*********************** HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!! ***********************

[Hissyspit]

Give Thanks!
















From Today:

Iraq, U.S. election losses trail Bush to Europe

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-11-22T164238Z_01_N21406845_RTRUKOT_0_TEXT0.xml&src=112206_1152_DOUBLEFEATURE_iraq

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When President George W. Bush visits Europe next week for the first time since crushing U.S. election losses, allies will find him hobbled by the defeat and chastened by the clamor for change in Iraq.

Foreign policy experts and analysts predict at least a glimmer of the humility in international affairs that Bush promised six years ago when he first won the White House but hardly a wholesale rollback of the hawkish policies that angered many European leaders.

"European allies expect a turn back toward the center and a kinder and gentler America," said Charles Kupchan, a scholar at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Rampant sectarian killings in Iraq and the daily carnage Americans have seen on their television screens in the weeks since has added to the sense of urgency for a new strategy.

For Europeans who strongly opposed the war, the U.S. elections brought vindication. Now, they wonder if Bush's post-election emphasis on bipartisanship and the ouster of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is mere window-dressing or a genuine shift away from a go-it-alone stance they reject.

MORE AT LINK

BRING THEM HOME

[mike_c]

1. eastern standard time chauvinist!

eom

[Hissyspit]

2. I got to vote before you, too!

I think...

Well, I'm almost completely sure that Santa gets here first!

[mnhtnbb]

3. Boy, do the Dems have reason to celebrate Thanksgiving this year!

[bluerum]

4. Many thanks. nt

[Nite Owl]

5. Happy Thanksgiving

DUers.

Much to be thankful for this year and hopefully next year the troops will all be home to celebrate with their families too.

[smalll]

6. Happy Thankschristmas and a Merry New Year!

The "Season" is actually a pretty nice time for many reasons. I give great thanks this time every year that I come from a small family and have few friends. Very few presents to buy! Very few credit cards to max out! Why, I've NEVER had to clock someone in the aisles to snag that last Cabbage Patch Doll / Tickle Me Elmo / Razor scooter / XBox 360.

Sure sure, all you people who grew up in the bosom of a large and loving family, with thousands of friends - most of the year you are the bees knees and I'm a lonely loser bowling alone. But at this magical time of the year, the scales are balanced, karma comes home to roost and the mighty have falllen. How sweet it is, how sweet it is!

[northofdenali]

7. Back atcha, Hissy!!

We definitely have reason to celebrate this year. I'm thankful for my back-fence neighbor who no longer bothers to argue with me about GWB............... and my neighbor is military...........
and he voted for 2 local Dems this election!!

The best reason to be thankful? DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! :bounce::bounce:

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE! :bounce::bounce:

Can somebody please remind me how to center text? :blush:

:loveya::grouphug::loveya:


On the "bring them home" note - our 172nd Stryker Brigade, which has taken so many losses in both their first and second deployment (homecoming delayed 4 months by Rummy, the asshole) IS COMING HOME BY DECEMBER 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hissyspit]

9. Hey, northofdenali!

Wish I could have snow this Christmas like are sure to have. Right now we've been having a tropical storm over North Carolina. REALLY WEIRD. It's almost freezing, but we've had trop storm rain and winds.

I can't remember the html for centering. I usually just add a bunch of & n b s p ; 's (without the spaces inbetween, of course).

[northofdenali]

19. We're having a heat wave, ourselves !

It was 24 below yesterday, supposed to go to 35 below last night, with a high of 20 below today.

Woke up this AM - it was only 7 below!!


My mom, in Central Florida, is freezing. Temp was like 36 this AM, got all the way to 51 or somewhere near there........... Jeez, I feel so BAD for 'em (NOT).

Seriously, though I wouldn't trade places for anywhere else. I could use a trip to the hot springs, though (all of 52 miles from home).


Hope yours is wonderful!! I got most of my prep & cooking out of the way Wednesday (it's still Wednesday here, 10:42 PM) so Turkey Day will be a breeze.

My new (Oct. 28th) grandson, William David Evans Jr., will also grace us with his presence. Grandma takes OVER!!

:loveya: Hissy - let the world go for a day, and just enjoy!

[Hissyspit]

24. Florida's pretty much getting the same weather we're getting here in NC

That weird cold and tropical rain.

[Kiouni]

8. Happy Turkey-Day!

[Hissyspit]

10. Or Happy Tofurkey or Quorn Turkey-Style Roast Day!

[Rainscents]

11. Yes, this Thanksgiving, I am very thankful.

:party: :party: :party: :party: :party:

[lonestarnot]

12. Get the hell out NOW!

:rant: And after we get copies of the files you have on Veterans for Peace and Quakers, go straight to hell you lying fuckers. Here's a cold ass turkey heart to you all you warmongers! And don't give me that bullshit about instability if we leave now! What the hell do you call what's there now? Your kind of paradise!:argh: :nuke: peace out! NOW! :rantOFF:

[Canuckistanian]

13. Happy Thanksgiving, USAers!

From us in Canada!

Bring them Home. Soon.

[Hissyspit]

14. I know it's not Oct. 9, but thanks Canuckistan!

http://www.trekearth.com/themes.php?thid=245

[Canuckistanian]

40. Thanks for the link, that's a cool site

I gonna look up my neighborhood (or as we spell it, neighbourhood).
:hi:

[Hissyspit]

15. Central Time Zone now!

[Carla in Ca]

16. To one and all

A very and remember not to get too stuffed!

BTW, this pic is still one of my favs. Since we are talking about turkeys....

[Hissyspit]

17. Happy Thanksgiving, California!

Heh. I forgot about that incident.

