My oh my

Today my wife found a blog from a friend of hers ,she suggested I start one I will either like it or not, we'll see. I guess I'll kick it off with a brief thought: I have observed people for 23 years and got paid for it the U.S. Government paid me "no substantial money" to do it. I have enjoyed travel courtesy of the same. I realize that people" all over this big blue marble floating apparently aimlessly through our galaxy", are more alike than different . I only see the difference of Governments they come and go even in my brief time here.
History is replete with the rise and fall of empire it seems there is a finite time they last. A pattern of the Rise-Decline-Fall! I see things happening , have been a part of them (magical moments in time). Every self appointed soothsayer predicting these things are always wrong excepting Biblical examples . I see some strange parallels of late though.
Those brief magical moments have been good and bad experiences where time feels elongated. I savor that instant and wring it for all the happiness, sorrow, and terror it has brought me. The complete miracle of the birth of my Son, the joys of life with my wife. The pain of injury , sorrow of death drawn out or instant.The loneliness of separation, and joy of reuniting with family and Country. I know some things, there is a reason and a method to my existence:"SERVICE", to my God, Family, and Country bring me meaning.There have been times all of those listed have failed me in some way; did I notice, yes! I did not get bitter or resentful. That is the heat that forges and tempers the balance of life, adversity.
We Americans are a positive lot ,I have seen it we have that Yankee ingenuity and the can do nothing will stop us attitude for the most part. I have been disturbed of late my countrymen exercising their constitutional rights to tear this country down. I have been there and done that to protect them, to be able to do that with all my support to that right even when I have disagreed without being disagreeable.
I do worry for this nation not because of finance, even though I believe we will have a major issue. Caused by our unrestrained spending trying to stop our inevitable depression. It is the lack of respect and courtesy for other Americans rights Life,Liberty and pursuit of happiness.It started with our disdain for every leader since the 60's. We have lost the ability to critical thought schools from k - college teach more useless feel good classes and the bell curve is totally lopsided. Professors more worried about socialist agendas that have failed every where they have been tried.
People so full of distrust that they believe 9/11 was a Government hit. Government so full of distrust of it's people it wants to disarm them. It has become a self licking ice cream cone. I remember in the 80's it was exciting change had occurred I went to a very diverse school. During hunting season even in the burbs of Columbus Ohio I would drive to school following the laws of weapons transport and storage.The deputy assigned to our school would make sure it was unloaded and give you the warning not to get in your car till going home time. Now its quite different we have mystified weapons beyond the tool use, by the media and politics and are reaping the rewards of kids wanting to do purely evil things to each other.We have cracked down so much on our kids they can't get into a stress relieving dust up with an instigator with bare hands so it builds up.Most of my High school friends started in a fistfight after school win or lose.
In closing I just wanted to sound the alarm of my sons development is being retarded by the people who claim they "know" best. I just want to know where is the adversity ? It is vital to teach life not being fair, corporal punishment for incorrect action instead of life ruining criminal paperwork, and the natural development of a man instead of femenized wimps. I have seen an amount of men not femenized mostly in the military, that is the same world wide.
See you next post ,maybe !