Agree. Fascist liberals taken over the media, the schools, and now the government. Defeat the wackjobs of the far left.

America has never been a great idea. Even when we first moved here, we killed Indians and took their land, all in the name of "the American Dream".

Good question. The last couple of decades have turned this country into a political and politically correct train wreck waiting to happen.

I agree it's the biogoted bible thumping conservatives that refuse to stop acting like 4 year olds and prevent our country from standing for liberty and justice FOR ALL. Not just those that go to church.

We need a new generation of thinkers that can bring new, smarter ideas to the table that take into account where we are going and where we want to be... not just to make sure the next quarter is profitable.

Agreed. I don't anything can be done. Our nation is fundamentally flawed. Instead of a "Bill of Rights", our Constitution should have been written with a "Bill of Rights and Social Responsibilities." The concept of personal rights without personal responsibility has led to a sense of entitlement that may never be reversed. What strikes me as particularly strange is that the people who screech the loudest about their Constitutional rights always seem to be the least familiar with the Constitution itself.

Disagree. Yes we are corrupt, and have a lot of problems to sort out, but I'd still rather live here. And the founding fathers had their own share of problems so...I mean they're almost mythical the way they're described. It's the way it transpired like it or not that's history and we're creating our own now. "Defeat the wackjobs of the far left" -Cowboy. This is not helping the country and sums up everything I believe about the Right. All they care about is winning. I had a roommate from Kansas who voted for Bush his second term so he could say, "his guy beat our guy." All I ever hear from the 3 fat men Rush, O'Reilly, and Beck is winning. When you did win, yeah you won...then drove the country into the ground. Now you lost so shut up and take it.

I agree, we have lost much of the original ethos. I'm not sure anything can be done to actually change it, because we are all picking each other's pockets through taxes and tax breaks and special programs and such-like. . "What's good for M&M enterprises is good for the country" - Milo Minderbinder in 'Catch-22'

As you see by other respondants the key is divided we fall. With exception to possibly 8 single issues most americans are moderate on issues, or at least willing to listen. The problem is that leaders choose the most volatile issues to campaign on and backburner the real changeable things. By putting citizens at odds with one another they villify their oppossition and over simplify the campaign. The issues most of us should look are possibly these: Health Care, Economy, Schools, Energy, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security.If you notice these are Presidential Cabinet positions and are in serious turmoil right now. What is being argued about most: Abortion - a single citizen issue, Gun control - a single Citizen issue, Immigration - a single citizen issue, Prayer/Intelligent design - a single citizen issue. These issues are things that should be dealt with on smaller levels, not nationally. Utah due to its founders and peoples have chosen a particular cirriculum and proceed peacefully. Broad National change would effect them when it shouldn't, because collectively it works well in that state. But huge national change should not disrupt states as they are. State issues should be dealt with at that level. Single person issues are not served by broad national change. My best example is if your car is stolen whom do you contact, FBI, National Guard, or state and local police. Some issues seem very big because they are personal to you, but for campaigns for national politics they should not be of primary concern. The well being of all is fundamental. Will you care about what other citizens beliefs on an issue are if you are broke or sick, how about if a disaster hits again, will you care what he does in his home? Issues are important, but the correct issues should be debated on their true scale, big issues that effect all the citizens and smaller issues that effect some of the citizens. Thank you for you time.

I would have to agree and the next generation is a bunch of video game playing simpletons with no job skills. As a result they will be stupid fat and lazy just like from animal house.

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The problems used to be within our boundaries, and manageable if we so truly desired, but I fear that the outide world has collectively and indivually outgrown us in all of the essential avenues. No, any TWO countries, non-superpowers could either defeat or bankrupt us with a war..and wars have a history of spreading with "mutual aid" agreements. We cant fix what is now broken..we no longer own, nor control the problem.

Strongly agree. I think we need to undo the damage that the uber-Right has done already and then do what we can to prevent extremists of either side from gaining control. Also, I would like to see something that many may call socialism; give the bottom 80% of Americans at least 10% of the money. I have no problem with people being rewarded for hard work and all, but I would like to see the less lucky but equally hard-working people have at least enough money to live indoors and eat on a regular basis.. and maybe even see a doctor once in a while. Try spending four months in the ICU without insurance. See how long you can pay your mortgage after one job lays you off and the other forces you to retire. Not a good way to treat a veteran, eh? Well, according to our current philosophy, it is ENTIRELY fair! We also have to do something about voter apathy. Last election was a record turnout and yet barely over half of eligible voters hit the polling stations. Other nations consider anything less than 75% turnout to be lazy yet we regularly have <50%. More people vote for American Idol than for American President. WTF?! And maybe education would be a good thing. We improve our grades by lowering our standards. If a school fails to meet certain standards, we cut their funding and make the kids dumber. Most schools are more concerned with teaching to the test than educating their students, and one of the first things to go is history. Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. Why does history matter? Well, our founding fathers were not born yesterday; it's been well over two centuries since they last walked the Earth. How can we even know what they said or did or intended if we do not study history? And maybe we should be a little less elitist and arrogant. If you think we are so great then let us see how well we can do with zero imports. If you feel our nation is so great that we are ENTITLED to just take what we want, then Sig Heil! We need to be good neighbors and work on getting along with the rest of the world, and that means getting rid of our hyper-inflated egos. There are *so* many things wrong with our nation as it stands that we may be better off just knocking it all down and starting from square one; the US Constitution. The document that our forefathers wrote, that our politicians are sworn to serve, and that our military has spilled a lot of OUR (soldiers and sailors are Americans too) own blood to defend.

New thinkers, old thoughts. Classical liberalism/libertarianism.

Yes; the founding fathers couldn't possibly have percieved the effects The Great World War and post-industrial consumerism would have on the nation; and there's not really anything we can do, since the collective will go on evolving regardless of it's individual parts to the tune of those sociopathic overlords with armies of people who somehow can see a part of the 'big picture', and use it to make America a bloated, corrupt poor facsimile of what a bunch of Bentham-thumping rebels thought would make for a good country.

Our forefathers are rolling in their graves. . Our current president is determined to turn this country into a banana republic. . Obama believes that it is unfair for the US to a great nation.

I think the US is still fundamentally OK. BUT, the federal government is absolutely bloated, corrupt and a poor facsimile of what the Founders intended.

I agree. Solution: Obliterate capitalism and remove all Zionist politicians from our government.