I don't quite understand why this is such a shock to so many. America was built to be only as strong as her people, here people have been dropping the ball since the start. Time has its way of catching up and thus it has but what more can anyone expect, or better yet what do you want?
How many here want it both ways? How many hold such disdain for the impoverished suckling from the tit of the goverment and yet those very same stand by the mail box waiting for their own?
How many rail that liberty and freedom are god given rights that nobody can take away and yet will with one vote destroy someone elses liberty and freedom because they don't agree with it on a religious or philosophic level?
How many weep for the loss of the unborn and scream for the death of others?
Is your poverty more important that others? Does your freedom hold more weight? Does life have different values based on where you live and what culture dictates your values?

Either our republic was made strong enough to endure this test or fate will run its course, in either respect I have long since given up on the idea that I can make a difference...