It's 9/11... not a day to be angry, a day to help make everything right.

national service- time mag/charlie rose

Right now, I'm watching a totally inspiring Charlie Rose with Jeffrey Sachs, Richard Stengel & Caroline Kennedy talking about the upsurge in our generation's public service (the "9/11 generation"). The subject totally makes me optimistic about restoring our culture, maybe we aren't 'late Rome' quite yet. From companies having trouble hiring without charitable efforts to the peace core, it's fantastic.

I'm also watching Richard Stengel pitch this totally lecherous scheme for politicians to feed off the vitality of these charitable efforts to promote their own campaigns and sneak their fingers into the public service cookie jar. Just the idea of political fingers still wet from back-room deals all over something so pure, innocent, and true, I cant stomach it. If I could think of anyone less deserving... they'd give my the heebies too.