Jay Leno
Note: My Wife sent my this (via e-mail) and I thought I'd let you guys pick it apart-
> >> "The other day I was reading Newsweek magazine and came across some
> >> poll data I found rather hard to believe. It must be true given the
> >> source, right?
> >>
> >> The Newsweek poll alleges that 67 percent of Americans are unhappy
> >> with the direction the country is headed and 69 percent of the country
> >> is unhappy with the performance of the president. In essence 2/3s of
> >> the citizenry just ain't happy and want a change.
> >>
> >> So being the knuckle dragger I am, I started thinking, ''What we are
> >> so unhappy about?''
> >>
> >> Is it that we have electricity and running water 24 hours a day, 7
> >> days a week? Is our unhappiness the result of having air conditioning
> >> in the summer and heating in the winter? Could it be that 95.4
> >> percent of these unhappy folks have a job? Maybe it is the ability to
> >> walk into a grocery store at any time and see more food in moments
> >> than Darfurhas seen in the last year?
> >>
> >> Maybe it is the ability to drive from the Pacific Ocean to the
> >> Atlantic Oceanwithout having to present identification papers as we
> >> move through each state? Or possibly the hundreds of clean and safe
> >> motels we would find along the way that can provide temporary
> >> shelter? I guess having thousands of restaurants with varying cuisine
> >> from around the world is just not good enough. Or could it be that
> >> when we wreck our car, emergency workers show up and provide services
> >> to help all and even send a helicopter to take you to the hospital.
> >>
> >> Perhaps you are one of the 70 percent of Americans who own a home.
> >> You may be upset with knowing that in the unfortunate case of a fire,
> >> a group of trained firefighters will appear in moments and use top
> >> notch equipment to extinguish the flames thus saving you, your family
> >> and your belongings. Or if, while at home watching one of your many
> >> flat screen TVs, a burglar or prowler intrudes , an officer equipped
> >> with a gun and a bullet-proof vest will come to defend you and your
> >> family against attack or loss. This all in the backdrop of a
> >> neighborhood free of bombs or militias raping and pillaging the
> >> residents. Neighborhoods where 90 percent of teenagers own cell phones
> >> and computers.
> >>
> >> How about the complete religious, social and political freedoms we
> >> enjoy that are the envy of everyone in the world? Maybe that is what
> >> has 67 percent of you folks unhappy.
> >>
> >> Fact is, we are the largest group of ungrateful, spoiled brats the
> >> world has ever seen. No wonder the world loves the U.S., yet has a
> >> great disdain for its citizens. They see us for what we are. The
> >> most blessed people in the world who do nothing but complain about
> >> what we don't have , and what we hate about the country instead of
> >> thanking the good Lord we live here.
> >>
> >> I know, I know. Wh at about the president who took us into war and
> >> has no plan to get us out? The president who has a measly 31 percent
> >> approval rating? Is this the same president who guided the nation in
> >> the dark days after 9/11? The president that cut taxes to bring an
> >> economy out of recession? Could this be the same guy who has been
> >> called every name in the book for succeeding in keeping all the
> >> spoiled ungrateful brats safe from terrorist attacks?
> >>
> >> The commander in chief of an all-volunteer army that is out there
> >> defending you and me? Did you hear how bad the President is on the
> >> news or talk show? Did this news affect you so much, make you so
> >> unhappy you couldn't take a look around for yourself and see all the
> >> good things and be glad?
> >>
> >> Think about it......are you upset at the President because he
> >> actually caused you personal pain OR is it because the "Media" told
> >> you he was failing to kiss your sorry ungrateful behind every day.
> >>
> >> Make no mistake about it. The troops in Iraqand Afghanistanhave
> >> volunteered to serve, and in many cases may have died for your
> >> freedom. There is currently no draft in this country. They didn't
> >> have to go.
> >>
> >> They are able to refuse to go and end up with either a ''general''
> >> discharge, an ''other than honorable'' discharge or, worst case
> >> scenario, a ''dishonorable'' discharge after a few days in the brig.
> >>
> >> So why then the flat-out discontentment in the minds of 69 percent of
> >> Americans? Say what you want but I blame it on the media. If it
> >> bleeds it leads and they specialize in bad news. Ev erybody will
> >> watch a car crash with blood and guts. How many will watch kids
> >> selling lemonade at the corner? The media knows this and media
> >> outlets are for-profit corporations. They offer what sells , and when
> >> criticized, try to defend their actions by "justifying" them in one
> >> way or another. Just ask why they tried to allow a murderer like O.J.
> >> Simpson to write a book about how he didn't kill his wife, but if he
> >> did he would have done it this way......Insane!
> >>
> >> Stop buying the negativism you are fed everyday by the media. Shut off
> >> the TV, burn Newsweek, and use the New York Times for the bottom of
> >> your bird cage. Then start being grateful for all we have as a
> >> country. There is exponentially more good than bad.
> >>
> >> We are among the most blessed peoples on Earth and should thank God
> >> several times a day, or at least be thankful and appreciative."
> >>
> >> "With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides,
> >> flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to
> >> another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, "Are
> >> we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of
> >> Allegiance?"
> >>
> >> Jay Leno
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