Politics. Or Not!

Yesterday it was religion. Today, why not politics? Let's get it all out of the way before the weekend.

I sat beside my dear friend Stacy Jennings at Memorial University Medical Center"s "Business Leaders VIP lunch". Homelessness is a big business after all and Union Mission is a big company so I was invited along with about one hundred others.

Former CNN News Anchor Bob Losure was speaking on Health Care Refore. Or the lack thereof. He said that while reform is desperately needed, because we cannot afford to continue doing what we are doing, both the Democrates and the Republicans have lost the ability to work together. They demonize one another and propose ideology ahead of practical proposals. It is this lack of leadership by both parties that is costing this country everything.

He then facilitated a group discussion as to how we may work oursevles out of this mess. After a while, everyone seemed to agree to not expect anything out of Washington. Or Atlanta. If we were going to do anything then we were going to need to do it ourselves at the local level. And that we were going to need to do it in bite size pieces.

Then Phil Schaengold, President of Memorial, stood and proclaimed that this community had already begun. The Community Health Mission and Union Mission's J. C. Lewis Health Center were starting points. He then announced that he and I have been discussing expanding our partnership to add more health care access points. And we are. And we will.

Sure we will get assistance from Washington and Atlanta. We just won't get much leadership from them.

OK, I've said it and I feel better. Now I'm ready for the weekend!