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A Note to the President

"Ultimately, the character of America will be determined by your willingness to serve a cause larger than yourselves. The day will come when you will be asked what you have done to build a better America than the one you found. I am confident that if you answer the call to service, your lives will be more fulfilling, your country will be more hopeful -- and you will never be disappointed." -- George W. Bush, Commencement Address, Oklahoma State University, May 6, 2006.

Dear Mr. President,

What have you done to build a better America?

I don't know the answer to that question. Name one thing ... maybe, that will make me feel more optimistic about the future of America and the future of mankind.

If you are going to borrow from other people's material, just quote President John F. Kennedy. "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."

It is probably Kennedy's Inaugural Address that you used as a blueprint for your presidency, even though, as Kennedy pointed out almost a half century ago, "The world is very different now." I know that you are enamored of the statement Kennedy made early on in his speech: For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.

But don't you believe, looking back now, that abolishing all forms of human poverty would have been a far better goal that abolishing all forms of human life?

Your fellow American,

Bill

Posted by Bill at May 7, 2006 08:56 AM