It’s Thanksgiving in Canada (Hey, we killed Indians, too, dammit, and we want our turkey day! Why should those pesky Yanks have all the fun?), so I thought it might be nice to do a quick roundup of things we should be thankful for.
The Canadian dollar closed at $1.02 US on Friday. It’s been 33 years since we reached parity or above – I wasn’t even born the last time!
The Canadian jobless rate is at a 33-year low low of 5.9%.
The surge is working, whether Pelosi & Co. like it or not.
The so-called surge has emboldened Iraqis, who now are showing unprecedented cooperation with American troops in an effort to rid their neighborhoods of dangerous madmen.
The US economy added 110,000 more jobs in September, after adding 89,000 in August. Damn that George Bush – he keeps pulling the rug out under the naysayers!
“It certainly doesn’t look like an economy that’s losing momentum,” said John Ryding, chief U.S. economist at Bear Stearns Cos. in New York.
So while I might be a Negative Nancy much of the time on this blog, I thought today was a good chance to point out a few things that are benefiting us. Things we should be thankful for. Feel free to add more in the comments.
