Urban Legends(my pet peeve)

There is an email circulating that supposedly was written by Jay Leno.

After a little research, I found out that that email is actually an urban legend. The actual essay was written by Craig R. Smith on November 20, 2006. The original is still worth a read. http://commonsenselogic.blogspot.com/2007/10/jay-leno-email-is-urban-legend.html

He closes with this favorite quote:

B.C. Forbes in 1953:

''What have Americans to be thankful for? More than any other people on the earth, we enjoy complete religious freedom, political freedom, social freedom. Our liberties are sacredly safeguarded by the Constitution of the United States, 'the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man.' Yes, we Americans of today have been bequeathed a noble heritage. Let us pray that we may hand it down unsullied to our children and theirs.''

We should sit back and count our blessings for all we have. If we don't, what we have will be taken away.

Then we will have to explain to future generations why we squandered such blessing and abundance.

If we are not careful this generation will be known as the ''greediest and most ungrateful generation.'' A far cry from the proud Americans of the ''greatest generation'' who left us an untarnished legacy.