I’m scared.  America used to mean the land of the free.  We were proud of our Constitution and Bill of Rights.  We stood when hearing our National Anthem.  We held our hands over our hearts and pledged our allegiance to the flag.  We aired our differences with vigorous debate and peaceful protests.  No, we did not and still do not, all think alike.  But, that has always been one of the fundamental principles that made us American.  Churches, mosques, synagogues, and temples appear side by side in many cities.  People worship in different faiths but still joined together as friends and colleagues.  This was not that long ago.

And no, we are not perfect but today, our rights are being eroded.  What has happened to free speech?  Conservative values are being put down as racist, misogynist, homophobic, xenophobic.  The far left in this country dominates most media outlets so we are inundated daily with damaging, rigid, radical ideology.  Christians are being demonized.  We cannot speak out for what we believe in unless we lean left.  Look at what happens on college campuses.  If a conservative speaker is invited, the left stages demonstrations causing security issues so they, the conservatives, many times, are silenced.

We find there has been an extreme abuse of power under the Obama White House using an unverified document to listen in on conversations of Trump campaign aides.  What about the clear bias shown against President Trump by high-ranking members of the FBI and the Department of Justice? What about the double standard applied when lying is a crime if you are Republican (Flynn) but not if you are Democrat (Clinton, Comey, Clapper, McCabe)?

And most importantly, why is it that mainstream media has abandoned its journalistic integrity in favor of not only partisanship but also extremely divisive rhetoric?  Scary times.