| Last year I started a tradition of anticipating what I'll be thankful for next year, a sort of weak prediction game.
How I'd do last year? Not bad. I'm still around, I've got my family and friends, I still live in a great town, and I'm still thankful for having worked my *ss off for Tester last year. We did see an AL East baseball battle and - unanticipated - a Red Sox world championship! We've got a great child care provide and better preschool.
Unfortunately neither W nor Cheney did the perp walk, Hannity still has a show, and my novel is yet unpublished. Unwritten, even.
So what about next year? Hm. Forget the sporting wishes: I'm having such a good year with the Pats/Red Sox/Celtics it would seem selfish to wish for more good fortune there next year. As far as Bush & Cheney's arrests...well, I'm realistic. Ditto with the Democratic Congress growing a backbone within the year. By this time next year, we'll know who our next President is; I hope I'll be thankful it isn't a complete nut case like Giuliani, or the usual pro-corporate types, like Romney or Clinton.
I hope I'll be thankful the dollar didn't collapse. That we're not at war with Iran. That oil isn't at $200 a barrel. I hope I'll be thankful for a Democratic majority in the state legislature, for more progress here in Missoula for progressive causes and good, smart planning for growth. I hope I'll be thankful for a solid energy plan for the state coming out of the election.
And as always, I hope I'll be thankful, again, as always for my friends and family, and for living in an eclectic and cool city like Missoula.
Oh, and I'm thankful, too, that Chuck Norris is a Republican. |
