Things 2 B Thankful 4

Bush leaves the decision to Obama on whether or not to open a diplomatic station issuing visas to the US in Tehran. i.e. he's leaving the vital decision about ~~RISKING LETTING TERRORERRORISTS INTO THE COUNTRY~~ creating new Iranian Americans to that mutt one! This could be a holiday miracle ... or it could be the W. admin wimping out on a no-win decision. Let's give him the benefit of the holiday doubt! Good for you, George! Thanks!

AsianWeek.com creates the AsianGeek gaming blog. The layout is designed to appeal to blind, elderly, Republican jazz fans, but I'm glad AW is giving us the chance to be USELESS SLACKER geeks, rather than always being the useful, head-in-the-toilet kind. Thanks, Asian Week!

An Indian American bank in New Jersey has seen a rise in accounts since the economic meltdown. They attribute it to customers being scared away from larger banks, and taking their mattress contents to trusted community businesses. If this meltdown will slow globalization and reward small, local entrepreneurship, I'll be happy. But if it actually helps Asian Americans give their business to other Asian Americans, I'll be GRATEFUL. Thanks, irresponsible banking people!

Filipino pansit-slinger chain Jollibee is opening three more stores in Los Angeles. Here's to more economic-meltdown-proof transcultural Asian American business thrivery! And more garlic rice! Thanks, Jollibee!

Indian American teenagers Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel have been signed to the Pittsburgh Pirates, and not the Cleveland Indians! Whew! Dodged a confusion bullet there! Thanks, major league baseball!

Clint Eastwood will retire from acting after his turn on "Gran Torino" with Hmong American actors. I'm not sure how to take that, exactly, except to say that we should try having him run for political office with a Hmong American campaign director. If he mysteriously quits public life after that, we'll know we have the key. And then we'll have to try it on Schwarzenegger. So, uh, thanks, random Hmong American actor who drove the 10 miles of bad road that is Eastwood away from the business end of a camera!

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