Thankful for what?

Sorry if what I'm about to say may seem a bit cynical. Thanksgiving is this week, a holiday thatis origins are highly suspect...but it does meet my holidays standard in one respect, I don't have to work! That being said, I started to think of what I am thankful for....not too much. I'm not thankful for our system of government right now, which doesn't seem to be in the business of problem solving but rather just stopping our DULY elected President from doing his job in whatever way he tries to do. And to piggyback that, I'm REALLY not thankful that their numbers have increased, the obstructionists I mean. I'm not thankful that a Grand Jury seems on the verge of exonerating a police officer from killing an UN armed young man! I'm not thankful for stores that will be open on Thanksgiving, and telling their employees that if they spend time with their families instead they will be fired.....I'm looking at you K-Mart and Wal-Mart!!! I've never shopped Wal-Mart and will never shop there, and NOBODY really shops at K-Mart anymore!!! I'm not thankful for a system that rewards the uber-rich, while vilifying the have-nots...labeling them takers and such. I'm not thankful for people who claim to be "Christians" that are some of the most horrible people on earth!!! I'm also not thankful for PSEUDO moral outrage over marriage equality, especially when a total scumbag like Charles Manson can get married and a loving, committed gay couple can't!!! I'm not thankful for science deniers, who make us look stupid on the world stage and not to mention harm the planet irreparably!!! I could go on but I'll stop. I am however thankful for our armed forces, past and present. And finally I am thankful for our President Barack H. Obama, who hasn't lost faith in doing his job in spite of overwhelming and indescribable opposition! He may not be perfect, far from it...but I am thankful for him still!!! Go celebrate time with your families this week (unless you work at one of those BULLSHIT stores)!!! Jerri Allen "LiBeRaL fReAk"