What is wrong?

    I haven't written in a while because there is just to much in this world going on.  I can't keep up.  It has just been so overwhelming.  There is just no way one person can make sense of all this mess.

    I have been keeping up with all that has been going on with politics and hoping that we all make the right decision when it comes to election day.  I hope that just because you don't like either candidate that you stay home and not cast your vote.  This election is so critical to everyone.  Not only for the older Americans, but, for the generation that is coming up.  So, I hope that everyone puts their feelings of like or dislike aside and vote for the one who they think will do the best job for the future of our country.

    I have watched how dirty not only the politicians have gotten, but, the news media and social networks.  It made me wonder how we got to the point that if you don't agree with someone's political view then you are a racist, etc.  The name calling and reports of threats is just out of control.

    It made me question, has our government caused this?  Have we caused this? Or, is it a combination of both?  Personally the division we are seeing in this country, I believe is Both.   Some of us were raised to believe in our government and what they told us.  After all, it is their job to look after us.  We were told and we believed.  We did not question.  Maybe we should have.  Maybe we should now.

    Where our country is headed right now is not a good place.  Our freedoms and liberties have been slowly taken away from us for years by both parties.  Now our entire way of life is being threatened.  I have seen so many people being attacked verbally, and sometimes even physically for speaking their opinions.  Why can't we just respect each others opinions and even give them some consideration?  Maybe they are right in their beliefs and maybe we are wrong.  Maybe, there is a place in the middle.  With all the attacks on someone speaking their opinions, what are we teaching our children?  Are we teaching them to be bullies, because someone doesn't agree with their beliefs?

    We are all passionate about our beliefs, but, we should all respect each other and not disrespect someone for their beliefs or their thoughts.  A lot of us have done that, including me, and it really needs to stop.

   When Clint Eastwood spoke at the RNC National Convention and said "I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we -- we own this country. We -- we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours."  He was spot on.  I think some of us have forgotten that.