[Wonder Warthog]

"We all seem to share the feeling that our country has lost some of it's purpose."

It wasn't "lost". It was MURDERED by a coalition of leftists, united largely by their hatred of the US (and themselves). That coalition was fostered by the Communist ideology, and has outlived the state Communism that financed it--becoming self-supporting through "tax-exempt foundations" like the P-yew (Pew) Foundataion and similar.

Now they infest all parts of our educational system, brainwashing the new generations of minds. One can only hope that there will be a "generational backlash" against them and their "group-think", as their ascendancy was a generational backlash against the WWII one.

[hedgetrimmer]

It wasn't "lost". It was MURDERED by a coalition of leftists, united largely by their hatred of the US (and themselves). That coalition was fostered by the Communist ideology, and has outlived the state Communism that financed it--becoming self-supporting through "tax-exempt foundations" like the P-yew (Pew) Foundataion and similar.

This is the absolute truth! Question is, how do we turn this around and save our children, our progeny? How do we shame, goad, prod, encourage, force our government to 'git goin'"!