Clearing the Air

For those who are listening or watching, I need to clear the air. The last few months have been stressful at best. In August, I retired after 20 years of Active Duty, following a long line of family members who have served this nation honorably since the Civil War and the search for a job has been painful, to say the least. I am attending college in an effort to use the GI bill to keep my wife and I going. This has been frustrating at best.

My parents met at Shepherd Air Force Base while attending tech school there. I can think of no higher honor than to serve this great nation and hope to find work where that can continue. I hope one day, my future children and grandchildren will follow in my footsteps. I was raised in a household where I was taught to respect our nation's heritage and look to history to see where we are going. I was taught to love my homeland and to never betray it. I want nothing more than to see America prosper.

I have been venting these last few weeks because I believe we, as nation, have screwed some things up. I pray every night that things will take a peaceful turn and things will work out. I guess my debates about current events got a bit feisty but I would never betray or harm America- it is my home and I love it more than my life. We have a lot of issues we need to work through as a nation and it will take years to solve. I am not a threat to anyone- I am merely a man who hopes we can change things before they get worse. I am not a violent or extreme man, just a man who believes things are in a bad way right now. I looked to the writings of our Founders for both guidance and solace and then posted them for others to read. If this is extreme, to stand by one's beliefs in open and honest debate, I don't know what to say. I hope this clears things up for those who became concerned.