Politics of course...music later

Just a thought about current politics, so that I may remove an unbearable anger that has been brewing in my mind over the last few months. Is education in the United States a priority, for our current administration, or if not, are our children's well-being a political priority? Do we as a country prioritize our freedoms in order to benefit the greater good, or do we instead, politicize our priorities for self-interest? I think by now, the answers to my questions here are particularly clear. The United States of America, mired in cronyism and special interests, have lost it's grip on basic human decency, dignity, even destiny, as responses to weather, war, and Wal-Mart(sic), emphasize a narrow minded world view that has other nations seething with disgust and disdane.