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It's probably understandable that people may find it difficult to find something to be thankful about today given the last two years or more of suffering through a pandemic that has taken millions from among the living, battered our economy, and - combined with other factors - created a rise in the cost of living.
The racial conflicts in our country, and the continuing ideological antagonisms that have resulted in blood spilled in our streets between brothers, have rent the social fabric of this republic. Mass shootings, caused by hate or mental stresses, have become an epidemic on their own, and, to our society's distress, the new "normal."
In this moral vacuum, demagogues of all tendencies and stripes revel, stirring the base desires of revenge and retribution, pitting us one against the other.
Unity - so necessary to forge the social contract that bind us together as a people - is eroding visibly. The midterms clearly demonstrated this.
Yet, we - you who read this and I who write it - have much to be thankful for.
We are alive, we're not starving, and live in a nation that is the envy of the world. Hunger stalks the world. People are literally dying on our shores and borders to be where we are, to enjoy the benefits bestowed upon us that are denied to millions worldwide.
In fact, food bank advocates say we waste more food in this nation than in any other.As our older Mexican-American generations in South Texas used to say: "No concemos el hambre."
We must be thankful for the men and women - military veterans and civilians - who came before and for those who are are still serving in their place to make us safe and secure.
And we must salute the public servants who labored, and are laboring, sincerely to make our democracy work, and the taxpayers who contribute through their labor and obligations to fund its existence and provide the wherewithal to their fellow citizens to assure their survival.
There will always be political differences, but there is a mechanism - political participation - to address them. The right to dissent and resist the government is guaranteed by the constitution. No one - magistrate or soldier - can force you how to think or how to worship.
To not be thankful for this is to be an ingrate and a denial that we are the beneficiaries of living in a great nation and part of a great people. Be thankful today for that and for those who share our existence here. And pray that the suffering millions around our world have a better tomorrow. Work for and pray that our future generations also enjoy the fruits of our democracy and its bounty.
Share with those who have less and extend a hand to those needy among us as the Creator, Great Spirit, or God, has extended these blessings to us. Show compassion, as has been shown to us.
Happy Thanksgiving America.
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PSJA NORTH 42
Brownsville Veterans Memorial 14
Sampayo injured in 1st Quarter after throwing second Pick-6, barrel-shaped Running Back Chavez gang-tackled into a concussion. Crowd of nacho-eating Mexicans at Sams Stadium stunned to feel same emotions as when the Seguin Matadors and hoss Running Back Cleveland Vann pounded the life out of ballyhooed Brownsville High School back in the day.
It's the usual Browntown football saga ending.
OK, so what's the real story behind Thanksgiving?
Discussions of this event are often centered around the settlers, but Native Americans had been on the land for centuries before, and the story from their perspective obviously far predates this feast. When Europeans began coming to what is now known as the United States about four years before the Mayflower arrived, they carried foreign illnesses which killed Native people at exceedingly high rates. That then made it easier for colonizers to take over these lands. There's also the fact that settlers came to the land to kidnap and sell Native Americans into slavery.
They were most likely the first racist republicans to arrive here from cockroach europe. TO RAPE MURDER AND STEAL,ooooops I think I have heard this one before, but aimed at a certain other group.
Think of the natives before you take a bit of that turkey and the event on why it happened. TO RAPE MURDER AND STEAL, they did NOT sent their best to the new lands, they emptied their prisons.
What compassion, Montoya?
there is no compassion in Brownsville, only envy, graft and betrayal!
al alva, ese!!
That photo does not represent all americans anymore. Its full of white gringo people needs to be replaced.
''Oh, one wed wose! How wovely!''
Happy Thanksgiving to all bandidos y bandidas in browntown. Remember the natives only.
Lazy people thank Government. The supposedly pious thank their god. Give thanks to the hard workers who showed up to work today so that you could enjoy your day off.
Not in Brownsville. This town has flow the coop of stupidity.
First sentence is a mess, Montoya.
short sentences. You make the reader work too much to get through your thick writing.
sheeesh.
"our country"?
it's not your country, Mexican Montoya.
whites rule.
This shit is too sappy.
When was it written - 1964?
ja ja ja ja
Though I agree with what you write you must admit that the photo represents the spirit of Thanksgivings. I am grateful that I do not know of the atrocities of war. To every Vet thank you for keeping us safe.
