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2. Band Aids are the name of a brand of
adhesive bandage. They sometimes can help
a wound heal a little easier than leaving an
open cut for bacteria/germs to enter our
blood stream.
They hold broken skin together. They can
cover up something that needs to be kept
from public view. It is not, however, something
that actually repairs what is broken.
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3. We seem to have gotten way too
comfortable using them to fix what is broken
and have lost the real definition of a band-
aid.
I sat in a meeting today on transportation -
specifically dealing with traffic congestion on
a major freeway.
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4. As I listened to the description of "the plan"
and how spending billions - with a "b" - on
widening this freeway was the only way to fix
the problem, my stomach started to get knots
in it.
The more I listened - the more it felt like I was
hearing a band-aid solution - which isn't a
solution at all - but a cover-up for a broken
transportation system.
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5. When are we going to reach a place in this
country - on this planet - when covering up
what is really broken no longer works for us?
The freeway discussion today was a perfect
reflection of where we are on so many of the
complex problems.
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6. Granted - we know how to build really BIG
freeways and have done so from sea to
shining sea, but have we "fixed" anything?
So, why are we "OK" with band aids? Is it
because thinking about the problem is hard?
Have we reached the place where we rather
just cover up the problem instead of put the
work and thinking that it takes to find a true
solution?
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7. All I know is that band aids can only work for
so long.
I believe that we have reached the place
where the complex problems that this nation
and planet are facing are going to require
major shifts in our thinking.
I am done using band aids as the answer.
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8. Veterans can understand these band aids all
too well as one looks at the past in terms of
military transition and post war efforts to
provide our service members a life after the
battlefield.
Only recently has the powers to be realized
the importance of handling with care this
invaluable resource, our Veteran community.
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9. Nowhere else can you find a group with such
diverse skills, strong leadership and a will to
continue on until the mission is accomplished?
Such incredible individuals know that band
aids don't work and aren't afraid to roll up
their sleeves, make hard decisions and get
away from the status quo.
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10. These are the thinkers we need solving the
problems of today and the future, help us
launch them in a way that has them reaching
the heights needed to solve complex global
issues.
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