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Welcome To Reader Rant November 2015 Veterans day and Thanksgiving are celebrated this month. I am thankful for both. While things are not perfect, I am thankful what is, and thankful that I am still able to work on what isn't. For our veterans here at Reader Rant, we thank you and are very grateful for your service.
![[Linked Image from myrtlebeachseamist.com]](http://www.myrtlebeachseamist.com/!userfiles/editor/images/Military/VeteransDay.jpg) Veterans Day is an official United States federal holiday that is observed annually on November 11, honoring people who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, also known as veterans. It coincides with other holidays including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, which are celebrated in other parts of the world and also mark the anniversary of the end of World War I (major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the Armistice with Germany went into effect). The United States also originally observed Armistice Day; it then evolved into the current Veterans Day holiday in 1954.
Veterans Day is not to be confused with Memorial Day; Veterans Day celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans, while Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who gave their lives and those who perished while in service. Most sources spell Veterans as a simple plural without a possessive apostrophe My prayer is that we realize what Hell war is and make it the choice of extreme last resort. Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated primarily in Canada and the United States as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. It is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Several other places around the world observe similar celebrations. Thanksgiving has its historical roots in religious and cultural traditions and has long been celebrated in a secular manner as well. Have a great month, Ranters! 
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![[Linked Image from i48.photobucket.com]](http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/ca_rickf/get_zpseg4sf3sp.jpg) Y do you say that?
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete. R. Buckminster Fuller
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![[Linked Image from i48.photobucket.com]](http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/ca_rickf/get_zpseg4sf3sp.jpg) Y do you say that? Because Y is a crooked letter.
"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them." Lenny Bruce
"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month." Dostoevsky
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A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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Y would you want to know about your x, anyway?
A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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“Then there was the cross-eyed Irish teacher who resigned because he had no control over his pupils.”
milk and Girl Scout cookies ;-)
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What do you call a horse without a home? Unstable!
milk and Girl Scout cookies ;-)
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Ours id but to do or die.
milk and Girl Scout cookies ;-)
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What do you call a horse without a home? Unstable! What do you call a constipated British policeman after he has taken a laxative? Const-able.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete. R. Buckminster Fuller
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