Personal Responsibilty

Those who continue to insist on language that harps on the Presidents citizenship are just so not with the program. Want to complain about his fiscal policy, domestic policy or foreign policy and now three wars?...please have at it. Questioning these issues is your right and responsibility as an American citizen. But this return to McCarthy style endless questioning of the legitimacy of his birth certificate is both irresponsible and transparent as a cheap low minded, reality TV style trick intended only to marginalize the Obama Presidency. My God we so have other challenges to worry about...

Shifting the Context for Community

As I watch the morning news I'm reminded again of how much politics and in particular, politicians, are so removed from their communities - us. They talk about raising money to get elected, to make changes, to help Americans live better lives. I would offer that they largely fail because their primary focus in on the money and not the change. This is their theme, over and over. Peter Block says the following in his book: Community To make a difference in our community, we must begin by naming the existing context and evolving to a way of thinking that leads to new conversations that produce a new context. It is the shift in conversation that increases social capital. Every time we gather becomes a model of the future we want to create. I don't hear any new conversations coming out of politicians' or news broadcasters' mouths. It is imperative that "we", the public, continue to push our agendas and pursue the change. Let the revolution begin!