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This guy is awesome - School Superintendent Larry Powell

People keep wondering why the world is falling apart - corruption, greed, lobbying, globalization, gap between rich and poor, credit bubbles, etc. - and sure, all those things are huge problems.

But on the flip side of the equation, things have fallen apart because we don't have enough guys like Larry Powell in the world - people who actually care about society as a whole and not just themselves. It's not so much that we're awash with bad people (most people aren't 'bad' per se), it's more that we simply have so few good people who go above and beyond even when they don't have to.



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It's guys like this that should be the President of the United States. Unfortunately, guys like this never run because the system chews them up and spits them out if they try.

I love this quote from Larry...

"My Facebook page has been hit with literally hundreds of thank yous…I'm no hero...It's a way to give back to the community I love and we're going to do that," Powell said. 

The irony is that's exactly what a hero would say.

(and btw, to all the Warren Buffet lovers out there, giving away your money AFTER you die doesn't make you a hero - it's not much of a sacrifice when you no longer exist to use it.)

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