I want to begin by saying that I am an American born and raised on Long Island

I want to begin by saying that I am an American born and raised on Long Island, New York. I also want to say that I love this country not that I need to reaffirm that or that I am insecure, but there are many Americans that wear the patriotic American costume and appear to be patriotic Americans, but they really aren't. I am sure that some people will read this and get angry that I am questioning their patriotism to which I say grow up and if the shoe fits, wear it. I don't intend to target any specific person, but I DO intend to highlight some issues that threaten the very foundation that the United States is built on. I suspect that the stronger the objection to what I have to say the more sensitive the nerve I have struck is. I am not writing this to make friends.

I was born in the early 1960's and I grew up with the cold war, the Vietnam war and the big lie of the hippie generation. I have to admit that as a young person I trusted people and that people had mine and America's best interest in mind. As an adult I learned that many people are really very selfish did not have either mine or Americas best interest in mind. Fairytales are very nice and most people would like to live in a utopian paradise and a utopian society was advertised everywhere, on the television, in the music, in print and much more.

Now after 40 years it is obvious to some people that the great American social experiment failed miserably. Fairytales are great for young children and many adults too, but they are not real and can never be made real. Many people, even ones that appreciate fairy tales and long to live in utopia, have matured and understand that the great American social experiment failed.

The founders of the United States understood that the freedom that was hard won and paid for with the blood of many is also an ongoing fight that is threatened constantly.

The biggest threat of all that the American people will face is from the government and that is the primary reason why I believe the 2nd. amendment about gun ownership was added. The founding fathers understood that government has a basic desire to control it's people and total control requires that the general population must be disarmed. If the government is the only entity to possess weapons then total domination of the people is possible. The founding fathers were not in any way advocating violence and it designed a country to be run by the people and they wanted it to stay that way.

The founding fathers of the United States also did not want the U.S. government to impose its will on the people by owning all the property. They limited government's authority to seize personal property for PUBLIC purposes only and they must pay a FAIR price for it.

This is not the country that the founders and many other people fought and died to build and maintain. That is the reason why America seems to be dysfunctional. The Supreme court and many of the lower courts took an oath to uphold the constitution of the United States and its rulings must be based on the constitution, NOT on foreign law or contrived U.S. constitutional law and if a U.S. foundation can't be found then the option exists to refuse review or recommend that congress pass a U.S. law.

It would be nice to live in a utopian world where everything is perfect, but that world does not exist. Also America is a resident of the world neighborhood. A rather large and strong resident, but a resident nonetheless. Like in a real neighborhood not all families are the same and they should not be. Each family's circumstance is different and looking to other families for some guidance is fine, but a complete copy is wrong. On the other hand expecting every other family in the neighborhood to copy your ways is also very wrong. America must find its own way and not feel bad about it.

American rights are going going gone