What's There To Be Happy and Thankful For Looking Back at 2011?

The Republican candidates all have a different position on the Federal Reserve. Ron Paul: anti-Fed. Mitt Romney: pro-Fed. And Newt Gingrich: over-fed."---Leno


There's a lot of lists that go around this time of year summarizing all of the events and news stories that took place in 2011. I'm going to take a different spin---reporting on what we should all be happy thankful for looking back at 2011.

• Let's Start With These Three First:

All three are dead.

• Need I say more?

• Welcome home!!!

• Our U.S. Military.

• The Greatest Generation

• Our Heroes

• Our Finest.

• Our bravest.

• Our families.

• Our Friends

• Slo Joe Biden, a gift that keeps on giving well after the Christmas season.

• Ditto

• Less people worldwide have been dying from wars (Source: Peace Research Institute Oslo)

• My girl, Angelina.

• The NFL and The Super Bowl

• The U.S. importing less oil

• That with all our economic and political problems, we've not experienced what Europe is going through.

• Many medical achievements including, but not limited to, preventing and control of infectious, cancer prevention, and better public health preparedness and response.

• And the incredible and conspicuous generosity and kindness of the American people from helping people coping with disasters world-wide to strangers paying off lay-away gifts for strangers.

• America's beauty.

I think all of these are a good start.