During President Barack Obama's press conference Chuck Todd so famously asked about the kinds of sacrifice the average American was being asked to make. Very good diaries have been asking what other sacrifices families can make after suffering in this economy and one diary stated that we do need to make sacrifices. I do not know who is right, but I do know that our nation is in an economic and humanitarian crisis.
Anyone who has read my previous diaries knows that I did not have many good roll models growing up. I have had to find them in life. I have sought them out to guide me in times of crisis and this has been a great help to me in life. I feel at this time of crisis we can find our own role models to guide our behavior as individuals and a nation.
At this time I think we can look to the example set by Great Brittain during world war two, particularly during the blitz.
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