I could use a little constructive criticism on my LTTE [View All]

before I send it in.

Most of us have heard the story of the frogs and boiling water. The old wives tail that if you put a frog in boiling water he will jump out, but if you put the same frog in room temperature water and slowing bring it to a boil the frog will sit and cook.

We in American have become that frog in the slowly boiling water. We have become desensitized to the violence, hatred, cruelty and ignorance that has taken over our society.

We hide the bodies of the fallen and the faces of the wounded, but stay glued to our TVs for each new "reality" show. We have more people voting for the next American Idol than the next American leader.

We have become a country that does not blink when hate radio calls a grieving mother names that cannot be printed in this paper. Where a person in a truck mows down crosses put up to honor those who gave their lives in service just because they disagree with the words of the people who put them there.

We have become a society that cares more about making political hay out of a brain dead women or embryos that would be destroyed than we do about the thousands of lives lost every year to the high cost of health care and the poisons in our air, water and food.

We have dehumanized those of different races, religions and sexual preferences to the point that we can laugh at their torture, humiliation, suffering and even their deaths.

We have CEOs of major oil companies retiring with billions, too many of us drive huge SUVs to the mall and we blame the high cost at the pumps to not enough drilling.

We have become a country where honesty matters less than spin and where people matter less than things.

Our leaders claim loudly and often that we are a "Christian Nation", but I see very little of Christ in what they are selling.