America turned upside down politically, economically, racially, morally, fiscally, and internationally

Are you better off than you were 14 trillion dollars ago?

- Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh
Thursday, October 13, 2011

The last three years have turned our country upside down politically, economically, racially, morally, fiscally, and internationally. I no longer recognize the U.S. that many citizens around the globe admired, aspired to emulate, dreamed to visit, owed their freedom to, and considered big brother in times of need, disaster, and danger.

We have lost the NASA space program and our leading edge in space. We are now left with renting a chair on the Chinese or Russian flights, we are the poor cousin who does not own a car and must pay for a ride.

The emotional and hollow “hope and change