We're all thankful for the family and friends that love us and keep us sane (most of the time) We're also thankful for those that serve in our Armed Forces in order to preserve that sanity (or insanity at times). I'm thankful for the chance to peel ten pounds of potatoes with Tracey while watching a TV show about women that kill. I think about my family members in the military that may well be holding an automatic rifle right now. They're protecting my ability to peel those damned potatoes and to watch that damned show that causes me to look at Tracey kind of sideways.
I'm also thankful for this website and Skype because it gives me the ability to stay in touch with my geographically and sometimes mentally scattered (joke) family. We can keep up with everything from the mundane to the most significant events of our lives and through our postings, see sides of our personalities that we didn't see while growing up.
Finally, I'm thankful for the ability to see America FINALLY reveal her true colors. Some of them aren't very pretty and for the last two years, her ugliest side has surely been on display. Everything from Tea Party protests to racist death threats, America has been forced into conversations she's never felt comfortable about having before. I LOVE that !
I'm thankful for the wealth of information available to anyone as long as they simply go and look for it. It's that information that's allowed me to have intelligent and sometimes, fiery debates. Note to self: We have a LOT of mindless sheep that are railing against their own best interests. We also have a lot of mindless sheep that just don't give a damn. That apathy is also against their best interests.
America is just as dysfunctional as any family, yet has the hope to restore some sense of sanity, provided we get rid of the nuts that want to run the asylum (read Mitch McConnell & The GOP) So while they want to whine about tax breaks for the wealthiest of Americans, all the while continuing to sell the lie that trickle down economics creates jobs, I continue to be thankful to have the ability to be one of many voices hell bent on exposing those lies in whatever way I can.
While you enjoy this holiday with your family and before you bless your meal, please think about the millions of fellow Americans that won't have that opportunity through no fault of their own and think about those fellow Americans that volunteer their time in order to ensure that at least, some do.
GOD BLESS AMERICA !! Happy Thanksgiving.
