*Jay Leno on President Bush (Surprising)

[rdamurphy]

I noticed an awful lot of jay611's posts have disappeared, along with some of the quotes, too...

Erick, I can't argue with what you said. The issue, as I see it, is why did we drive them off in the first place? I've come up with a few ideas:

http://www.aflcio.org/

http://www.uaw.org/

http://www.teamsters.org/

http://www.nea.org/
http://www.democrats.org/
http://www.sierraclub.org/

Just a few suggestons...

Robert

[Erick_Cantu]

You know what I want to change? The service economy. I'm employed. It doesn't mean much when at my bare minimum living expenses (and I live very cheaply), I'll be broke in four months at 40 hours a week. I work a high stress, low pay job - just like most everyone else. I'm doing better than most, I'm management. I'd go somewhere else if someone else was hiring, unfortunately, I've been filling out applications for months. I'm working through temp agencies. Nobody is hiring.

As some people I know have found out, being a college grad doesn't help you either. You're still working a high stress low pay middle management job when you'd rather be working in a factory making money that doesn't have 'monopoly(TM)' printed on it.

We need manufacturing to come home. Hopefully high gas prices will take care of it, but I doubt it.

[chucksc]

While I'm stirring the pot!

Interesting Info and Tax Comparisons

A few points to remember and consider: You can verify the tax information at

http://money.cnn.com/news/specials/election/2008/index..html

(INTERESTING DATA JUST RECEIVED ON TAXES & PROPOSED CHANGES IN TAXES AFTER 2008 GENERAL ELECTION.)
Time to consider your pocketbook:

CAPITAL GAINS TAX

MCCAIN:
0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples). McCain does not propose any change in existing home sales income tax.

OBAMA:
28% on profit from ALL home sales

How does this affect you?

If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay 28% of your gain on taxes. If you are heading toward retirement and would like to down-size your home or move into a retirement community, 28% of the money you make from your home will go to taxes. This proposal will adversely affect the elderly who are counting on the income from their homes as par t of their retirement income.


DIVIDEND TAX
MCCAIN : 15% (no change)

OBAMA : 39.6%

How will this affect you?

If you have any money invested in stock market, IRA, mutual funds, college funds, life insurance, retirement accounts, or anything that pays or reinvests dividends, you will now be paying nearly 40% of the money earned on taxes if Obama becomes president. The experts predict that 'Higher tax rates on dividends and capital gains would crash the stock market, yet do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.'

INCOME TAX (find your bracket)
MCCAIN (no changes)

Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $31,250

OBAMA (reverse all tax cuts)

Single making 30K - tax $8,400
Single making 50K - tax $14,000
Single&n bsp;making 75K - tax $23,250
Married making 60K - tax $16,800
Married making 75K - tax $21,000
Married making 125K - tax $38,750

Under Obama, your taxes will more than double!

How does this affect you? No explanation needed. This is pretty straight
forward.

INHERITANCE TAX

MCCAIN 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax)

OBAMA Restore the inheritance tax

How does this affect you?

Many families have lost businesses, farms, ranches, and homes that have been in their families for generations& nbsp;because they could not afford the inheritance tax. Those willing their assets to loved ones will only lose them to these taxes.

NEW TAXES BEING PROPOSED BY OBAMA

New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than 2400 square feet.

New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren't high enough already)

New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity)

New taxes on retirement accounts, and last but not least....

New taxes to pay for socialized medicine so we can receive the same level of medical care as other third-world countries!!!

THE FOREGOING IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF. . . IT SHOULD MAKE YOU THINK BEFORE YOU CAST YOUR VOTE IN NOVEMBER.

[chucksc]

You saved me from looking it up on Snopes myself.

You mean Jay didn't say this?
My Gosh my talking points straight from the RNC (not) are wrong?

Given the politics of the person who sent it to me, I'm not surprised that it was inaccurate as to the original author....

No matter, I tend to agree with the sentiment.

FWIW - the much more interesting part to me is that stuff like this is circulating this early in the campaign season....
I guess given the activity of the Soros funded agitprop groups like Move on dot ORGY and Daily Kooks it was only a matter of time until the right fired back...

[shadowr434]

You saved me from looking it up on Snopes myself.

[Popeye]

Update:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/hitnail.asp

Mr.Craig R. Smith, real author of the piece

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53028

[Popeye]

Is there a link to Jay Leno's website or blog where this can be authenticated as coming from him? It sounds too pro-military and too anti-media for a comedian from Burbank. It sounds more like a wingnut penned it and signed Leno's name in order to draw Leno's popularity to what he wrote.


> Is it that we have electricity and running water 24 hours a
> day, 7 Days a week?


Thats not what has us two thirds of us unhappy. Its because our electricity had a habit of browning out because of changes in market speculation regulations, and our city water is loaded with pharmaceuticals ever since our government became our pusher.

[chucksc]

"
> No matter what your political convictions are this is
> eye opener.
>
> Jay Leno wrote this; it's the Jay Leno we don't often
> see....
>
> 'As most of you know I am not a President Bush fan, nor
> have I ever been, but this is not about Bush, it is
> about us, as Americans, and it seems to hit the mark.
>
> 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
> 2/3 of the citizenry just ain't happy and want a change. So
> being the knuckle d ragger I am, I started thinking, 'What
> are we 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 our cars and trucks 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 either.
>
> 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% 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% 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 appro val 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 'justify ing' 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!
>
> Turn 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 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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