Rush Limbaugh's Real Story of Thanksgiving.

In his book See, I Told You So, Rush Limbaugh  tells a story about the "First Thanksgiving" that is a little different than the one we were taught in school.  Each year he retells the story on his radio show.  I would just post a link to it, but since I heard him say on the radio that he's ok with people disseminating  it, even without giving him credit, I'll post it here.  I wouldn't consider posting it without credit, but from what Mr. Limbaugh said on the radio, I'm pretty sure I can post it here without issue.

Since he just retells it each year, minor details vary from year to year, and he does insert the occasional sarcastic statement, but the overall story is pretty well documented from the pilgrim's own journals.  We've just revised the history to suit a leftest bent.

Happy Thanksgiving

I would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.  We're all full, and the first turkey I ever cooked turned out very well.  I was extremely thankful to have the wonderful feast I did.

I am thankful I have some work, and some income.
I am thankful for my wonderful wife.
I'm thankful I have a family that is helping me out during lean financial times.
I am thankful I live in a country that is (for the time being) still free.
I'm thankful I live where there is clean air, water and food.

I'm thankful for a many more things than I can list.

Getting Ready For Thanksgiving

Today has been a fairly busy day.  It's the day to get ready for Thanksgiving Day.  My wife and I are cooking the turkey this year.  We made up a brine, and are going to brine the turkey tonight.  Tomorrow, I'm going to cook it.  Since it's my first time, I hope I do it OK.

We're having a massive feast for just four people.  We're having turkey, mashed potatoes, two types of stuffing, green beans, beats, gravy, rolls, salads, a relish plate, home made cranberry sauce and perhaps asparagus. We'll finish it off with pumpkin pie, ice cream and persimmon cookies.

It should be fun a rather nice feast.

Early Winter Here

We've been hit with an early snowstorm here.  Pretty much everything was canceled.  Schools and even universities closed.  I pretty much hibernated inside.  I haven't seen this much snow before Thanksgiving since I was in my single digit years.

I did like getting the day off.  This means I get the rest of the week off.  Tomorrow is record day, meaning only the regular teachers work.  They'll do grades, etc.  After that are the two days off for Thanksgiving.  I go back (If I get called) on Monday.

Unfortunately that makes it a light week from a financial standpoint.  

Today's Funny

From Not Always Right:

Navy Seal’s Fate is Sealed

 

 

I'm Working On My First Major Post.

I have no clear idea when it will be ready, but I'm working on a quite long post on how and why I became a gun owner.  I've heard horror stories about blogger eating posts, and by rights, I should be editing on a better editor, and pasting here, but I'm being lazy.  Hopefully it will be ready soon.

Buying Gold

As things get worse and worse for this country's economic situation, I'm thinking of cashing out the retirement from my former employer, and buying gold.  Why?  Because gold is the safest investment possible.  I may lose money, but I won't loose it all.

My wife is against the idea, and I won't go ahead with it until we're both onboard.  Also, since it's an outsourced retirement fund, I could find another employer that pays into the same retirement fund. I'm just concerned that the dollars in that fund will be worth nothing very soon.

So my dilemma is, do I cash out and loose at least 50% of what is in there, or do I keep it.  If I keep it, I may lose more, but I may be better off in the end. Without knowing what is going to happen with our monetary system, I have no idea what to do, but I'm more and more inclined to play it safe.