Thursday, April 23, 2009

Let me say it now, this has been some 100 days!

I'm going to just cut to the chase here, President Obama has stirred the pot so vigorously over the last 100 days, it appears the opposition is going to experience cardiac arrest. The true measure of how change has finally arrived is the constant vitriol of the status quo. Undoubtedly the Republican party, Corporate governance and Right wing naysayers have finally found a politician equal to their unbridled greed. This isn't to say, that President Obama is right or wrong with his aggressive yet measured agenda. Now there's an oxymoron for you, but the fact is he has touched upon a number of approaches that call out the status quo for alienating and exploiting the common citizen over the last few decades.

Don't get me wrong, stating the obvious is by no means exemplary on my part, but really doesn't it embolden you that our President is actually making an attempt to get things done! It's been an awful period of time in our nations history, learning of the depths of corruption, the propensity of darkness, the failure of morality within our government has and will continue to be a source of embarrassment. Honestly, sometimes the truth really hurts, and it hurts even more to know that the blame for this falls on both sides of the fence.

Now is not the time to lose sight of the goal, ultimately we are hoping that the better angels of our humanity will prevail. Unfortunately there are many pitfalls along the way, as we march on toward the more perfect union there will be many obstacles placed before us. We must support and extol our President to do what is right by us all. Sure it may appear to be a Utopian belief in fairness and honesty, but it is our belief and our hopes that ultimately will be won or lost in his efforts.

For too long, our country has been apathetic about our political and business elite. We must regain our ethical and moral compass, demanding accountability and fairness for everyone that calls this country home. Don't under estimate the public's awareness, we are paying attention, probably for the first time in many, many years.

I can only hope that we are ready for the magnitude of corruption, that has polluted our existence. Can we handle the truth, or will we devour the bearer of empirical facts. Our government, my government has embraced a belief that has murdered thousands of my fellow brethren. Don't be fooled, we cannot and will not take this light-hearted. There are factions within our government that have supported the tyranny of business elites, with no concept of human or ethical morality.

For once, there is hope, hope of our reckoning with our rich history and forging a stronger more reasoned purpose for our future. One hundred days later, we are now on that path. We've made some enormous commitments toward progress, but progress can only be measured by our ability to follow through on those commitments.

We support and applaud what our President has done, but we must not let up, we must not allow him to forget. We the people want this change, for better and for worse. Because we actually do realize that the worst is really behind us, and the future can only get better. Don't be mislead, we respect and admire our President and we realize his challenges are great. In 100 days he's managed to alienate over 500,000 people, the same people that didn't vote for him or support his ideology. Fortunately for him he has about 65,000,000 people that think he's doing just fine, these are the people that are proud of his achievements, proud of his commitments.
We empathize with him, having ordered the killing of Somali Pirates, we grieve with him for our Soldiers who have fallen in battle. We are and will forever be grateful to the man who has taken on this grave responsibility. Repairing our great nation is a job of immense challenges, but we've decided and rightfully so, we've chosen the right man for the job.

It's been some 100 days!