This episode is less a resource and more an admonition. While I pride myself on not telling folks what to do, I am certain of this one thing: If we do not stand for liberty, justice and democracy, not only do we flaut the ideals of our founding fathers, we are heading in a direction that may lead to more devastation than we can imagine. 

Read our constitution. Read the preamble. Decide whether the rights of any one party or candidate are more important than the ideals that have made this nation great. 

When I saw our flag being used to beat the blue instead of back the blue, I hurt in a place deep in my patriotic soul. Have we really come so far that our flag means so little to those who claim the word 'patriot' as their own?

Let this episode remind us all of what we stand for and let's sacrifice individual preference for the greater good of us all. With this admonition, I affirm, I. Am. A. Patriot.