Thanksgiving -2007

What do you have to be thankful for? A great mom and dad; wife and kids; a safe country protected by the best military in the world; a real living breathing Constitution that protects our rights; Courts that follow the law; and even the political campaigning. We can ask for or want more, but we should be thankful for what we have. We have so much more than people from other countries. We have to be doing a whole of right things. We don't see people trying to leave the U.S.A. People from all over this world come to our country to make it theirs too. They can't be blamed for that desire. They come to escape hunger, war and persecution. They want what we want -- a safe, peaceful healthy place to raise their family. If that is the reason for their arrival, it's hard to criticize them. To live free and in doing so, not infringe on our rights, is okay. Assimilation is part of their coming -- to be a citizen, a citizen of this country - for good or bad. I am thankful for my life and hopeful to those coming to this country want to be a part of this country and not establish a mini-country from where they came.