and end up surrounded by so many people who have been locked into the same DC power politics thinking, for so long? Quite a challenge the young President has set himself up with.
Hope springs eternal.
Here goes the insomniac begins at 3:40 AM with his contribution to the cause.
Number One everything is connected. Ridiculously obvious but useful to keep in mind.
So when trying to lift the Monster that is the US Economy from it's nosedive it would serve us all well to address the other most profound problem Facing the Earth and that means all of us, women and children first, as they say, that profound problem is the destruction of our Atmosphere and the resulting Global Climate Change that will likely cause untold damage, unknown damage, but damage for sure. This is something we hold in our hands, the power to destroy ourselves and our Planet or the Power to begin the smooth transition to a World whose human activities celebrate, invigorate, work with, restore and enjoy this Beautiful Planet that is fundamentally a Miracle of Life.
There are activities that we do and things we consume that harm the Earth and harm ourselves, we can begin to identify them and turn the gears of commerce as we move away from these destructive habits.
President Obama is a good man. He cannot bring change on a grassroot level. That is our job. Almost all of us drive automobiles. We hold the key. Right there Boom! Right there we hold the key! It's so simple. When we turn that ignition on we start a fire, a little fire, and it gets us where we need to go but.. We are burning down the house with millions of us and our little fires. Don't panic I don't think we need to jump to extremes, though I would say a life without a car though, opens doors that you wouldn't know existed as to meeting people in your world. People that might be important to your life. However what I am suggesting is this. That President Obama call on all Americans to make a change, he needs to call on all Americans to make a change. Let's begin the Power Glide up towards a new economy by instituting the 4 day work week. I know you think that is horrible and too painful a sacrifice but I believe we can do it. The truth is everyone in their bones knows we are in for some hard times, let's face them and go forward. Let's get a Nationwide commitment to drive to work only 4 days a week. 3 days of the week we leave our cars at home, and we get by with bicycles, walking, or public transit. Of course many of us are workaholics, people who would go nuts if they didn't have to be at work and so maybe we can make options for them again bicycle to work, public transit, walk, work at home One day a week.
Let's think about all those businesses that are sitting right now ready to hand out the pink slips. It may be a cruel option but let's examine it. What would it be like for those businesses
to have you work 20% less you might have to earn 20% less, but that still might be worth it for many of us. These are going to be nothing but tough times ahead and very possibly the very best times of our lives as we begin to take these steps that directly confront our problems. Remember when you begin to directly face your problems that's when real progress happens..
Somebody told me that once and it makes sense to me.
There is another important aspect to our self-inflicted problems on Earth. We keep destroying all the land that surrounds us. Some areas of the country are worse than others. That's the whole other fundamental dark side to all this real estate boom across the Planet. (Not just that they were reaming you with their crooked mortgages, and their crap (frequently) housing (modern life sardines). Tearing up the land to build more and more houses means less and less trees and grass. Trees and grass serve a very important function to us on a relatively small and definitely finite Planet. They help absorb our mess in the form of CO2 and as all you who made it to 4th grade probably know by now I hope, they release Oxygen. That's a pretty important function, in other words the increase of Trees and Grass would likely help stabilize global warming, the decrease of Grass and Trees increases the rate of Climate change. We can't hide from this or pretend this isn't the case.
President Obama please take note. To be a good leader you must look at all the threats this country faces as well as all the options that bring us greater security. We cannot afford to quickstart our economy back into the same old destructive real estate habits. That time is over. A nationwide goal for every town and city in the USA. 40% reduction in, pavement, asphalt, tar paper what have you, all that stuff that reflects heat back up into our atmosphere, it all matters and replace it with trees and grass. Don't think this can't be done. It can. Imagine that sorry end of town with all the pavement, wasted parking spaces, everywhere as if we are afraid of letting anything in the realm of human life exist as nature. Let's get to work we are talking about thousands and thousands of acres. Nature preserves, Corn Fields, Baseball diamonds. Do you see how it all works together? As we begin to drive less, get more electric/solar/biodiesel vehicles on the road we are talking about an incredible transformation.
A healthy economy comes natural to people who take care of their environment, there are a thousand ways it all begins to work together when you get down to basics.
Every major urban /suburban artery in the USA needs bus and shuttle service. Thousands more electric hybrid biodiesel buses and cars. To serve all of us citizens who aren't going to be driving on those happy 3 days of the week that we aren't driving. Put cab drivers at the wheel, some of us are getting old and need some benefits. There should be a revolution, the gears are in motion let's go!
Don't spend our hard earned money billions & billions on a lot of pouring more asphalt across this land the time is here to restore nature. The economy is a function of intelligent living. When too many people think the economy is just about extracting money from the Earth without consequence that's when your economy is doomed. That's what has been happening we are dealing with some high laws beyond most current human comprehension. If you rip people and Life on Earth for your own gain your economy will eventually Crash. It's some sort of Natural Law and I don't think it really is that complicated and I do think that is exactly where we are.
More to come.
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