A new year, a new blog

I still hope to develop flipitoff, but I have a new desire to post regularly with my thoughts on the current political and economic conditions, so I've created this blog. I'm setting a goal to post to this blog at least 5 times a week. And so it begins.

I visited with my family for the holidays, and we of course discussed the economic crisis. I suggested some idealistic solutions, and my mother replied, "give it up, it'll never happen." I got to thinking that we the people have to believe that something will work. We have to have hope that leads to action. The election of Barack Obama inspired hope in me. I believe that he is a leader that can move us in better direction. I believe that his election is a statement by our citizens that we want something better. For the Obama dream to achieve success, we the people must participate. We have to do the work of shifting our nation, our world, to a better condition. We must find common ground on which to work together, and demand of our government effective leadership. I'm seeking inspiration, and I'm seeking a cause for action. I'm asking myself, "what can I do? What will actually help?" I have not yet found an answer. I intend to keep looking and to take action when I do find what will actually help.

I'd like to team up with people interested in demanding that the players in the financial debacle are held responsible for their crimes. They lied. They stole. And then we bail them out? Shouldn't we jail them first, bail them out later?