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A tongue-in-cheek Thanksgiving commentary by Fred Flaxman, who is just as thankful for what he doesn't have as he is for what he does. STUDIO INTRO: Thanksgiving is a time when most Americans give thanks for what they have. Sometimes commentator Fred Flaxman is just as thankful for what he's missing. Full text of commentary is attached. TAG: Commentator Fred Flaxman is the host of "Compact Discoveries," a nationally distributed public radio program, and the author of the Pinnacle Award-winning memoir, "Sixty Slices of Life... on Wry: the Private Life of a Public Broadcaster."
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A tongue-in-cheek Thanksgiving commentary by Fred Flaxman, who is just as thankful for what he doesn't have as he is for what he does. STUDIO INTRO: Thanksgiving is a time when most Americans give thanks for what they have. Sometimes commentator Fred Flaxman is just as thankful for what he's missing. Full text of commentary is attached. TAG: Commentator Fred Flaxman is the host of "Compact Discoveries," a nationally distributed public radio program, and the author of the Pinnacle Award-winning memoir, "Sixty Slices of Life... on Wry: the Private Life of a Public Broadcaster."
Broadcast History
A previous version of this commentary was broadcast several years ago over Jefferson Public Radio in Southern Oregon. There has been no prior national distribution of this piece, which was recorded on October 31, 2007, for use on or near Thanksgiving Day.
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I'm Thankful, I'm Thankful!
a radio commentary by Fred Flaxman
(c) 2007 by Fred Flaxman
INTRO: Thanksgiving is a time when most Americans give thanks for what they have. Sometimes commentator Fred Flaxman is just as thankful for what he's missing:
FLAXMAN: I'm thankful to nature for the two children I have, and to the birth control pill for the ones I don't.
I'm thankful I don't need to understand how something works -- or know how to fix -- it in order to use it.
I'm thankful that, although women are equal to men, they still appear to be somewhat different.
But I'm thankful I'm not young, handsome and sexy. That combination causes more problems than it solves.
I'm thankful I live in a country where the freedom to buy a gun is more important than the right not to be shot. This helps keep the population explosion in check.
I'm thankful, of course, for the collapse of the Soviet Uni...
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:Thanksgiving is a time when most Americans give thanks for what they have. Sometimes commentator Fred Flaxman is just as thankful for what he's missing:
OUTRO:Commentator Fred Flaxman is the producer-host of "Compact Discoveries," a nationally distributed public radio series, and the author of the Pinnacle Award-winning memoir, "Sixty Slices of Life... on Wry: the Private Life of a Public Broadcaster."
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