A Trip Down History Lane

Written by: Samm Simpson on Jun 3, 2008 12:25 PM EDT

I humbly ask you to watch this [five minute video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ChZjnGJf0M

that describes a bit about my life, and my quest for public service. Each of us have been shaped by profound shared sociological experiences. Like many baby boomers, my generation was impacted by, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkinaugural.htm 

Gandhi. http://www.mkgandhi.org/ [Watts Riots.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRDvY_anJdc) [Detroit Riots.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2_VX2nymRs) The civil rights movement. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1732754907698549493 Stevie Wonder.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_g9KfrjZ60 The Beatles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfsvE4j4ExA Woodstock. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVEUbIgJa9Q&feature=related Vietnam http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/series/fd.htm Watergate. http://www.ford.utexas.edu/museum/exhibits/watergate_files/content.php?section=2&page=e Bella Abzug http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/quotes/a/qu_bella_abzug.htm Henry Kissinger. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2815881561030958784 Three Mile Island. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/three/ A War on Democracy. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3739500579629840148 Mother Teresa http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1979/teresa-lecture.html And a thousand more. And through it all, I still believe in hope and in the power of the truth as a cleansing and healing salve for the wounds of our nation. What do you think? The most serious issues facing this country - the war, the economy, our loss of civil liberties, the veterans, the debt, our children's future - must be faced courageously and with great speed and diligence. I trust that a passionate desire to help people in public service will win out over status quo machinery of money, ego and political entitlement - not just in Florida, but in every state of our Union. Your support -dollars, http://www.sammsimpsonforcongress.com/supporters/contribute hours, word of mouth - is valued and appreciated. This is a people's movement. We are in this together.

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