Happy Thanksgiving!
As always, in addition to personal blessings, I am thankful for you who
visit my blog.
A thanksgiving was first federally
proclaimed, in commemoration of the one celebrated by the Pilgrims in 1621 in
Plymouth colony for the harvest and for amity with the Native Americans, by
United States President George Washington, in thanks to God for the blessings
of liberty.
We Americans should be especially
thankful that we have been able to keep those blessings to the extent we have,
despite the increased threats to them from hostile foreign interference and
authoritarianism, in addition the usual ones.
This year, I am especially grateful for the constitutional checks and
balances established by the Framers of the Constitution that have safeguarded
our freedoms. In addition to divided
government and the separation of powers, the principle of limited government
through federalism, have proved at least somewhat effective, especially when
bolstered by public pressure, as these principles have been proven only to be
effective when Americans are willing to defend them. All the public servants and fellow citizens
who have been making use of them—often creatively to meet novel and unexpected
threats—at a time when many public servants have failed to uphold their
constitutional duties, have prevented Americans from losing sovereignty and
freedom as much as was feared, but vigilance is the eternal price of liberty. We can be thankful to them for doing their
part to protect us from foreign and domestic enemies.
May God continue to bless America !
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