I am disillusioned and disheartened.  Disillusioned and disheartened by the damage done by absurd social policies.  By the damage done to our economy.  By the damage done to our military.  By successive Congresses and presidents.  The damage did not happen overnight.  It has been ongoing for decades.     Specifically, it began on 22 November 1963, when Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as president after the assassination of JFK.  The difference could not be starker.  The nation went from "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country," to the "Great Society," the alleged goal of which was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice.  Johnson's war on poverty created the foundation for the excessive welfare state (and associated entitlement attitude and culture) permeating many communities today, concurrently draining our national treasure and removing the incentive to...(Read Full Article)