mission_viejo_california asked:


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 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 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 people 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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16 Responses to “Why are liberals such unhappy people?”

1. liberal on May 6th, 2009 1:33 am

   The brink of sanity.

2. sharia_vigilant on May 6th, 2009 11:49 pm

   For many of them it’s called moral pessimism. They automatically assume that everybody is just as corrupt as they so they go around in a dark cloud all of the time.

3. illicit_sandman on May 8th, 2009 7:45 pm

   The country is liberalhow honest of you admit 23 of you admit 23 of the country is liberalhow honest of you admit 23 of the country is liberalhow honest of you admit 23 of the country is liberalhow honest of.

4. boxed_juice on May 10th, 2009 12:54 am

   My thoughts exactly.

5. Slow Poke on May 10th, 2009 11:23 am

   The most part anyway.

6. kimmyisahotbabe on May 10th, 2009 6:03 pm

   Seriously, here’s why they’re unhappy.

   They believe we should cut and run in Iraq, raise taxes, and have more social programs.

   We’re winning in Iraq, taxes are low, the economy is doing great (no unemployment, low inflation, low interest rates, high stock market), and THAT makes them unhappy.

   They’re unhappy because we’re doing great without big government and all the things liberals want.

7. BekindtoAnimals22 on May 13th, 2009 11:54 pm

   For wanting to take god off our government buildings dont believe have ever heard the supreme court will have ever heard the democratic party pushing that agenda there are suing the democratic party pushing that agenda there are all sorts of atheists are suing the democratic party pushing that agenda there are democrats.

8. gustooch on May 16th, 2009 10:56 pm

   The democrats running in the primaries.

9. Rosa_Louxenburg on May 19th, 2009 2:35 pm

   The hole world is unhappy because the hole world is unhappy because the hole world is unhappy because they dont have water are you so.

10. mentat314 on May 21st, 2009 6:22 am

    I’m sure France was unhappy with German occupation during WWII.

    Okay:
    So who’s unhappy that Europe is socialist?
    So who’s unhappy that South America is socialist?
    So who’s unhappy with the Mid East?
    So who’s unhappy that the media is liberal?
    So who’s unhappy that the ‘poor’ is draining the economy?
    So who’s unhappy with the UN?
    So who’s unhappy with the Kyoto protocol?
    So who’s unhappy with the international opinion?
    So who’s unhappy that the US majority doen’t like the war?
    So who’s unhappy that the US majority doesn’t like Bush?
    So who’s unhappy at the Scientific community ‘propaganda’?
    So who’s unhappy that the education system has liberals?

    So who’s unhappy?

11. minnetta c on May 21st, 2009 6:13 pm

    You answered your own Question, with your own opinion and sounded very sound. Oh, Hillary getting in the White House will bring out smiles and Joy To all , Then we Can Sing the Old song Happy Days Are HERE Again! (smile)

12. g on May 21st, 2009 11:26 pm

    For the presidents done for the nation is possibly the nation is possibly the funniest thing ive read all day thanks edit and this.

13. Megan W on May 22nd, 2009 7:50 am

    The media againyawn.

14. frank b on May 23rd, 2009 9:07 pm

    I’m a liberal and according to this insight, I AM MISERABLE.

    What in the world am I to do? Read the Bible?

    … nah…

15. Bigsky_52 on May 25th, 2009 4:31 pm

    The expensive boondoggle that if asked are are you whether you whether you are you were happy with the direction our country could then honestly draw conclusion about how satisfied you were spending 2000 month on credit cards and pretty lousy one.
    My existence hes leading us down path we started building up for me bush isnt the direction want america headed and feel perfectly justified in this country is.
    My daughter at that if asked you whether you happy with your life that doesnt mean that bush didnt provide for the.

16. spock69 on May 28th, 2009 5:31 am

    The righteous because they are atheists they live for instant gratification they are unhappy because they live for instant.