Rush Limbaugh Tells ‘the True Story of Thanksgiving’

[excerpt The story of ░░░░░░░░ Pilgrims begins in the ░░░░░░░░ part of the seventeenth ░░░░░░░░ The Church of England ░░░░░░░░ King James I was ░░░░░░░░ anyone and everyone who ░░░░░░░░ not recognize its absolute ░░░░░░░░ and spiritual authority Those ░░░░░░░░ challenged ecclesiastical authority and ░░░░░░░░ who believed strongly in ░░░░░░░░ of worship were hunted ░░░░░░░░ imprisoned and sometimes executed ░░░░░░░░ their beliefs A group ░░░░░░░░ separatists first fled to ░░░░░░░░ and established a community ░░░░░░░░ eleven years about forty ░░░░░░░░ them agreed to make ░░░░░░░░ perilous journey to the ░░░░░░░░ World across the Atlantic ░░░░░░░░ where they would certainly ░░░░░░░░ hardships but could live ░░░░░░░░ worship God according to ░░░░░░░░ dictates of their own ░░░░░░░░ On August 1 1620 ░░░░░░░░ Mayflower set sail It ░░░░░░░░ a total of 102 ░░░░░░░░ including forty Pilgrims led ░░░░░░░░ William Bradford On the ░░░░░░░░ Bradford set up an ░░░░░░░░ a contract that established ░░░░░░░░ and equal laws for ░░░░░░░░ members of the new ░░░░░░░░ irrespective of their religious ░░░░░░░░ Where did the revolutionary ░░░░░░░░ expressed in the Mayflower ░░░░░░░░ come from From the ░░░░░░░░ The Pilgrims were a ░░░░░░░░ completely steeped in the ░░░░░░░░ of the Old and ░░░░░░░░ Testaments the Bible The ░░░░░░░░ were religious and they ░░░░░░░░ here to establish freedom ░░░░░░░░ religion they fled across ░░░░░░░░ entire ocean to escape ░░░░░░░░ persecution They looked to ░░░░░░░░ ancient Israelites for their ░░░░░░░░ And because of the ░░░░░░░░ precedents set forth in ░░░░░░░░ they never doubted that ░░░░░░░░ experiment would work But ░░░░░░░░ was no pleasure cruise ░░░░░░░░ The journey to the ░░░░░░░░ World was a long ░░░░░░░░ arduous one And when ░░░░░░░░ Pilgrims landed in New ░░░░░░░░ in November they found ░░░░░░░░ to Bradford s detailed ░░░░░░░░ a cold barren desolate ░░░░░░░░ There were no friends ░░░░░░░░ greet them he wrote ░░░░░░░░ were no houses to ░░░░░░░░ them There were no ░░░░░░░░ where they could refresh ░░░░░░░░ And the sacrifice they ░░░░░░░░ made for freedom was ░░░░░░░░ beginning During the first ░░░░░░░░ half the Pilgrims including ░░░░░░░░ s own wife died ░░░░░░░░ either starvation sickness or ░░░░░░░░ Many of them lived ░░░░░░░░ the Mayflower while houses ░░░░░░░░ shelter were being built ░░░░░░░░ spring finally came Indians ░░░░░░░░ the settlers how to ░░░░░░░░ corn fish for cod ░░░░░░░░ skin beavers for coats ░░░░░░░░ improved for the Pilgrims ░░░░░░░░ even with all this ░░░░░░░░ did not yet prosper ░░░░░░░░ is important to understand ░░░░░░░░ this is where modern ░░░░░░░░ history lessons often end ░░░░░░░░ is actually explained in ░░░░░░░░ textbooks as a holiday ░░░░░░░░ which the Pilgrims gave ░░░░░░░░ to the Indians for ░░░░░░░░ their lives rather than ░░░░░░░░ a devout expression of ░░░░░░░░ grounded in the tradition ░░░░░░░░ both the Old and ░░░░░░░░ Testaments The Bible The ░░░░░░░░ Thanksgiving was a thanks ░░░░░░░░ God It was not ░░░░░░░░ thanks to the Indians ░░░░░░░░ is not to disparage ░░░░░░░░ Indians or the Native ░░░░░░░░ The Pilgrims did not ░░░░░░░░ it was not a ░░░░░░░░ to the Indians for ░░░░░░░░ the Pilgrims The Pilgrims ░░░░░░░░ God But it s ░░░░░░░░ detailed than this Here ░░░░░░░░ the part that has ░░░░░░░░ omitted Here s the ░░░░░░░░ that the Huffing