. You find reasons to not get involved. You have to work for a living. You don’t have time. Politics is boring. You just want to be left alone.

We wish our parents had tried to teach us as we are trying to teach you. Well, the truth be known, our years are numbered. You and your children will have to live with the results of our fight for many years. And, even if we are successful in saving our nation, it will only last as long as citizens of all ages are willing to fight to maintain those freedoms. The choice is yours.

Ron and Sue
Sonny and Linda

I am thankful for people like Ron and Sue, Sonny and Linda.

This afternoon a candidate for Arizona Republican Party chairman called me. He wants to talk. To me. Little old nobody me. Why? He thinks, for some reason, that maybe, just maybe, I can deliver him some state committeeman votes. He thinks, maybe, I know a few conservative state committeemen. He needs their votes to get elected to the state chair.

Wherever did he get that idea?

Yes. We will talk. We’ll have a “serious conversation.” I’ll set the agenda.

Tonight I spoke with Sheriff Joe. Seeking his endorsement of the “conservative slate” of officers we’ve put together in my legislative district. We’ve been counting noses. We think we’ll win. But an endorsement form Sheriff Joe will help. Why would Sheriff Joe take a call from me?

Tonight I attend an “open house” hosted by a conservative slate in another legislative district that will have its leadership election on December 1. Five of their officer candidates weren’t involved in politics at all 18 months ago. One of them was a Redstate lurker. He contacted me through Redstate. Turned out we live about a mile away from each other. We met. He became a PC. And went on a conservative PC recruitment tear. The others I recruited at tea parties. Just good, decent Americans who wanted to “do something.” All they knew to do at that point was to go to a tea party rally. Then I handed them my recruitment flyer. They “got it.” And then they, too, started recruiting. And now they are running for leadership positions INSIDE the Republican Party.

These are some of the people for whom I am thankful.

Thank you.

For Liberty,

ColdWarrior

you have been reminding us of who we truly are as Americans. We’re not useful idiots to be persuaded that good is bad, that death is preferable to life, that joy is a shameful thing and that America is a hideous land of oppression, bigotry, and hopelessness.

Nor are we so damnably evolved in America that God is just an old-fashioned notion of morality that we’ve long outgrown.

You came along and reminded us, at a time when we felt defeated and demoralized at the results of a miserable election, that we are, by God, AMERICANS, first, last and always, and you then have spent thousands of words and untold time reminding us of just what that means Thanks to the spirit that you share so generously with us, we are heartened by remembering our heritage as free men and women who worship God, who bend the knee to no man, but who bow down with reverence, love and respect to our Lord.

This Thanksgiving, among my other many blessings this year, I will give thanks for the wisdom and grace of such a man as you, Vassar, for you made us lift up our heads and know, ” WE CAN WIN THIS!”

for reminding me to be thankful and to pick myself up, dust myself off and try again to focus on all the incredible gifts we enjoy in this great nation. I have allowed my anger at this imposter in the White House to poison my thoughts long enough. The recent defeat of my Congressional candidate has left me bitter and demoralized. The re-election of Frank and Reid and others sickened me, physically and spiritually. The victory parade of a few weeks ago didn’t just pass me by, it trampled me and popped my red balloon.

Just days later, I received a call from the FRO (Family Readiness Officer) of my son’s Marine unit. Two more fine young men were lost in Helmand province. My son is Stateside, having done his fair share now, but that doesn’t console as much as you’d think. My heart breaks at the loss anyway.

I need a good swift kick to stop feeling so sorry for myself. Tomorrow, I’ll welcome three generations of my family to my already-set table (there are 20 chairs around it, somehow!)

I will bow my head and I will not allow these tyrants to drag me any farther away from the God who gave me America. We’ll crowd around my tiny piano and sing “God Bless America” and “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” until the neighbors make us stop. (We’ll sing “America the Beautiful” for you, VB.) And on Friday, I’ll be ready to fight again.

Happy Thanksgiving and God Bless You (He has)

I recommend you as speech writer for the next president, who thankfully will be better than this one. I am honored to be one of “thee of like minds.”
Just as my father’s generation remembered Pearl Harbor, we will remember OPR (Obama, Pelosi, Reid, et. al.) I for one will Never Forget.
Happy Thanksgiving.

we went base-jumping off the Eiffel tower…I was able to move over a couple feet so I didn’t hit those thorny bushes…like you did

thanks bro