Originally Posted by simplicity

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 helic opter 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 or 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 yo u 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.

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.

Originally Posted by The Declaration of Independence

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.