By Lisa Fabrizio on 11.21.07 @ 12:07AM
Let's join the lefty whiners in their grieving for what might have been this Thanksgiving.
Each year at this time, I devote this space to giving thanks to
the Almighty for his various and sundry gifts to the American
people; but this year, things are different. Having been informed
by the Seattle School District that Thanksgiving Day is
seen by some native Americans as a "time of mourning," and "a
reminder of 500 years of betrayal," I've decided to follow their
lead.
And so, as I write this in Connecticut -- which, in the language
of our current casino magnates, means "the place of the long tidal
river" -- I will temporarily replace my attitude of gratitude with
one more befitting our guilt-ridden, leftist brethren and join them
in their grief. But my mourning isn't confined to events that
happened centuries before anyone on this planet was born. This year
I'm mourning that I live in a country where:
* The majority party in the U.S. Congress is invested in the
defeat and demoralization of our troops in the field -- where they
were sent by an act of the same Congress -- primarily for political
purposes. In truth, the Democratic Party should be grateful for the
Iraq War, seeing how it has no positive issues to promote and
certainly none that so galvanizes its far left wing.
* The cruel and inhuman treatment of dogs is loudly lamented by
those covering the Michael Vick story, while the yearly murder of
nearly one million American babies goes virtually unnoticed. The
abortion industry should go down on its knees in gratitude to the
mainstream media for ignoring most pro-life news and views.
* After this year's Super Bowl saw my beloved Chicago Bears go
down to defeat at the hands of a much better team, both coaches
were criticized for praising God. The Chicago Sun-Times'
Rick Telander was particularly aghast at the way Tony Dungy repeatedly used the
words, "God," Lord" and "Christian" at the post-game interview. And
even worse for Telander: "His religious expression even trumped his
honor at being the history-setting first African-American coach to
win a Super Bowl."
To put the love of God over hyphenated racial
victimhood is the second greatest sin in the left's short list. The
first? Intolerance! As in the fact that Dungy is affiliated with "a
nonprofit conservative Christian group that recently filed a brief
to the 7th Court of Appeals asking that prayer be allowed to start
each day on the floor of the Indiana legislature," and another that
is "gay-repressive." With liberals, the charge of intolerance is
reserved for those who choose not to tolerate the intolerable --
they should be thankful that people of faith are tolerant of
them.
* The greatest fear of our Founding Fathers appears to be coming
true, especially as regards our religious freedom and cherished
national customs. It would seem odd to those great men, that they
shed their blood and pledged their lives, their fortunes and their
sacred honor in order that a handful of folks might not have their
feelings hurt. George Washington, who instituted the first official
Thanksgiving observance once
said:
[I]f the laws are to be so trampled upon with impunity,
and a minority...is to dictate to the majority, there is an end put
at one stroke to republican government...for some other man or
society may dislike another law and oppose it with equal propriety
until all laws are prostrate, and everyone will carve for
himself.
So, as we prepare to collectively carve what Ben Franklin
thought should be our national bird, let us turn away
from self-defeating mourning and pray that God will continue to
bless our still-great nation. On my part, I would like to thank him
for every goodness he has showered on me; not the least of which is
that he and my grandparents made me an American.
topics:
Education, Mainstream Media, Abortion, Law, Founding Fathers, Iraq, Africa
