Agreed - It always feels a little racist to me also, this whole scaredy-cat routine over Barack Obama's patriotism and place of birth. There is an ugliness to raising this as an issue, that hasn't been applied to other recent Presidents. Clearly a smear campaign to undermine his legitimacy. Sometimes I wonder who the far right are working for, since some appear completely opposed to our current way of life in this country. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote :
I'm afraid not, Mike. Both your posts on this were wildly misleading. The very notion of Obama changing Thanksgiving Day to Immigrants Day is preposterous, but it fits smoothly into the anti-Obama nonsense that the far right indulges in all the time: Obama is not an American, therefore he does not revere Thanksgiving like all good Americans do, and he wants to change it to Immigrants day because he is sympathetic to the flood of illegals that are pouring in and ruining this once-great country of ours, and is of course an immigrant himself (and an illegal one, too). ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote : You might re-read my original post. Even Snopes said someone involved in a conference call made the suggestion. Snopes validated my original post. From: feste37 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 8:54 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Interesting fact "D-Day" You should really check your sources before passing on nonsense like that. Read this from Snopes. Immigrant Song http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/thanksgiving.asp http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/thanksgiving.asp Immigrant Song http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/thanksgiving.asp Rumor: President Obama plans to issue an executive order changing the name of Thanksgiving to View on www.snopes.com http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/thanksgiving.asp Preview by Yahoo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote : But them the Pilgrims were not celebrating immigration on their first Thanksgiving. Just one more executive action to be rescinded January 29th 2017. From: "awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 7:14 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Interesting fact "D-Day" ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote : Not sure about the truth of this but I read somewhere that the Presidents supporters are trying to get him to change Thanksgiving to Immigrants day. Well that's perfect then considering all the pilgrims were immigrants. I like it! From: "William Leed WLeed3@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 5:26 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Interesting fact "D-Day" Neither golf day or fund raise day! The FOURTH of JULY is ONE, & our 1st & for some time the only national holiday -----Original Message----- From: ultrarishi <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Mon, Sep 21, 2015 5:59 pm Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Interesting fact "D-Day" I think the observances that are appropriate are Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Don't think D Day is a National Holiday
