Looking to the Light

24 Season Premiere: Real Life Story

I'm watching the season premiere of the 6th season of 24. The premise of the episode is that Jack Bauer, who has been held by the Chinese for 20 months for his help in breaking in to the Chinese embassy which resulted in the death of one of their leaders, has been "purchased" from the Chinese so he can be traded for information on the leader of a terrorist organization that is rampaging the cities of America.

The leaders of CTU (Counter Terrorist Unit) notify Jack that this sacrifice is being asked to save the lives of thousands if not millions. Jack explains that he fought so hard to stay alive while the Chinese were torturing him because he would die for nothing but this way he can die for something that has purpose.

This makes me think of our current situation in Iraq. I don't think President Bush has done everything right in Iraq but I do believe we are there for a purpose and if we were to pull out now, like Ted Kennedy suggests, all of our soldiers will have given their lives for nothing.

Flying High and Flying Low

I just got off a plane coming back from my trip to California. With all the current news about airplane crashes in Oklahoma and with Yankee's Corey Lidle dying in a plane accident I was a little apprehensive to travel. I knew though that everything would be ok.

My trip was good. There were some high points and some low points but it was good to be able to spend time working with the marketing team and talk about the way that we can best work to grow our business. Hopefully we'll be able to work together to grow our companies and help them gain the skills to help them get any job they want when they decide its the right time for them to move on to another opportunity.