Have you listened to your neighbors and friends in stores and on the street? There is so much hate filled talk by people who love to spread venom. I am hearing that all hispanics need to be deported or strung up. That our President Elect will be taken care of by the Klan. That all blacks are on welfare on and on.

There was an incident on the cruise ship that sort of illustrated this point. Everyone likes to get off th ship early so Ted and I and about 50 other people formed a line to wait for our color card. We waited an hour but felt that it was worth it to get out early. About 3 minutes before they were to be handed out about 30 people tried to usurp our position in the front of the line. This was met with rage and anger out of all proportion to the crime involved. People are so on edge that this little incident caused a near riot. They didn't succeed but one man kept on lecturing them for 5 minutes. It was my guess that he was ex military, he had a commanding presence and a booming voice.

Why do we find it so hard to tolerate differences of opinion? Or of color, Or of politics. There seems to be a change in the character of the American people. We have become an impatient, on edge , intolerant nation. It seems to me that we have to change this one person at a time.