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by Christy Harvey, Judd Legum and Jonathan Baskin
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THANKSGIVING
21 Reasons to Give Thanks

There will be no Progress Report on Thursday or Friday. Your regularly scheduled Progress Report will return Monday, November 29.

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 for California's trailblazing on stem-cell research.

We're thankful that when Vice President Cheney decided to 'change the tone' in Washington small children were not present.

We're thankful for Rush Limbaugh, Bill Bennett, Jack Ryan, and Tom DeLay for helping us understand conservative moral values.

We're thankful for Costco, for showing Wal-Mart that you can offer rock-bottom prices without paying rock-bottom wages.

We're thankful for presidential term limits.

We're thankful for Canada, for picking up the slack and providing affordable drugs to America's seniors.

We're thankful for John Ashcroft finally making us safer.by resigning.

We're thankful for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.for now.

We're thankful for Gen. Shinseki, Bunny Greenhouse and Eliot Spitzer for speaking truth to power.

We're thankful to President Bush for all of his hard work. 'Cause "no doubt about it, it's tough. It's hard work. It's incredibly hard."

We're thankful for policy wonks who read the fine print of the omnibus and stopped the turkeys in Congress from reading our income tax returns.

We're thankful for Starbucks, for providing health care to temporary employees, insider information to friendly progressives, and caffeine to the bleary-eyed Progress Report team.

We're thankful for Poland - we will remember you, always.

We're thankful for Air America for taking on conservative talk radio.and winning.

We're thankful for Jon Stewart for using comedy to highlight the essential truths - about the media, politicians, and - especially - Tucker Carlson.

We're thankful for the students, religious leaders and activists who have kept the spotlight on the Sudan while the rest of the world was riveted by Barry Bonds and Scott Peterson.

We're thankful that Halliburton isn't cooking our Thanksgiving dinner.

We're thankful for Republicans like Sens. Dick Lugar, Chuck Hagel and John McCain for putting principles over partisanship.

We're thankful to David Graham for having the guts to take on the pharmaceutical industry.

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.

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