This morning Beth and I loaded up two of the five dogs and joined the fairly newly formed Kansas City Hiking Club for a 4+ mile trek. We came home and extracted ticks from Beth (Frontline will take care of the dogs!) and showered and ate and soon will be taking a nap. The BC’s are napping but Zoë and Gracie are romping, as they haven’t burned off any energy yet. Zoë is looking like a different dog already… she’s put on weight (not feeding tapeworms anymore) and is starting to believe her fortune really has changed.


I will soon return to my “steel box with a velvet lining” topic, but first I want to share my thoughts on the 20/20 program last night. John Stossel does a segment called Enough! where every day people decide to do something about some situation or issue that is getting out of hand.


There was an African American gal who was left at the alter on her wedding day, so she decided to “help people get married”… so she is arranging her second 10-couple wedding of African American couples who have kids but have never been married. She says ENOUGH to “Baby Daddies” and YES to husbands and wives.


And then there was the Oklahoma senator who blows the whistle on high-dollar projects that only benefit one state or are stupid projects, like a teapot museum! He’s not a very popular man amongst his peers.


What about Stephon Marbury, the NBA star who put his name on $15 sneakers so every kid could afford a pair? Or Rusty Leonard, a devout Christian who left a big bucks job to start MinistryWatch, a website that keeps tabs on how “ministries” are spending their dollars. Those two have probably made a few folks mad, too.


But I ESPECIALLY liked the one about "kids behaving badly" where 20/20 hired two kid actors to act like complete idiots in a restaurant for three days straight and almost no one said anything... but the story told of a Chicago restaurant owner who DID do something about rowdy kids and the response his position generated. (Guess what? He made a few folks mad...)


The point of all this is… it IS possible for “ordinary folks” to step up and make things happen. Everyday folks who grow weary of people with "clout" making foolish decisions can demand change and make things happen...even though they might make a few folks mad.


I say we demand some changes in the child welfare system and adoption. What do YOU say?

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