Selling America

My mom used to say, many years ago, "this country is going to hell in a hand bucket". I never really understood what she meant by that but I do now. I'm sure she's turned over in her grave more times than I can count. The government is slowly but surely taking control of everything we have and do; what we eat, how we raise our children, how we choose to worship...etc. When will it end? When they turn us into a communist country?
The airports have gone insane with the security measures they've implemented. Here's a clue for you all: Take a lesson from Israel and Britian, the two top security forces in the world. They don't resort to full body scans and "pat-downs". And they profile! Imagine that! This country is so afraid of offending anyone that they would NEVER profile. But GB and Israel manage to catch their would-be terrorists without resorting to what we've resorted to so they must be doing something right.
The latest story I've just recently read about that's driven me to the brink of insanity is how our country is being sold out from under us. The parking meters in Chicago belong to the Arabs? The Pennsylvania Turnpike has been offered for sale to the Arabs? There are others; the Chicago skyline, a stretch of highway in Florida, parking meters in Nashville, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles and other cities, a port in Virginia...for what? Oil? Why is our government (most notably our banks, which, as I'm beginning to see is true, owns our government anyway) selling America piece by piece? But the price of oil and gas keeps going up and up? Meanwhile, these Arab countries are not only getting the money from the sale of fuel but now they're also getting money from parking meters and toll booths all over the country? Are we fools?
A town in Massachusetts has recently tried passing a law that non-citizens will be allowed to vote. Does it not state in the Constitution that only CITIZENS are allowed to vote in our elections? Would we be allowed to vote in their elections if we held a Green card, or whatever they call it in their country? What's wrong with this country? What's wrong with us for allowing this to happen?

My mother was right. We're going to hell in a hand bucket. And I think we've finally hit bottom.