21 Reasons to Give Thanks (from the Center for American Progress)

[NYCGirl]

Their websites:
http://www.americanprogress.org/
www.thinkprogress.org

21 Reasons to Give Thanks

This Thanksgiving, progressives have a lot to be thankful for. Here's our list:

We're thankful for our country's troops.

We're thankful America dumped the 109th Congress.

We're thankful Rick Santorum will have more free time to find the WMD.

We're thankful we don't have to go to war with the Secretary of Defense we had.

We're thankful for "red state values," like protecting reproductive rights, supporting stem cell research, and rejecting discrimination.

We're thankful Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), who calls climate change the "greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people," will no longer chair the Senate environmental committee.

We're thankful that Matt Drudge does not rule our world.

We're thankful Al Gore helped the country face the inconvenient truth.

We're thankful Bill O'Reilly does not resort to name calling - well, besides labeling the Progress Report/ThinkProgress as "far left loons," "kool-aid zombies," "hired guns," "vile," "haters," a "far left smear website," and "a very well-oiled, effective character assassination machine."

We're thankful minimum wage ballot initiatives passed in six states.

We're thankful the Dixie Chicks aren't ready to make nice.

We're thankful Ted Haggard bought the meth but never used it.

We're thankful for the 100,000 readers who responded to our Tell the Truth About 9/11 campaign.

We're thankful for "the Google" and "the email" (and the "series of tubes" that make them possible) -- but not iPods, which are endangering our nation. (according to Bill O'Reilly)

We're thankful Maf54 isn't online right now.

We're thankful people send us Jack Abramoff's email.

We're thankful Keith Olbermann's ratings are up and Bill O'Reilly's ratings are down.

We're thankful President Bush's secret plan for Iraq is safe with Conrad Burns.

We're thankful we won't spend Thanksgiving turkey hunting with Dick Cheney.

We're thankful the "Decider" only gets to make the decision 789 more days.

And last but not least: We're thankful to the Progress Report readers for their tips, energy and support.

Happy Thanksgiving! The Progress Report Team.



Edited to add website links.

[Coventina]

1. Why does the Falafel master think iPods are endangering our nation?

I hadn't heard that one.

[NYCGirl]

3. Here's the quote — iPods are diverting attention from the jihadists:

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/20/oreilly-ipod/

I don’t own an iPod. I would never wear an iPod… If this is your primary focus in life - the machines… it’s going to have a staggeringly negative effect, all of this, for America… did you ever talk to these computer geeks? I mean, can you carry on a conversation with them? …I really fear for the United States because, believe me, the jihadists? They’re not playing the video games. They’re killing real people over there.

[Coventina]

5. Wow. That is so incoherent I'm actually concerned for him.

Having an iPod means that you are primarily focused on machines? How many "machines" does Bill depend on daily, I wonder?

And then he just ambles off onto "computer geeks" who apparently can't carry on conversations. Well, the "computer geeks" I've known have actually been better communicators than the average person I know.

And then suddenly to invoke "jihadists" and video games? What does that have to do with any of the previous rant?

Bill, please, take your medication. Seriously.

[NYCGirl]

7. And then the ultimate irony is, that O'Reilly "memberships" include podcasts

for your iPod!

[mzmolly]

2. I was just about to post this.

Recommended.

:kick:

[ourbluenation]

4. think my rightie relatives would mind if I read this aloud before the Big Meal???

:rofl:

[NYCGirl]

6. I think it would be a public service!

:hi: