Discontented Americans
I was recently forwarded a Craig R. Smith article entitled “Made in the USA: Spoiled Brats.”
The article, published last November, notes a Newsweek poll revealing that 67% of Americans are unhappy with the direction of the USA. The author’s suggestion? Instead of whining, we should “sit back and count our blessings for all we have” because “if we don’t, what we have will be taken away.”
Read Smith’s article here: Made in the USA: Spoiled Brats.
Smith doesn’t say WHO will take America’s blessings away, but I know who: The Bush Administration. I just haven’t figured out how sitting back and counting my blessings is going to stop it. After all, gratified German citizens sat back and counted their blessings in 1933, and a lot of good it did THEM. I say learn from history, don’t repeat it, but I digress…
Smith’s article was written with Thanksgiving in the air, after all. So, I decided to give it a second chance.
After reading it again, a funny thing happened: Smith’s words DID make me thankful. They instilled me with pride about this country’s blessings. They also made me curious: exactly WHAT silly things are so many spoiled-brat Americans complaining about?
The Real Whiners Stand Up
I did some digging and found that one thing spoiled-brat Americans are whining about is safety from terrorists. There are, apparently, a lot of chicken wimp Americans who are still shell-shocked over 9/11.
Yes, it’s hard to believe, but it’s true. Over six years after Bush repeatedly ignored hard evidence of an impending attack (hey—I’m not blaming him, we’re all human, we all make mistakes…just some of us more than others…) scaredy pant neocons are still paranoid and paralyzed with fear. If you listen carefully, that labored breathing is pure frozen dread panting “stay-the-course…stay-the-course…stay-the-course…”
Well, guess what? This is the Wild West. The saloons don’t close when Jesse James and Billy the Kid roll through and shoot up Main Street. The feint of heart need to get a grip. Stop blaming every little bump and scratch on 9/11 terrorists. As Ben Franklin so eloquently put it, “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” That’s founding father speak for, “Shut up, sit back, and count your blessings.”
Another thing spoiled Americans whine about is the right to choose abortion. In America, Terri Schiavo not withstanding, we have the freedom to make tough decisions in private on a case-by-case basis. This freedom is the envy of the world. Those who are upset by having this freedom, as Smith suggested in his article, should shut up, sit back, and count their blessings.
This past year, a heckuva lot of people complained about illegal immigrants from Mexico. These spoiled brats say aliens don’t speak English, and they freeload schools and hospitals without paying taxes. (To be fair, I haven’t heard a single one of these whiners whine about inexpensive hand-picked veggies and fruit, or the cheap landscaping they had installed…) But guess what? This country was built with Chinese immigrants in the west and Italian immigrants in the east and Germans who ran out of potatoes and sailed across the big pond, and America took them all in. What about melting pot do the spoiled brats not understand? Sure, melting pots boil and steam, but the stew comes out tasting great. So shut up, sit back, and be thankful.
I’ve heard many spoiled-brat Americans whine because public prayer isn’t allowed in school.
That Jesus even commanded people to pray alone in private (Mathew 6:6) is beside the point. The point is, this is the USA, and Thomas Jefferson said, “No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever.” You’re preaching to the choir, Thomas. Whatsoever! Amen, brother. We’ve all read what our founding daddy said. Any spoiled brat who doesn’t like separation of church and state is free to pack their bags and find another country. In the mean time, spoiled-brat public prayer crusaders need to sit back, cool their jets, and count their American blessings.
The Biggest Spoiled Brat of All
President Bush keeps whining because, in America, tax cuts for the rich aren’t permanent.
Bush whines because in America, a person can’t automatically get another $100 billion to fight an illegal war.
Bush whines because torture isn’t allowed in the USA.
Bush whines because America requires habeas corpus, a right guaranteed by the constitution he swore to uphold.
Bush whines because in America, carelessly using nuclear bunker busters infringes other people’s rights.
Bush whines. Spoiled brat. Shut up, sit back, and be thankful.
Stop Being an Obnoxious American
I echo Craig R. Smith’s call for spoiled-brat Americans to give the whining a break. To help alleviate whining, Smith advocates several actions (which I’ve expounded upon…)
First, stop buying the negative venom you are fed everyday (especially by the White House, along with Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Matt Drudge, and Robert Novak. You see, under the microscope, the so-called “liberal media” is composed of right wing nut jobs—nut jobs who regularly whine about the media being liberal. Go figure…)
Shut off the TV (especially when the President breaks into Prime Time to boost his poll numbers…)
Burn Newsweek (and The National Review…) and use the New York Times for the bottom of your bird cage (and housebreak your puppy on the New York Post…)
Then start being grateful for all we have as a country. There is exponentially more good than bad.
Yes, we Americans have been bequeathed a noble heritage that’s safeguarded by the amazing Constitution of the United States. Let us pray that, despite President Bush’s attempts to quash those liberties, we may hand it down unsullied to our children and theirs.
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