Left Side of the Aisle #229

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of November 26 - December 2, 2015

This week:

Rejection of Syrian refugees is xenophobia
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/11/20/virginia-mayor-refugee-comments-werent-meant-to-offend/21269635/
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/11/20/trump-carson-ratchet-up-heated-rhetoric-about-muslims/21269787/
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2015/11/20/what-you-should-know-syrian-refugee-controversy/76120180/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/house-democrats-refugee-bill_564e5101e4b0258edb30ca4e?cps=gravity_5034_-2560823616016277327
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/congress-obama-syrian-refugees_564cf5d6e4b00b7997f913ca
https://twitter.com/alexanderbolton/status/667395117586784258
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/syrian-family-diverted-connecticut-indianas-request-35284421
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2015/11/18/indy-bound-syrian-refugee-family-redirected/75981622/

The "first Thanksgiving"
http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/mourt6.html
http://static.squarespace.com/static/50a02efce4b046b42952af27/t/50a8701fe4b08d1f2ced2ff4/1353216031950/MourtsRelation.pdf
http://www.mith.umd.edu/eada/html/display.php?docs=bradford_history.xml
http://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/newenglishcanaa00mort
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/50a02efce4b046b42952af27/t/50a86f6ce4b089e056ee46f6/1353215852147/Good+News+from+New+England.pdf