The Year That Was

While in my food coma yesterday afternoon my father-in-law and I were flipping through channels and came across one of the news networks doing a retrospect of the year that was. As we sit there attempting to absorb what we were watching. I came across one major thing that was wrong. Where were the positive things that happened this year? They covered all of the negative basics like the economic crisis, the federal bank/car maker/insurance company/everyone but the people that need it in the middle class bailout, gas prices going up to record levels, stores going bankrupt or closing, the war in Iraq, the missing kid stories, the reviews of the movie "The Love Guru" etc. What about the positive things like a history making event like Barrack Obama being the first minority to win the office of President?, Michael Phelps at the Olympics winning 8 gold medals, The world focusing on a more GREEN effort, OJ finally getting convicted, Paris Hilton went away, gas prices returning to a manageable level, the return of a sane and hot Britney Spears...etc.

I know the year may have been a down year for everyone but still lets look at the positive and go into 2009 on a high note. You would think with the holidays upon us that this news network would try to give us something up lifting instead of the boring negative drab. Am I the only one who is thinking this way?