Today, America’s governing ideologies are so diverse that it is hard to believe they evolved from a small group of individual pilgrims with one simply objective – freedom of religion without government rule.

Those founding principles are under attack, we see groups trying to change our freedom of speech, our right to bear arms, even our laws of citizenship.

Other groups and organizations are trying to change even the freedoms and opportunities for which our forefathers died, as well as trying to eliminate the necessity of our Constitution.

There is corruption and mismanagement in our government, our corporations and our leadership. Our economic and world dominance is collapsing. So what has changed? It is not who we are as Americans that changed, but what we are, each passing generation has become less God-fearing, leading to more immorality and greater corruption.

History has proven that greed and selfishness has led to the fall of a nation. Many American citizens have accepted false beliefs as acceptable truths. Political power has replaced patriotism.

Complacency has become more acceptable than the purpose and desire to accomplish. Entitlements are valued more than initiative and hard work. Social justice is now more important than individual achievement. Allegiance, pride and loyalty to America replaced by weakness, apathy and submission.

In America today, we have law-changing confrontations, political battles and government arguments that could be solved by discovering the truth, prove the truth, tell the truth and live by that truth.

Pay no attention to political parties, special interest groups, unions or extremists until they have proven the truthfulness of their statements, hold them accountable as with freedom comes responsibility to be honest and stand-up for what is right and moral.

Has America changed or have “we the people” simply forgotten the principles of our heritage?