Beginning Of The Best

I once heard that if you're in a room of  people, one of them tells a lie and you don't say anything, then you're lying as well.  I also heard a relative of mine claim, "I say what I got to say and then I leave it alone." To put these statements in perspective, let me just say that too many people get away with saying and doing too many distasteful and sometimes despicable things, and too few people make an effort to hold them accountable. There are a lot of man-made laws that promote order and decency, but somehow we allow certain individuals to remain 'above these law'. There is one Universal Law and it proclaims that we are all one. What that means is that whatever you do to me you are also doing to yourself. So by us making others aware of their errant behavior, all of us will benefit.

This past election brings the gist of this discourse into focus, because it demonstrated that we voters have let the politicians and backers know that their conduct is no longer void of  consequences. We have once again begun to, and will continue to hold them accountable for their behavior. You, Mr. Mourdock, say that pregnancy induced by rape is a gift from God? Okay, now you will have to consider if your loss in the Senate race is also a gift from God. Mr. Romney, you gave us  a general and very vague account of what you would do if elected president, and refused to give us any details in regard to how your actions would be carried out. Well, our votes have let you know that we are not going to sit idly by and allow you to continue insulting our intelligence. Politicians beware. We are tired of voting for the lesser of two evils. We have for too long, in the words of Brother Malcolm, been hoodwinked, bamboozled, and led astray. There is too much at stake, and as Mary J. Blige implies in her music, 'we can do bad all by ourselves'. So if you're going to bring it..it better be correct, or be prepared to pay the price for it not being that way.

What we need to do now is to bring this same mindset into our every day lives. We can no longer allow our children to talk to us any kind of way, and not let them know that the tone and content of their conversation is unacceptable. No longer will we be complacent when our educators, from the teachers in the classroom to the United States Secretary of Education, tell us that there's nothing else they can do for our child. We're going to  find out, undertake, and implement whatever's necessary to insure that our children get a better education before our military gets more weapons. Continuing to allow gas prices to fluctuate as randomly as they do is a no no. So the next time the cost of gas increases exponentially, and we get a credible online plea to boycott a specific gas distributor, we will seriously consider doing just that. And if anyone, from a menial to managerial position, whether on the phone or face to face, talks to us in a less than respectful way, then that matter will be addressed immediately so that the outcome of that and subsequent discussions is favorable to all. Everything we've spoken of thus far will of course be done tactfully and with good intent, but it must and will be done because our collective well-being is at stake.

I want to personally thank each of you for getting out to vote, and I implore you to remember and understand that our struggle is ongoing. Let's keep it real ya'll by holding all those who claim to have our best interest at heart, acccountable for acting with honesty and integrity. The message has already been sent through this election, so let's keep it moving. More than that, let's be encouraged always by keeping in mind that as long as we treat ourselves and each other as one...The Best Is Yet To Come.

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