The good, the bad and the rest of us

The news is horrific.

We have become a nation of adolescents.

Name calling. Scapegoating. Testing the limits.

If the sign says no swimming, does it mean no wading?

If it's only a twenty minute crime is it less heinous than a thirty minute crime?

Should we pay people who won't do their job? I wanted to say dignitaries, but there is very little dignified about our political system anymore.

I understand that people are frustrated and angry and many are feeling powerless, but we are headed down some unprecedented and dangerous avenues. The very essence of our country's roots are being distorted to satisfy people who feel entitled because of money, power, or religion.

Digging in heels and refusing to cooperate can only go so far before reality steps in and the empty well cannot provide water that is not there. Then everyone dies of thirst, the rich, the poor, the good and the bad (whoever you think they are.)