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Happy New Year! Here's my sincerest wish that, no matter how good or bad you think 2009 was, you'll find 2010 a better year with great things in store!
I've been rather stumped this week on what to write, so I've decided to take a cue from my son-in-law Chris, and do a "Top Ten" list this month. Therefore, here is my list of Top Ten Resolutions We'd Love To Hear for 2010. I hope you enjoy them!
- Resolution # 10: We, of the Popular Media, do hereby resolve to extend the same kind of respect to celebrities and public figures that we appreciate for our own privacy, and to quit thinking the whole world has a right to know all the most intimate details about the private lives of public figures.
- Resolution # 9: We, the Movie Makers of Hollywood, do hereby resolve to encourage creativity and imagination by refusing to remake old movies that were fine in their original version, and to instead spend some time finding new stories that would make great movies. Additionally, we resolve to not "adapt" these stories to promote our own agendas, which are often contrary to the message of the original story.
- Resolution # 8: We, the Scientists of the world, resolve to return to the concept of good science, and to continue to revise any theory in accordance with new findings and data. We resolve to renounce the practice of ignoring any data that might contradict our pet theory, and to not seek to squelch dissenting voices that might raise reasonable objections to our current position.
- Resolution # 7: We, the Members of the United States Congress (from BOTH parties), do hereby resolve to restore the concept of Representative Government, and to uphold our duty to represent the people that elected us, not the deep pocket lobbyists, special interest groups, or our own selfish agendas. We reaffirm our Founding Fathers' position that "Taxation without Representation is tyranny," and purpose that we will not be the tyrants that usher in the end of Liberty.
- Resolution # 6: We, the Religious People of the World, do resolve to bring an end to the spreading of hate and violence in the Name of God, by whatever Name our particular religion knows God by. We affirm the concept that Tolerance does not mean we have to agree with each other on important points of Doctrine, but rather that we respect each others' right to believe and to worship without fear of persecution, as well as respecting others' right to not believe or worship if that is their choice.
- Resolution # 5: We, the Collector Times Writers, resolve to get our columns in sufficiently early for Sheryl to edit without having to stay up half the night on the first of each month, and to not make her job any more difficult than it already is. (What? It could happen!)
- Resolution # 4: We, the Internet Users of Earth, do hereby resolve to spend a few moments using this powerful information network we have, for the purpose of verifying e-mails we get before we forward them to everyone in our Address Book. We also resolve to eschew the blanket, "If you care about someone, forward them this message," and instead show that we care by sending them an actual, personal note that actually conveys that we thought about them today, rather than just conveying that their address still happens to be included in our mass-forwarding list.
- Resolution # 3: We, the Citizens of Places where a quality education is available to all, do hereby resolve to quit acting like we are ignorant, and to put our education to proper use. We resolve to exercise a modicum of competency in math and language skills, and to show some effort at writing coherent sentences with proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
- Resolution # 2: We, the Broadcast Companies, resolve to quit making "Instant Celebrities" out of people by featuring them in "Reality Programs," recognizing that the very act of paying them lots of money to be on television destroys the "reality" concept of their lives. We recognize that this trend in programming is nothing but cheap voyeurism, and does as much or more to corrupt the lives of the people being featured as to enhance.
- And our Top Resolution that We'd Love to Hear is:
- Resolution # 1: We, the Species known as Homo Sapiens, resolve to use the intelligence, the strength, and the talents we have to make our homes, our neighborhoods, our cities, our nations, and our world a better place by doing the right thing. We acknowledge that it is unrealistic and unreasonable to expect our Governments to do this for us, and that true change begins with We the People. The Government can encourage action, the Government can foster an environment for action, and the Government can cooperate, but nothing will ever improve unless we get off our collective duffs and do something. We resolve to not wait for the other guy to do something first, or to wait for some incentive that makes our action somehow profitable for us, because if things go to hell in a handbasket, we're all going to be in the same handbasket regardless of whose "fault" it is.
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