Happy Thanks Giving to all you internets inhabitants

tinfoil said:
about 35 million was the highest projection at the time... now it's projected to be 80 million who have employer based plans that don't meet the new requirements and are forced into new higher cost plans.

Dems finger point: They could keep their plans! They were grandfathered in!
Reality: Insurance companies no longer allowed to offer plans they had due to changes from the ACA.
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One of my best friends runs a small insurance benefits company and he had to cancel 22,000 plans he wrote due to the ACA.
 
evince said:
you on the right non stop talk about how you hate this government.

you hack at it with your every action
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I love my country and have devoted most of my adult life to protecting and serving it. Our form of government, as envisioned by the founders, is just one of the things I love about it and am grateful for. What you on the left have devolved it into, desh, is what I hate and what I will "hack at" with my every action. I am grateful also to live in a nation where at least for a little longer, I am free to bitch and moan about the current state of affairs. And yes, I am most grateful to the Christian version of God for EVERYTHING. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, right and left.
 
evince said:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news...n-gratitu/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS



Thanksgiving is a wonderful time. Families gather to give thanks for their blessings and to reaffirm the bonds of kin and friendship. We remember the Pilgrims and other times in our history for which we are grateful.

But there is a deeper meaning to Thanksgiving. Something about the virtue of gratitude that the holiday embodies transcends the particulars of the Thanksgiving story.

“Gratitude,” said Cicero, “is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.” It is nearly impossible for a grateful person to be hateful or selfish. If you count your blessings more than your grievances, you are bound to become more compassionate and generous than someone who does not.

Theologians and philosophers understand the deeper meaning of gratitude. They see it not only as a good emotion but as a fundamental virtue in and of itself.

Martin Luther believed gratitude was the “basic Christian attitude.” It is often referred to as the “heart of the gospel.” This view is not limited to Christianity. In Judaism, there is nothing more central than the idea that we should love and be eternally thankful to God. The sentiment is not only theologically central but morally foundational. All other virtues — from kindness and humility to charity and justice — would not be possible were it not for the belief that we should give thanks to something outside ourselves, whether it be to God, our nation, our family and friends.

There’s also a civics lesson in properly understanding the virtue of gratitude. That great moral philosopher, Adam Smith, thought gratitude necessary for a free society. It can inspire people to care for others when there is no threat of coercion and no incentive. It is altruism, the sense of mutual cooperation and individual responsibility wrapped up in one. For most of our history, it made American civil society work.

Smith put it this way: “Beneficence is always free.” And from that freedom flows charity, volunteerism and, as Alexis de Tocqueville says, the many “associations” of civil society that once made America a successful nation.


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celebrate all joyous and happy holidays...although as the son of a native american i may pass this one up, except my wife would likely do great bodily harm to me for suggesting it

oh well
 
And here I thought Desh had a decent thread started and it took her all of five seconds to turn it into her usual crap. Can't you take one day off Deshy Dearest?
 
evince said:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news...n-gratitu/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS



Thanksgiving is a wonderful time. Families gather to give thanks for their blessings and to reaffirm the bonds of kin and friendship. We remember the Pilgrims and other times in our history for which we are grateful.

But there is a deeper meaning to Thanksgiving. Something about the virtue of gratitude that the holiday embodies transcends the particulars of the Thanksgiving story.

“Gratitude,” said Cicero, “is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.” It is nearly impossible for a grateful person to be hateful or selfish. If you count your blessings more than your grievances, you are bound to become more compassionate and generous than someone who does not.

Theologians and philosophers understand the deeper meaning of gratitude. They see it not only as a good emotion but as a fundamental virtue in and of itself.

Martin Luther believed gratitude was the “basic Christian attitude.” It is often referred to as the “heart of the gospel.” This view is not limited to Christianity. In Judaism, there is nothing more central than the idea that we should love and be eternally thankful to God. The sentiment is not only theologically central but morally foundational. All other virtues — from kindness and humility to charity and justice — would not be possible were it not for the belief that we should give thanks to something outside ourselves, whether it be to God, our nation, our family and friends.

There’s also a civics lesson in properly understanding the virtue of gratitude. That great moral philosopher, Adam Smith, thought gratitude necessary for a free society. It can inspire people to care for others when there is no threat of coercion and no incentive. It is altruism, the sense of mutual cooperation and individual responsibility wrapped up in one. For most of our history, it made American civil society work.

Smith put it this way: “Beneficence is always free.” And from that freedom flows charity, volunteerism and, as Alexis de Tocqueville says, the many “associations” of civil society that once made America a successful nation.


Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news..._source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS#ixzz2lwX61kLX
Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter
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Happy Thanksgiving to you too Desh.
 
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