The Thanksgiving Turkey and The Liberali Manifesto On the air the other day, I was talking about speaking to students in classrooms around the state. Since no school has seen fit to invite me to give a Thanksgiving presentation this year, I'd like to do it on the airways. Why? Because, this time of the year the Thanksgiving turkey teaches us an incredibly important lesson about following a socialist agenda and the Liberali Manifesto. It's just too good of a lesson to miss.

First of all, even though the wild turkey and the domesticated turkey are in the same family, that's about all they have in common. There could not be more differences in one family of any living animal existing on this entire planet….other than humans! Now, how is this an excellent example of the Liberali Manifesto? Well, think about it. What makes these two-feathered brothers of the same fowl family so different? I'll tell you. The wild turkey is one of the smartest, if not the smartest, the most cunning, the hardest to sneak up on, one of the toughest birds to hunt down. You can work for hours to close in on a wild turkey. If you make one wrong move, one false sound or be off-cue on the call, they'll evaporate in thin air.

A wild turkey's life and livelihood is dependent upon resourcefulness. The wild turkey works hard for his food from dawn to dusk, knows doing stupid things are counterproductive to its very existence. The wild turkey's survival is dependent upon a good education of its offspring. The wild turkey can be drawn into a two foot pile of fresh seeds-a veritable Big Bird Buffet- but it won't overeat so much it can't fly away when danger calls. In essence, a wild turkey is keen, sharp, alert, cunning, quick and resourceful.

Now let's look at the domestic turkey. This pampered bird is a gobbling idiot. It can drown in rain if it looks up too long. You could have a farmer with a sharpened ax and a tree stump just outside their fence, open the door and allow them to escape and they'll just stand there. Even worse, they will all travel over in one stupid group to see what the farmer is doing. They eat constantly to the point that the only way they could become airborne is buying a ticket. And, believe it or not they are not forced to eat, they love to eat. It's good food, plenty of it, and even better there is no labor involved.

Here's a perfect example of how the socialist agenda just doesn't work. What we have here is a specific study group that's given food, water, protection and healthcare. And just look how these tame turkeys have turned out, they can't fight nor fly. It proves that when a living thing has no choice; when freedom to choose was lost generations ago; when even the thought of freedom is no longer even possible, the ultimate demise comes at the hands of the master. To the very end, someone else has made all the domesticated dodo's decisions. It is enough to lose your head over…literally!

So class, this Thanksgiving, when it's time to give thanks, remember the story of the turkey. And when you give thanks, do so with a loud voice to your parents who love you so much. Thank God that they insist you work for your allowance and you eat the foods that produce a strong mind and a strong body. Thank God for giving you parents that know the importance of an education that will help you not only survive in the real world, but one that will help you fly to new heights. Thank God for all these blessing on Thanksgiving Day so that when it comes time for you to "fly the coop", your parents will, in turn, give thanks for the blessing of an empty nest….that is until the grandkids start showing up by NEXT Thanksgiving!

Paul Gallo

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