[northofdenali]

31. Remember how fast DU picked up on the binoc error?

Our local brigade was trained quite well for Iraq:



Here. Snow, cold, long johns, bunny boots.........




There. No decent weapons. No working equipment. No reason to be there.

I am so thankful they are finally coming back. Most are not from "here" but they are definitely FROM here, now till forever.

Let's all kick back for the day and appreciate what we have, not what we want to have. :loveya: DU

[Hissyspit]

32. My dad commanded the 4/9th as part of the 172nd.

Manchu. Back in the 1970s.

[northofdenali]

33. Then your dad definitely has my respect.

It's a fine, well-trained brigade. Too bad we can't say the same about their Commander-in-Chief (the asshole!)

[SeattleGirl]

18. And a happy Thanksgiving to you, too, fine sir!!!

:toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast:

[Hissyspit]

22. Thank you, fine Girl.

:9 Yum.

[SeattleGirl]

35. Mwaaaah!!!!

:*

[Hissyspit]

37. I only just saw that now!

[Eurobabe]

20. Oh shit the asshole is coming to Europe next week?

Katie, bar the doors!!

[Hissyspit]

25. Excellent photo.

Thanks, I had not seen that one before.

[Swamp Rat]

21. Happy Thanksgiving Hissyspit!

:hi:

[Hissyspit]

43. Diggin' the graphics, Swamp.

[spuddonna]

23. Happy Turkey Day, everyone!

Peace and love to you all! :hippie:

[Jamastiene]

26. Happy Thanksgiving to you too, Hissyspit.

Tell your little adopted baby I said Happy Thanksgiving too, will ya? Slip him a little turkey for me, will ya? I love to feed kitty cats, even if I am 50 miles away.

[Hissyspit]

27. SHE is absolutely fascinated by this big turkey bird I am soaking in brine.

I could hardly get it done with her bouncing around.

If she's this excited about Thanksgiving, I can just imagine how she's gonna be at Christmas!

I will definitely tell her that the turkey meat I'm giving her is from you!

[Jamastiene]

29. My babies haven't seen a turkey in 3 years.

The oven that was here was funky so I wouldn't use it. I got a new one earlier this fall. My babies haven't seen the bird yet. I can't wait until in the morning when I start washing it and preparing it to cook. They are going to be so happy. They are already way more playful than usual since I have been home from school today. They love it when I get to stay home from school during the week.

Give her a hug for me, will ya? I love to hear that a kitty is loved and fed. :hug:

[Hissyspit]

30. I love to stay home from school, too!

Just because I'm a professor doesn't mean I don't. I slept all day today.

Marla loves hugs and I will definitely give her one for you. She is a pure-bred sealpoint Balinese "Ragdoll." It is just amazing that I found her on the side of the road. She has a brown face, but two stipes of white coming out under her nose, so it looks like she has a handlebar moustache!

[Jamastiene]

34. I loved getting to sleep in today. I rolled

over on the couch where I fell asleep last night and just cuddled my oldest cat, Sunday Girl. It was all nice and warm and cozy.

I have been reading a book too. Talk about cozy. I don't get to enjoy my reading like I once did. I used to read at least 4 or 5 books every fall and winter. I had time then. School and typical home chores seem to take all my time and keep me from reading books. I have had the book I am reading now for about 4 years now. I just started reading it last weekend. I knew I might actually have time to get into it and finish it this week. If I hadn't had the time off, I could never have enjoyed the book like I can now.

[BigBearJohn]

28. Happy Thanksgiving to you too! We all have so much to be thankful for.

[bklyncowgirl]

36. Happy Thanksgiving to all at DU nt

[H2O Man]

38. Happy holiday

to you and yours, and to the entire DU community.

[Hissyspit]

39. Good Morning, H20 Man.

And to you and yours stay warm and well and well-fed.

[H2O Man]

41. Thank you!

We're having a little ice storm this morning. No chance of anyone trying to leave the old homestead! It's been kind of nice to listen to the freezing rain hit the windows this morning as it went from darkness to grey.

[Felinity]

42. K&R

Plenty of turkeys to go around in Crawford. Hope Cheney doesn't show up drunk with a shotgun.

[Hissyspit]

44. Anyone count the asterisks on either side of the subject line?

[NMDemDist2]

45. should we have? and Happy Thanksgiving to you Hissyspit! n/t

[Hissyspit]

46. Well, you don't HAVE to...

but I did carefully count them out.

[NMDemDist2]

47. well i'm at a loss, we picked up 26 seats but i only count 23 on each

side :shrug:

[Hissyspit]

48. Well, that would have been good, too. Both Election Day and Thanksgiving

are about November...

[NMDemDist2]

49. D'oh!

:blush:

dang, how was I supposed to know that DATE it was fergawdsake!

:hi:

[Hissyspit]

51. LOL

:P

[Joanne98]

50. Happy Thanksgiving DU!

[PassingFair]

52. I am thankful for Howard Dean and the 50 STATE STRATEGY!

Now let's go get those Bush Bastards!

[TK421]

53. Happy Thanksgiving to you !

:toast:

[pnorman]

54. My favorite:

pnorman

[Hissyspit]

56. This one goes with it, too:

although, as you can see, it is from Election Day, and is not truly updated.

[tinfoil tiaras]

55. I'm thankful for

friends, family,




and the ablity to

[nam78_two]

57. Happy Tofurkey day

:toast:

[Straight Shooter]

58. This thread is *not* complete without this toon. (Hat tip to n2doc.)

edit: Turkey Day toon thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2790008

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all. :hi:

[Hissyspit]

59. Thanks! One last kick...

[Straight Shooter]

60. Yer welcome! One good kick, deserves another.

:dem: