« BACK  |  PRINT

RS

FRONT PAGE CONTRIBUTOR

“It was like the turkeys mounted a counterattack”

By: Bill S (Diary)  |  November 24th, 2011 at 10:00 AM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

Hey, look: It’s THANKSGIVING!! And of course that brings … the annual “WKRP Turkey Drop Open Thread”

“With God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly”

(You can watch the entire episode on Hulu)

Happy Thanksgiving, my friends. Enjoy the day, and give thanks to God today for the many blessings in your lives.

(Oh, and this is an open thread. Talk amongst yourselves…)

COMMENTS

POSTING RULES  |  LOGIN TO COMMENT  |  REGISTER TODAY
  • gawken

    And Jan Smithers was H-O-T!!

  • Tbone

    It was a huge mistake for the Denver Broncos to let him in the organization because a football team lives and dies by its quarterback and Elway’s fragile ego will never want another QB to outshine him.

    Elway the person can’t carry Tim Tebow’s shoes.

  • wacowboy

    and if you haven’t seen this video yet, please watch and try not to get emotional.

  • tngal

    I mean I don’t want to make suggestions to anyone that might have a few hundred turkeys and helicopter sitting around. Just a thanksgiving mumble.

    Look Up Twinkles!

  • gekster

    A Thanksgiving Day Prayer

    Lord, so often times, as any other day
    When we sit down to our meal and pray

    We hurry along and make fast the blessing
    Thanks, amen. Now please pass the dressing

    We’re slaves to the olfactory overload
    We must rush our prayer before the food gets cold

    But Lord, I’d like to take a few minute more
    To really give thanks to what I’m thankful for

    For my family, my health, a nice soft bed
    My friends, my freedom, a roof over my head

    I’m thankful right now to be surrounded by those
    Whose lives touch me more than they’ll ever possibly know

    Thankful Lord, that You’ve blessed me beyond measure
    Thankful that in my heart lives life’s greatest treasure

    That You, dear Jesus, reside in that place
    And I’m ever so grateful for Your unending grace

    So please, heavenly Father, bless this food You’ve provided
    And bless each and every person invited

    Amen!

    :)

  • Scope

    Gos Bless you, and all those you love.

  • Common_Cents

    It’s easy to get caught up in the minutia of daily life and some heated discussion ;)

    Today is the day to look at the big picture and count our blessings. Much of America’s ‘worst’ is a lot better than most people have it across the globe.

    Let’s keep this good thing going!

    Happy Thanksgiving!

  • http://pocketchangeproductions.net/ anotherindyfilmguy

    and an enjoyable weekend as well.

  • redmymind

    Dear RS Family,

    May God bless you all this joyous Thanksgiving and your loved ones. May He especially bless and protect our armed forces serving far away from home.

    It is a true priviledge to be writing amongst the brightest of minds and the most critical of thinkers. Whether we vehemently disagree or have struck an existential chord (pttx333), I’m truly honored to be with you ALL.

    Happy Thanksgiving Y’all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    –redmymind, Honorary Texan

  • westcoastpatriette

    .

  • SoFiMil

    A month or so ago a diary on the DailyKos praised a group who was handing out free pizza to OWS protestors. I posted a comment that while this was thoughtful, I thought it lessened the credibility of “our” cause because pizza is clearly unhealthy and fattening, and makes us hypocrites.

    LOL on some of the responses to my comment somewhat agreeing with me. Not one person said “That’s ridiculous! Come on, it was pizza, for crying out loud, and they were providing it to some hungry protestors.”

  • SoFiMil

    Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

  • westcoastpatriette

    As we are in the middle of a heated primary season, I wanted to set aside my political hat and just take a minute to thank everyone here at RedState for allowing me into your wonderful community.

    Like so many other average Americans, I dove more deeply into politics several years ago after Obama was elected. And like so many others, I watched, in horror, the acceleration of the loss of our freedoms increase day by day. Feeling alone in my journey, I finally stumbled onto RedState about six months ago and feel like I found my political home.

    I want to thank so many of you for helping me get more grounded in what I believe and why I believe it. I especially want to thank gekster, acat and Scope who gave me my orientation to RS and took the time to challenge me in ways that made me think and write more clearly to defend or sometimes change my position on things. I have grown to respect you all even though we don’t always agree on everything.

    One of my very favorite things about this site though, is that I can let it all hang out when I need or want to talk about the Lord and the role He plays in the formulation of my conservative beliefs. I thank Erick Erickson for making that possible for all of us. It’s like finding a shelter from all of the hostility that is flung at us from the left–and for that I am very grateful.

    Finally, I want to thank the moderators, diarists and commenters. I have learned much from all of your writings. And I really love it when the moderators come along and “blam” an obnoxious, abusive troll when they sneak in through the floor boards from time to time. Makes me feel loved and protected from the liberal’s disease.

