Spoiled Brats

"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 2/3 s of the citizenry just ain't
happy and want a change.

So being the knuckle dragger I am, I started thinking, ''What
Are we 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 bleads 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?"

There are so many people that need to read this and grasp
the truth of it all.