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Giving Thanks, 2023

While Thanksgiving is bad for your waistline, giving thanks is good for the soul. Since I could use some help on that anyway, here are some thanks:

  1. I’m thankful for the Bill of Rights, which still provides some minimal protection from both big government and big business.
  2. I’m thankful for the unbalanced Fox News, which provides some balance for the equally unbalanced MSNBC. (The truth is somewhere between the two.)
  3. I’m thankful for my blind rescue cat, who shows me the world thru his eyes.
  4. I’m thankful for people who kill people who push fentanyl, thereby forfeiting their rights as human beings.
  5. I’m thankful for people who have the courage to run for political office, except for the many egotists.
  6. I’m thankful for people who work on holidays and hope they are well-paid for that.
  7. I’m thankful for people who don’t insist on bankrupting Medicare before dying.
  8. I”m thankful for experts who get on TV and then get trashed for it. (Paging Dr. Fauci)
  9. I’m thankful for people who don’t believe everything they read.