Things For Which to Be Thankful

1) Keith Olbermann for being an articulate voice of reason among a howling group of banshees herding a silent group of sheep.
2) A Democratic Congress, even if they tend to be a bunch of ninnies.
3) Howard Stern is no longer on the public airwaves
4) Our men and women in uniform -- for continuing to their job despite the brutal incompetence and corruption of their leaders
5) For Jack Abramoff -- for showing us how Congress really works.
6) That minister guy who got caught with a call boy -- for reminding us again that piety doesn't mean you are better than anyone else.
7) The World Bank -- for being a place we can park all the idiots who dreamt up the invasion of Iraq. (Otherwise they would sit on corporate boards.)
8) For Jack Murtha --for obvious reasons and for reminding us that living in a democracy is not for the faint of heart.
9) For President Bush -- because you often don't appreciate leadership until you witness its absence.
10) For Bill Gates and Bill Clinton -- whose international initiatives on famine and AIDS respectively are reminders to the world that the US and its wealth can be a force for good.