Kind of simplistic explanation for MIT graduate and “enlitened, sofisticated liberal”. I guess this in itself eplains unhappiness of left.

I wish on the Oscars broadcast they would show all of the attendees and the vechicles they arrive in. It kills me that a couple of years ago some arrived in a Toyota Prius, yet probably travel on private planes. The irony of it all.

I wish on the Oscars broadcast they would show all of the attendees and the vechicles they arrive in. It kills me that a couple of years ago some arrived in a Toyota Prius, yet probably travel on private planes. The irony of it all.

Take that poll in Palo Alto and I think the results would be fliped. The dems here are up in arms about something or the other all the time but are happy as lark that they have something to be up in arms about.
Red state america needs god to be happy about how they are getting the economic sh*t kicked out of them.

It helps to read good quality news sites, and Time isn’t it.

The original http://pewresearch.org/social/pack.php?PackID=1 reports that Republicans have been happier than Democrats since 1972. Also that the effect holds even when you correct for income. Also the effect holds when you correct for belief in God. And finally it suggests that it holds when you correct for liberal vs. conservative. So any new theories?

The message from Democrat leaders is “you are a helpless child, you must be protected from the world and yourself.

Ah, as opposed to Commander Codpiece promising to keep people safe from Terrsts.

If one lives a life where happiness is derived from government’s ability to deliver it, then one will always be miserable.

Alternatively, if one lives a life where one’s attempts at happiness are screwed up by dint of, say, having one’s home submerged by a hurricane, then one has a reason to be somewhat pissed off.

Democrats do have a martyrdom complex, but they also feel a stake in doing something about the unhappiness of others. Or, in classical liberal terms, a sense of guilt. They take the misfortune of those worse off than themselves personally, whereas the God-fearing moral Republicans either see that misfortune as a sign of God’s punishment, or as a means of getting into God’s good books. And the corporate Republicans really don’t care, since their windows are tinted.

Ah, yes, the Republicans….God in one hand, war in the other.

Louis, Confucius said:”If I master the true way in the morning, I would be happy to be dead in the evening”.
Li

I love how Republicans leave out facts (google Clinton terror) and make false claims to support their worldviews.
Speaking of FEAR, what party has been screaming the terrorists are gonna get you if you dont let us do whatever we want? Its not the Democrats…

Fat dumb and stupid is probably a happier way to go throu gh life. Unfortunately, I would rather know the truth instead of living in a world described in the book 1984.

Democrats have good reason to feel depressed every time they turn on the radio or TV, or open the newspaper, to learn of the latest thing the bushista junta has done in their apparent crusade to transform what was once a great country into a third-rate banana republic for the benefit of their crony donors. The news should be equally depressing to anyone who loves America and despairs at seeing it raped and pillaged by its rulers, but apparently enough Republicans eagerly buy Karl Rove’s propaganda about how great things are (both at home and in liberated Iraq). Or perhaps the happy Republicans don’t pay attention to the depressing news, but only watch sports and/or read People Magazine. Ignorance is bliss– and also strength.

Yes, there is more to life than politics and the news served up by the liberal media. But a well-informed, thinking person is very likely to be depressed, and with good reason.