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11-23-2006, 12:31 PM
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Can't say I ever understood Thanksgiving, since I'm not going to praise any deity for what I've achieved, anymore than I'm going to damn any deity for what someone else hasn't achieved. Luck, effort, health, environment, circumstances of birth, habit, goals, and more, all make the difference between Ronald Reagan and the two homeless guys who died, sleeping in the park one frozen Christmas Eve, across from the White House.
If you want to think about anything today, think about 1) charitable work you should be doing, 2) dictatorships you should be working to overthrow, and that includes economic dictatorships, too.
Give thanks to whatever you believe in that you have the ability to help somebody else out. Fair enough?
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