Just a Statement, Plain and Simple.

We are a selfish lot. Everyone knows that, at least after they think about it a bit. But what's great about this country is that it discovered a process whereby millions of selfish individuals can exist together, not just civilly but in a manner that revers the whole above the individual. This is not a minor thing.
Because you can't repeal selfishness, the balance must be right and when it is it nicely coexists and does little harm. For many it even manifests itself as, "for the good of all people." It's at the heart of what is often referred to as the American Experiment, which is aptly named because it shows the tentativeness of it's success.
For this experiment to keep working the vast majority of people in it have to continue to believe that it is a fundamentally fair system. The reason I can't stop thinking about the whole road to the White House thing we are currently enduring is that I believe our American experiment is in jeopardy.
The reasons are many but the evidence I find most disconcerting is that out of frustration, personal interest seems to be winning out over collective interest and this has been the case for some time. Fewer and fewer people find the system to be fair and an epidemic of cynicism has taken hold.
Of course the system can withstand a lot and even in the absolute best of times there are hordes of opportunists looking to exploit and prosper. So the balance must stay favorable or we risk everything.
It's my opinion that the stakes are as high as they have been in my lifetime.
This is why, in my own small way I attempt to decipher the truth in what I see and hear in all forms of the news and other reading and experience and put it here. Call it a kind of therapy if nothing else.
Finally, if you haven't noticed, I'm no longer in any way unclear as to what must happen to profoundly change our government. This is my most sincere hope. I find Senator Obama to offer the most promise for righting the ship among all the current Presidential candidates. Plain and simple