I was over at the White House Website- which if you must know is a new experience for me- most of the time I feel like I shouldn’t be there and if you’ve ever had Homeland Security crawl around you blogs because you dare to talk about things like the actions of local law enforcement you probably understand how I feel.

Anyways.

The lead story was President Obama’s Remarks from  the Prayer Breakfast .

Wow- was that a coincidence because this morning over breakfast – okay it was just me and a friend ( not the thousand at the breakfast the President was at )on the way to work munching on some Jelly Bellys and Bagels and ( I’ll leave it to you to wonder if I ate them together or separately ) I was praying like crazy too!

My friend thinks that President Obama is a Socialist, that George W. Bush is a victim of circumstance and that the people who drove our Country into the ground are going to drive it back up again.

I knew exactly what to say and I was about to when my friend says to me, ” I had to let five at work go yesterday. Five. You know what? I’m afraid Anita. I’m really afraid. I think that we all have to stick together-  I mean if neighbors don’t look out for each other- well that’s the way it’s got to be. Right? “

So here I was, ready to get on my political horse and ride- and just as I was about to saddle up I took one hard look into my friend’s face and said, ” That’s right. Count me in. Because you are 100% right. “

That what it comes down to, when you think about it.

It’s you and your neighbors getting out there and making things right and doing right by each other.

I used to think that was just a really neat idea.

And then I learned it can be done- in fact I learned some really nifty ways to make it happen.

And

I learned how from Barack Obama.