The New Era

As I write this, I'm enjoying my free cup of Starbuck's coffee, in honor of voting in today's election. Being in Daytona, I've voted absentee some days ago.

It could be a pretty remarkable day, couldn't it? We could be voting in the first African-American President in United States history! Furthermore, we could be electing a man that more than any previous President, most represents the composite demographic of the actual American.

I think we will be able to raise our heads high with pride, once again. Instead of an age of fear and intimidation with a lock-footed goose-step, our times have forced us into an era of hope. After all, what else have we?

From an amalgamation of race, physical characteristic and namesake comes an individual of pragmatically inclusive political approach and idealistic goals. A man who has pulled together a country of such diverse opinion to common paths. It goes beyond our disgust of the past, and instead has ushered up something from our American psyche. There is no people more capable, no opportunity more present, than what is to be found now in America. What an opportunity! After all, we have always measured our greatness by surmounting the insurmountable.

Dust off the tomes and incant the pages of Eleanor and FDR! This is a nice article on how our next hopeful should emulate FDR. It will spare you from hearing me going on about it. Click HERE.

If we embraced the great Green Era, and channeled our resources into physical and intellectual pursuit of the reconstruction of our infrastructure to environmentally-sound practices, imagine! Like the Space Era, the lofty goals achieved. Like the FDR-era, transformation of unemployment, depression and doubt into jobs, housing, and hope! A flag to rally around. A common-pursuit.

So, from a person who once dismissed such banter as vague, corny and lacking substance - "we will change this country and we will change the world!"

What a time to be alive!