2008

Home from visiting family in North Carolina. O and Huck have won the Iowa caucus contests. I have learned that my frustration with politics is that no one in recent years has provided a "vision" for America. I believe the O man won because he discusses vision. Hillary discusses more programs that we all know can't be paid for no matter how good they may be but she never provides a "vision" for America. She is of the "us vs them" generation that our nation cannot allow to continue for another four or eight years. We will have had sixteen years of that type of leadership and it must end. O discusses it, Huck alludes to it, can either pull it off? We need a president that is willing to sit down with world leaders and discuss solutions, how do we get fresh water and electricity moving throughout Africa, how can we work together to reduce tensions in the Middle East, how can we get fundamental education available to all people, how can we work together to reduce the number of preventable disease deaths, how can we reduce American dependence upon oil. . . and the list goes on. The big question is how do we move away from conflict and war and work for peaceful solutions to disagreements? Anyway, our visit to North Carolina was wonderful. . .the video is from the parks just outside of Hendersonville. Enjoy.