TuckyTector(InezKY)
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Very interesting perspective by Jay Leno...
I hope you will all read to the end. Jay Leno puts it into perspective and makes
us think about the pathetic negativity. That's right, Jay Leno!!
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
I hope you will all read to the end. Jay Leno puts it into perspective and makes
us think about the pathetic negativity. That's right, Jay Leno!!
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