This is a reposting of my weekly Da Tech Guy Column: Giving Thanks and Flying Cars

By A.P. Dillon

The rising of the oceans was supposed to slow.
The planet was supposed to heal.
We were promised flying cars…

Yes we can!

Perfect juxtaposition of Obama’s general lack of awareness. #ferguson https://t.co/pANKg7YzG2

— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) November 25, 2014

On this Thanksgiving Day, we’re supposed to take stock of how blessed we are. We’re supposed to be thankful for our health, for our families and for what we have. Sadly, some in our nation are ‘thankful’ for what they took from others through an abused definition of ‘justice’.

Natalie DuBose after #Ferguson looters attacked her cake store to get justice for Michael Brown. pic.twitter.com/932yMDZ0be — Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) November 25, 2014

#Fergsuon police moving slowly cautiously around city, Red’s still burning, public storage burnt out pic.twitter.com/FQZXiaDBi8

— David Carson (@PDPJ) November 25, 2014

#Ferguson businesses burn, protesters celebrate. pic.twitter.com/t0bNtxS8Ni — Robert Cohen (@kodacohen) November 25, 2014

‘Mostly peaceful’ protests, except for those who were injured or  wounded.

This is why we cannot have nice things. These tweets contain a scant few of the images and video captured. Twitter is littered with them.

Burning cars, burning and looting stores, tear gas, rioting.   I hope the mainstream media is pleased with themselves.  Coverage I watched for a brief time was borderline glee filled.

That sentiment of being pleased with themselves goes double for the shameless media attention seekers like the North Carolina based ‘Moral Monday’.  Nice job pulling stunts like at Wal-Mart stores.

#MoralMonday Ferguson protesters ‘shut down’ WalMart stores in solidarity with Ohio protesters http://t.co/ddC6my0rW3 @StLouisAmerican

— Making Change @ WMT (@ChangeWalmart) October 14, 2014

What does Wal-mart have to do with this? How is this seeking justice exactly? How is this ‘moral’?  It’s not. It’s exploitation of a situation.

How many of the ‘peaceful’ protesters were among those cleaning up the next day?

How many of the media who circled like vultures put down their cameras and picking up brooms?

Take heart. All is not lost, as evidenced by those who did come out the next morning to clean up in Ferguson and elsewhere. Volunteers even came out to the Cake shop from the tweet above and helped the owner get things back in order.

This Thanksgiving, we should be thankful citizens like those cleaning up in Ferguson exist.  Perhaps, by cleaning up yet again, they are the ones truly protesting.

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A.P. Dillon (Lady Liberty 1885), is a Conservative minded wife and mother living in the Triangle area of North Carolina. A.P. Dillon founded the blog LadyLiberty1885.com in 2009. After the 2012 election, she added an Instapundit style blog called The ConMom Blog. Mrs. Dillon recently participated in Glenn Beck’sWe Will Not Conform. Mrs. Dillon’s writing, in addition to Da Tech Guy’s Magnificent 7, can also be found at StopCommonCoreNC.org, WatchdogWireNC and WizBang. Non-political writing projects include science fiction novellas that are, as of yet, unpublished. Her current writing project is a children’s book series.