    So, thank you, RedState. And may God bless you all including family, friends and those who have loved ones serving overseas. Have a very blessed Thanksgiving!

  • westcoastpatriette

    This was not meant to be a reply, but it just popped up that way!

  • concap

    ..

  • Wubbies World

    I have two jobs now. My second one is for a major national chain store retailer. I work the electronics department and I was there at 5 AM this morning. I just got off an 8 hour shift now and when I left the store it was dead as far as customers go. I worked the same store as holiday help last year as well.

    When comparing last Thanksgiving day to today, sales are down by more than 50% and the store manager sent 30% of the employees home early because they did not have anything to do.

    The economy and stores making it into the “Black” tomorrow….. Not likely here. The other store, our main competitor in town and right across the street, they are dead too.

    Last year was weak compared to normal years, but this year it is really bad.

  • redmymind

    Have a great Thanksgiving, westcoastpatriette! I too enjoy being able to switch from politics to talking about our witness to the Lord! Blessings to you and your loved ones from downtown L.A.!!!

  • publious

  • anjinconsulting

    Nt

  • tngal

    The OWS crowd is a persistant bunch. From Reuters….
    _________________

    “A hardier contingent in Fairbanks has been camped for two months in a local park, withstanding temperatures dropping to about minus 40 degrees, record cold for this time of year.”
    __________________

    No word if they are pi**ing or cr*pping on cop cars. Although at 40 below I’m wondering what that would look like. On the plus side, I’m not sure the lice can live at that temp, No word on rapes, assaults, drug use etc. Which is a plus for OWS. So “up twinkles” for the Fairbanks crowd.
    __________

    “I think that a sense of patience and endurance is happening here, if we hang in there and we endure, that things are going to change,” said Brent Baccala, a self-described Christian street minister and a software designer.

    “It’s important for us, as the coldest and the farthest north, to set that example,” he said.
    ________________

    Yeah! Set that example! What’s the example again? Anyone got the memo on the “example.”

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/24/us-protests-alaska-idUSTRE7AM2GC20111124

  • nathanalbright

    And amen to that.

  • Melody Warbington (rwm52)

    From the hills of Tennessee. May God continue to bless us all, especially our candidates because one of them will have to lead us out of this mess. May we all come together when the time comes and look past the heated comments to remember we’re on the same side.

  • changeforrickperry

    I have been a RedState member for two weeks, but it seems like longer. Probably because I visited RS multiple times a day for the past four months. The reason I came so consistently was because I knew that I’d get factual information as well as good laughs from the RS community’s sharp but friendly wit. As I was researching my candidate (a two-month job) I always knew that I could come here to have my questions answered, because the people here were often discussing the very things I was thinking about.

    There are several members I want to thank by name: pttx333, Scope, avagreen, rsklaroff, retire05, and onemovoter. The comments from the above-named members have influenced me greatly over the past four months. I also want to thank Moe Lane and Aaron Gardner for their very insightful posts, and of course Erick Erickson for all the work he puts into this blog.

    RS has given me a chance to express my views, “huddle” with fellow Rick Perry supporters, share my faith with my brothers and sisters in Christ, and stay on top of political news. This Thanksgiving I’m considering RS one of the biggest blessings in my year, and I look forward to keeping in touch with everybody as we go into 2012, the Year of Deliverance!

  • earlgrey

    If you speak with staffers at any of your congressmen/senators please bring up the points in this article about democrat history of promising to reduce spending in favor of tax cuts

    http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ann-coulter/2011/11/24/medias-unhealthy-tax-hike-fixation-getting-old

    My congresswoman is VERY conservative, but her staffer had no knowledge of how Reagan agreed to tax hikes in exchange for spending cuts that never happened.

    We need to educate them instead of counting on the Washington Post to do it.

    I know this is nutty, and not in the spirit of Thansgiving, but I want to ensure that we have much to be thankful for next year.

  • buddyp

    The following is my report, “How I spent my Occupy Thanksgiving.”

    Lacking a turkey myself, I crashed the Thanksgiving celebration of another family. I let myself in the home and took the liberty of taking a seat at the table and banging a spoon on the plate before me as loudly as possible, demanding I be served an equal portion of all the food that those greedy one-percenters intended to consume without me. (As a minor note, they had first worked to earn money, then used money to buy food ingredients, then spent hours preparing that food, then serving it in that house that I’m just guessing they had to do that “work” thingee to pay for so they could live in it but without inviting me to live in it too, not that they know me because they don’t, but the point is we all deserve access to everything…but I digress).

    Some obviously fascist members of the family wanted to physically evict me from their home. But the more progressive thinkers of the family realized how right it is to share, and they seemed to win out over the Nazis, who in any case I think had started to question their evil ways after considering the compelling case I made via spoon clanking.

