It Just Goes To Show That Sometimes Community Activism DOES Help!

And this has NOTHING to do with politics! :)

A couple of weeks ago, a local library announced it would be showing a film and have a forum/Middle East series. The film they were going to show was one by a Landrum Bolling and is heavily anti-Israel and pro "Palestinian."

There was a huge outpouring of phone calls to the library. At first, the library director, Stephen D. Wood, steadfastly REFUSED to change the program despite the fact that it was taking place in a heavily Jewish area and would only escalate negative feelings toward Jews.

Finally, we prevailed. Apparently the library got enough phone calls (including one from Yours Truly - and yes, I was quite calm and nice on the phone with the person) that they finally cried uncle and cancelled the entire series.

So, yes, sometimes, when enough people object to something, we can get something done.

Perhaps we should take a lesson from this and apply it to the larger world around us. Ok, I kind of fibbed at first. This is just going to be a little bit about politics.

We currently have a man running for president who sees the country cannot continue spiraling out of control as it has been for the last 7-14 years (between a Republican Congress since 1994 and a nut for a president since 2001). He wants to change and is calling upon all of us to come together and make changes for the better.

He has my vote. Wholeheartedly and without reservation.