Thursday, January 31, 2008

Johnny we hardly knew ya and hummingbirds



I offically found out the hummingbird beats per second.

The number is 80 per second.....which adds up to 4800 per minute.

It's not as high as I thought.

And neither am I.

Yesterday John Edwards dropped out of the race for President and it looks like he will probably end up as Attorney General of the United States. Which is probably a good spot for him.

The problem with John is that we never really got to know him and with what he's been through I'm quite dissapointed.

He kept talking about his common background and the fact that his father was a mill worker and that anything is possible in America.

What he didn't talk about was how to overcome tragedy and pain. Everybody can relate to tragedy and pain but no everybody can relate to poverty. John Edwards suffered one of the greatest losses that anyone can suffer. He lost a teenage son. I happen to have personal experiences in this area and I was always waiting for him to discuss the attempt to fill a permanant hole in is heart.

If he had openly talked about the recovery and the pain I think the American public would have embraced him in a loving manner.

Maybe he just didn't want to talk about it and I fully understand that...but he was running for President of the United States and it might have been a good idea to remind people how he has suffered and moved forward. I'm pretty sure he has not recovered from the lost but he has learned to deal with the hole in his heart and it should have been something he shared with us.

Recovery seems to be a topic of conversation in millions of families across this great land and how people deal with recovery has to be an important issue.

It's not so much about CHANGE as it is about REPAIRING....and repairing a blow to the heart is fundamental to every single person in this country.

We all get hit at one time or another. How we deal with the hit is the magic question.

I think John Edwards could have helped a lot of people but talking about the greatest single tragedy of his life.

When one fails to discuss such matters...one simply ends up marveling at how many beats per second a hummingbird flaps its wings.

Life moves quickly and certain parts of life move faster than others.

John Edwards was here one day and then gone...but I think we will hear more from him in the future.

Tonight is the final debate between the remaining Democratic players and Hillary and Barack will be standing face to face for the first time.

Which one will rise up and stop attacking the other and start attacking the REAL BULLS..T that is going on in American politics....will be the one I vote for.

I'm ready to make a decision and tonight will probably seal the deal.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

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