A Shot of Motivation

That's what I should have been spending my money on this weekend instead of Woo Woos, undercurrents and tequila. Sorry J.S.

I admit it; I've been neglectful. I guess it's hard to want to write about politics when you're thrown into conversations about it day in and day out during the 9 to 5 work day.

But that's no excuse.

"Don't make excuses. Make things happen. Make changes. Then make history." -- Doug Hall.

Over the course of two weeks Richmond.com covered both the Palin and Obama rallies. Not that they were the best news stories to be found in our wading pool of local media here in Richmond, but it's at least worth taking a look at.

I've come to the conclusion that this race is insane. People are insane and the media has just gone crazy. Take a look at the RDC comment section; it's great that people have things to say ... but honestly, do people have tact or couth at all anymore?

I'm going to answer that question with a big, fat "NO."

Everyone talks about change; sure it's a great word; a great concept. But what about those same persons actions? Again, from Richmond.com's coverage of the Obama rally...

"Change is a promise we hear every four years. More than anyone else, Obama has made change the rallying cry of his campaign ... Hours after the rally two things happened that reminded me just how difficult it is to change anything, not to mention an entire country.

I received an email from a friend. He’d seen an Obama campaign sign that had been vandalized. Someone had altered the word “Change” by removing the ‘c’ and adding an ‘m’ to the end. The sign now read “hangem.” So much for change.

And then, I was driving on Belvidere at rush hour. I was first behind the light, and traffic was very heavy. The drivers opposite, turning across the lane in front of me, began to stack up in the intersection.

Instead of sitting on a green light and not proceeding until cars ahead of them had cleared the intersection, they piled in, one behind another until no one could move."

Change. It's admirable, a nice word, a great concept. But one man, white or black, isn't going to do it. It's going to take a nation of voters who not own believe in the word or in a man who promises that change, but who are willing to sacrifice and change themselves.