It will come as no surprise

In the aftermath of the liberal 1990s where progress was measured in how much money a person had in their wallet, the size of their portfolio, the opportunity for coporations like Enron and Worldcom to screw people, a President who was immoral in the oval office, a nation that joined the rest of the world in appeasement peacemaking which allowed Saddam to divert mass sums of money from his people though the defunct oil for food program, and ignoring the gathering threat at the nations borders...It comes as no surprise that our nations moral metal is being tested as it embarks on making past mistakes right, honoring its pledges to the Iraqi and Afghan people, bridging a real gap between the west and the North Koreans (instead of being suckered) and seeing enormous change stirring in the Middle East...It comes as no surprise that evil people and those with evil tendencies would ignore the hope that is stirring, would instead prefer to fall back into their 1990s mindset of self-preservation and isolationism...It comes as no surprise that people hate excellence when they would prefer to sit in the seat of mediocrity where a government handout to the local grasshopper is more valuable than a nest of ants working together...It comes as no suprise that Americans feel that their right to liberty and money is far more relevant to those who share our borders and a hope for a better life...It comes as no surprise... that these series of tests will one day show us how judged we are...