We cats have seen plenty of posts about how awful the year 2015 was. And normally, we'd say, yep — if you were talking about people murdered by nutcase Islamic terrorists or American women seeking their Constitutional right to an abortion, 2015 was pretty bad.
But this New Year's Eve, we prefer to look on the bright side. And gosh, when you think about it, 2015 brought a lot of really good news. Here's our list:
Marriage Equality — The feel-good story of the year still casts its warm glow. We've enjoyed watching the bigots and the haters trying to grapple with the ramifications of Equal Justice Under Law. Fun!
Climate Change — After the warmest Christmas season on record, we cats say thank goodness Barack Obama and John Kerry were able to broker an historic international agreement on global warming this year. Maybe the fact that cherry blossoms were popping out in the middle of December will inspire even some Neanderthal Republicans to get on board.
Obamacare — The Supreme Court ruled that the Affordable Care Act's tax credits were constitutional, thus slapping down another right-wing run at our 44th President's signature law. Who knows what's in store for the ACA in the time to come? But for now, it's making millions of Americans' lives a whole lot better.
Iran Nukes — We can't begin to describe how tickled we were to learn that the NSA spied on Benjamin Netanyahu during negotiations on the nuclear deal with Iran. Netanyahu, a foreign leader, was actively working to undermine an agreement that strengthens American national security. Screw him.
Canadian Elections — You knew that we were going to finish with this one, right? But please, cut us some slack. After nine years of the anti-charismatic Stephen Harper — who was as destructive to Canada as a President Trump, Cruz or Rubio would be to America — having him and the Tories booted out in a landslide in October was the highlight of our year. We're trying to think of ways to sneak into the White House for the Trudeau state dinner on March 10 — but meanwhile, every time we think of Justin and the Liberals turning the Harper agenda upside down, we just have to grin. And, of course, PURR. Happy New Year!
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