Jay Leno wrote this.......
'"The other day I was reading a Newsweek magazine and came across some poll data I found hard to believe. it must be true, given the source, right?
The newsweek poll alleges that 67% of Americans are unhappy with the direction the country is headed, and 69% of the country is unhappy with the performance of the president. In essence, 2/3 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 hrs a day, 7 days a week?
Is our unhappiness a result of having air conditioning in summer and heating in winter?
Could it be that 95.4% of these unhappy folks have a job?
Maybe it is the ability to walk into a grocery store 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 RESTARAUNTS WITH VARYING CUISINE FROM AROUND THE WORLD IS JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
Or could it be that when we wreck our car that emergency services show up to provide services to help all, and even send a helicopter to take you to the hospital.
Perhas you are one of the 70% 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, at home watching any of your flat screen tv's, a burglar or prowler intrudces, 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 neigborhood free of bombs or militias raping and pillaging the residents. Neighborhoods where 90% of teenagers own cell phones and computers.
How about the complete religious, social, and political freedoms we enjoy that are the envy of the world?
Maybe that is what has 67% 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 US, 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. We could still live in Europe, Africa, or China etc.
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 measley 31% approval Rating? Is this the same president who guided the nation during the dark hours after 9/11? The president who 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 of 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 that you couldn't take a look around you 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' toled 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 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 the flat out discontent in the minds of 69% 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 orffer what sells, and when criticized, try to defend their actions in one way or another. Just ask why they tried to allow a murderer like O.J. Simpson 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 every day by the media. Shut off the tv, burn newsweek, and use the NY times for the bottom of your birdcage. Then start being grateful for all we have as a country. There is exponenetially 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, tornadoes, fires out of control, mud slides, floods, 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