As most of you know I am not a President Bush fan, nor have
    I ever been, but this is not about Bush, it is about us, as
    Americans, and it seems to hit the mark.

    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 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 summerand 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 our cars and trucks 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 either.

    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% 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% 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
    shows? 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!

    Turn 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 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?'
                 

     David Letterman

Bingo!

I was just informed by Mel that this was not written by Letterman. Thanks Mel!

I still like it though, from whomever penned it.

Jimmers

Me too!

That's kind of a weird thing. 
It is saying that because we have an interstate highway system, EMS/Fire/Police, and 1000s of restaurants that Bush should have a higher approval rating?

In my opinion, Bush's bad approval ratings have nothing to do with people being ungrateful, but more about what Bush has done.  All of these things are great that we have and we should all be thankful for them, but they won't mean anything if our freedoms are trampled on and our Constitution is being shredded.

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Some reasons for the Bush low ratings:

• Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign to Manufacture a False Case for War Against Iraq.
• Falsely, Systematically, and with Criminal Intent Conflating the Attacks of September 11, 2001, With Misrepresentation of Iraq as a Security Threat as Part of Fraudulent Justification for a War of Aggression.
• Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction, to Manufacture a False Case for War.
• Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Posed an Imminent Threat to the United States.
• Illegally Misspending Funds to Secretly Begin a War of Aggression.
• Invading Iraq in Violation of the Requirements of HJRes114.
• Invading Iraq Absent a Declaration of War.
• Invading Iraq, A Sovereign Nation, in Violation of the UN Charter.
• Failing to Provide Troops With Body Armor and Vehicle Armor
• Falsifying Accounts of US Troop Deaths and Injuries for Political Purposes
• Establishment of Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Iraq
• Initiating a War Against Iraq for Control of That Nation's Natural Resources
• Creating a Secret Task Force to Develop Energy and Military Policies With Respect to Iraq and Other Countries
• Misprision of a Felony, Misuse and Exposure of Classified Information And Obstruction of Justice in the Matter of Valerie Plame Wilson, Clandestine Agent of the Central Intelligence Agency
• Providing Immunity from Prosecution for Criminal Contractors in Iraq
• Reckless Misspending and Waste of U.S. Tax Dollars in Connection With Iraq and US Contractors
• Illegal Detention: Detaining Indefinitely And Without Charge Persons Both U.S. Citizens and Foreign Captives
• Torture: Secretly Authorizing, and Encouraging the Use of Torture Against Captives in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Other Places, as a Matter of Official Policy
• Rendition: Kidnapping People and Taking Them Against Their Will to "Black Sites" Located in Other Nations, Including Nations Known to Practice Torture
• Imprisoning Children
• Misleading Congress and the American People About Threats from Iran, and Supporting Terrorist Organizations Within Iran, With the Goal of Overthrowing the Iranian Government
• Creating Secret Laws
• Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act
• Spying on American Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered Warrant, in Violation of the Law and the Fourth Amendment
• Directing Telecommunications Companies to Create an Illegal and Unconstitutional Database of the Private Telephone Numbers and Emails of American Citizens
• Announcing the Intent to Violate Laws with Signing Statements
• Failing to Comply with Congressional Subpoenas and Instructing Former Employees Not to Comply
• Tampering with Free and Fair Elections, Corruption of the Administration of Justice
• Conspiracy to Violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Misleading Congress and the American People in an Attempt to Destroy Medicare
• Katrina: Failure to Plan for the Predicted Disaster of Hurricane Katrina, Failure to Respond to a Civil Emergency
• Misleading Congress and the American People, Systematically Undermining Efforts to Address Global Climate Change
• Repeatedly Ignored and Failed to Respond to High Level Intelligence Warnings of Planned Terrorist Attacks in the US, Prior to 911.
• Obstruction of the Investigation into the Attacks of September 11, 2001
• Endangering the Health of 911 First Responders

The election is over and some are still bashing Bush, by copy/paste left wing websites no less.....LMAO!   

Get a life!  

I don't know superhawk, were you better at 8 years old??

LMAO @ Me.

I suppose it depends on who you ask!

Thanks jonny and Mel!

Oh, my sides hurt from laughing.........

You would bash a tree if it was leaning to the right. You just need to chill Audre. You argue too much and push too hard. 

Jimmers,

Thank you for posting this, from whomever wrote it.  After crossing this country a number of times over the last four years I can attest that we are indeed blessed beyond our wildest imaginations.  I haven't traveled outside of the country other than to Mexico and Canada, but I wouldn't trade what we have for any.

Jerry

Audre wrote on Nov 7^th, 2008 at 12:14am:

I'm just curious as to why people want to get into an uproar about Bush shredding the constitution, but it's ok for some one on the left to take away freedom through legislation?  Where is the anger and resentment for the other guilty parties?  Huh?  That's the problem I have with most wingers, be they left or right, there is no consistency and no intellectual integrity.

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I dunno. I respect your view and I hear what you are saying but I respectfully disagree. I do not like beating a dead horse but I think it is important to not forget things like this. For the last 8 years the Bush supporters have been just as aggitated about the Bush bashing when the outcomes were still up in the air. Now it is super convienent that even they want to "look ahead".

And I disagree about him changing anything. I think if you asked him he would say he did everything the way it should be done. No president has ever acted so unilaterly. Acted without our allies, without the other side of the isle, and even without the advice of his own party and advisors that he picked.

Now that he has been wrong on almost every front, taken a record surplus that was handed to him and turned it into a record deficent (which he hands to Obama), then Wall Street crumbled on his watch and the economic times haven't been worse except for the ONE time in history that were (and this ain't over yet - far from it) I think it important to remember it. If Obama gets oral sex in the white house I am sure w will hear about that for a year at the cost of millions to the US taxpayer.

It won't be long when the far rights will start to bash Obama, who the opposite of Bush, got a big, leaky bag of shit handed to him when he took office. I think it is a what comes aroung goes around world. Of course the ex-Bush supporters are now for forgetting this last 8 years like they never happened. Isn't "personal accountability" a right slogan? Oh wait, he is the president - that doesn't apply to him.

Though no fault of my own my life has only gotten worse over the last 8 years. I will reserve the right to bash that redneck, ego manic, liar for as long as I want.

My guy didn't have a chance to win the election. I still hope the new president gets a chance to turn things around. While I don't think bashing the last guy is productive (yes I admit I am flawed) I think it important to remember every lie, deception, and falsehood that led to our most rapid decline.

Or we are doomed to repeat it.

Peace.
[soapbox off]

Jennifer wrote on Nov 7^th, 2008 at 9:20am:


Jen  Super go ahead and keep bashing if you think its gonna help.  No president or anyone in power will ever say they were wrong that would make them appear weak, so like I said hind site is 20/20.  Now lets move on and hope for a brighter future.
 Phil

P.S.  Forgive never ever forget.