For the majority of our adult lives, most of us have spent our days, months and years believing that the United States and its system of governing and leadership, would almost always make wise choices to keep its citizens safe and continue to lead the country so, "... that (our) government of the people, by the people,  (and, especially) for the people, shall not perish from the earth".   We believed this during the sometimes violent protests of the 60's and early 70's.  We believed it so much so, that we deserved the label of the Silent Majority, content to let our leadership, whomever it was each time, to light and 'right' the way.  Since then, however, our leadership has failed us. 

They have steadily and persistently grown farther and farther apart in their ideologies, digging their heels in deeper and deeper to a point where today, they are at polar extremes, with only a vast wasteland of confused, disappointed and fearful citizens between them.   And, with almost nothing in view from either side, that they could comprehend moving towards in the duty to country and humanity. 

Socialists and Tea Party extremists, ignoring the fact that a large majority of its people are neither!   Both extremes trying to appeal to enough of the fringe groups, yell the loudest, lie the wildest in the hope they can sway enough votes their way with fear, false promises under false pretenses and, and bribery.  Both parties.  Both ways.  The result?   The citizens of our country, Americans, are split, confused, many are angry and increasingly polarized.  A house divided.  And, it's not going to get better by anyone staying silent any longer.  It's only going to get worse unless we, me and you and enough of us say, "Enough!"    How much worse, you ask?   Well, I wouldn't check my imagination in the answer to that question....