Posted on 10/01/2007 6:52:22 PM PDT by do the dhue
"The other day I was reading Newsweek magazine and came across some poll data I found rather hard to believe. It must be true given the source, right?
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."
"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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The poll taker chose the word "unhappy".
What we are in intellectually offended by open borders, Hollywood sleaze, big government and traitors in Washington.
Unhappy is their word for it.
An enjoyable dose of some positive, commonsense thought. :-)
At least it’s not credited to Jay Leno...
Sure we have things that we need to fix, but I don’t think we need to be as ‘unhappy’ as the demorats and our media would like for us to be.
I enjoyed reading it because I can see that it is not as bad as the media would have us think.
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Negativism by the MSM. Good Golly did you all see the reports about the Stock Market breaking 14,000 you would have thought the end of the world would happen soon.
The reporting was rather odd over the the big break into 14,000. The first AP report was quoting some random streeter saying it’s all good news, investors are putting the banking scare behind them. After and hour the AP was quoting some random streeter saying all is not well and we may never see this again. Go figure!!!!
Not only that but just listen to the AP reporting on any news. It is almost always gloom and doom. AP is screwing up our country! Gosh darn it.!!
what do you think of this?
LameStreamMedia doing its worst because there’s not a Clinton still in the White House.
HEAR HEAR!!!
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Excellent piece.
Well America has these amenities because Americans have worked their asses off and paid for them.
There was no standard-of-living faerie that came and gave it to us.
One almost has to leave the country altogether, for a while, to understand what is going on here. What passes for “news” is a lot of fluff and yes, propaganda. It’s local, too. Ever notice how long weather reports have expanded on your local news station? Do you have a “storm team” that breaks in your favorite program (but never during a commercial break) to report a potential tornado 150 miles away? One reason I read somewhere, lengthy weather reporting fills out the broadcast hour so that more pressing issues don’t have to be brought up. It makes a certain amount of sense - there are dozens of issues locally that are never discussed, at least only until hysteria ensues. Never any maintenance, just wait until it’s a crisis.
Storm team weather is out of conrol. We had a warning of a tornado in CT this summer. What a mess. The local weather man was trying to explain his pinpoint weather doppler by streets and the Emergency Broadcast System came on, completely overcame the local guy and the EBS just said to turn to channel 21. so we turn to 21 and there was nothing relevant. EBS is a joke. Actually the EBS is a travesty if there is ever a real crisis.
In any case, I lost the local because of the constant EBS and fortunately never was hit by the tornado but how absurd.
As I said, we are “intellectually offended”, not unhappy.
Unhappy is the media word for it.
I know I live is the best Country in the world. I also know how hard our Forefathers worked to make it that way. I think our children would appreciate it, if we returned the favor.
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