Americans are an impatient bunch, with the attention span of butterflies. They pay for their meals through one window, and collect same through the other window. A little hesitation trying to inquire regarding seasonings, or checking to make sure orders are complete, promptly infuriates the line with potential customers shouting obscenities. The institution of marriage has also witnessed the effect of this culture as would-be couples now consummate their weddings via the ubiquitous drive-through window. The history why Americans would routinely want to eat their cakes and still have them, cannot be traced very easily, but suffice to say TV viewing culture and the multiplicity of channels has accentuated this madness. With too many channels to choose from, Americans just seat there flipping channels after channels hardly completing a program. This attitude has infiltrated the political arena, and politicians are being required to transform the society through the wave of the proverbial magic wand. President Obama and his Democratic Party were the newest casualties.
Americans have grown too fat, too comfortable with our exceptional ism status and expect our leaders to possess God-like qualities in tackling pressing national and global issues, and when we couldn't find those qualities in President Obama and his Democratic party, we voted for the Republicans, whom we had roundly trounced just two years ago.
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