In my younger days, I had a lot of disdain for our country. From my perspective we were a corrupt nation, who bullied and crapped on other nations to get our best end result. I am not too sure if I was wrong back then (I believe I was and naive), but this world is a cutthroat place and at this time I am pleased to be a citizen of the U.S. - things are F'd up out there globally, and unfortunately, I do not think I want to ever leave this country concerning travel... Canada excluded. I believe us to be at a dead end with the Dems and Repubs. In my heart of all hearts, I wish a great amount of us citizens could unite and put aside our differences and really get the ball rolling on an alternative choice(s). We all have different belief systems and things we feel strongly about, but it would be great if people who have their heads on straight could come together and ignite the trail of gasoline to this glaring problem that has crippled our nation. Certainly, it would not come without repercussions, if we attack special interests, which should be done, it will hurt and our economy will suffer. Things need to be balanced out and that is a bump in the road I am willing to take. We need to be able to balance science, core beliefs and rationality, to come together and make the real "Change", that most of us think should be a given in our modern United States. I really believe we can be great again. Sorry about the soapbox BS, but I want this country to work well and for us citizens to have a chance that is worth a damn.