Holiday travelers hit some snarls as they take to skies, roads - CNN.com

I was listening to the news as I was reading a great post on the real meaning of Thanksgiving at http://patriotpost.us/ which is required reading for everyone who thinks that Thanksgiving was thanks for a harvest or to the Native Americans. The posts quotes Colonist Edward Winslow:

"And therefore another solemn day was set apart and appointed for that end; wherein we returned glory, honor, and praise, with all thankfulness, to our good God, which dealt so graciously with us...” This was the original American Thanksgiving Day, centered not on harvest feasting (as in 1621) but on gathering together to publicly recognize the favor and provision of Almighty God.

Thanksgiving was a day dedicated to give thanks to God, or in the words of Abraham Lincoln who invited “the whole American people” to observe “a day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father... with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience.”

So Happy Thanksgiving.

Now, to the intent of the post. There are all kinds of stories about how bad travel is this Thanksgiving and Drudge has a headline that states that this year is seeing the biggest Thanksgiving travel yet. So CNN is interviewing someone from Travelocity who stated that folks who are flying should be prepared to wait and to bring something with them to keep them occupied (like a book I guess). Every year the networks do the same story and everyone should know that this holiday is a bear to travel on and this is not news! Do Americans actually need someone from Travelocity to tell them to bring a book or something to keep them occupied? What's next telling travelers to ensure they pack clean underwear if staying overnight somewhere? Arrgh - I love 24 Hour News Channels but they are really stuck at times trying to fill in the time. Story linked below to the CNN take on the travel nightmare that is this Thanksgiving.

Holiday travelers hit some snarls as they take to skies, roads - CNN.com

Happy Thanksgiving again - Outspoken Roman