I seldom put anything of interest on here, but I'm seriously worried about a land that I call home. A land that I am not living in because of my husband's job. It terrifies me to what I will find when we get our next assignment back in the United States of America. I've been visiting this great nation for a few months now while we tackled health issues that could not be addressed in Chile. In the few short years that we have been gone it is absolutely frightening how this nation has slid down that slippery slope.

The old story goes: Put a frog in a pot of boiling water and turn up the heat gradually. He won't notice he is being cooked alive until it is too late. We as a nation are "the frog" and society as a whole is "the pot of boiling water." It will soon be too late for us, it will soon be all over. When you are in the middle of the pot, it is hard to see the steam rising all around you. But, the bubbles are there, popping here, popping there, quickly darting up and down in the water before you can scarce turn around to notice them. They are there, just too fast to do anything about them.

How about we dowse the fire that is causing the heat? How about we take out some of the burning embers? How about we add back in some ice to cool things off a bit and restore some order to the water before it all boils right over!

This is why I wrote this post on Facebook. I don't know if anyone will ever even read it. But, I hope it will help others see that This Nation Is Not Normal! It Is Not Progressing in a Positive Direction. We need to all band together to work towards taking our Country, our Freedoms, our Sense of Self-Pride Back and putting it on a Better Course. Thank You.

911 - What is your emergency? Isn't that interesting that it was also chosen as THE DAY for America's Greatest Emergency? I don't think this was just random chance. Our most valiant Emergency Workers - Lost - in a matter of a few minutes trying to save ordinary citizens. Terrorists making a mockery of a system that was put in place to HELP others, and it ultimately took the rescuers' lives. Every time we are in trouble, all we have to do is call 911. We have trained personnel running to help us. The terrorists tried to destroy that assurance, that helping attitude. After the attacks, America pulled together as never before, neighbor helping neighbor, WITHOUT being asked. Sadly, we have forgotten what the terrorists were trying to achieve. We are destroying the system from within our own country with attacks on our own rescue workers, the police. The terrorists are winning without lifting a finger. We cannot let this happen. 911 stands for a lot more than "What is your emergency?" It needs to stand for America being united anything that can divide and conquer this great nation. It needs to stand for Never Letting It Fall.