TEN THINGS I AM THANKFUL FOR THIS THANKSGIVING

10) I am thankful I don't live in a third world nation. You know a place where water is undrinkable, where government is stalled by infighting and petty vendettas, where police brutality is common place, where the rich have all the money. Oh wait. I hate to break it to all you Tea Party fools out there but that is exactly what you are fighting for. Whole places in this country are becoming unlivable due to fracking, coal mining and other environmentally awful industries that are messing up the world good. The Republicans have taken obstructionism to a whole new level as they have moved so far to the right, Hitler is saying hello. Police are on a tear lately, especially in states like Florida, New Mexico and New York where lawsuits are becoming a daily occurrence. Even worse, in complete disregard for Posse Comitatus, we are now making our police into soldiers by giving them leftover tanks the government doesn't need because we are actually making more of them through a terrible jobs program costing the taxpayers trillions in unneeded objects. It came out recently that over the last twenty years, nearly $9 trillion cannot be accounted for from the defense budget. Yet food stamps and unemployment are the problem according to right wing retards. That money all went into some rich dude's pockets who are stealing from us at unprecedented levels. And some of you out there are fighting for them to have more. Not only are we rapidly becoming a third world nation, we are actually voting for one.

9)I am thankful I am not a young black man in today's world. I feel terrible for any black child growing up in the inner city where hope goes to die. While racism isn't as prevalent in today's society, it isn't fully gone either. The court system demonstrates that by locking up black people for far longer than others regardless of their rap sheet. Inner city schools are waste stations where graduation is usually lower than 50%. Try getting a job in today's world without a high school degree. This is why black kids wind up in the system more than any other race. It doesn't help that black leaders play the victim card more often than the GOP. It is also very bad that things like learning are considered "acting white," which might as well be " I want to spend the rest of my life in jail," mentality. Education is not acting white, it's acting responsible. And all those in the inner city who want to get out can if they really want, but it's going to be a struggle to do so. Just remember if you're black and female, there isn't a scholarship on Earth you can't get if you put your mind to it.

8)I am thankful I don't work for some Big Box store or fast food joint. My brief time as a sales associate for the Wiz some years ago taught me that. If you are looking for low pay, no job security, asshole bosses and some of the dumbest co-workers alive, than let me tell you, get into one of these fast growing fields to experience poverty first hand. I encourage everyone NOT to go to any of these place for Black Friday but as greed triumphs common sense I know millions will still trample their fellow man for the new Tickle me Elmo doll or whatever stupid fad is prevalent this year.

7)I am thankful I am not President Obama. His numbers are now rocketing past W and entering into Jimmy Carter territory thanks to his wildly devolving Obamacare plan. Even with Fox News lying about everything they can about the plan, there are confirmed stories of people losing their insurance and having to pay more, doctors and hospitals being thrown out of the ranks and employers dropping coverage altogether. These are not fantasy people either but real Americans who are, even before this debacle, never really understood how insurance works in the first place. I sold health insurance for six months before realizing that the average person had as much knowledge about the subject as nuclear physics. It is impossible to sell something that no one understands. If you think you are covered if you get sick, you aren't under the old or new plans. It will still sap you savings and hello bankruptcy. But as the GOP has ZERO idea how to fix the old way, they are no better. Obama's idiocy may sink the entire party for years to come. Swell.

6)I am thankful I am not sick anymore because under the current health care debacle, one of my doctors quit outright and the other left his practice to join a hospital one which was cheaper in the long run. And I live in MA. What this means is that because they didn't model it after Romneycare, but instead picked and choosed which laws to follow, they broke the system here and everywhere else. Anyone sick right now is in hell as their doctors may change, their deductibles are going up and all of us are getting raped by the greed of the insurance company. Can we please have a single payer plan now?

5)I am thankful I don't have any children because in today's day and age, they seem to be exposed to porn 24/7, listen to some of the most godawful music known to man ( I am looking at you Justin Bieber), have to worry about getting raped and murdered by some psycho and are being taught rote nonsense in schools. At least they have awesome video games. I had games like Pong and Adventure.

4)I am thankful Ted Cruz is not my politician. Instead I have the best Senator in Congress, Liz Warren. She is quite simply awesome. Texas, on the other hand, elected a moron who can't go a day without saying something so stupid my IQ drops a few points from hearing it. During an interview the other day, Cruz actually said that due to Harry Reid using the nuclear option in ending the filibuster that the atmosphere of the Congress will be poisoned even more. How is that even possible? The GOP has filibustered 90% of anything Obama proposes, no matter what it is. You can't poison something twice and Congress is filled with venom right now. What Reid did was ensure democracy works and even if the GOP gains control again, I may not like the results, but that is the rules of living in a free society. Deal with it, douche.

3)I am thankful that I have a girlfriend that loves me with her whole heart. Few people have someone they trust implicitly but I know she will never leave me for another man, never cheat on me, and never make me feel like a second class citizen. None of my past girlfriends can say that. Plus she is Japanese and I LOVE Asian women.

2)I am thankful I have a family that supports me and loves me. I don't get to see them that often, except for my mother, because everyone lives out of state and across the country. But I miss them during the holidays when we all used to get together at my grandparents house in NJ and have a grand time. So to my cousins, my sister, my father, my mother, my aunt and all the other family members out there, I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.

1)Lastly, I am thankful for you dear readers who have turned this site into a minor success. I get a lot of writing jobs due to what I write here, and your feedback in the comments section is usually pretty civil, even when you disagree with me which is fine. Debate is good for society and I wish we had more of it instead of screaming at one another. An open mind is the key to success and too many today do not posses one. So thank you to everyone out there and all of you have a Happy Thanksgiving. I will be taking the next few days off for the holidays but will return on Sunday with my Douchebag of the Week column. Until then, be good.