We thought we would end 2012, and begin 2013, with the famous quote from Ronald Reagan from his farewell address:
“I’ve spoken of the shining
city all my political life, but I don’t know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, windswept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace, a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity, and if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here. That’s how I saw it, and see it still.”
Happy New Year, and God Bless America. May the New Year bring a renewed appreciation for how fortunate we are to live in the United States of America.