In a report in one of my favorite newspapers, the Washington Times, about one of my favorite countries, the United States, we find that everybody is happy! (Maybe that’s why Carolyn Parrish and the liberal-left hates America!)
They didn’t bother polling Canadians. Perhaps that’s because Canadians have been instructed and convinced (through lack of balance and misinformation—we lead the world don’tchaknow!) to sound happy about their country, by the Liberal Party and its state-run, state-sponsored, and/or state-protected media and academia—and thus fair and meaningful results are not available here.
In America, the glass is half full (Cover your eyes, liberals!)
We must be doing something right. Maybe there’s something in the water. Perhaps Sunday school is paying off.
A new poll has found that Americans are the happiest people on the planet.
“With a few exceptions, Americans are generally happier with their lives and more optimistic about their future than most Europeans,” a Harris poll states.
The group plumbed the feelings of 1,000 persons from July 17 to July 21 to reveal that things are pretty good on these shores, despite bleak press reports about the direction of the country and persistent partisan criticism of the Bush administration.
The poll found that 58 percent are “very satisfied with their lives,” compared with a 15-country European average of 31 percent. In polls taken two years ago, those figures were 57 percent and 26 percent, respectively.
An additional 56 percent of Americans think their lives have improved since 2000, compared with a 45 percent average among the Europeans. Two years ago, 49 percent of Americans felt that their lives had improved, compared with 39 percent of Europeans.
But Yankee optimism reigns supreme. The survey found that 65 percent of Americans expect their personal situation to improve in the next five years, compared with 44 percent of Europeans.
The American number is up by two points from two years ago, when 63 percent said they were optimistic; the Europeans are up three points from 41 percent.
In order to make the comparisons, the Harris poll used the same questions posed to Europeans in the massive Eurobarometer survey released at the end of 2004, which surveyed 1,000 persons in member countries of the European Union.
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