Thursday, November 24, 2005

Hey, Thanks Everybody!

Be thankful that our country is spending money on the war in Iraq to the tune of 3.2 billion dollars a week.
Be thankful that our current president has created enough hatred for the U.S. to create new terrorists for generations.
Be thankful that more soldiers have died in Iraq than civilians died in the World Trade Center.
Be thankful that President Bush has cut spending on first responders in order to give more funding to an illegal war.
Be thankful that our country has covert torture chambers in several countries.
Be thankful for the tragedy averted in New Orleans.
Be thankful for an administration that outs undercover CIA operatives in an effort to squelch whistleblowers.
Be thankful for ever rising gas prices.
Be thankful that oil companies have made RECORD PROFITS this year, at times raking in A MILLION DOLLARS A DAY.
Be thankful that oil companies assure us there is no price gauging going on.
Be thankful for pending drilling in the Alaska pipeline.
Be thankful that our government has wisely chosen to cut veterans benefits and food stamps.
Be thankful that Roe V. Wade will probably be overturned in our lifetime.
Be thankful that Republicans control every branch of government.
Be thankful that criminality and corruption is rampant within our current administration.
Be thankful that nearly ALL of our news sources are owned and operated by 5 rich white guys (republicans).
Be thankful for FOX "news," and its unbiased, centrist news coverage.
Be thankful for an ever-shrinking middle class, and an ever growing working class.
Be thankful that the richest of the rich are getting the tax breaks they so justly deserve.
Be thankful that the house and senate have passed legislation - literally written by the credit card companies - that will make declaring bankruptcy a near impossibility in the U.S.
Be thankful that we're the only industrialized superpower without universal health care.
Be thankful for AIDS, which is now old enough to legally purchase alcohol.
Be thankful that our government steadfastly refuses to acknowledge global warming.
Be thankful for useless abstinence-only education taking the place of safer-sex education for kids.
Be thankful for intelligent design and no child left behind.
Be thankful that our administration has paid off news personnel to propagandize its initiatives.
Be thankful for Red States.
Be thankful for Diebold voting machines and Diebold's refusal to share their source code.
Be thankful for the new wave of Christian Totalitarianism in the United States.
Be thankful for the disintegrating separation between Church and State.
Be thankful for holy wars.
Be thankful that the partnership between corporations and politicians has never been better.
Finally, be thankful for all of the lies and deception perpetrated by our Republican regime that has led us to this wonderful place - the U.S.A. in 2005!

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