Honestly, a fear of very bad times ahead, with no one real leader in which to turn. For me personally, (and I assume many others) there is a very unfortunate yet palpable disappointment in this Administration. And an even greater disappointment that borders on complete hopelessness toward Congress and local government. As Dennis Prager says: "There is a Dangerous party and a Stupid Party. And I'm a member of the Stupid party."
The world is surrounding us...and slowly choking us. China is preparing for confrontation, the Russians are up to no good, Europe is disintegrating, our borders remain unprotected, South America may fall to socialist/communist control, Islam is in near-full jihad mode... and while any one of 50,000 Freepers can see what is going on, these fools and bastards in Washington are too far removed, and have no clue how to attack the problem. The others want things to get worse, and hope (and are betting) that there is some semblance of America left when they get back in POWER--which is all they are worried about.
But while the donkeys attack and undermine the elephants, the islamic flies bite at the combatants, the Russian Bear waits patiently, the Chinese Dragon grows stronger, and the vultures circle above, waiting for either Donkey or Elephant to emerge from fighting each other too weak to fight again.
Good post, I share your views and I believe that tens of millions of other Americans would also agree.
I love this post because it is so true. Thanks.
Imho, you nailed it. The press has done its share to ignore the bigger picture as well, except when it lets them attack someone.