America's Newest Hero

" Is there a hero among you?" Goliath in the form of Big Business and greed, taunts the crowds of citizens and terrorizes the masses with no fear of repercussions. Frightened Americans must have silently asked a similar question. Where is our hero? Who is our David? This country has its share of super villains. Gas prices started to sky-rocket for no apparent reason. They say the market was volatile, but oil companies still were getting record profits consistently. Villain. I thought the country and the world was just going crazy. Everyone fighting each other and no one listening. Big businesses raping their consumers and employees with inflated pricing and creative deception tactics that fooled us all. (ENRON) Villain. Don't let me get on the topic of war. That's an open-ended conversation these days. For now, I'll just leave that beaten horse beaten. The haves started blatantly robbing the dreams of the have nots. No deception needed. And everyone seemed to be content; like there was nothing wrong with the world. I thought of Eckhart Tolle's book "A New Earth" talks about man's mental state bordering insanity. Ok, actually he doesn't say bordering. The country looked just like Gotham City... and then the bottom dropped out.

In one voice, citizens of America looked to the sky and said "Save us". Panic set in. The haves don't have as much. Careers seem more like Temp agency assignments. The housing market is a mess; banks need a loan (are you serious). Business as usual it seems is not very good business. Bonnie Tyler's song "I Need a Hero" plays softly in the background.

Enter America's newest hero. Instead of saying "No, we will not help", like the Watchmen, this newest American hero has accepted that famous Spider man lesson; "with great power comes great responsibility". A new chapter in American history begins today. A chapter of heroes and their valiant battles against evil. A chapter that I am anxious to live, write about, read about and tell about to all.