Politics

Occupy Thanksgiving: Hope, Redemption, and…Unbridled Enthusiasm

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Original release November 23, 2011

In a time of 9 percent unemployment, a faltering global economy, toxic levels of political rancor, and the release of Twilight: Breaking Dawn, is there anything left to be thankful for?

Reason offers a message of hope, redemption, and dada.

About 30 seconds. Produced by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie.

For key moments in Thanksgiving history, from the Continental Congress' exhortation not to have fun on such a solemn occasion to the creation of the Ku Klux Klan 2.0 to FDR's creation of "Franksgiving" to Ronald Reagan's weak-willed pardon of a turkey, go here [note: corrected link].

If you enjoyed the video above, check out Reason.tv's 2010 Thanksgiving video:

For more informaton and supporting links, go here. For a contrary take on whether the Pilgrims were proto-socialists, go here.

Approximately 2.30 minutes.

Produced by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie. Voices by Meredith Bragg and Austin Bragg.