"We are the ones we have been waiting for."

ah... james moore... a voice of clarity and sanity in a parched and barren landscape...

She was a rarity: a true public servant who saw a problem, got involved to solve it, worked hard for no glory beyond the joy of doing good, and went away when her service was fulfilled.

We have these people in our country. But no one is calling to them. They do not hear leaders who inspire them nor do they believe in our processes the way they used to. And maybe it is time for them to become the leaders. We are all sick from the same disease. It eats at both of our political parties and who we believe ourselves to be as Americans. The president takes us to war without asking us to make sacrifices. Congress cuts taxes for corporate interests while trying to convince us it will get us a raise or pay for our health care at our job in the Wal-Mart stock room. It doesn't.

A nation that has no heroes, we have been told, is sad. A nation that needs them is even sadder. We don't need heroes. Our country, its people and its culture, is our hero, and we are letting its honor be darkened.

[...]

I hear the words of a friend of mine rising over a fire in the clear night air of northern New Mexico.

"We are the ones we have been waiting for."

it's the converse of the pogo quote - "we have met the enemy and he is us..."

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