Comments on: A different kind of discussion about Thanksgiving

By: Steve Skubinna

Steve Skubinna — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 05:14:13 +0000

Just saw this bumper sticker this evening:

“Too bad the people who really know how to run the country are too busy teaching school”

By: D.C. Thornton

D.C. Thornton — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:35:22 +0000

My bad, ST. I just did a re-read and noticed that the first teacher in the article is from ‘Frisco…

By: D.C. Thornton

D.C. Thornton — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:30:20 +0000

Long Beach is actually in the Los Angeles area; however, being that such PC activity is taking place in California in general is no surprise to me.

By: Steve Skubinna

Steve Skubinna — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:55:44 +0000

Interesting that this Morgan considers stealing the students’ stuff to be “realistic.” Because that’s just, y’know, totally like what the, like so-called “Pilgrims” did, maaaan. And why do the rest of us have to pay attention to a bunch of whining losers. anyway? And modern day Indians that want to return to a pre-industrial state of savagery are welcome to do so. I don’t notice a whole lot doing it, though.

I spent several years, off and on, in the California educational system in the sixties and seventies. As I recall, most of my teachers were not self righteous officious morons. Must have been some later kind of affirmitive action on behalf of idiots.

By: Skilletfan-My first blog

Skilletfan-My first blog — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:33:59 +0000

Turkey Teaching

Ummm…… they’re third graders for goodness sakes!

By: Mike James

Mike James — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:02:58 +0000

Jeebus up a tree on a crutch…

Anyone who gets a lump in their pants at the mere thought of Thanksgiving ought to either grow up, or else pick a date (I suggest June 25th, anniversary of Custer’s Last Stand), throw a big feed, and call it Forgiveness Day, to piss off the white people, because there is nothing more annoying than to be “forgiven” for something in which one had no involvement.

The more I think about it, the more I think such an idea might take off. June 25th is more or less halfway ’round the calender from Thanksgiving, and would be during BBQ season. It is close enough to the Fourth of July that self-flaggelating Leftists, as well as Euro-hating post-Americans, could adopt it as an ersatz ‘anti-Fourth’, as well as the ‘anti-Thanksgiving’.

Since it would be another excuse for a big feed, there would probably be some spill-over participation by people who don’t hate America—meaning enough yellow-hairs to give a good performance playing cavalrymen during the traditional Forgiveness Day ‘No Prisoners’ pageant.

Local retailers would benefit from one more holiday during which they could sell tacky crap to put up on the walls, feather bonnets and cavalry stetsons, and of course the inevitable turkeys, cooked in a brand new traditional way I just thought up, impaled on a spike and burned at the stake out in the yard.

I call it a winner. Guess I better get busy copyrighting, trademarking, and patenting stuff…

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:07:07 +0000

This is an interesting teaching technique – taking away the kids’ stuff. They should use it in Civics class to teach about government and taxes.

By: THANKSGIVING: REVISIONISM VS. TRUTH « Texas Hold ‘Em Blogger

THANKSGIVING: REVISIONISM VS. TRUTH « Texas Hold ‘Em Blogger — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:55:08 +0000

[...] From Michelle Malkin via Sister Toldjah come these stories of how the PC revisionist historians are rewriting the story of Thanksgiving to fit their America-hating views. [...]

By: Lorica

Lorica — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:16:26 +0000

I little known fact about the pilgrams is that there were almost no sailors in their midst. They had to hire people out, and since this was to establish a settlement, the only sailors they could find to help with this trip were mostly criminals. There is alot these teachers are not teaching. Ohhh also the “wearing of feathers” thing. 8 months ago I was in a seminar that had a Lakota Medicine Woman in it and she was saying only Eagle Feathers were sacred, that is why in the movies you see actors that are not native wearing Owl feathers. – Lorica

By: Drewsmom

Drewsmom — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:52:24 +0000

I just feel so bad for any little kid that has to grow in California, nothing for them will ever be normal.

By: Tom TB

Tom TB — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:31:51 +0000

We as Americans created the greatest hybrid blend of humans that ever existed on the planet Earth! Happy Thanksgiving Everybody! The menu here will be as mixed as it was in Plymouth, there will be turkey along with the shellfish and vegetables, corn of course! Pilgrims and Injuns tipping the ol’ fermented fruit jar, and forgetting what ancient differences we ever had!

By: thinkinboutstuff » Blog Archive » Lessons or Agendas?

thinkinboutstuff » Blog Archive » Lessons or Agendas? — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:24:10 +0000

[...] Update:Â Â Sister Toldjah and Michelle Malkin are also discussing [...]

By: Big Bang Hunter

Big Bang Hunter — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:01:18 +0000

- Maybe he could “round out his presentation” with the inter-tribe wars that preceeded the arrival of the Pilgrams, as geezer pointed out, and maybe a few paper mache’ examples of scalped woman and children would balance things out nicely. You think?

- The kids could do some really “critical thinking” in between trips to the bathroom to barf.

- BECAUSE OF THE INDIAN IDENTITY WIGWAMS!!!!!!

- I like that Ad running on TV right now, with a rather bad portrayal of the Pilgrams stealing ect ect, ending with the little boy saying:

“….and afterwards we ate a big meal and watched football…..”

- Bang

By: geezer

geezer — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 03:44:21 +0000

ST, you’re being far too nice, by half. Does Mr. Morgan leaven his painfully balanced approach to American history with any information regarding wars between Indian tribes for territory predating the arrival of the evil Europeans? Critical thinking, indeed.