Happy Thanksgiving!

We should take this occasion to recall all the things we still have going for us...

In no particular order,
100 Things (Political) For Which I Am Thankful

1. The Constitution of the United States
   
2. William Jefferson Clinton
   
3. The filibuster
   
4. Senator Barack Obama
   
5. Susan B. Anthony
   
6. The 1st Amendment
   
7. Thomas Jefferson
   
8. Martin Luther King Jr.
   
9. Al Franken
   
10. MoveOn.org
    
11. Senator Charles Schumer
    
12. George Soros
    
13. Blogs
    
14. Senator Robert Byrd
    
15. Paul Krugman
    
16. Zell Miller is retiring from the Senate
    
17. Joe Conason
    
18. John Kerry received more votes than any past presidential candiate in the history of the United States
    
19. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
    
20. The New Deal
    
21. John F. Kennedy
    
22. The United Nations
    
23. Maximum number of days Bush is Constitutionally allowed to remain in office: 1515
    
24. He could be gone before then
    
25. Tom Tomorrow
    
26. Justice David Souter
    
27. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
    
28. Justice Stephen Breyer
    
29. Justice John Paul Stevens
    
30. Eric Alterman
    
31. Salon.com
    
32. Newt Gingrich is no longer in elected office
    
33. We're going to have a new chair of the DNC
    
34. Senator Carl Levin
    
35. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
    
36. Abraham Lincoln
    
37. Susan McDougall
    
38. Tom DeLay is about to be indicted
    
39. Nicholas Kristof
    
40. Lawrence and Garner v. Texas
    
41. There hasn't been a terrorist attack in the US since 9/11
    
42. Antonin Scalia will die someday
    
43. The 13th Amendment
    
44. The New Yorker
    
45. John Ashcroft is no longer the Attorney General
    
46. Colin Powell might write a tell-all
    
47. Daily Kos
    
48. Labor unions
    
49. Jon Stewart
    
50. Progress always marches forward
    
51. Trustbuster Teddy Roosevelt
    
52. Michael Moore
    
53. The 21st Amendment
    
54. Jimmy Carter
    
55. Frank Rich
    
56. The Atlantic Monthly
    
57. Woodward and Bernstein
    
58. World leaders who oppose Bush's policies
    
59. Arianna Huffington
    
60. Civil Rights Act
    
61. Medicinal marijuana
    
62. Senator Joe Biden
    
63. Roe v. Wade
    
64. Rock the Vote
    
65. The 19th Amendment
    
66. Reunification of Germany
    
67. History has the final say on Bush's legacy
    
68. Paul O'Neill
    
69. Reagan isn't on money yet
    
70. NASA
    
71. C-SPAN
    
72. Center for American Progress
    
73. John Brady Kiesling
    
74. Bill Maher
    
75. Mikhail Gorbachev
    
76. Lawrence O’Donnell
    
77. Senator Ted Kennedy
    
78. Edward R. Murrow
    
79. Separation of church and state
    
80. Stem cell research
    
81. Richard Clarke
    
82. Joseph N. Welch
    
83. Sandy Berger
    
84. Nelson Mandela
    
85. Howard Dean
    
86. The 9th Circuit Court
    
87. Al Gore
    
88. Horace Greeley
    
89. John Hancock
    
90. Rosa Parks
    
91. Winston Churchill
    
92. George Marshall
    
93. George Orwell
    
94. Thousands of pending lawsuits against Wal-Mart
    
95. Checkpoint Charlie is a museum now
    
96. Benjamin Franklin
    
97. The concept of democracy
    
98. All the investigations into Bush's malfeasance
    
99. National Public Radio
    
100. Throughout history, fact and reason always win... eventually