Obama's Mandatory Public Service (totally rocks)

Phew, gotta get this blog back in gear. Let me be clear, government transparency is harder than it seems. I know that during the election I promised a new era of open government, clear goals, hope, change, planned dinner parties with your friends to drum up support for whatever policy I'm focusing on this week. . . um, and so on. But saying these things is one thing, and doing them is another. And, coming from a Senate background, I'm still riding the learning curve on figuring out how to do things.

(But the pirates thing rocked didn't it? That was awesome. Remember? I was astoundingly brilliant.)


Wait. . . is that my half-brother, 3rd from the left? Just kidding.

I wanted a health care bill through the House by August. Oh well. As Joe told me, "sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes you share a lean-to with him while getting drunk on Listerine. "


Well, I'd like to remind you, I need your help. I need your service. I need your voices. I don't want to present hope and change as merely a suggestion. I want to make it MANDATORY. For too long this country has been selfish with it's time, service, and resources. NO MORE. I need people to change, and I will not shirk from making people change. It's for the best. Trust me.

Gotta walk Bo and have a cigarette. Good night, America. Keep hoping and changing.