These folks – who have profited immensely from being Americans and being alive at this time and place, with the lowest poverty rate in history, the greatest household income in history, historically low unemployment, almost highest home ownership rate in history – and this is what they write:

• Proud to be an American? New Poll Finds Patriotism Dips to Quarter-Century Low Ahead of 250th Anniversary | National News | U.S. News
• Americans’ Pride Drops to New Low as 250th Anniversary Approaches | The New Republic
• As America turns 250, some say the Stars and Stripes is now a red flag
• Why America’s 250th feels less special than bicentennial: nostalgia
• Happy birthday, America? At 250, nation may be too divided to celebrate as one | Reuters
• The Christian right hijacks America’s 250th – Salon.com
• As US nears 250th birthday, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows many Americans doubt it will last another 250 years | Reuters
• Comparing the mood of America’s 250th anniversary with its 200th in 1976 | PBS News
• Artists bail on D.C. bash for America’s 250th birthday after being listed on the lineup
• CBS News poll on America at 250 — its successes and its challenges – CBS News – “America’s best days are in its past”
• “America, U.S.A.”: Eddie Glaude on the 250th Anniv., Race & “The Madness at the Heart of the Country” | Democracy Now! – “I do not love America, and never have, especially now.”
• American Pride Falls to 25-Year Record Low
• Americans’ pride in US history and democracy drops, and fewer are proud to be American, polls find
• Campus Reform | POLL: Most Democrats say they’d rather live outside the United States
• Democracy at a Crossroads: What America’s 250th Anniversary Reveals About Our Future | Campaign Legal Center

Everything is awful, always has been and always will be.

Good grief – people who work for the media have mental problems to pump out this stuff every day.

There are good news stories but they do not get attention:

• Immigrants make American flags with pride in Wisconsin
• Rediscover American pride and gratitude on the 250th anniversary
• Columbia VA Celebrates America’s 250th Anniversary At Freedom 250 Celebration | VA Columbia South Carolina Health Care | Veterans Affairs
• Celebrate America: NYC and Tri-State mark nation’s 250th birthday with fireworks, parades, festivals and more – ABC7 New York
• Celebrate America’s 250th birthday at Texas State Parks | FOX 7 Austin

The non-stop negativity where even good news is spun into doom and negativity (story today – “Low oil prices will lead to economic challenges” – yes, really) is quite unfortunate.

When we are buried under non-stop doom and gloom from mentally depressed journalists, the entire country is dragged down into believing we live in the worst country in the worst time in history. See The “Boomers” versus “Gen Z” today: the 60s/70s vs today – Coldstreams – things are going quite good, actually.