Am I hallucinating? I can recall when America believed it could study, learn, develop skills, work hard and acquire wealth. I busied myself going to and fro, convinced I was making a difference and the results would be my future. Think your future is yours?

To the extent possible, I built wealth, thinking it was mine. Then the train hit me head on, POW! When I regained my senses, things were different.

What I once believed to be true and real was now false and unreal. What happened? Where’s our freedom? Are any of our possessions really ours? Do you have anything that can’t be taken away? So how can one explain away their awkward positions in today’s society? I claim hallucinating. What is true and real to you today?

As FDR said, “We don’t elect a president, we select a president.” That’s never been more apparent than in the process of the party primaries. So when perception becomes reality, realize that they have blurred the lines between reality and delusion. How clear is your vision?

Abraham Lincoln: “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.” The dog knows that, so shouldn’t we? Let’s just say no to the hallucinations of others.

Our Culture today has many groups struggling to have you believe their truths, and most often their opinions are hopelessly short of facts. This election cycle we are now in has become of significant importance to the future of the United States.

Bertrand Russel said, “A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgement based upon it.”