This message brings home some things we as a nation should think more about!! HUH!!

Date:   5/1/2007 8:38:07 PM ( 17 y ago)

This is part of an email which has floated around the net recently... where The Real Truth is... HUH!!   You have got to love the plain truth in this article...

{ See reply for the original story!! }

This really .." HITS THE NAIL ON THE HEAD"
>
> 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 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 i t 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.
>
> 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
> per cent 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 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 e 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 t thankful and appreciative.
> "With hurricanes, tornadoes, 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?
>
>

The Truth is many people in the USA are never satisfied... HUH!!

When are we going to get an Attitude of Gratitude??

See Ya... Kermit

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