Have you noticed an increase in fear, aggravation, hate, and violence?  Yeah, me too.  I’ve come to a conclusion of sorts that it has a lot to do with the information we receive and who from.  I am making an effort to stop looking at the news that is currently being provided, instead, I am searching for a new source.  There has to be some news source out there with the basic foundations of integrity, fact-finding, honest, and responsible reporting, right?  The big providers seem so bent on getting the story out that facts are an afterthought.  I find it very strange that a story can be on all the outlets the minute it breaks, but once it is found that the hook that made it interesting is no longer there, it disappears into oblivion.  Let me just say this.  If you are going to rush to judgement, then, cruise around as if you know the facts as if you were standing in the place where the interesting story happened…you better consider your source.  I trust the news being reported to me about as much as I trust a politician, in other words, not at all.  Wake up everyone, we need to get educated.  Not too long ago, if something happened overnight, you had to wait until tomorrow to READ it in the newspaper.  That is, IF the newspaper wasn’t already printed and on its way to be delivered to your door.  I’m not going to shake a cane at anyone, I’m not that old, but I do think we need to catch ourselves and apply the breaks, sometimes, until all the facts are in.  In the meantime, go outside more, say hi to your neighbor more, get more fresh air, do something nice for someone you don’t know or just met.  Calm down and be the positive, good person you demand everyone else be.  One of the “Roadhouse Rules”, be nice.