    I was served a lot of very tasty food. To return the favor, I offered them enlightenment. I held a mirror up to them to help them understand the evil nature of their bourgeoisie ways. I loudly and passionately lectured them between gulps of my food (but while chewing, of course) on the need to change the system, or abandon all systems, or something (not sure if I can’t remember or if I just never really had an actual point) such that everyone can have everything without sacrificing anything (well, except for pre-enlightenment one percenters like them who would have to sacrifice a small bit that they don’t deserve and wouldn’t notice anyway).

    A few times during the brief moments when I was swallowing, one of them would try to address something I had told them, but I knew it was just one percenter BS so I put my iPod earphones in (blasting CSNY) to avoid being manipulated by their manipulative manipulations. (At one point someone at the table asked to borrow my iPod to listen to some music. I told her not to be so materialistic.)

    Upon filling myself to capacity. I think I ended up eating more than anyone, which I explained to them was actually more fair than my taking an equal portion, because Marx long ago established the principle for food portions: “To each, according to his capacity.” The Nazis looked puzzled and disapproving, but the progressives got it.

    I then occupied the bathroom for about an hour, the duration being the system’s fault, because regulations should have prevented them from serving cheesecake to someone like me who is lactose-intolerant. I thought the best way to draw society’s attention to this problem was to defy the conventional receptacle, as well as the conventional hygiene.

    I wish I could report that my Occupy Thanksgiving was a success, but unfortunately no one thanked me as I left. I guess some people are either just too evil or just to stupid to get it.

    ( I wanted to post this as a diary, but I don’t see any link to create a new diary. I have no such link under the masthead or anywhere that I’ve seen. What’s the solution?)

  • acat

    Al-Reuters article, grain of salt as needed

    In short, NATO forces were involved in a firefight that left 28 Pakistani troops dead, Pakistan has now shut down NATO access to the Khyber pass.

    This opens – or, rather, re-opens – debate on whether we should remain in Afghanistan, and on the future of the U.S.-Pakistani alliance, forged in the depths of the Cold War, and now coming apart at the seams.

    Mew

  • http://www.nighttwister.com NightTwister

    Changing our neutral position over Kashmir would send a message. But then, our current Administration has worked hard to alienate pretty much everyone, friend and foe, with India being a recent casualty.

    As Moe would say, “They told me if I voted for John McCain that foreign relations would deteriorate….and they were right!”

  • acat

    that we got Pakistan and the Soviet Union got India….

    The Russians have more in common with the authoritarian Pakistanis, we have more in common with the democratic* Indians… and yet, during the cold war and after, we had Pakistan’s back.

    I think even a softening of positions on Kashmir or a continued hardline position on the tribal areas would do it… but it requires a “strong horse” in the White House.

    Mew

    * yes, democracy in India looks different than it does here, but it’s still democracy, unlike Pakistan where the civilian government is always one bad move away from being deposed by the army…

  • Scope

    It’s called DOMINATION.

  • Scope

    I’d love to have some time with Governor Perry, no question, however my ultimate person would be John Bolton. I’d probably be dumb struck and speechless in his presence, but I’d do my best. What say you guys?

  • changeforrickperry

    Well, surprise surprise, my first choice would be Rick Perry. I’d want to tell him the story of how his letter showed up here on a day when we needed cheering up. I wouldn’t mind talking to George W. Bush, as well. I think I’d be comfortable talking to either of those men, but not about politics. I’d want to talk Texas and military history with Rick Perry and ranching with Bush.

    On a non-political tangent, though, I’d like to sit down and discuss World War II with Doug Phillips (a Christian teacher who has greatly influenced my family) and also sit down for an afternoon with Michelle Duggar. Saw her at a Christian conference one time but didn’t get to say much more to her other than “thank you for your ministry.”

    Sorry, but I have very detailed dreams ;)

  • changeforrickperry

    Yes I could talk politics with Perry and Bush with no problem, but I don’t think I’d want to, actually. If you know what I mean. If I had the chance to spend a day with either of them I’d want to talk about REAL things they enjoy on an everyday basis.

  • buckedup

    Answer from me, today: John Bolton would make a terrific conversational partner. With somebody like that I would have mostly questions. I would want to soak up as much of his wisdom & insight as possible. I’m sure the time would fly by much too quickly.

  • buckedup

    Recently deceased – Jeane Kirkpatrick
    Long deceased – Ben Franklin

  • 1bunny

    Now I would only want to do this if I had some truth serum and a recorder but I would spend the day with O injecting that truth serum and recording it all to play on national tv. Can you imagine the stuff that would come out : ) Can I please have my day before the elections?

    Now without that truth serum I would spend the day with all of the Perry family in Paint Creek, TX. What fun to spend time on their ranch/farm and listen to the stories.

  • Pingback: Nick Carnes

  • Pingback: Shandra Sago