Give Thanks.

The past week or so have been extremely angry and accusatory, especially towards Mayor Steve Rosansky and his "involvement" with a Sober Living/Rehab Home.

This, of course, was an accumulation of frustration and anger towards the proliferation of these Sober Living/Rehab Homes which have filled the Balboa Peninsula (which isn't Mayor Rosansky's City Council District, so I wonder why absolutely NO VENOM has been directed towards the guy who represented the Peninsula for 8 years, who had to recuse himself from Sober Living by the Sea discussions during City Council meetings, and who possibly is much more responsible than any of the "Accused" responsible parties...)

So since Thanksgiving is tomorrow, perhaps the anger, resentment, and distrust can be lifted for just one day.

The one day where the Federal Government tells us to Give Thanks for what we have.

Being a Historian by nature, check out the history of Thanksgiving here.

Here's what President George Washington wrote in his Thanksgiving Proclamation in 1789,

"Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be—That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks—for his kind care and protection of the People of this Country...for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his Providence which we experienced in the tranquility, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed...and also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions—to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually...To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us—and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best."

President Abraham Lincoln later changed the date of Thanksgiving to the last Thursday in November, while President FDR changed it to the fourth Thursday of November in 1939.

But perhaps the best reason for Giving Thanks?

That you are not a Turkey...