Hope for our Nation

For the first time in 25 years I was out of town on Election Day.  And being out of town I had the opportunity to see a completely different side of what is important for our nation and what is not.

First, I should say that I was not at all surprised by election night.  I expected the GOP to make gains in both the House and the Senate and about the only think that I did not see was the GOP taking 64 seats.  I expected them to gain about 40.  As many people I talked to in San Antonio agreed, the Democrats over this past few years had not tried to govern, but to push an agenda regardless of what the public wanted or what the consequence might be.  But a word of warning to those on the Right, I do not see anything different from the GOP.  Anouther item that was agreed upon, this was not a mandate against the Democrats or for the GOP.  It was a Mandate that the public is tired of politics and wants you to just do your jobs.

But to get back to what I see as Hope for our Nation.  I was out of town attending the International Association of Emergency Managers. I had the opportunity to meet with and talk to some of the brightest minds in America concerning Emergency Management and see some of the great new applications of technology to improve overall public safety in our nation.  When you put politics aside, America still has some of the most dedicated and talented professionals in the world.  Not one person attending was in it for themselves.  Everyone there was talking about how they could contribute to making our country stronger.  Maybe Congress should learn a bit from emergency managers.  Do more with what we have, provide better service to our customers and get the job done.  America deserves that.