Category Archives: Setting The Record Straight

The Beginning and Tradition of Thanksgiving

Why is this important: There are many factions, mostly on the far left of the American political spectrum who believe that the celebrators of the first thanksgiving, killed Indians, took their food, and took of the Indians as slaves.  Let’s set the record straight.

The Facts

The group that set out from Plymouth, in southwestern England, in September 1620 included 35 members of a radical Puritan faction known as the English Separatist Church. In 1607, after illegally breaking from the Church of England, the Separatists settled in the Netherlands, first in Amsterdam and later in the town of Leiden, where they remained for the next decade under the relatively lenient Dutch laws. Due to economic difficulties, as well as fears that they would lose their English language and heritage, they began to make plans to settle in the New World. Their intended destination was a region near the Hudson River, which at the time was thought to be part of the already established colony of Virginia. In 1620, the would-be settlers joined a London stock company that would finance their trip aboard the Mayflower, a three-masted merchant ship, in 1620.

The native inhabitants of the region around Plymouth Colony were various tribes of the Wampanoag people, who had lived there for some 10,000 years before the Europeans arrived. In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims famously shared a harvest feast with the Pokanokets; the meal is now considered the basis for the first Thanksgiving holiday.

The pilgrims held the first Thanksgiving feast to celebrate the successful fall harvest. Celebrating a fall harvest was an English tradition at the time and the pilgrims had much to celebrate.

The 53 pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving were the only colonists to survive the long journey on The Mayflower and the first winter in the New World. Disease and starvation struck down half of the original 102 who set sail

These pilgrims made it through that first winter and, with the help of the local Wampanoag tribe, they had a hearty supply of food to sustain them through the next winter. The feast celebrated by the pilgrims in 1621 was never actually called “Thanksgiving” by the colonists. It was simply a harvest celebration.

The Continental Congress declared the first national Thanksgiving on December 18, 1777. In 1789, George Washington declared the last Thursday in November to be the national celebration of Thanksgiving. These were both declarations and not official holidays.

The current date celebrated as Thanksgiving was driven by retailers. In 1939, the last Thursday of November would fall on November 30. Retailers complained to FDR that this only left twenty-four shopping days before Christmas and begged him to push Thanksgiving just one week earlier. It was determined that most people do their Christmas shopping after Thanksgiving and retailers hoped that with an extra week of shopping, people would buy more. FDR declared that a National Day of Thanksgiving would be celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November.

For most, Thanksgiving is a non-religious holiday. It is a time to pause with family and friends to give thanks.

Sources:

History.com

ThoughtCo.com

Rebecca Beatrice Brooks 

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People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals – PETA

PETA Murders Animals

Why is This Important: PETA claims they stand for treating animals ethically and with dignity. PETA has the highest kill rate of any animal shelter or animal organization. PETA feels that the best way to comfort a homeless animal is to kill them. PETA has campaigned against having animals as pets. John Bryant, a representative of PETA stated that “The cat like the dog, must disappear.”

The Facts

PETA’s kill rate of animals handed over to them for care is nearly 90%

PETA has labeled milk as a “racist drink” because some races have a high level of lactose intolerance

PETA demanded that the ice cream maker Ben and Jerry’s replace cow milk with human milk in their products.

PETA claims that fast food outlets and slaughterhouses should be blown up by activists.

PETA has kidnapped animals from people’s property and then euthanized them.

PETA has given grants to arsonist Rodney Coronado and the eco-terrorist group Earth Liberation Front.

PETA had a campaign called “Holocaust on Your Plate.” Comparing Jewish victims of the Holocaust to farm animals.

PETA created a porn site and then exposed unsuspecting visitors with photos of slaughtered animals.