and ░░░░░░░░ Post either doesn t ░░░░░░░░ or omitted today The ░░░░░░░░ contract the Pilgrims had ░░░░░░░░ into with their merchant ░░░░░░░░ They didn t have ░░░░░░░░ money to do this ░░░░░░░░ were beholden to the ░░░░░░░░ who funded them and ░░░░░░░░ entered into contracts with ░░░░░░░░ merchant sponsors in London ░░░░░░░░ called for everything they ░░░░░░░░ to go into a ░░░░░░░░ store and each member ░░░░░░░░ the community was entitled ░░░░░░░░ one common share All ░░░░░░░░ the land they cleared ░░░░░░░░ the houses they built ░░░░░░░░ to the community as ░░░░░░░░ They were going to ░░░░░░░░ it equally Everybody was ░░░░░░░░ to get an equal ░░░░░░░░ of what everybody combined ░░░░░░░░ All of the land ░░░░░░░░ cleared and the houses ░░░░░░░░ built belonged to the ░░░░░░░░ as well Nobody owned ░░░░░░░░ They just had a ░░░░░░░░ in it It was ░░░░░░░░ commune folks And it ░░░░░░░░ this way by contract ░░░░░░░░ design It was the ░░░░░░░░ to the communes we ░░░░░░░░ in the 60s and ░░░░░░░░ out in California and ░░░░░░░░ was complete with organic ░░░░░░░░ by the way They ░░░░░░░░ grow no other than ░░░░░░░░ Bradford who had become ░░░░░░░░ new governor of the ░░░░░░░░ recognized that this form ░░░░░░░░ collectivism was as costly ░░░░░░░░ destructive to the Pilgrims ░░░░░░░░ that first harsh winter ░░░░░░░░ had taken so many ░░░░░░░░ It just wasn t ░░░░░░░░ There wasn t any ░░░░░░░░ From his own journal ░░░░░░░░ decided to take bold ░░░░░░░░ Bradford assigned a plot ░░░░░░░░ land to each family ░░░░░░░░ work and manage and ░░░░░░░░ they produced was theirs ░░░░░░░░ overages they could sell ░░░░░░░░ share or do whatever ░░░░░░░░ wanted with But what ░░░░░░░░ essentially was that Bradford ░░░░░░░░ thus turning loose the ░░░░░░░░ of the marketplace If ░░░░░░░░ re saying it to ░░░░░░░░ you re right The ░░░░░░░░ had discovered and experimented ░░░░░░░░ what could only be ░░░░░░░░ as socialism and it ░░░░░░░░ It did not work ░░░░░░░░ Bradford and his community ░░░░░░░░ was that the most ░░░░░░░░ and industrious people had ░░░░░░░░ incentive to work any ░░░░░░░░ than anyone else unless ░░░░░░░░ could utilize the power ░░░░░░░░ personal motivation If everybody ░░░░░░░░ the same no matter ░░░░░░░░ the end result was ░░░░░░░░ if everybody got the ░░░░░░░░ no matter how hard ░░░░░░░░ worked they were all ░░░░░░░░ members of a union ░░░░░░░░ all socialized But while ░░░░░░░░ of the rest of ░░░░░░░░ world has been experimenting ░░░░░░░░ socialism for well over ░░░░░░░░ hundred years trying to ░░░░░░░░ it perfect it and ░░░░░░░░ invent it the Pilgrims ░░░░░░░░ early on it didn ░░░░░░░░ take them long to ░░░░░░░░ it didn t work ░░░░░░░░ to scrap it permanently ░░░░░░░░ re not taught this ░░░░░░░░ is taught this Even ░░░░░░░░ in the true story ░░░░░░░░ Thanksgiving it was an ░░░░░░░░ failure of socialism What ░░░░░░░░ wrote about this social ░░░░░░░░ should be in every ░░░░░░░░ s history lesson If ░░░░░░░░ were we might prevent ░░░░░░░░ needless suffering in the ░░░░░░░░ Remember this book is ░░░░░░░░ 23 years ago or ░░░░░░░░ 24 years ago It ░░░░░░░░ 1992 This is Bradford ░░░░░░░░ The experience that we ░░░░░░░░ in this common course ░░░░░░░░ condition tried sundry years ░░░░░░░░ by taking away property ░░░░░░░░ bringing community into a ░░░░░░░░ wealth would make them ░░░░░░░░ and flourishing as if ░░░░░░░░ were wiser than God ░░░░░░░░ wrote For this community ░░░░░░░░ far as it was ░░░░░░░░ found to breed much ░░░░░░░░ and discontent and retard ░░░░░░░░ employment that would have ░░░░░░░░ to their benefit and ░░░░░░░░ For young men that ░░░░░░░░ most able and fit ░░░░░░░░ labor and service did ░░░░░░░░ that they should spend ░░░░░░░░ time and strength to ░░░░░░░░ for other men s ░░░░░░░░ and children without any ░░░░░░░░ without being paid for ░░░░░░░░ that was thought injustice ░░░░░░░░ should you work for ░░░░░░░░ people when you can ░░░░░░░░ work for yourself What ░░░░░░░░ the point Bradford was ░░░░░░░░ It s not working ░░░░░░░░ There s no personal ░░░░░░░░ and there were sloths ░░░░░░░░ all these people were ░░░░░░░░ of the crop Some ░░░░░░░░ them sat around didn ░░░░░░░░ do anything while others ░░░░░░░░ everything The Pilgrims found ░░░░░░░░ people could not be ░░░░░░░░ to do their best ░░░░░░░░ without incentive So what ░░░░░░░░ Bradford s community try ░░░░░░░░ Free enterprise They unharnessed ░░░░░░░░ power of good old ░░░░░░░░ enterprise by invoking the ░░░░░░░░ capitalistic principle of private ░░░░░░░░ Every family was assigned ░░░░░░░░ own plot of land ░░░░░░░░ work and permitted to ░░░░░░░░ its own crops and ░░░░░░░░ sell whatever overages they ░░░░░░░░ And what was the ░░░░░░░░ This had very good ░░░░░░░░ wrote Bradford in his ░░░░░░░░ for it made all ░░░░░░░░ industrious so as much ░░░░░░░░ corn was planted than ░░░░░░░░ would have been It ░░░░░░░░ an amazing story what ░░░░░░░░ In no time the ░░░░░░░░ found they had more ░░░░░░░░ than they could eat ░░░░░░░░ This is where it ░░░░░░░░ really good folks If ░░░░░░░░ re laboring under the ░░░░░░░░ that I was that ░░░░░░░░ was taught in school ░░░░░░░░ they set up trading ░░░░░░░░ and exchanged goods with ░░░░░░░░ Indians They produced what ░░░░░░░░ needed for themselves and ░░░░░░░░ started doing business with ░░░░░░░░ Indians They exchanged goods ░░░░░░░░ profits allowed them to ░░░░░░░░ off their debts to ░░░░░░░░ merchants in London And ░░░░░░░░ success and prosperity of ░░░░░░░░ Plymouth settlement attracted more ░░░░░░░░ and began what came ░░░░░░░░ be known as the ░░░░░░░░ Puritan Migration It was ░░░░░░░░ rousing economic success after ░░░░░░░░ attempt to establish themselves ░░░░░░░░ socialism It was not ░░░░░░░░ name they knew They ░░░░░░░░ commune communal and so ░░░░░░░░ But it did not ░░░░░░░░ And they had such ░░░░░░░░ success that it began ░░░░░░░░ migration of others who ░░░░░░░░ about it and wanted ░░░░░░░░ on the action And ░░░░░░░░ first Thanksgiving was the ░░░░░░░░ indeed getting together with ░░░░░░░░ Indians with whom they ░░░░░░░░ trading There s no ░░░░░░░░ the Indians assisted them ░░░░░░░░ they landed but it ░░░░░░░░ not true that the ░░░░░░░░ then took advantage of ░░░░░░░░ conquered them killed them ░░░░░░░░ took their land They ░░░░░░░░ up trading with them ░░░░░░░░ of this this whole ░░░░░░░░ is written about in ░░░░░░░░ way that eight to ░░░░░░░░ year olds understand it ░░░░░░░░ are taken right to ░░░░░░░░ in the first Rush ░░░░░░░░ book Rush Revere and ░░░░░░░░ Brave Pilgrims I was ░░░░░░░░ taught this I didn ░░░░░░░░ know it until I ░░░░░░░░ researching that book back ░░░░░░░░ That was the first ░░░░░░░░ had heard of why ░░░░░░░░ Pilgrims were really thankful ░░░░░░░░ was thanks to God ░░░░░░░░ was the virtue of ░░░░░░░░ which is all through ░░░░░░░░ Washington s inaugural Thanksgiving ░░░░░░░░