Comments Hal Hardy has made
It's not just Oil: It's My Eco-No-My! Yours?
For some of my comments I ask forgiveness in advance and begin with the fact that I am standing under my heavy platform, yet not standing on Mr. Tamminen's. Somewhere close though.
As I thank him, I also excuse my tongue, stuck, permanently in the side of my cheek with my mouth wide open for too long. To not say something would be remise. As well as all Mr. Tamminen's solid proposals there is a duty of each individual, running or not. So hopefully with no offense intended I contribute:
I would go greener and leaner! I think Mr. Tamminen has good ideas but lets look as closely as he does and try to find the best solution.
We can have an economy built on building more, and more. And "We the People" can subsidize more research into alternative fuels, green building, corn, or bowel movements: All lucrative and worth while.
But, government spending is more than subsidies and investments. Where does all that money come from anyway? Where does it go? I'm not against spending but spending more never helped to solve my financial problems.
Give me a day off, without pay, and see where I volunteer: I will be volunteering for freedom from my economy. Plus, there are people wanting to work more than 40 hours per week. Odd? Yes! But…that is America. Work hard, play hard. I get it. And I like it.
Give me the job of making the rules and seeing that they (oil companies, eventually corn farmers, solar and wind energy providers, green companies) get regulated. Business will love it. Maybe I can even start a business that helps explain regulation to laymen!
But what about the so called values? Do contribute to our economy. Make it what you want. It can be efficient and clean. Useful and lean.
My best "shot":
Buildings and roofs built from bullet proof glass? With solar panels behind them and gutters that catch, direct and store all that water! It sounds radical but is it really crazy? We will have solved the two or three biggest problems facing the U.S. Terrorism, water shortages, and energy sources, as well as creating short term production and job creation (Business likey), community even? Direct current (DC) energy could be freely available if our sidewalks and walls were made with this concoction. That means freely availabe, if not simply free, electricity for phones, computers…and cars?
If you want to build, build me a safe place. I'm tired of oil in my asphalt, oil in my water, and oil in my car, too. Give me a bike and a solar panel. Maybe a train to ride and a car to show off a little.
Our Veterans will need employment, as well as those who are looking for jobs designing and creating. Build us cities made from strong glass, clear and stable like we want our selves to be. Like our government would like to be able to be, and like our children will want to see. Don't build in another factory. I believe.
Candidates can have, and usually do have good intentions. Smart, doable policies and proposals. But it is up to the individual people that make up this country, and world, to decide how money will be spent, and life, lived in the future. Post Bush, in 1/20/09 we will be in a new time. And from now on, on September 1st, I will celebrate the freedom that was known before terrorism, after terrorism. I will thank my mind for the freedom to protect and adapt. I will assess the dangers that face US and everyone as I do for myself. We must celebrate life and beauty and freedom. Cherish it, don't bury it. Look at it and learn from it.
It is a brave new world and One not to be played with. So take it back, and then let it go, by understanding the problems to the solutions.
And look closely at the world you want to build, because it will be the world you construct that you will live and die in.
Here's to newness, my grandmother's favorite part of the United States Constitution: A peaceful transition from one leader to the next.On My presidential platform calls for clean air and no war. What about yours? posted 2 years, 9 months ago 23 Responses