What next?

With the recent terrorist attack on an American Embassy, one can only wonder what the future holds.  When are these acts going to become common place here?  Who's to blame?  Today's technology has created a monster in the form of information saturation, and many of us are stumbling around mumbling WTF?  The "left" tells us one thing and the "right" tells us the exact opposite.  Are truth and accuracy gone forever, has the bloated elitism caught up with the mass media?  Oh hell yeah, but how do we press the reset button?

As a conservative independent, I try to gather enough information from a variety of sources to make an "intelligent" decision.  Thing is, it's getting harder and harder to do.  I firmly believe that all of the reporting being done today is opinion based, rather than fact based. Who do we trust, who can we trust?  Everyone has an agenda.  I don't like to be skeptical every minute of each day, but how can you not you not be?  Also, as strong as I believe and support the 2nd amendment, I have to wonder how much the gun and ammunition manufacturers contribute to fear mongering.  I think our country sold out to greed?

The fix.  My personal belief is "live and let live", to each their own. However, in order to maintain some civility, we have to have boundaries.  We need to have laws and we need to follow our constitution.  Checks and balances if you will.  The bottom line, no pun intended, is to vote with your dollars. That is the only effective way to make a statement and everyone has skin in the game.  If anything, recent activities making news such as the "Chick Filet" boycott by the GLBT, caused quite a stir.  Seems nearly everyone had an opinion.  Then there was the blow back by the guy in the drive-thru, attacking the Chick Filet employee.  Can you see my point?  I guess it goes to show that the the court of public opinion, while being one fickle bitch has some serious repercussions.

If you honestly do not see the issues that are destroying this country, I question your intelligence.  Don't be stupid and stick your head in the sand.  That's a good way to get your ass kicked.

From Texas