Thoughts

Ok - so this is a quote from about a year ago - but it's still relevant.

"I want an America where mothers can take their children to a
family doctor, instead of going to the emergency room every time because there's
no health insurance.

I want an America where hard-working Americans don't live in
fear of losing their jobs because that means losing their health care too.

Where corporations care as much about the communities that make
their products and buy their goods as they do about their profit sheets.

Where CEO's don't make 531 times what workers earn, even as they
ship their headquarters to Bermuda and their jobs to China.

I want an America where men and women have an opportunity to go
to college, get good jobs, and maybe even start their own businesses -
regardless of their background. Where the kitchen table is a place to share
dreams - not to worry and struggle over paying the credit card bills, the
mortgage, the tuition payments.

I want an America where 'no child left behind' is something we
pay for and guarantee, not an empty promise sold by Washington politicians to
the rest of us.

I want a fair America that doesn't let soldiers risk their lives
for us only to be told they can't get overtime pay for jobs that use the skills
they learned in the military.

I want an America where we are more than cogs in a machine,
where there is nourishment for our human souls. Where there is true community,
and we recognize and affirm that we are all in this together.That's the type of
America I want us to take back."

Governor Howard Dean, M.D, February 17, 2004