However, if one does not pick up the paper and not turn on the television, iPhone/laptop/etc.......and just go outside and smell the roses......take a drive across the USA....one quickly comes to the conclusion America is still as great as it ever was.

The media and all other communications devices only portray a microcosim of what is taking place at any given time.....and unfortunately what is delivered is highly distorted by the minority, special interest group and partisan messages amplified by the main stream media.

Most of what folks believe or talk about is not first hand knowledge. And most is usually parroting of today's headlines.

America is better than the headlines portray.....for now.

There is no doubt about the ongoing demoralization of America.....the ongoing loss of core values.....the ongoing attacks on the roots of America (the good and the bad)....and fueling and allowing it all a very distorted American minority that wins too many issues due to the all consuming permissiveness of the few.

Is the America of today better than it was 50 years ago?
Technologically yes. Morally and spiritually and heritage/historical roots and values wise.....NO and decaying.