Thankful

I wanted to take some time and write about things to be thankful for.

Well, for one thing, I had to work on Thanksgiving. So I'm thankful for that -- that I am working.

I'm extremely thankful that I'm not the only American citizen who still believes in America.Can't even say how thankful. I love America not only for its ideals, but because we understand and believe in those ideals, and are willing to act in order to maintain them.

Thankful that people like Jim DeMint and John Boehner and even Mitch McConnell have agreed to try to do something to make congress more accountable and responsible.

Thankful that there is an America and that I was just lucky enough to be born here. But that wasn't luck so much as some long-dead relatives escaping from Europe. I'm thankful for their courage in making the journey to someplace thousands of miles from their homeland and families, thankful that they were willing and able to put in the work and commitment to build their lives here.

Thankful for Jefferson's idealism and Madison's foresight, George Washington's integrity, and Lincoln's, Reagan's, and even George W. Bush's steadfastness in insisting that America is right and worth preserving.

I'm very thankful that Fox News presents both sides of the story. Don't know that anyone else noticed, but the networks traditionally never discussed substance -- or the actual content of anyone's argument in politics. All they reported on was process -- that is, strategy. How a candidate plans to win, not the platform he or she is running on.

Fox changed all that. I love those guys.

And for anyone (like Ted Koppel or Jay Rockefeller) who perceive Fox and/or even MSNBC as "the death of journalism," gotta say, you guys don't know history. Newspapers and other media have been extremely and forthrightly biased through 99% of their existence in human history. Objectivity is only an illusion, and it's actually dangerous if people believe a news source is unbiased. Bias comes out not only in things like language or a slanted tone, but primarily in deciding exactly which stories are picked up and which aren't. No way to escape being biased. So thank you Fox and even all those looney and extremist blogs, like Huffington, who tell it as they see it and let the public sort it out.

Lots to be thankful for, but that's the public part.

Save the Republic.