Listening to Obama's speech in Berlin today I remember the same kind of inviting global perspective years ago when I was in college. I was in the marching band at Berkeley and we were having a bonfire rally (yes for the football team). I was back stage in the outdoor theater waiting to go in. Just a few feet away was Bobbie Kennedy. I could feel the heat of this man.
He came out and spoke about the citizens of America and how they needed help. He did not speak of war or force of any kind except the force of the individual to work together with like minded individuals to help the least of us. It was the Kennedy theme but it resonated with me and the others their at this "pep" rally.
I just don't understand why such a large percentage of our population (usually the haves) don't feel any obligation to the have nots.
I guess protecting one's money is everything.
"The government should not take my money"
"Cut taxes -- I don't want my money going to those lazy poor people."
On and on . . . . . .
I know so many struggling poor people who keep saying these same tired lines.
Don't they know that they are not rich enough to be a Republican?
Don
1 comment:
i liked what you said and I had the same things in mind. Then again, I'm a social worker, so, I get type cast. Why don't people see that our society/global societies are so interconnected, that, in many ways, we really are all in the same boat?
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