A New Voice In The White House

Some shocking news came my way this past week while watching one of my favorite show this past week House.

The actor Kal Penn, who has appeared in such classic movies as Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle and its sequel, has put his acting career on hiatus so that he can work with Barack Obama in the White House.

Penn will work as the assistant director of the White House Office of Public Liaison.

Penn worked with the Obama campaign during the his run toward the presidency. He grew so interested and close to the Obama camp that he asked if there was anything more he could do for the new president. Penn went to the President with the idea of reaching out to artists (mainly in the acting community) and Asian-Americans.

This is not the first time that an actor has jumped into a political office (Ronald Reagan and (Clint Eastwood) but in recent years it is the first time we have seen a celebrity do more than just voice their opinion about politics.

Al Franken and the radio show hosts for La Sabrosita in Nashville are some radio personalities who have made the jump to Washington to fight for what they believe.

Artisits like Penn are a rare few, people who are willing to go and help out something they believe strongly enough about that they quit their job in order to pursue it. Sure, Penn has likely made a nice chump of change from his acting and can afford to pursue this while others might not be able to.

It is nice to see someone willing to do more than just talk about what they think but to act on it and pursue it further.

Until next week, Namaste.