PETA published pamphlets for children called “Mommy Kills Animals”

Consistent with radical left-wing activities, celebrities who support PETA don’t follow PETA’s manifesto:

• Pamela Anderson’s Dodge Viper (auctioned to benefit PETA) had a “luxurious leather interior.”
• Jenna Jameson was photographed fishing, slurping oysters, and wearing a leather jacket just weeks after launching an anti-leather campaign for PETA.
• Morrissey got an official okay from PETA after eating at a steakhouse.
• Dita von Teese has written about her love of furs and foie gras.
• Steve-O built a career on abusing small animals on film.
• The officially “anti-fur” Eva Mendes has worn fur anyway.

Year	Received †	Transferred	Adopted	Killed
2020	2,595	836	33	1.2%	1,719	66.2%
2019	2,421	807	29	1.1%	1,578	65.20%
2018	2,470	658	35	1.42%	1,771	71.70%
2017	2,445	585	44	1.8%	1,809	74.0%
2016	1,963	478	57	2.9%	1,411	71.9%
2015	1,974	446	60	3.0%	1,456	73.8%
2014	2,631	252	39	1.5%	2,324	88.3%
2013	2,175	311	46	2.1%	1,792	82.4%
2012	1,843	130	19	1.0%	1,647	89.4%
2011	1,992	34	24	1.2%	1,911	95.9%
2010	2,345	63	44	1.9%	2,200	93.8%
2009	2,366	31	8	0.3%	2,301	97.3%
2008	2,216	34	7	0.3%	2,124	95.8%

Dogs and Cats Killed by PETA

Sources:

PETA.Org, petakillsanimals.com, huffpost.com, Atlantic.com

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Black Lives Matter – BLM

Anti-American Corrupt Racist-Marxist Organization

Why is this important: Although BLM states that their mission is to address systemic racism and violence against Black people, their mission could not be further from the truth. The data shows that the only Black lives that matter are crimes committed by non-Black people against Black people. BLM has no problem committing crimes and violence against Black people and businesses. BLM has never spoken on Black-on-Black crime and murder.

BLM believes that the greatest threat to Black people in this country are white Police Officers.

BLM was formed in 2013 in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman who killed Trayvon Martin in Florida. BLM lavishly praised Cuban dictator Fidel Castro when he died.

The Facts

BLM claims to be nonviolent. That claim is far from the truth

In 2020 BLM has accounted for the following:

Dozens of deaths

Damage to thousands of businesses and properties. Many of these businesses are Black owned business. The same people they profess to want to help.

The arson, vandalism and looting has resulted in at least one to two billion dollars of paid insurance claims

BLM’s actions have further driven a wedge between races and cultures in this country.

Every year, about 6,000 Black people are murdered. This is a number greater than white and Hispanic homicide victims combined. Black people make up 13% of the national population. Black people are killed at a rate of six time more than whites and Hispanics.

In Los Angeles, Black people between the ages of 20-24 die at a rate of twenty -30 times the national average. These Black people are killed by other Black people. A fact that BLM seems to ignore.

Over the last 10 years, 40% of all Police killers are Black.

In New York City, Black people make up 23% of the population but commit 75% of the crime, 70% of all robberies and 66% of all violent crime. These are hard stats provided by the City of New York.

Ten children under the age of ten were killed in Baltimore last year. In Cleveland, three children under 5 years old were killed in September. On the 4^th of July, a 7-year-old in Chicago was killed as the result of a drive by shooting. BLM ignored it because it was a Black on Black killing.

BLM is only interested in the rare instance that a Black person is killed by a White Police Officer. No matter what activity the Black person was involved in. BLM’s actions are examples of blatant racism.

BLM’s self-proclaimed Marxist, Executive Director Patrice Cullers was forced to resign her position after she purchased a $1.4 million property in a white Los Angeles neighborhood.

Cullers is a race hustler who made a fortune from making a false promise at the expense of the people she said she supported.

Sources:

The US Sun – Laura Gesualdi-Gilmore

National Review – John Fund

Imprimis – Hillsdale College – Heather Mac Donald – Manhattan institute

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