On Mar 31, 1:51=A0pm, "This is your brain on Fox News."
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> On Mar 31, 5:23 am, trippin-2-8-track <rottedHo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Very interesting perspective by Jay Leno...
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> > 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!! He may be a comic, but he has his head on straight.
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> > Jay Leno wrote this; it's the Jay Leno we don't often see....
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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,
> > 2/3's 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 are we
> > so unhappy about?'' =A0Is it that we have electricity and running
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> > 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?
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> > Is our unhappiness the result of having air conditioning in the summer
> > and heating in the winter?
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> > Could it be that 95.4 percent of these unhappy folks have a job?
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> > 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?
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> > Or possibly the hundreds of clean and safe motels we would find along
> > the way that can provide tem****ary shelter?
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> > I guess having thousands of restaurants with varying cuisine from
> > around the world is just not good enough.
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> > 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.
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> > This all in the backdrop of a neighborhood free of bombs or militias
> > raping and pillaging the residents. =A0Neighborhoods where 90 percent
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> > 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? =A0 Maybe that is
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> > 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? =A0Could 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? =A0Did 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 your self 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? =A0Say 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 cor****ations. 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!
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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 people 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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> Jay Leno is a Republican tool. =A0He's a multimillionaire and isolated
> from the real America. =A0Also, he hasn't been funny for over twenty
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As compared to those isolated Democrat millionaires, John Kerry, Ted
Kennedy, Hillary & Bill Clinton, et. al. ??
your post is pointless- millionaires don't hang out with blue collar
people, for the most part
so what
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