Posted by
Mike on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:27:40 AM
What is happening with our culture today in terms of image and popularity. It seems that being liked and fulfilling an image of what inspires people is more important than substance. Substance being a genuine foundation built on a rich sediment of life experiences, that impel a person to speak, act, and lead with wisdom and objectivity.
This is infinitely more inspiring than someone whom looks the part, but has been miscast. I'm speaking of Obama and my concern that this is going to be a long 4 years with him ultimately working on the latter in order to become what he thinks he already is; the leader of the greatest country on the planet.
I hope for the welfare of everyone, he learns as fast as he ascended to the most powerful position in the world. Currently, all I see is him getting nervous that his charm is all he has going for him, and he's waiting for some kind of divine power to change the world. As if there are no smart, and qualified people that want all the things considered "good" for this country and the rest of the world. He speaks to everyone as if he knows best and everyone seems to be missing something. Obama always has the tone of a college professor speaking to a young lecture hall full of wide eyed 20 somethings looking to be enlightened.
I'm tired of hearing what he's going to do. Just do it!
During the campaign I used an analogy of a football team in a huddle. When the huddle breaks its time to run the play and everyone has their specific responsibility. I was nervous that our quarterback B. Obama would get to the line of scrimmage and freeze.
The huddle was much more inspiring.
Maybe we can just skip to halftime and our quarterback B. Obama will have an amazing halftime speech that will inspire his administration to charge out of the locker room.
But then again, we still have to play the second half, and I have not seen a well executed play yet from his admin.
The most amazing thing I've seen lately, was when our U.S. Navy Seals rescued Capt. Richard Phillips.