It was once our greatest strength: the pride, patriotism, and love for our country combined, giving us a feeling, a knowing, that we could, and would, rise to the challenge. We were Americans.  

If we're not very careful the hubris of exceptionalism could lead to our demise.

My blood bleeds red, and it hurts me greatly to write some of these words. I constantly hear people talking about "moving to another country" or statements such as, "Maybe we'd be better off somewhere else."

Good! Get out of here, then! There's the "door," and don't let it hit you in the "fourth point of contact!" If you're not going to stand with us, then get out, or get out of the way!

That's my stance, now and always: be all that you can be, or begone!

Nevertheless, I beseech you, OP readers, and my fellow Americans. 

Please, take these words and search your hearts and souls. We must place things into perspective as they really are, in order to survive what's coming as individuals, and as a nation.

It is written in the Bible: "He who controls his passions is greater than one who conquers a city." Sun Tzu wrote in Chapter 3, "Offensive Strategy," to "know your enemy, but also, know yourself."