THE OVER-ALL PICTURE OF THE REASON WE PATRIOTS GOT CAUGHT WITH OUR PANTS DOWN.

      Remember when a handshake meant more than just that? When two people, both assuming each other was sincere in their verbal promise, would rely on that handshake like it was written in stone, and consider the agreement sacred until circumstances dictated otherwise?  Signing the final documents and the changing of money from one hand to the other? Well,...., That's the way it worked!! But my word, how times have changed! 
     That habit of 'taking a man at his word' was far more prominent back then, than it is now. 
     I can only speak from my own experiences and the trials of others I've known over my lifetime, to speculate and analyze as to why it doesn't work anymore. But most of the time, distrust and deception will come from people who, through undisciplined morals and the thirst for personal gain, strayed from the 'straight and narrow' to devise alternative ways to win, rather than to follow the Godly based, morality guide.
     We all know right from the Independent birth of this Country's Republic, the necessity of moral agreements were due to the inaccessibility of pen and paper at the time of a transaction. 
     Albeit because of the guy having to quit his work process only long enough to settle things and get on with the chores, and the other guy having to get himself on with his own business. A handshake backed with trust in each other was the handiest thing to do at the time. It was a moral pact dependent on faith in our fellow man.
     Because of mutual trust, it worked very well.
     America grew and prospered, assuming all other folks were as honest as the next. It was considered the 'American way'! 
     Slowly, as the population grew and people as a whole worked hand in hand through the guidance of our Founding Fathers and the 3 (Sacred to me) documents, it worked endlessly time after time, year after year, decade after decade as our Country became the greatest Nation on God's green earth. 
     Having been in the business of Mobile home sales, I was surprised to see however, that Alaskan people living in the last bastion of America, still don't hesitate to place trust in a financial transaction with a verbal promise. (I take my hat off to those remaining pioneer spirits,)
     So what happened as we fast-forward to today? 
     In my estimation, along with our trust in our fellow man, came naivety, and assumption of trust became weaker.  
     The devious ones became more devious. Betrayal became more common-place.
     Innocent ignorance caused us to keep ourselves blind to the un-Godly Society of People who, over the years had resorted to dropping the awareness of a God created Universe and found there was a line of least resistance that allowed them to feel free. Free to do a lot more if they were to follow Darwin's theory and reject the moral restrictions of the God-based, Ten Commandment Society.
     Now here we are, with the reality that "Trust me" is the first indication to look out for distrust in the person that coins the phrase.
     Stop for a moment and check your senses....., Does that once 'trust' philosophy work nowadays with the person who you thought was honest with you just because you were honest with them? Or are you more than likely to insist it be done in writing? (You'd be foolish not to, sadly enough!)
     With the situation we have now with our current President, even as much as the Main Media attempts to hide true, negative facts about it, but through the efforts of Fox News you're hearing about it and forced to listen anyway, do you still remain dedicated to the bizarre talk from a Gov't that has a liar for a spokesman every day that you watch the Liberal Media News? Are you kidding me???
     Just sayin'.