23 November 2006

A Thankful Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Here are the (political) things for which I am thankful:
  • We have free speech
  • We live in the greatest country in the world
  • We can have a peaceful transfer of power between parties
  • The people can change which party controls Congress
  • I'm not going to be personally threatened when Democrats take power (and no one is)
  • Neither of our two parties are overtly socialist or communist (this is to say nothing about third parties, and nothing about underlying principles)
  • The people are smart enough not to vote for radicals (see Howard Dean and Dennis Kucinich)
  • Voting is not compulsory
  • Checks and Balances, and Separation of Powers
  • Strategy, campaigns, and the fun of the battle
There is much to complain about regarding our government. I hear it all the time from people that they "hate politics", and with good reason. But we have so much for which to be thankful. I, personally, live a blessed and amazing life--an amazing wife, a job that makes me happy, a small-but-nice house, a blog to express myself--and I'm sure you do to. Let's remember that tomorrow, or Monday, when we go back to the grind and the emphasis is not on being thankful.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I hear criticism all of the time for unfortunate stance of many Christians who hate the sin and the sinner, mostly from the left.

It seems, however, that these liberal (most likely) commentaries go a step further, not only do they hate the sin (Bush's policies) and the sinner (Bush) but also the sinner's children (the twins).

I agree, it is unfortunate.

Anonymous said...

Oops...i commented on the wrong one.

k. randolph said...

Interesting parallel, elgreggo.