American Idiot

Great.

Today in our society everyone seems to find the bad in everything. My question is why not focus on the great? No, our country is not perfect. I emphasize on the word not, however, we are so fortunate in so many aspects.

Our poorest person, could be considered “rich” in other parts of the world. Unlike many, in other countries, our lowest class has the benefit of going to a shelter, and receiving food and public education. It irritates, and I mean really irritates the piss out of me when people focus on things like : how bad the economy is, mistakes Bush made in office, how messed up our school systems are. It’s a constant “whiney baby” attitude, that seems to wipe this selfish nation. Though there is always room for improvement, how dare the American people obsess over things like that instead of looking at the bigger picture. While others suffer from genocide, hunger, rapid growth of the AIDS epidemic, malnutrition, dirty water, sexual violations that are ignored, and so on, We have pretty good. We have great schools, fair justice system, huge hospitals, luxurious stores and entertainments. We have rights, we have freedoms, and if you work hard enough in this country you can fulfill your dreams. People are not discriminated against for race or sex and we are not treated like animals, or property.

Ya know? People have some nerve, to infatuate them selves with how “bad” our country is and the mistakes it has made. Our ancestors fought, and struggled to come here in the hopes of making our lives enjoyable, rewarding, and worthwhile. They would be so ashamed, and mortified if they saw us now. Taking advantage of our everyday privileges, and trashing the government. As Americans, we need to have pride and dignity. We need to stand together as “one nation under God”. We need to Stop falling into the stereotypical “American idiot” category, and realize how good we have it. NO! How GREAT we have it.