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Felix Mala Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-19-07 09:23 AM
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9. The puritan separatists wanted freedom FROM things like Christmas...
They believed there was no biblical basis for Christmas. I'm sure they would view Thanksgiving the same way...

They got their freedom and then proceeded to murder any others who came to the new world seeking freedom.
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  -The Real Story of Thanksgiving by Rush Limbaugh underpants  Nov-19-07 07:25 AM   #0 
  - Geez.  Alter Ego   Nov-19-07 07:28 AM   #1 
  - He'd have to remove the stick from his ass first  Wetzelbill   Nov-19-07 07:30 AM   #3 
     - No  Alter Ego   Nov-19-07 07:32 AM   #4 
        - that almost makes me depressed  Wetzelbill   Nov-19-07 07:32 AM   #5 
  - back on the pills again I see  Wetzelbill   Nov-19-07 07:29 AM   #2 
  - The Thomas Hooker reference on the Rush thing is hilarious.  underpants   Nov-19-07 08:06 AM   #6 
  - As twisted as one would expect from the ol' Limpballs  liberal N proud   Nov-19-07 08:26 AM   #7 
  - Rush also bullshits about being the first to tell this story  MrMonk   Nov-19-07 08:55 AM   #8 
  - Rush also bullshits about being the first to tell this story  johngay   Nov-21-07 01:13 PM   #20 
  - The puritan separatists wanted freedom FROM things like Christmas...  Feles Mala   Nov-19-07 09:23 AM   #9 
  - and as noted above Hooker split from Roger Williams  underpants   Nov-19-07 09:37 AM   #10 
  - No surprise that Rush omits a few things from the account.  mcscajun   Nov-19-07 10:46 AM   #11 
  - Great post  underpants   Nov-19-07 12:16 PM   #13 
     - Thank you.  mcscajun   Nov-19-07 12:35 PM   #14 
  - with talent on loan from god....  Gato Moteado   Nov-19-07 11:16 AM   #12 
  - Miss Quotes  ConservativeDem   Nov-20-07 03:43 PM   #15 
     - I don't think I've ever met 'Miss Quotes'-  winston61   Nov-20-07 09:50 PM   #16 
     - And now for another slightly more reality based view point  winston61   Nov-20-07 10:02 PM   #17 
     - there are a lot of far right sites for ignorance  Skittles   Nov-21-07 12:50 AM   #18 
        - Happy Thanksgiving  underpants   Nov-21-07 09:10 AM   #19 
        - Not read much?  ConservativeDem   Nov-21-07 03:52 PM   #21 
 

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