Speaking of core values, everyone of the nasty, degrading, outright lies, and distortion of fact emails I receive comes from someone representing the so-called right wing. Everyone. I am not saying that I do not received skewed information from the progressive and even 'liberal' wing but it does not contain the venom nor outrageous and calculated falsehood.

Speaking of core values, basic American values, why is it that those who use that term are satisfied that they can live in a country where they are free to practice those values. Why do they believe that they must enforce their values on everyone else. Forcing the moral system of one group upon all others is not an American value.

Those who view taxes as wealth taken from them by the government are often involved in practices that exploit the wealth of others through manipulation of information and government (the 'American Way'). The wealth of the middle class is gradually declining. That money is going somewhere. The wealth of the upper 1-5% is increasing. Is that a co-incidence? Or the reassertion of basic American values.