Arne Langsetmo:

Why do you say " What I (allegedly) want is of no importance here"

I want to hear some direction from this collection of complaining gloom and doomers here. Buck up. Where are we going from here?

Y' know it's a mean old world and we in the US are better off that anywhere else. What the hell do we have to complain about that isn't 100% better than anywhere else?

Gas? what does it cost in europe?

FEMA? what happens in Aisia when a typhoon hits and 10,000 die?

Why the hell are people risking their lives in the desert or braving shark infested waters to get into the US.

The only people I see wanting to leave are deserters and draft dodgers escaping the law to Canada.

If there is a utopia somewhere, go there and leave the rest of us in peace. Otherwise accept life the way it is and try to get some enjoyment out of it.