Happy Thanksgiving

In reading Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation, I am reminded of certain things that I have been realizing lately about our country. People truly seem to have forgotten how magnificent our nation is among those of the world. How young, how prosperous, and how peaceful. While the agitating liberals amongst us would have you believe that we are warmongers, hateful and evil, look around the globe and find a single country that has brought as much good into the world as the United States, which so openly and freely accepts even those who do not accept her. Every time someone complains about the United States, I ask them "where would you rather live?" and the question is always met by a blank stare. Only a country as wonderful as the United States would give all that we have to the world, and stand idly by as our own citizens complain about their nation which has given them so much. Meanwhile, our power-hungry President tries furiously to dismantle the country that has brought all this good into the world, and to replace it with a socialist nation like Germany, France or Cuba, where the government doesn't answer to the people, but rather, the people must grovel to the all-powerful government. Real Americans reject this concept however, and we will survive this horrific attack from within. And for this, I truly am thankful to live in the greatest nation on earth.

Fuel Mileage

I'd like to know, what the hell business is it of the government what kind of mileage my car gets? Think about it. I own the car. I drive the car. I fill it up with gas, and I pay for all of it. Shouldn't it be up to me how efficient the car I drive is? Why should the government have any interest in what kind of mileage the car that I own gets, or how much gas that I buy? A car that gets worse mileage may be more fun to drive, it may be better at hauling the things that I choose to haul, and it may be safer for me and my passengers. I am the one who has to fill it up with gas and pay for it. And yet, the government seems to think that they have some kind of say in the matter? They don't tell me how big my closets need to be, or how many groceries my refrigerator has to hold, or how long of a hot shower I'm allowed to take, or how warm and bright my home can be, and yet, they want to tell me how many miles per gallon my car needs to get? How about this. If I wanted to, I could drive my car only in regular gear, and not use overdrive. That would reduce the miles per gallon I get, and the government couldn't say anything about that. I could make jackrabbit starts, or fill up the trunk with bags of sand, and reduce the economy of my car. They couldn't say anything about that either. I could drive an old car that gets poor mileage and has no emissions equipment, there are no restrictions on that. And yet, they assume that I'm going to use all
methods possible to get peak efficiency in a new, clean and green car, and assuming that, they tell me what kind of mileage this new, clean and green car should get. Government can go to hell. I resolve to waste some gas
today, just because they presume to tell me how efficient my car ought to be. I vow to not use overdrive, and to make jackrabbit starts, and to fill my car up with useless things to weigh it down, and to always take the long
way home. I also vow to do everything possible to circumvent the spirit of economy and emissions legislation. With my activity, I will negate any economic and emissions mandates the government has forced on me and my
neighbor, and I will attempt to negate it for as many people as possible. I will do everything in my power, every day and in every way, to always and everywhere be a gross polluter. As you drive to work, patting yourself on
the back for the economy and efficiency that your clean and green car benefits the Earth with, know that somewhere, I negate you.