Someone sent me this email – I have to share my feelings
Category: News and Politics
I was sent this email by someone and read it….I had to express my feelings about this…I simply had to add some things to what David Letterman supposedly said….my feelings are in parentheses following what he supposedly said.
David Letterman, on President Bush. (Surprising)
David Letterman wrote this; it’s the David we don’t often see….
‘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 aren’t happy and want a change. So being the knuckle dragger I am, I started thinking, ‘What are we so unhappy about?’
A. Is it that we have electricity and running water 24 hours a day, 7 Days a week? (I say, Yes, we do, and we pay for it by working 40 hours a week or more)
B. Is our unhappiness the result of having air conditioning in the summer and heating in the winter? ( again, we pay for it, if we can afford to have it – you know some can’t - some elderly people have actually died in their own homes from heat exhaustion and frozen in the winter. How terribly sad that this is happening in our country).
C. Could it be that 95.4 percent of these unhappy folks have a job? (could it be they are making a pitiful minimal wage, but still getting up every morning to go to work and try to maintain their pitiful existence because they would rather not be on welfare)
D. Maybe it is the ability to walk into a grocery store at any time and see more food in moments than Darfurhas seen in the last year? (no, it is the fact that we can’t really get what we would like because the prices are too high for middle class Americans – check the price of milk)
E. 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. (that is wonderful, if you can pay for the gas)
F. Or possibly the hundreds of clean and safe motels we would find along the way that can provide temporary shelter?
G. I guess having thousands of restaurants with varying cuisine from around the world is just not good enough either. (I don’t know about you, but I hardly ever get to go out to eat – its too expensive – I work every day and live modestly in a simple home that probably costs less than these celebrities and rich politicians have spent on one of their cars).
H. 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. ( I went to the hospital in February by ambulance and I still had to pay $325.00 out of pocket to the ambulance service and over $3,000.00 out of pocket for what the insurance didn’t cover. Thank heaven I do have insurance where I work, but this, then, wiped out my little savings account, and I have been struggling ever since)
I. Perhaps you are one of the 70 percent of Americans who own a home.
J. 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. ( I am thankful for that)
K. 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. (my brother is a detective and I appreciate that – he is putting his life on the line every time he goes on a call – we lost one of our officers in a domestic situation 2 years ago)
L. 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.
M. How about the complete religious, social and political freedoms we enjoy that are the envy of everyone in the world? (yes, and I am thankful for that)
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. (maybe it is because of our leadership in the past…and the fact that yes, these things are available, but still not all can afford them – some of us were brought up in a household where our fathers or grandfathers worked every day, but had jobs as painters, plumbers, factory workers, garbage men, worked in basket factories and didn’t have the money or opportunity the rich had…people who have had money in their families for years….my grandfather struggled and worked as a painter, worked hard every day to take care of us, and most of my clothes came from thrift shops or rummage sales)
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. (this paragraph just REALLY REALLY makes my blood boil)
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. ( I admire and pray for these soldiers and their mothers and fathers and families every night, EVERY NIGHT…I am so thankful for our boys and girls who volunteer)
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! (The media – yes, they may instill feelings and emotions, but give me a break, the past cost of gas, our utility bills, the price of groceries, the loss of 1/2 of my retirement because of GREEDY WALL STREET, by the way, who is BAILING us out – and I assure you I didn’t have that much to begin with)
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 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, 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?’ (ABSOLUTELY NOT – this really upset me when I found out about the poll to take GOD out of the pledge of allegiance).
-David Letterman
Now, I’m sure Mr. Letterman makes a HEFTY living as a talk show host. I’m sure he has a car that cost as much as my house. I’m relatively sure, he has never been hungry. I’m sure he can go to the grocery any time he wants and buy the best cut of meat, and I would bet he doesn’t eat BEANS unless it is because he likes them and wants to. I’ll be you could probably set my whole house in his living room…and that he doesn’t worry about paying his bills, where he is going to live when he gets old, how pathetic the amount of social security you get is, whether or not he can afford his prescriptions or go to the hospital, HOW DARE HE spank the middle classes behind or the people who are unhappy. We are unhappy because the RICH just keep getting RICHER and the poor are driven 2 steps back for every step we think we have taken forward.
I have a pitiful little TSA (401K) where I work and have lost 41% of that in the last few weeks. It is pennies to the millionaires, but a significant loss for me. Who is going to bail me out? As I see it now when I retire, I will have to go to the “Poor house,” subsidized living for the elderly.. apartments based on your income. I know I won’t be able to afford the payments on my home. Basically, I have worked for 28 years every day, hardly ever calling in sick, raised 3 children, sacrificed myself for them, and won’t be able to enjoy my old age…should I have been saving all my life for the future.. PROBABLY. Should I have made better decisions – I know I should have, but most of the financial situations I made were because I was trying to feed, clothe and house my family, and NEVER seemed to have enough money. The cost of living always outweighed my stipend raises.
Anyway, I am thankful I live in the United States. I am thankful for my freedom. But something has to give in the way the structure of the wealth in this country has been established. If it wasn’t for the middle class working people, who get up every day, sick or not, and go to work, the RICH PEOPLE wouldn’t be so comfortable..because we are providing most of the services they use every day….
God bless America! and thanks for letting me vent…
