Goals for the Future

From The Smirking Chimp:

"The Party of Lincoln has become a gang of thieves given to cutting taxes for the wealthy and willing to 'do whatever it takes' to stay in power as Karl Rove once put it. ..


"Most important, however, we will need to be summoned back to greatness and away from fear, division, culture wars, and greed. We need a renewed sense of an inclusive America and what it means to be an American. At our best we are a democratic people governed by law. We are a pragmatic people, adept at solving problems. And if wisely led, we can be a compassionate people capable of acting on behalf of the less fortunate and for posterity. It was once said that America is the last best hope of humankind, and perhaps one day we will live up to that standard. "

David Orr is a Paul Sears Distinguished Professor at Oberlin College and author of The Last Refuge: Politics, and the Environment in an Age of Terror (Island Press, 2005).

Source: Common Dreams
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1102-26.htm