Whatever happened to "Integrity"?

Webster's defines integrity as honesty, sincerity, etc. There was a day, not too long ago, when a person's integrity meant something. It was important to be honest with other people. Not so much anymore. Much to our shame as human beings. Our government is currently without integrity. Whether Republican or Democrat, they all lack that very important trait. We citizens don't fair much better. We rush down party lines to defend a wrong. Happily. Never once admitting that our "leaders" are letting us down. Where is the honesty in that? Gone.

Do we really care about the condition of our country? Is the ability to say "My party is better than yours" really what our political system is all about? I thought it was about freedom, and truth, and justice. I thought it was about a dream. A dream had by Martin Luther King, Jr. and all the thousands of immigrants crowding Ellis Island before him. I thought it was about protecting the weak and those seeking refuge. A nation "under God", any god, must be a nation of integrity. A nation built on honesty and basic human values. Until our nation is based on a foundation of integrity again, it will be weakened and vulnerable. And those who act without integrity are truly the treasonous. Our president and other government officials included.

Chuck