Re: Ungrateful Americans

"Horatio Fudruckerton" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:49:23 GMT, Patrik Henry <phenry@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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>>On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:35:30 -0400, Horatio Fudruckerton wrote:
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>>> Jay Leno wrote this; it's the Jay Leno we don't often see....
>>> '
>>
>>You really a gullible little neo-con, aren't you, Horatio?
>>
>>Leno only wrote the last sentence. That's it. One sentence.
>>
>>http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/hitnail.asp
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>>Keep drinking the cool-aid
>>
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> Regardless of who it was penned by, it was true. Tell me, just how
> is that drinking the kool-aid ? Do you deny the facts of the post ?

I didn't read the post, nor will I. It took me all of about 2 sentences
to realize Leno didn't write it. Über Reichtards like you have a
penchant for reading bull*** that anyone else with a room temperature
IQ or better would instantly recognize as bull***. That's why you're a
kool-aid drinker and always will be, Whoratio.

--
"So with that, I will not be reading anymore replies and taking the
political forums off my Usenet once and for all... Peace out. Enjoy your
loving enabling ways....
--Go Mavs, 4-04-2007



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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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So being the knuckle dragger I am, I started thinking, ''What we are
>>> 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 u
>>> 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?"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jay Leno
.

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