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04/25/2007 8:06 PM
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 2/3s 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 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 Please keep this in circulation. There are so many people that need to read this and grasp the truth of it all.

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04/25/2007 10:04 PM
It always makes me stop and take notice when people step outside of their normal style to make an important point. This reminds me of an article that Dave Barry wrote in September of 2001 about why people hated us enough to want to kill people just for being Americans and use are big, friendly jets as the instruments of death. It is important to stop every now and then and think about the good things in our lives. Things like peanut butter and passing lanes. [Edit: According to Snopes, Leno wrote the end of the essay here, but the bulk of it was written by another author. The entire original article can be found here.]

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04/29/2007 11:14 AM
Whoops! My mistake. Though I still like the message. This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows. To view this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55433 Sunday, April 29, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEDIA MATTERS WND column tied to Jay Leno now hot urban legend Commentary piece mistakenly attributed to 'Tonight' show host No. 4 on Snopes list -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: April 29, 2007 1:00 a.m. Eastern -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com Jay Leno When WND columnist and author Craig R. Smith wrote a commentary urging Americans to be more positive, he had no idea his piece would take on a life of its own, spreading wildly across the Internet as a monologue ascribed to Jay Leno and landing on Snopes.com as the fourth hottest urban legend. Now officials at NBC, after mistakenly threatening to sue Smith for plagiarism, are trying to sort out the story, with one assistant suggesting Smith come on the "Tonight" show as Leno's guest. Smith told WND that since January, not a single week has gone by in which he hasn't received at least five e-mails about the column. One friend, unaware of the true author, wrote to Smith an enthusiastic "you-gotta-read-this" e-mail with the piece attached. "I got a belly laugh out of that one," Smith said. "I've had my own friends send it to me saying, I didn't know Jay was this conservative." (Story continues below) Smith, CEO of Swiss America, is co-author of "Black Gold Stranglehold: Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil," published by WND Books. In the November 2006 column, Smith writes about a Newsweek poll indicating 67 percent of Americans are unhappy with the direction the country is headed. He encourages readers to "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." The most common form of the viral e-mail replaces Smith's conclusion, a quote from Malcolm Forbes, with a line from a Leno monologue: "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?" Leno's riff actually was made in October 2005, a year before Smith wrote his column. Leno was talking about the emotional climate in America, Snopes says, shortly after Hurricane Katrina and amid fears of terrorism and bird flu and a national debate about the Pledge of Allegiance and its reference to "under God." Craig R. Smith By March, the original piece had been altered through multiple e-mail forwards, with the closing paragraphs removed and Jay Leno's joke appended to the end. Inserted at the beginning was the line "Jay Leno hits the nail on the head," giving the mistaken impression the entire piece was written by the entertainer. Smith said he first became aware something had happened to his column in January when a WND reader wrote him saying he had just seen it on a blog, credited to the blogger. Smith wrote to the blogger, who immediately replied with an apology, saying he had seen it in an e-mail and thought it had no author. The WND columnist then did some Internet searches and discovered at least a dozen instances in which someone had misrepresented his piece. He began e-mailing the people responsible. One replied with an expletive, retorting, in effect, "Who are you to tell me not to copy something written by Jay Leno?" That was the first Smith had heard of the Leno connection, and before long, that version was all over the Internet. Smith said he contacted Leno's "Tonight" show office and was told NBC, in fact, had been hit with a flood of e-mails and some phone calls about the column. Within the next day, Smith's office received a call from the network's legal department instructing him to remove the article from his website, thinking he was running a column that plagiarized Leno. Smith's publicist explained the situation to NBC, politely informing the network it had the situation backwards. An NBC attorney acknowledged the mistake, noting Leno himself was aware of the viral e-mails. Smith said he was given an unofficial invitation Tuesday by an NBC assistant to be a guest on the "Tonight" show, explaining Leno makes the final decisions. But Smith's agent, Ed Lubin, told WND a guest appearance isn't likely, as officials close to Leno still seem confused about what actually happened. Lubin said he tried to explain the situation to one NBC official, who kept saying, "You know, we could sue you." After 40 minutes of trying to explain Snopes.com and other intracacies of the story, Lubin said he gave up and ended the conversation. WND spoke with Leno's assistant but was referred for comment to NBC's publicity department, which has not replied. Smith told WND the story points to the amazing power of the Internet. "This thing has taken on a life of its own," he said, noting Friday he had just received another notification of his column running on a mass e-mail list. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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