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I received this from someone today:
>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,
> 2/3's of the citizenry just isn’t happy and want a change.
>
> So being the knuckle dragger I am, I started thinking, ''What are we
> 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
> Please keep this in circulation. People need to read this and
> grasp the truth of it all.
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