I just got this forwarded email from Whitney today, and I loved it, so I had to share. Usually forwarded emails are kind of silly (even though I ALWAYS look forward to Whitney's!) but this one is really great. Enjoy. (sorry about the weird triangles that are always in forwarded emails, I wasn't in the mood to erase them all.) =)
> 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 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?'
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