Why I'm Scared for America
My Army days were in the mid-90s from 1993 to 1997. Back then, I didn’t care whether my battle buddy was Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal. I bet the soldiers out there still don’t. Why in the world would we be so divided because of politics? What has happened to America? We fight among ourselves and in some instances while the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. I feel like so much of the world is trying to divide us when we agree on many things. Think about it. What issues do you really have with your friends? Are they issues you could meet in the middle on? I bet there are more than any of us think. Yet politicians and the mass media seem to tell us otherwise. Don’t you have Republican friends that you agree with? Democrat friends that you agree with? On something? I became a Democrat when I was in college at a small liberal arts school in southwest Oklahoma. I had plans to become a Republican because I w...