Let's write the DU Thanksgiving Prayer..........

[XNASA]

Extreme sarcasm is, of course, encouraged. Sort of like an updated version of William Burroughs "Thanksgiving Prayer"

Let's begin by listing all of the things we are thankful for, like...

"Let us give thanks to the Supreme Court which got us in this mess in the first place...."

[AntiCoup2K4]

1. We thank thee, Lucifer, Prince of Darkness, for thy son George Bush Jr....

...who has done more harm to the stability of this planet in three years than most idiots can accomplish in a lifetime. :grr:

[underpants]

2. Let us give thanks _____________________________________

:bounce:

[underpants]

4. all those pesky moochers at the first Thanksgiving are out of the picture

Damned natives.

[underpants]

5. for the AVERAGE tax cut we will receive see we are all in this together

so there is no need to get upset 'cause someone who was already richer than you and really didn't need the money as much is getting 10 times what you are.

[underpants]

6. for the vision and leadership that PRESIDENT Bush shows

:puke:

[underpants]

7. for that class warfare is off limits except in the courts and in DC

where it's okay in fact if you aren't rich you aren't really represented.

[underpants]

8. Praise the Lord and pass the potatoes

:bounce:

[Crewleader]

3. And let's not forget our Media

who has such a wide view of things!

[wryter2000]

9. And thanks for the moral guidance

Thanks for the moral guidance of good men like Bill Bennett and Rush Limbaugh. Surely, with their examples, we can stay high and high-flying for the entire post-Thanksgiving weekend.

[underpants]

10. Let us give thanks for the 21,700 pound GBU-43/B MOAB sleep well

The GBU-43/B, also known as the Massive Ordnance Air Blast, launched successfully from a MC-130E Combat Talon I at Eglain Air Force Base in Florida on November 21, 2003. The 21,700-pound bomb was dropped from 20,000 feet to reach its target on one of Eglin's test ranges. Upon detonation, it created a plume that rose more than 10,000 feet over the Florida Panhandle. REUTERS/U.S. Air Force photo/Handout

[XNASA]

12. You're on a roll!!!!

Fantastic stuff!

[HERVEPA]

11. Song already written - here it is

By Peter and Lou Berryman - outstanding humorous songwriters from Wisconsin.


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Thanksgiving day Uncle Dave was our guest
Who reads the Progressive* which makes him depressed
We asked uncle dave if he'd like to say grace
A dark desolation crept over his face
Thanks he began as he gazed at his knife
To poor Mr. Turkey for living his life
All crowded and cramped in a great metal shed
Where life was a drag then they cut off his head

Thanks he went on for the grapes in my wine
Picked by sick women of seventy nine
Scramb'ling all morning for bunch after bunch
Then brushing the pesticide off of their lunch
Thanks for the stuffing all heaped on my fork
Shiny with sausage descended from pork
I think of the trucks full of pigs that I see
And can't help imagine what they think of me

Continuing, I'd like to thank if you please
Our salad bowl hacked out of tropical trees
And for this mahogany table and chair
We thank all the jungles that used to be there
For cream in our coffee and milk in our mugs
We thank all the cows full of hormones and drugs
Whose calves are removed at a very young age
And force-fed as veal in a miniscule cage

Oh thanks for the furnace that heats up these rooms
And thanks for the rich fossil fuel it consumes
corrupting the atmosphere ounce after ounce
But we're warm and toasty and that is what counts
I'm grateful he said for these clothes on my back
Lovely and comfy and cheap off the rack
Fashioned in warehouses noisy and cold
In China by seamstresses seven years old

And thanks for my silverware setting that shines
In mem'ry of miners who died in the mines
Worn down by the shov'ling of tailings in piles
Whose runoff destroys all the rivers for miles
We thank the reactors for our chandelier
Although the plutonium won't disappear
For hundreds of decades it still will be there
But a few more Chernobyls and who's gonna care?

Sighed Uncle Dave tho there's more to be told
The wine's getting warm and the bird's getting cold
And with that he sat down as he mumbled again
Thank you for everything, amen
We felt so guilty when he was all thru
It seemed there was one of two things we could do
Live without food in the nude in a cave
Or next year have someone say grace besides Dave

[XNASA]

13. Here's part of the Burroughs Prayer....

A bit more venom than the Berrymans. Although, I totally enjoyed your post.


Thanks for a continent to despoil and poison.

Thanks for vast herds of bison to kill and skin leaving the carcasses to rot.

Thanks for bounties on wolves and coyotes.

Thanks for the American dream, To vulgarize and to falsify until the bare lies shine through.

Thanks for the KKK.

Thanks for "Kill a Queer for Christ" stickers.

Thanks for Prohibition and the war against drugs.

Thanks for a country where nobody's allowed to mind the own business.

Thanks for the last and greatest betrayal of the last and greatest of human dreams.


http://www.txt.de/spress/beatshop/burroughs/audio/prayer.htm

[underpants]

14. I give thanks for the 4 tickets to the UVa-Tech game on the 45 yard line

Whooooooooohooooooooo My buddy just called me out of the blue(haven't talked ot him in a while) and me and him and the two other members of the "900 pound gorilla" are going to the game on Saturday!!!!!!!!!!

ON EDIT-misspelled Saturday (didn't go to UVa or Tech)