>From: ed chaves <ec2b@yahoo.com>
>To: LSQC LSQC <lsqc65pogis@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Fwd: Jay Leno letter....Agree with this or Not...
>Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:45:03 -0700 (PDT)
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> ..... Agree with this or not BUT it does gives us
>something to think about!. Thought it might be worth pass, esp since it
>parrallels conditions in our land..e.g. negativism and the media......
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>If you're not a Jay Leno fan read what he wrote anyway. My respect and
>esteem for him has really increased.
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>"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?
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>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 ain't happy and want a change.
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>So being the knuckle dragger I am, I started thinking, ''What we are so
>unhappy about?''
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>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?
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>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.
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>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.
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> 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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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?
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>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?
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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
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> 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.
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> 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!
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>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.
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>We are among the most blessed peoples on Earth and should thank God several
>times a day, or at least be thankful and appreciative."
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>"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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>Jay Leno
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