Take action. That’s how you will put meaning into your “inspiring” words.

I couldn’t agree more with that, Ray. There is often a big chasm between words and action. Talk is cheap.

The trick will be to take action which gives corporations and individuals the incentive to do good. People will act in their own best interest. Government is often able to institute policies which encourage people to do the right thing.

Our greatest challenges are three fold: the Economy, the Environment, and Extremism. Healthcare and the like, are part of the economic picture. I think it is possible, with the right kind of vision, to pass legislation, and to institute policies, which solve all three in one shot. Since these three problems are inter-related, and inter-connected, it makes sense that one solution could be used to solve all three.

Bottom line: You want to create good paying jobs around the world which protect the environment, and which help to stem the tide of extremist thinking. You want to Sell a Vision of Hope, which would give substance to the hope and change that Obama is talking about. And then you want to sustain the hope with public diplomacy, and when necessary, be willing to fight to realize a Vision of Hope.