Our Father, we thank thee for the many blessings thou hast bestowed upon us and we rejoice in bounty of which we are about to partake.
We ask thy blessing upon those less fortunate and those who have given of themselves in order that we might live in a land of freedom and prosperity.
We ask that you give comfort to those who are in torment as a result of their public service, selflessness and benevolence - Tom Delay, who faces money laundering charges; Scooter Libby, looking at thirty years; and Jack Abramoff who bilked the Indians out of sixty million or so - maybe eighty million, and then referred to them as monkeys, troglodytes and idiots.
May you bless Michael Scanlon, aide to Mr. Abramoff, who took a plea bargain and agreed to testify against Jack.
And we ask, O Lord, that you keep watch over Karl Rove (Turd Blossom) and that you protect him against charges of perjury and treason. And Dick Cheney, the prophet of torture, may you protect him from the slings and arrows of the law.
And we ask your blessing upon George Bush. May you give him divine guidance and wisdom that he may better rule the servants who voted for him - a man who says that there is no higher calling than service to ones country; a man who deprived veterans of the benefits they were guaranteed at the time of induction, a man who diverted funds to finance the bombing of Iraq before receiving congressional approval and who killed 100,000 Iraqi civilians, a man who manipulated intelligence reports, lied to the United Nations, lied to congress and lied to the citizens of his country to justify the invasion of a sovereign nation without provocation. Yes Lord, we ask your blessing upon him or your forgiveness, whichever comes first.
Surely these are good Christians and deserving of thy grace.
Oh yeah, and if it's not too much trouble - maybe you could do a little something for the homeless, or our military personnel who have been issued sub-standard body armor, or for the wounded veterans who are being billed for their food while recovering from battle wounds in a hospital and who, as disabled veterans, will be relegated to the bottom of the economic scrap heap like disposable diapers. And maybe you could do something for the malnourished children who live in poverty, and for the elderly who must choose between medicine, food and heating their homes this winter.
Well, if it's not too much trouble, maybe you could do something about those things too.
Yeah, I know that's a lot to ask. I'd help if I could.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Amen.
