Thanksgiving appreciation exercise: list some great Americana [View All]

[0rganism]

A lot of us, myself included, tend to complain about Americans and our various American follies on these forums. For a change, let's enumerate the best things about America, those things for which we're grateful.

I'll start.
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free speech
bebop jazz
the Badlands
The Wright Brothers
the internet
San Francisco
vertical skateboarding
Star Trek
The Doors
Id Software
Michael Jordan
Hunter S. Thompson
Veterans For Peace
The Church of the Subgenius
H.P. Lovecraft
Jello Biafra
Pinbot
Mark Twain
The X Files
James Brown
The Simpsons
separation of church and state
Ralph Waldo Emerson
turkeys
Fender Twin Reverb amplifiers
The Peace Corps
Abstract Expressionism
Moby Dick
Pow Wows
Drive In movies
Jimi Hendrix
Sub Pop records
Gun metal blue 1966 GTOs
Cowboy Boots
Grizzly Bears
Bluegrass
Chicago-style hot dogs

Your turn.