My hat is off to Jay Leno. Good advise from him.
>I hope you will all read to the end. Jay Leno puts
> >it into perspective and makes us think about the
> >pathetic negativity.
> >
> >Jay Leno wrote this; it's the Jay Leno we don't
> >often see....
> >
> > "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 Darfur has seen in the last year?
> >
> > Maybe it is the ability to drive from the Pacific Ocean
> >to the Atlantic Ocean without 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. What 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 Iraq and
> >Afghanistan have 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. Everybody 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 people 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
2007-05-16
05:45:18
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