Kelly, we don’t know each other, so you’ll just have to trust me, if you will.  You’ve written an excellent post here, one that I can learn from even if I don’t agree with every point.  I totally agree that we all must be vigilant about our security, our government and our tax dollars.  You are correct, we no longer have the luxury to sit back while others make decisions about our lives.  You’re right about the money to the foreign banks.  You say that I go to extremes when I say ‘war with every country in the Middle East’…you’re right, that’s extreme, but I think saying that the Obamas hate America is a bit extreme as well.  Actually, I’ve lived in foreign countries and believe me, I know what Americans take for granted…gasoline in Europe was $3 a gallon 25 years ago.

I live in Texas also and taught school, as did my husband, so we are, always have been middle class, if that high.  We’ve always paid our way, paid for our children to go to college.  Now our pension fund has lost something like 60 billion dollars…the whole state teacher retirement fund, not just us.  We’ve paid our mortgage ourselves.  So there’s a glimpse of who is speaking…..which sometimes helps.  Now, war I’ll never agree with; although, the initial assault on Afghanistan, I supported.  I’ve spent time with kids returning from Iraq, spending weeks in a rehabilitation center.  We’re expending so much more than dollars.  The costs over there………..they lost a bundle of 20 billion dollars, no oneseems to know where it went; billion dollars a month to support troops; billions more to take care of them when they return(which we owe them, without question) that’s a separate budget, not part of the federal budget…where does that come from.  And Obama is sending troops to Afghanistan….a mission abandoned too quickly in the past.

I hope we can continue our discussions, Kelly.

Peace and grace