State of the Union

State of the Union

President Obama brought up how the men and women in the military don't do anything "political" but for the nation and for each other. "This nation is great because we work together as a team." Great way to end his address.

Dr. Bernice King was at Valencia College today and I was part of the film crew streaming her speech. She talked about how people working together can do so much more than when they watch out for themselves.

If you read this blog then you know how I feel about the divide this nation has been suffering from for far too long. It seems like everything is political and nothing is "us" anymore. It is always, "them" with one party against another, one class against another but few noticing the times when even the wealthy push aside their "own" for the sake of someone else in need. They don't notice the ex-homeless veteran doing everything he can to make sure other veterans don't suffer the way he did any more than they notice all the good stories out there.

There is a saying in the media that "if it bleeds, it leads" because someone thought that was all people wanted to read about or see in a news report. I can tell you that is simply not true. The number one story on this blog has nothing to do with politics. It has to do with a soldier and a tattoo along with combat medics in Afghanistan. For Those I Love I Will Sacrifice and the other is about a wounded Marine Lance Cpl. William Carpenter These two stories tell me that it matters more what people do with their lives than how they vote. It matters more how they can about strangers as much as they care about their friends and neighbors. I read about them all the time. That is what makes this nation great. Regular men and women thinking more about someone else than they do about themselves and becoming far from regular.