Happy Thanksgiving

[Boston Guy]

Hi guys,

 

I haven't been around much recently... life has been busy -- in a good way. But I wanted to wish all of my American friends here a Happy Thanksgiving. It's a good day to sit back and count our blessings; most of us have been pretty fortunate.

 

For those of you beyond our shores, I wish you a good day, too. I just spent a few minutes talking to my neighbor, whose father died two weeks ago. She was his caregiver and is still in a kind of state of shock/relief/guilt/sadness/remorse/etc. She kept emphasizing how we all need to be thankful for our parents, our friends, and all of those around us for we don't know how long we'll have them. That's true for all of us, no matter where we live.

 

So I wish you all a good day, a day of peace and fellowship and happiness.

 

BG

[Guest ncm2169]

That's nice BG. :o Best wishes to you as well. :7

[KY_TOP]

>So I wish you all a good day, a day of peace and fellowship

>and happiness.

>

>BG

 

Thx BG for the reminder. Thanksgiving has always been one of my Favorite holidays because it always reminds me how Thankful I should be that all is as well with me as it is. I have much to be Thankful for and here is wishing you the same Good Day.

[Huey]

Same from me to all of you here, have a great holiday !

[Steven_Draker]

Happy Thanksgiving to all my american friends !

 

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[Guest Tampa Yankee]

>So I wish you all a good day, a day of peace and fellowship

>and happiness.

>

 

And I wish you the same BG and all men of goodwill.

[Trixie]

I have a Thanksgiving tale for you all, and I am telling you this only because I hope for your prayers.

A close friend of mine is an illegal immigrant, a mexican national. He has lived in our country for three years, and has gone from a day-labor position to a full-time, secure job. He is a janitor. Not much of a job, but he is happy, and proud that he can now provide for his family.

Having saved enough money, finally, to bring his wife and child here, he arranged for them to go to Tijuana, where a "Coyote" (a smuggler of people) was to bring them across to the US. Last week the Coyote was successful in bringing his five-year old girl here. But they have tried two times now, without success, to bring his wife.

There is a stigma about failure in Coyote society... a "pollera" (human cargo) who gets caught twice is considered bad luck, and thus the coyote has abandoned her. But not before shaking her down for every cent she had on her. So now,

this young woman is on the streets of Tijuana, with no money, no food, only the clothes on her back. Since the Coyote dumped her, she's had no way to contact her husband and child, nor they her.

In the meantime, my friend's daughter is in a total panic. He left Mexico when she was only two, so she has no idea, really, who he is. She cries day and night. She wants her mama, but there is no way of contacting her.

And my friend... well, you should see the dark circles around his eyes. He has not heard from his wife in two days, doesn't know where she is, nor how she has doing. He's arranged for a different coyote to try to bring her, but has not been able to contact her to tell her this.

If he can contact her, I will go to Tijuana to bring her money and clothing, until she can get across. And a cellular phone, loaded with minutes, so she can console her daughter. But we are still waiting, hoping that she will find a way to contact.

I know many of you may frown upon the idea of illegal immigrants. But please try to realize that these are real people, caught in an awful situation. They need your prayers-meditation-

fortitude. They only want to provide a better life, for themselves, and for their daughter.

Please remember them on Thanksgiving Day, by giving thanks for what you have received, and by offering the wealth of your Hearts to them, with your best wishes. This simple act may help more than anyone might realize. Who is to say that miracle cannot still happen?

With Thanks & Gratefulness,

Trix

[Guest random]

> They only want to provide a better life, for

>themselves,

 

Most people who want to provide a better life for themself do it legally. Your friend would not need our prayers had he and his family followed the law like millions do from country to country every year. Your friend should return to Mexico, look for his wife and return only under legal status.

 

It's hard to feel for someone like your friend when there are so many people here in the US legally that have far greater hardships.

 

I feel your post is ill advised and wrongly posted in a thread that I believe was begun to create a little joy and hope on this holiday. Not to celebrate those who have broken the law.

