Progress Report: 21 Reasons to Give Thanks

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by Judd Legum, Faiz Shakir, Nico Pitney Amanda Terkel and Payson Schwin Happy Thanksgiving! There will be no Progress Report on Thursday or Friday. Your regularly scheduled Progress Report will return Monday, November 27. THANKSGIVING 21 Reasons to Give Thanks This Thanksgiving, progressives have a lot to be thankful for. Here's our list: We're thankful for our country's troops. We're thankful America dumped the 109th Congress. We're thankful Rick Santorum will have more free time to find the WMD. We're thankful we don’t have to go to war with the Secretary of Defense we had. We're thankful for "red state values," like protecting reproductive rights, supporting stem cell research, and rejecting discrimination. We're thankful Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), who calls climate change the "greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people," will no longer chair the Senate environmental committee. We're thankful that Matt Drudge does not rule our world. We're thankful Al Gore helped the country face the inconvenient truth. We're thankful Bill O'Reilly does not resort to name calling - well, besides labeling the Progress Report/ThinkProgress as "far left loons," "kool-aid zombies," "hired guns," "vile," "haters," a "far left smear website," and "a very well-oiled, effective character assassination machine." We're thankful minimum wage ballot initiatives passed in six states. We're thankful the Dixie Chicks aren't ready to make nice. We're thankful Ted Haggard bought the meth but never used it. We're thankful for the 100,000 readers who responded to our Tell the Truth About 9/11 campaign. We're thankful for "the Google" and "the email" (and the "series of tubes" that make them possible) -- but not iPods, which are endangering our nation. We're thankful Maf54 isn't online right now. We're thankful people send us Jack Abramoff's email. We're thankful Keith Olbermann's ratings are up and Bill O'Reilly's ratings are down. We're thankful President Bush's secret plan for Iraq is safe with Conrad Burns. We're thankful we won't spend Thanksgiving turkey hunting with Dick Cheney. We're thankful the "Decider" only gets to make the decision 789 more days. And last but not least: We're thankful to the Progress Report readers for their tips, energy and support. Happy Thanksgiving! – The Progress Report Team. P.S. Remember, if you are short on cash over the holiday shopping season, a gift subscription to the Progress Report is free.