Do You Believe in Miracles? Go America, GO!
April 21, 2008
As I was discussing the fundamentals of Go, America GO! with someone that moved here from Canada in the late 1970’s yesterday, I realized that that era was not dissimilar to the nation’s demeanor today. He explained the challenges of thirty years ago, which Raj and I are too young to remember clearly, and articulated how America really needed a quintessential moment of triumph, which came in the form of an gold medal for the men’s hockey team. Sports imitate life, and Americans need to translate the enthusiasm they have for their sports teams into productivity in their own lives.
The Reagan era came and went in the 1980s, followed by prosperity in the 1990s, and as what goes up must come down, all has come down.
Unlike the 1980 US Olympic hockey team, the United States today is not in an underdog position. We are the top superpower in the world, and to defend such status, we must return to the principles set forth by our founding fathers. In Colonial America, our founding fathers were the underdogs. They believed in miracles, and also in hard work. Then 204 years later so did Herb Brooks. His hardnosed style and penchant for hard work laid the fundamentals for success. If he was here today I believe he would embrace the ten principles set forth by Bhakta in “Go America, GO! Ten things you can do to save America.”
Today, who is going to be the Mark Johnson to tie up the score? Who is going to be the Mike Eruzione to secure the victory? [Mark Johnson seen below right with the author]
The greatest sports moment of the 20th century - as titled by Sports Illustrated- is what Go America, GO! would be if it had skates.
What will be our medal for 2008? What will be today’s moment of triumph? That is up to you, America. Each person must exemplify personal responsibility so collectively all Americans can live a life like that hockey team once did, piled up on top of each other on the ice in sweet victory knowing that dreams do come true.
Only in America.
Go America, GO! We believe in miracles.
Hi!
While I am a big fan of America, but to call America’s current financial woes a case of “what goes up must go down,” is a little kind to the current administration. While prices for everything else have dropped, the price of a gallon of gas (and oil wholesale prices) have doubled or more. I wonder what the Bush and Cheney families are primarily invested in….The best way to get America going again is to get rid of the current administration and get the foxes out of the hen house, so to speak, and get people who are looking out for the good of all Americans, not just their friends, into office.
Justin
p.s. I think any of the three remaining candidates are likely to do just that!
I am not so sure if it is the current administration that is the problem, but the fact that most people in America don’t know the background of Saddam and Iraq. The 16 UN Resolutions that the world disregared before Bush actually took action on the 17th one. It is horrible that we are in this war, causing our oil prices to sky-rocket and our secondary interests to control our daily lives. But Bush had the courage to embark on a mission that others were too afraid to do in the past. I believe that once the world understands this, and sees the position that Bush was in, then maybe there will be a little boost in patriotism. It may possibly take a new administration to put this idea forth, but Bush should not take the blame for all of this.