It is so absolutely true, that we got off on the wrong foot, by the founding fathers not having said that “inherent in our inalienable rights are undeniable responsibilities.” We would have honored treaties, been more self-governing (self-discipline) and thus less likely to have created the socio-economic, environmental and spiritual mess we are now in.
do your part.
Juan Happy Thanksgiving to you and all of your readers, to our Veterans and those men and women still serving, Thank you for your service, Yes will live in the Greatest Nation on Earth-USA, our politics are not perfect at every level, City, County State and National, but i would not like to live in any other country. God Bless America, Texas and Cameron County. Amen.
All I see in this picture is a bunch of illegals waiting for a handout. After all thats why they're coming to this country.
The majority of the people in this country don’t gather on Thanksgiving to give thanks to God, because as we all know Democrats know longer believe. People gather to stuff their faces, gossip and get drunk. Happy Thanksgiving!
"Hey, veterans, let's drink up!!!"
ja ja ja
BTW it's alalva one word!
Coco
Governor Abbott Serves Thanksgiving Dinner to Troops Supporting the Border Crisis
Feed people that make 80k a year que pinches mamones... racist republicans.
November 24, 2022 at 9:32 AM ESTUPIDO!
Football is old news pendejo the city has 3 or 4 state SOCCER championships. More than any gringo high school here in texas. Cheetos where not available in that era that you talk about. I guess you were too busy running buckets of water to the football players. Red-ass because you didn't cut it and was dumped by the coach. Pinche weakling. Lopez, Porter and Rivera kicked the cramp out of all the gringos upstate. Pobres pendejos, and that's including your assss.
BREAKING NEWS ABOUT PUB, BREAKING NEWS ABOUT PUB, BREAKING NEWS ABOUT PUB, BREAKING NEWS ABOUT PUB, BREAKING NEWS ABOUT PUB, BREAKING NEWS ABOUT PUB,
SORRY there ain't none. Its still being run the same old way FULL OF RATAS and the big one still on vation 60 days with pay, and he is at his office shredding evidence.
y los rinches que? y el d a que? y el fbi que? NADA!
Hillbillys enjoy your handouts paid by the minority taxpayers. Gringos no longer pay taxes and neither do the hillbillys puros mamones. El cheeto paid only 750.00 dollars in taxes last year and is projected to pay ZERO this year. HAPPY EATING PINCHE HILLBILLYS MAMONES Y PIDICHES. GO LOOK FOR A JOB BOLA DE MAMONES RACIST REPUBLICANS
Y EL GOVERNDOR FEED PEOPLE THAT MAKE 80,000 A YEAR. WOW.
Why do we never see him with his family because they are meskins?
November 24, 2022 at 9:32 AM
Let your gringo friends come down here and play some soccer and see what happens idiota they will all get their asses kicked. 4 State titles no other city has that many state titles in texas. PENDEJO!
Thanksgiving - a superior culture replacing an inferior one. Don't feel bad amigos at least you get welfare out of it lol
November 25, 2022 at 1:54 PM
You mean hillbillys? They all represent the gringos before the great robbery. Perfect example of whiteness mugrosos apestosos hediondos y RATAS. Hopefully muskies will built a bus ship and sent all the gringos to the moon. The most hated race on the face of the earth fact.
Big big big traffic light on alton gloor close to walmar GUESS FOR WHAT???? FOR MOTHER F****** BIKE TRAILS AS IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TRAFFIC LIGHTS, PENDEJOS ITS NEXT TO A SCHOOL AND WE KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.EXCEPT FOR THE STUPID CITY ENGINEERS.
November 25, 2022 at 1:54 PM lower than whale shit!
Dresy, Gopnik, Racaille, caillera and plouc are the hillbillys from cockroach europe and of course rednecks and hillbillys are the cockroaches here. So this is considered the superior culture? I don' think so, freundin. Lower than whale shit is what they ALL are.
Looks like that state troopers getting free lunch from the wheeeling governor of texas. They all make over 70k dollars a year,
NO TIENEN VERGUENZA!
And they all complain!
A word gringos don't understand, specially the rich and famous.
gimme gimme gimme
MAMONES gringos.
The rich and famous are starting to dress like hillbillys they also want more gimme gimme gimme everything free. PONGANSE A TRABAJAR PINCHES GRINOGS HUEVONES.
Only the white man can't seem to have his own land without third world losers following him everywhere trying to take what they can't create for themselves. The whole world wants to be like us. Too bad low IQ and loser culture makes it impossible to do so. Back to the third world you created!
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