Americans are unhappy
The
Newsweek poll alleges that 67 percent of Americans are unhappy with
the direction the country is headed and 69 percent of the country is
unhappy with the performance of the president. In essence
2/3s of the citizenry just ain't happy
and want a change.
So being the knuckle
dragger I am, I started thinking, ''What we are so unhappy about?''
Is it that we have
electricity and running water
24 hours a day, 7 days a week?
Is our unhappiness the result of having air conditioning in the summer
and heating in the winter? Could it be that 95.4 percent of these
unhappy folks have a job? Maybe it is the ability to walk into a
grocery store at any time and see more food in moments than Darfur has
seen in the last year?
Maybe it is the
ability to drive from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean without
having to present identification papers as we move through each state?
Or possibly the hundreds of clean and safe motels we would find along
the way that can provide temporary shelter? I guess having thousands
of restaurants with varying cuisine from around the world is just not
good enough Or could it be that when we wreck our car, emergency
workers show up and provide services to help all and even send a
helicopter to take you to the hospital.
Perhaps you are one
of the 70 percent of Americans who own a home. You may be upset with
knowing that in the unfortunate case of a fire, a group of trained
firefighters will appear in moments and use top notch equipment to
extinguish the flames thus saving you, your family and your
belongings. Or if, while at home watching one of your many flat screen
TVs, a burglar or prowler intrudes , an officer equipped with a gun
and a bullet-proof vest will come to defend you and your family
against attack or loss. This all in the backdrop of a neighborhood
free of bombs or militias raping and pillaging the residents.
Neighborhoods where 90 percent of teenagers own cell phones and
computers.
How about the
complete religious, social and political freedoms we enjoy that are
the envy of everyone in the world? Maybe that is what has 67 percent
of you folks unhappy.
Fact is, we are the
largest group of ungrateful, spoiled brats the world has ever seen. No
wonder the world loves the U.S., yet has a great disdain for its
citizens. They see us for what we are. The most blessed people in the
world who do nothing but complain about what we don't have, and what
we hate about the country instead of thanking the good Lord we live
here.
I know, I know. What
about the president who took us into war and has no plan to get us
out? The president who has a measly 31 percent approval rating? Is
this the same president who guided the nation in the dark days after
9/11? The president that cut taxes to bring an economy out of
recession? Could this be the same guy who has been called every name
in the book for succeeding in keeping all the spoiled ungrateful brats
safe from terrorist attacks?
The commander in
chief of an all-volunteer army that is out there defending you and me?
Did you hear how bad the President is on the news or talk show? Did
this news affect you so much, make you so unhappy you couldn't take a
look around for yourself and see all the good things and be glad?
Think about
it......are you upset at the President because he actually caused you
personal pain OR is it because the "Media" told you he was failing to
kiss your sorry ungrateful behind every day.
Make no mistake
about it. The troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have volunteered to
serve, and in many cases may have died for your freedom. There is
currently no draft in this country. They didn't have to go.
They are able to
refuse to go and end up with either a ''general'' discharge, an
''other than honorable'' discharge or, worst case scenario, a
''dishonorable'' discharge after a few days in the brig.
So why then the
flat-out discontentment in the minds of 69 percent of Americans? Say
what you want but I blame it on the media. If it bleeds it leads and
they specialize in bad news. Everybody will watch a car crash with
blood and guts. How many will watch kids selling lemonade at the
corner? The media knows this and media outlets are for-profit
corporations. They offer what sells, and when criticized, try to
defend their actions by "justifying" them in one way or another. Just
ask why they tried to allow a murderer like O.J. Simpson to write a
book about how he didn't kill his wife, but if he did he would have
done it this way......Insane!
Stop buying the
negativism you are fed everyday by the media. Shut off the TV, burn
Newsweek, and use the New York Times for the bottom of your bird cage
Then start being grateful for all we have as a country. There is
exponentially more good than bad.
We are among the
most blessed peoples on Earth and should thank God several times a
day, or at least be thankful and appreciative."
Craig R. Smith
WorldNetDaily.com
"With hurricanes,
tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe
thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with
the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, "Are we sure this is a
good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"
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