Pruitt’s Platform - Introduction to an Adventure

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Managing Editor Kevin Henry and PennWell, as well as loyal readers, for providing me a featured spot on this unprecedented free forum - which is rumored to be even monitored by a few in Congress. I do hope so.

If we are to cultivate fresh ideas, we’ve got to do some groundwork to clear some weeds.

Let me say that I am flattered and excited that you believe in me enough to offer such a tremendous blog opportunity. I consider it a popular mandate and a responsibility to continue on my path of straightforward, intrusive discovery - bringing you along every step of the way to share in the excitement of accelerated social evolution. I think it is fun to undermine traditional bureaucratic bozos who think they are too good to wrestle in the dirt. The fact that our neighborhood entertainment is still under the surface makes it seem sort of like ornery-fun as well.

Five years ago, New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman, in his national bestseller “The World is Flat,” predicted that "Individuals from every corner of the flat world are being empowered.” He had no idea he was talking about a dentist in Fort Worth, Texas.

Hang on tight, everyone, because I will take this blog on a fast-moving, multi-pronged adventure of a kind never before witnessed on any media venue. What’s more, I will continue to probe for weak, deceptive links in our neighborhood - and I’ll do it between checking my hygiene patients, and just for grins. I would warn newcomers as well as future targets that I don’t avoid hurting feelings if it speeds progress to a better democracy - including, of course, better state and national representation for my dental patients. They trust me to watch after their welfare. And as far as I can tell, I’m their last hope. Besides, since I hold myself accountable for what I post on the Internet, I see not a single reason why everyone else shouldn’t be held to the same standard, or to simply shut the hell up.

I know it took work to put together “Pruitt’s Platform.” I promise I will never make you ashamed of giving me such esteemed consideration, and I won't let you down by pushing out boring, pointless, superficial content.

Get ready to plow new ground deep, friends. Once we break up the fallow impenetrable crust, soon it will be time to plant new ideas for fresh leadership. Hey, lawmakers - you’re next: Deep renewal isn’t limited to the field of dentistry. It was just close by, mostly vacated and has been hidden from view for years.

D. Kellus Pruitt