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Subject: FW: What's So Bad about America?
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:00:30 -0600
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Subject: What's So Bad about America?
Subject: PLEASE READ!!! JAY LENO Very
Oninteresting 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 ain'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 r esult 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, emergencyworkers 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 hasa 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 l emonade 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 isexponentially
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 o f 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. There are so many people that need to
read this and grasp the truth of it all.
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