I'm the original poster from a couple of days back. Haven't been back to check since responding to the goofball in post #2. Gotta say I'm very proud of the vast majority of fellow posters on this thread who "get it"--the nation & the Western values we hold dear are under grave assault from within and from without now. You folks sense it, too. Thus, there is hope.

We've decided that it's time for us to engage, for the first time. We love TV and the lifestyle it's afforded us these past 2+ years here. But it's heartbreaking for us to know that the chances of our kids & grandkids to have such a retirement are virtually nil, given all the fiscal madness & the various threats we face now. I almost cannot look them in the eye, knowing how my generation is "blowing it".

I know better, yet I do little to nothing about it. We've got criminals in charge & they're getting away with monstrous acts of commission AND omission. Both parties, BTW. Enough. We're going to start by trying to liberate the shrinking number of Syrian Christians, and go from there. At their peak, they numbered 2 million. Now it's 400K. That's all that are left, and they're under hellish threat. The US won't accept them here! Meanwhile our State Dept is bringing entire Somali (Muslim) families over here and dropping 'em in Minneapolis. (Gee, how might that manifest down the road, I wonder?)

Anyway, on to AL. We'll pray for guidance on the next best steps. It's very late in America, perhaps too late. But we'll at least go down fighting. Very proud to be among you patriotic Villagers!