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feel that far too often we Americans don’t want to take an active role in government as long as it doesn’t affect us directly. We have increasingly become a nation of people that could care less about legislation and how it could affect other people as long as it might benefit them. I do not feel that it is wise to blindly follow anyone, and that goes double for our elected leaders, especially those of the liberal persuasion who continually pit one group of Americans against another in the name of political gain. Our country is far from perfect, but at one time I believe that the virtues of honesty and integrity were much stronger than they are today. Whether we want to admit it or not our country was founded upon the Judeao Christian belief system. I thought it was very inappropriate when, while doing a story, the NBC network edited the phrase of “ONE NATION UNDER GOD” from the Pledge of Allegiance that children were reciting.

With all of the problems such as the national debt, crime, etc., that we are currently experiencing, all of us need to have a change of attitude and start to try to understand how it would be to walk in someone else’s shoes. I feel that the idea of America is greater than a group of people running to the public trough like a bunch of pigs when the slop is dumped into their feed trough. All of us have the responsibility to work towards a better and more civil society.

Recently I was impressed with the courage of a lady shopping at her local Wal-Mart who witnessed a trio of individuals stealing cases of beer from the store. By herself she confronted the individuals, and due in large part to her actions, the criminals was apprehended by the police. Granted the lady was taking a chance of personal injury, during an interview she said that she was tired of going to going to her local Wal-Mart and not feeling safe while shopping. She went on to say that if we want to take this country back it is our duty as citizens to do it.

I do not advocate that everyone take it upon ourselves to confront every lawbreaker when we see a crime being committed, but we can provide information to the proper authorities and make sure they act upon the information.  We Americans were never intended to sit back in a corner and simply accept what our elected leaders dictate to us; we must start putting more faith in ourselves and be willing to wear another person’s shoes.