| From the late fifth century to the early sixth | | | | and Bobby Kennedy. Many others have not been |
| century is the setting for a beloved British figure | | | | so good. Life is easier though it is harder. Life is |
| of some romantic significance. It is the time period | | | | more, much more, complicated often requiring |
| King Arthur and Knights of The Round Table are | | | | two people in a family to be gainfully employed full |
| believed to have loved and reigned and ruled in | | | | time to support their children at the same |
| Camelot. | | | | standard of one working adult during the day of |
| While Arthur fought the Saxons, the pretenders | | | | Kennedy's Camelot. |
| to his kingdom and his throne, he was engaged | | | | Fifty two inch flat screen LCD and Plasma high |
| with Lancelot on another front for the affection | | | | definition televisions have replaced the six inch |
| and devotion of his beloved Guinevere. | | | | black and white TV screen. Cable has replaced |
| Queen Guinevere was, according to legend, | | | | the rabbit ears and outdoor antennas of that era. |
| beautiful and desirable beyond belief, and she won | | | | Hundreds of available television stations have |
| the heart of Arthur. Think of it as a May to | | | | replaced the big three. |
| December romance and we begin to get the | | | | Sirius Radio has replaced FM radio which replaced |
| flavor and depth of the matters of the heart at | | | | AM. Twenty four hour news channels like FOX, |
| conflict with the urgencies of the day. | | | | MSNBC, and CNN have replaced Huntly and |
| Today it most simply known as the time of | | | | Brinkley, and the complacency of the people have |
| Camelot, but it was destined to be seen again, | | | | replaced the hope of the nation during Jack and |
| and maybe even a third time is on the horizon. At | | | | Jackie's Camelot. |
| least we would like to think so. Several centuries | | | | Big box stores have replaced mom and pop |
| passed after the exploits of King Arthur and a | | | | shops. Huge corporate stores have replaced the |
| new nation in the west, in the views of many, | | | | corner market, and the Piggly Wiggly's of the |
| captured the Age of Camelot again. The one | | | | world have replaced the local grocery store |
| thousand days of the presidency of John (Jack) | | | | where a family could get what they needed and |
| Kennedy. | | | | pay for it on pay day in the name of progress. |
| Kennedy with his vivacious wife Jackie captured | | | | But are we really better off? Is it better where |
| the imagination of the world.Here was a young, | | | | there are more homeless? Is it better when |
| beautiful, idealistic couple from family dynasties | | | | more kids go to bed cold and hungry? Are we a |
| that dreamed of and led a nation towards a | | | | better nation when the veteran, the elderly, and |
| better place in time, in history, in the heart, and in | | | | the sick have to chose between food and |
| caring for all its peoples. | | | | medicine? |
| Perhaps less than a century after Jack and Jackie | | | | In a time when half of all marriages end in divorce |
| we can relive Camelot just one more time. What | | | | and far too many children are being raised in a |
| a dream for those of us who are old enough to | | | | single parent home, can we do better? Can we |
| remember the young couple seemingly so in love, | | | | recapture the Age of Camelot? America is |
| so charismatic, so vibrant, such dreamers with | | | | disenchanted. Can we recapture the dream? Can |
| such social grace raising their small children in the | | | | we recharge the dreamers? We need another |
| White House. | | | | Walt Disney for our passtime and another John |
| Sure times have changed. Some changes have | | | | Kennedy for our country. As much as we love |
| been good fulfilling the dreams of Jack Kennedy | | | | America, can we make her better? |