3rd Edition targeted for February 2009

I am working on a third edition. I am currently interviewing new people who represent a greater diverse representation of our society. I am also including the plight of our veterans coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan. Now that the school year has settled, I am moving forward again to push for social justice. Many new contacts have been made through the book. Together, we will make a difference.

Is the Mission Accomplished

The fight for decency moves on. Many who supported Barack Obama can rejoice. However, he failed his first test of decency on the day of the election. 3 states voted down same-sex unions. Arkansas went a step further and restricted same sex couples from foster care. It strikes me as odd, that someone, who's own history involved the restriction of adopting or fostering children would not understand how this impacted decency.

Many Links have been Updated.

Many people are again responding to the website and I am updating pages regularly. I encourage people to check pages periodically to see new items. One of the interesting links for educators that I added to the social justice curriculum website is opposingviews.com. Check it out.

It's Official - We should privitize health care. (NOT)

I found this quote from John McCain regarding the benefits of privitizing health care. Here’s what McCain has to say about the wonders of market-based health reform:
Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking, would provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst excesses of state-based regulation.
So McCain, who now poses as the scourge of Wall Street, was praising financial deregulation like 10 seconds ago — and promising that if we marketize health care, it will perform as well as the financial industry
This statement was made last month prior to the finance industry collapse. Scary.

Regulation v. Deregulation

Why do Americans, not make the connection, that one of our presidential candidates, was part of the same economic scandal that happened 17yrs ago? And why, would we allow that same Senator, to argue for deregulation, when he has no credibility? How, did we reelect someone, who argued for the reality that exists today in our finance industry? Finally, the same person, is now again, arguing for regulation, and our media discusses his position, without studying the past?
I discuss in my book how many people, like John McCain argued for Deregulation, and it benefitted companies more than people. Are we destined to make this mistake again?

Why the Sarcasm?

Both political conventions are riddled with sarcasm, more than substance. It would take me weeks to compare the political speeches. We have so many issues surrounding decency, yet our political leaders just mock the other candidates in opposing parties. The problem is the media. Consultants have catered the convention towards a television audience.
This was most evident in Palin's speech. She literally left out any substance to how she would impact decency. It was transparent that a group of writers put together a speech that would elevate her to celebrity status, and, it worked. If we seriously want to tackle the issues, we need to change the process before it is too late.

The Audicity of Hope DELIVERED!!!

The Audacity of Hope. What a week for Decency. Next week, the conservative attack on decency begins. Hopefully, media collusion will not be a part of the equation. This is the time for people not to let their guard down.