A More Perfect Union

Today I witnessed a great speech from Senator Obama, and it gave me some hope that finally a voice of reason could be heard above the clamor of politics. It was a chilling reminder to me as I'm old enough to remember the Civil Rights Movement, and the changes those days brought to America. Our society is made better by the honest discussion of race in politics, and in the heartland of America.

In many ways the door has been opened, and it remains to be seen if America is truly ready to walk through it, Blacks, Whites, Asians, Hispanics, and Native Americans. We either rise together or sink together as we deal with the challenges of our generation. We face untold challenges in the coming days and months ahead, with an economy spiraling close to the brink of a catastrophic disaster. Meanwhile the terrorist's in our midst's and abroad cheerfully and gleefully watch as we struggle to fix a broken corrupted system. How do we fix the system to make it work for all Americans?

The challenges for us is fundamentally the question of who do we believe? We fall into the time tested battle ground of red vs blue, and black vs white. How is it working for us? The ideal of perfection is just a notion, that no one believes is attainable. Just as the Founding Fathers sought to create in a new Government a set of ideas that it's laws should respect as divine a man's right to live a full and satisfying life free from the tyrrany of government and religious oppression. Just as the ten commandments have been described as a perfect set of laws, the Constitution with the Bill of Rights have been authored to give us the best chance for a Government that is for the people, and by the people.

What wonderful resounding words...

"We the People" of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

In the coming days ahead "We the People" need to ask ourselves this question... Have we fully lived up to the measure of the gift that has been given to us? I hope as we move forward we can as a nation strive to regain some of this nations noble idea's and make them truly our own.