The Obama administration offers tremendous inspiration other than the obvious, namely sarcasm in response to the adulation he is receiving. When it’s guaranteed that going forward each and every ‘news report’ from the White House will start with “isn’t he dreamy?” followed by several seconds of giggle-filled sighs, a dearth of material is the least of my concerns. But that’s for another time.
The specific inspiration of which I speak stems from the plethora of celebrities who overnight have transformed from America bashers to patriots making Lee Greenwood seem like Glenn Greenwald. To a one they are swearing allegiance to Obama’s call for community service. Never mind how had such a suggestion emanated from the previous administration it would have been taken off of the ignore setting solely for the purpose of being mocked. He has spoken! Let the world sing praises, Iran notwithstanding.
I’m in no way knocking Obama’s call, although as I’ll outline in a bit a different approach is suggested. Rather, the reaction of the asinine A-listers and B-list brigade is being called to account. It’s easy to mock celebrities and their ofttimes tenuous connection to charity for the reason of it seldom being anything more than a dog and pony show minus Lassie and Mr. Ed, both of whom were far more generous with their time and effort on behalf of others than what we see today. Now, it’s a parade of grotesquely overpaid flavors of the week flittering through the temporary illumination of flashbulbs a-poppin’ at the latest glitzfest, soundbytes armed and at the ready about their passionate concern for… um, remind me again for what this social gathering is supposed to be raising money? Okay, yeah whatever. Get me a drink plus some sycophants to schmooze, and let me know when the photogs are gone so I can hightail it out of here. Swallow the sincerity.
Just as he shames the music world by being the best lyricist today bar none, Bono shames the entire celebrity world with his passionate hands-on work on behalf of combating disease and poverty. He also trumps the chumps who couldn’t have been bothered to lift a finger the past eight years due to their hatred of President Bush by how he works with everyone, liberal and conservative alike, on behalf of humanity. Suffering doesn’t care whether the hand offering relief is attached to a liberal or conservative.
Anyway, back to Obama’s call. I’m not big on “community” activism; it lends itself far too easily to pushing political agendas under the guise of bettering the lives of others. That said, it should serve as a good swift kick in the pants for all of us to start doing what we should have been doing all along: offering care and compassion, one on one. It’s easy to get overwhelmed when contemplating the world’s needs. So don’t try to meet them all. You can’t. Instead, pick someone and work on their behalf. A family member, a friend, a neighbor; their needs are as legitimate as those of anyone else on this planet. So do what you can. Make a meal. Give a few bucks to tide someone over. Have a chat. Share a laugh. Brother helping brother, sister helping sister, brother helping sister and vice versa.
We have a tremendous opportunity to throw the disrespect of those who sneer at conservatives and/or believers back in their face by actively demonstrating Christ’s love and concern for us with our love and concern for others. As noted, don’t beat yourself up for not being able to save the world. Do what you can do and trust in our Lord to move in the heart of the next person over to pick up the thread where you need to let it go. If we do this, not only will we be bettering ourselves and each other. We’ll also be sticking in the throat of those who expect us to swallow their “sincerity.”
Which I freely admit is great fun. 
I think when people wake to Pres. Obama’s agenda (and the will wake up) they will regret the change they voted for. I took a look at Whitehouse.gov last night and the far radical left agenda he has is appalling, especially on women’s rights etc. A lot of his ideas seem to want to override state law and just have one federal law. I am not surprised because I knew he was to the far left during the campaign but I think it will surprise some people. I think his change policy is accurate we will not recognize this country once he is done!