[Trixie]

>> They only want to provide a better life, for

>>themselves,

>

>Most people who want to provide a better life for themself do

>it legally. Your friend would not need our prayers had he and

>his family followed the law like millions do from country to

>country every year. Your friend should return to Mexico, look

>for his wife and return only under legal status.

Actually, most people who come from anywhere in Mexico, Central or South America do not come here legally. Those who can afford to come here legally have no reason to to do so.

>It's hard to feel for someone like your friend when there are

>so many people here in the US legally that have far greater

>hardships.

I am not asking anyone to measure one hardship over another. I am merely asking for sympathy, and prayer. If you know of someone deserving of thought in a time of crisis, I would not begrudge you my best hopes, based on their nationality.

>I feel your post is ill advised and wrongly posted in a thread

>that I believe was begun to create a little joy and hope on

>this holiday. Not to celebrate those who have broken the law.

 

America is a country that was given inception by immigration... noone asked the native Americans whether they thought the European migration was legal.

Assuming you post here because you are A) a john, or B) an escort, you yourself are breaking the law. If The Law means so much to you, you should quit this site immediately.

If you are merely some guy who cannot offer your warm wishes to those who are struggling, then I offer my condolences to you.

Trix

[Guest random]

>America is a country that was given inception by

>immigration... noone asked the native Americans whether they

>thought the European migration was legal.

>Assuming you post here because you are A) a john, or B) an

>escort, you yourself are breaking the law. If The Law means

>so much to you, you should quit this site immediately.

>If you are merely some guy who cannot offer your warm wishes

>to those who are struggling, then I offer my condolences to

>you.

>Trix

>

I am not breaking any law whatsoever by posting here. I have no problem showing warmth to those who I select, not who you or any other person decides for me.

 

There was a time when I actually would have agreed with you but your friend might have taken my job as a janitor and that is wrong; no matter how many wives and children you want to put into the story to make it all warm and goo like.

 

And get off the fucking native Indian soapbox, that is such a yesterday argument. Your friend broke the law and there is no excuse for that. No matter how you want to justify it.

[Trixie]

Nice try, but all you did was get angry, and curse at me. You really must hone your verbal skills, if you are to survive on this board!

Best wishes,

Trix

(to bed I go...)

[bigguyinpasadena]

So a person with a little more carrotin in their skin pigment comes to this country willing to do any job offered to him to provide for his family.He finds a job as a janitor,He shows up early,works hard,shows up for work on time.

The person who had this job is fired because his employer can hire the immigrant for less/not pay taxes/benifits and can work that immigrant harder and longer than the non-immigrant.

Who is the bad guy here?

[Boston Guy]

Trixie's post helps us all remember that there are many people in the world who have far less than what most of us have, or whose lives are quite difficult. As Americans, we do, indeed, have much to be fortunate for and Thanksgiving Day is a good time to reflect on what we've blessed with.

 

It's also, perhaps, a good day to think about what's really important: our families, our friends, being a good person, a good neighbor, lending a helping hand when we can. Many of the aggravations we deal with in our day-to-day lives just don't matter at all in the grand scheme of things yet it's so easy to lose sight of what is important while focusing on the inconsequential.

 

And, now, bringing the thread back full-circle (or at least trying to), it's Thanksgiving morning and I'll wish you all again "Happy Thanksgiving".

 

BG

[Guest Merlin]

The solution is very simple. Your friend should stop breaking the law, take his daughter, and return to his own country and wife. This will free up his job for an American to fill--we still have millions of unemployed. He will be back with his family and an American family will no longer be out of work. Everyone happy. I wish all problems were this easy to solve.

[SmallTownJohn]

Howdy,

 

Hope everyone ate like "big ol hawgs!" & had a great day. I could do without the rain in Atlanta. Caught Bad Santa(cussing out everything that moves---loved it)& The Missing yesterday. Gotta go work now:0)

 

 

All My Best,

 

John

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