As this election season approaches,  I am saddened by how divided we have all become.  Friend against friend, when just after September 11 there was such a wonderful feel about America.  We were all united and standing tall against an outside enemy.  Unfortunately we have a lot of inside enemies that need this same "oneness" against them.  They are called greed, selfishness, non empathy towards one another, and failure to inform ourselves of truth.  We need to look at all sides of an issue and not follow blindly ANY leader or any News Organization.  We need to check our hearts and check our facts and act accordingly.  We need to learn to be responsible for ourselves and our families and plan accordingly.  We need to support charities and organizations that help out those less fortunate than ourselves.  A nation that relies solely on it's government is doomed to fail.  Government's very nature is never going to be individualized compassion.  We have to do the hard work.  We have to elect leaders that are doing things for us.......not themselves.
It sometimes is very hard to tell until it is too late.  That is why an informed voting populace is so important.
We need to go back to when public servants were just that.......they served their country for a given allotment of time and then let the next person serve.  Our government was never set up to house men
who made a career out of it.  Men who became so out of touch with the average person that he no longer could even go to a store for himself, pump his own gas, or write his own checks and balance a checkbook.  We are to blame for sending these men back each election.  Change is not always bad.  If you or I were doing a bad job at a particular career, we would find that out quickly by an employer or by our own bank account.  This is such a great country made up of so many diverse and wonderful people.  We need to go back to basics and find public servants who listen to us and make sure we come first.  Power corrupts so easily.  It is a potent aphrodisiac that can take hold like the strongest addictive drug.  This country now needs an "intervention" by it's very noble populace.  This is why we split away from Britain so many years ago.  We wanted freedom from an unfeeling, tyrannical government.  We wanted to be free to express our own beliefs and to stretch our own wings.  We believed we could do anything we set our minds to.  That is why so many flocked to this country to become American citizens.  We have lost that drive, that hunger and become complacent and reliant upon government to solve our problems.  We will always get the government we deserve if we let this complacency continue.  I do not want to give up on this country.  I do not like the government pitting neighbor against neighbor.  Use your wits, your heart, your brain, and vote your conscience.