Today, Thanksgiving is different for me from the other Thanksgivings in my life. As I prepare for family to arrive and think of my gratitude to God, to my family, and to the friends I love and thank so much for their continued support and friendship, I find I have an irresistible urge to ask the Almighty to end the Democrat assault on our personal right to freedom of our monies, our health, and freedom from alliances with foreign powers.

Our family prayers always include the protection of our troops and our country’s leaders, the hand of God over our country, and the children everywhere who never have a joyous feast, and go to bed hungry almost every night.

This year, I cannot utter a prayer for Barack Obama’s policies to be successful – because to do so, is to abandon all founding principles of this great Nation. Do I ask that the heart of this administration be changed? Do I ask for the miracle of a successful impeachment? I will be asking for both.

Most presidential speeches from years past, at this time of the year, are about the tradition of Thanksgiving, but two of our U.S. presidents issued proclamations that speak to the jeopardy we are in today:

In 2001, just two months after 9-11-01, President George W. Bush talked about defending the enduring principles of freedom that form the foundation of the Republic, and reminded us that “despite great adversity” we “always have reason to hope and trust and in God.”

On Thanksgiving Day in 1961, President John F. Kennedy spoke of “the productivity of our farms, the output of our factories, the skill of our artisans, and the ingenuity of our investors,…and “those millions who live without the blessings of liberty and freedom.”

Today, our farms, factories and investors are torn asunder. With government regulations, mandates, unions, and the maneuvering of a greedy political body in Washington, D. C., America’s industry in almost all sectors is struggling to survive, and even a rout in the 2010 elections are not likely to tamp-down the political corruption.

In 1963, JFK suggested that we offer thanks for “the ideals of honor and faith we inherit from our forefathers – for the decency of purpose, steadfastness of resolve and strength of will….” We have incredible resolve and strength of will on the Democrat side of the aisle.

We see, in the resolve to push a health care program, no temptation to tell the truth about these Bills, or to listen to voters. We see politicians being bought-off with hundreds of million of taxpayers dollars – your money and mine, to one state, and probably more to come, for a vote of ‘yea’ on this obscene bill. Where is the decency of purpose in Congress today?

In the time of JFK, we did take for granted, the ideals of honor and faith. Today, Congress has no honor. Today, there is no decency of purpose in the hallowed halls of Capitol Hill, with the exception of a few who began beating back Socialism and Marxism far too late. In the Time of Obama, we face a dire future with a president wanting to control everything, take everything and worst of all, get inside the minds of our children.  We have our work cut out for us and much is at stake. I leave you with the words of President Bush: we must “defend the enduring principles of freedom,” and “we always have reason to hope and trust in God,” and to lighten the mood on this day…a very funny video (borrowed from Cao’s Blog). Thanksgiving blessings to you and yours.

‘Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, with any portion of the foreign world.

George Washington, Farewell Address, September 19, 1796