Information gap

Our country has traditionally not condoned torture, because any rational person understands that people will say anything if they are in enough pain, but secret torture was used during Bush's presidency and under the Patriot act even citizens could be denied due process.

Someone talks to unseen spirits and rational human beings become leery. When spirits talk back, labels appear, schizophrenic, disturbed. Unless these spirits are related to religious characters. Then, for some reason it is seen as holy.

Separation of church and State was honored until 1954 when Eisenhower added, "under God" to our Pledge of Allegiance.  Normally many of our legislators are less concerned with God than with the highest bidder, but if a distraction is needed they can find God!

Now we have private prisons where poor people, racially profiled people and children are sent for things that would be a simple traffic ticket, or school detention in the past..

One of our presidential candidates has openly said hateful things about all manner of minorities and not only has he not been charged with hate crimes, people are willing to put the fate of our country in his hands.

I read where cognitively challenged people like him because he makes the scapegoats clear so they know who to hate and the wealthiest like him because, well because he is their Republican candidate! I think they feel insulated from the havoc he might wreak if he is elected. After all the last Republican president was easily handled.

The news channels keep the pot boiling because that is their part in this game of greed where money speaks louder than truth.

Never since the signing of our constitution has our foundation been so riddled with obscenities, fired off by well paid raconteurs and embraced lock, stock and barrel by people who are so ill informed.