27 Reasons to Give Thanks

We’re thankful President Obama is thinking  long and hard about committing more troops and money to Afghanistan.

We’re thankful President Bush  feels liberated now.

We’re (not) thankful Dick Cheney has elected to  move from his undisclosed location to the media spotlight.

We’re thankful Al Franken has gone from playing  self-help guru Stuart Smalley on Saturday Night Live to  helping rape victims receive justice from their employers.

We’re thankful for the  healing power of beer.

We’re thankful there are some on the right who think Glenn Beck is “ incoherent,” “ mindless,” “ erratic,” “ bizarre,” and “ harmful to the conservative movement.”

We’re thankful for  long hikes on the Appalachian Trail.

We’re thankful Michael Steele understands that he can’t “ do policy” and that no one has any reason to trust his “ words or actions.”

We’re (not) thankful for “ birthers,” “ deathers,” “ tenthers,” or “ tea baggers.”

We’re (not) thankful conservatives believe they love America so much that they can root for our President  to fail and for our nation to  lose out on hosting the Olympics.

We’re thankful NFL players  refused to “ bend over and grab the ankles” for Rush Limbaugh.

We’re thankful six companies have  resigned from the Chamber of Commerce due to its denial of climate change science.