Thanksgiving?

As I read the prompt for this week's blog, I couldn't help but let out a loud sigh. My family doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving in the traditional sense of a hearty family gathering; many Asian family's relatives live in Asia. So instead of celebrating based on blood-relations, my family went to an Asian gathering of people my mom know. Although we do eat traditional thanksgiving food like turkey and such, it's more so to emulate American culture than anything else.

I already finished what I wanted to say, and it's not quite 150 words yet, so I'll do some venting. Just the other day, Obama gave a speech about Thanksgiving, a pretty typical speech. Except throughout the speech, he neglected to thank a certain someone. The almighty god was nowhere to be found in his speech.

And while mobs were formed and pitchforks raised, I sat there confused, unsure of why some are reacting this way. The scientists are not thanked, for whom without, there would be no domesticated turkey. Nor mom, for spending the entire day cooking the turkey? Nor even the turkey, for sacrificing itself to fill our ever so empty stomachs? But again, who knows. /rant