Good morning, Leaders! It’s Friday!

Did he really nearly pull her to the ground? You grab me, I grab you. Who says media is above the law of reciprocation? Why is the White House using its platform to take a position on this?

Because it’s politics…and it is embarrassing and the behavior is shameful.

How do you avoid focusing on the real issues; building a robust economy, developing a comprehensive energy plan, correcting the downward spiral of heinous crime and drug use, establishing a long term solution to the broken social programs like social security, Medicaid and Medicare, bringing genuine resolution to terrorism by cutting off the head of the snake instead of playing with the tail, accomplishing true equality in pay, stopping this unfortunate backslide of racism, and a host of other issues society is facing today? Not to mention thinking proactively, using innovation, harnessing our brilliant people for overall good, not greed.

What the greatest country on earth has allowed its next generation of leaders to become is a perverted circus full of clowns – complete with make up for the cameras and spray tans that fool no one.

Some cockamamie producer (or a host of them) put psycho-babble on cue cards and
insert drama about emails, naked spousal pictures, allegations of affairs or whether someone’s arm was grabbed-are you serious?!

We are far too smart for this kind of charade to look the other way and call it politics and move on. This is OUR country; fought for and defended time and again. The great American experiment seems destined for failure at this rate. Are we going to sit back and watch it unfold on CNN in high definition?

I don’t care what party, gender, or skin color we bring to the table. The only thing that we can agree on is a need for common sense to bring solutions to the countless problems we face as a nation and a world.

•Are we allowing ourselves to be distracted because we let things get so bad?
•Did we learn nothing economically from Japan or Greece?
•Did we forget how to work hard and take care of ourselves – and our neighbors?
•Have we become so hypersensitive to a “squawk” with an agenda that it’s taking up our time rather than working on solutions?

As you wrap up your week, remember to tune out the “noise” and focus on the signal. There is so much distraction, so much garbage, so much wasted energy on things that don’t really matter. Take a deep breath, thank God for what he has blessed you with and then apply those blessings to make this world better.

Have a blessed weekend.