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>>> Subject: Jay Leno's commentary
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>>> In a message dated 4/12/07 10:24:20 PM:
>>> A commentary about the U.S. by Jay Leno
>>>
>>> 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 aren'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 casescenario, 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 Birdcage. 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
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