Amy Gerstman

Newsweek recently ran a story entitled, “We Are All Socialist Now”. (Written by Jon Meacham and Evan Thomas.)

http://www.newsweek.com/id/183663?gt1=43002

It discusses Obama’s economic stimulus package which includes 50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts. The article also discusses the growing trend of the federal government in our economy, its possible ramifications and benefits.

Our generation does not want to be told to go shopping right now. We are ready to sacrifice as our parents and grandparents did. We want to do nation building but we want to start at home by playing our part in creating the next prosperous American century. But somebody has got to call on us to do this by defining this as a test of our American character. Much as Lincoln, and Franklin Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy and other great leaders did in their time.

Yesterday was an extraordinary day in American history as President Obama took the oath of office!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090120/pl_mcclatchy/3149099_1
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Elizabeth Hall Pursell, my dear friend whom I occasionally blog about, enjoyed a triumphant moment last month when Bucks County, Pennsylvania, celebrated the dedication of a new National Veterans Cemetery.

See the news clip:

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=6508436

40 degrees, sunny