Comments on: My fantasy run for president http://www.occams-razor.info/2008/07/my_fantasy_run_for_president.html Insightful essays on subjects trivial and profound Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:38:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Chris Kubica http://www.occams-razor.info/2008/07/my_fantasy_run_for_president.html/comment-page-1#comment-1923 Chris Kubica Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:45:22 +0000 http://www.occams-razor.info/?p=877#comment-1923 I just did a search for "fantasy president" and found your site. Just a note to say that I am tickled to find someone who has the EXACT same views on these national issues as I do. Or if not exact, then pretty darn close. I would add the following points from my own fantasy run: 1. The health of the Earth should really be the #1 priority. The health of any individual person, any institution, any policy or even the existence of our whole country should come second to that. It isn't that the US is not important or that we shouldn't run things in line with the health of the Earth, but if we don't have a planet to live on, any other priorities we have about ANYthing are irrelevant. 2. I am with you on the way to focus our military and defense budget in the coming decade, but I would follow that course on a path to utter peace at some point. That is, peace should ultimately be the only answer. If you really believe that the health of the Earth as a whole is the most important priority, then answering a missile attack with another missile attack can't be seen as being good for the planet. In other words, peace should ultimately be our response to everything that happens, peaceful or otherwise. Unless someone finally stands up against violence by saying "No matter what, our response is peaqceful" the cycle of violence will never end. 3. The US should lead the world in an artistic renaissance. Funding for the arts and arts education would go up, the US would found and well fund a national theatre, opera, ballet troupe as well as art/creative writing expositions/competitions at home and abroad. We need more than reality shows and Lindsay Lohan to enrich future generations of Americans and other world citizens. 4. I will have a weekly fireside chat (on radio, TV and the Internet) in which I attempt to inspire people to work together on practical, achievable projects that collectively help the Earth and all of us. Like "This week, folks, I challenge all of us to change 3 lightbulbs in our homes and workspaces with CFLs. 5. My presidency will be one of ultimate transparency. A documentarian will follow me almost everywhere I go and document what I do and what I say. Likewise, the white house Web site will have an "open book" ledger of the spending accounts of the President and white house staff. Just some ideas. Thanks for your post. I just did a search for “fantasy president” and found your site. Just a note to say that I am tickled to find someone who has the EXACT same views on these national issues as I do. Or if not exact, then pretty darn close. I would add the following points from my own fantasy run:

1. The health of the Earth should really be the #1 priority. The health of any individual person, any institution, any policy or even the existence of our whole country should come second to that. It isn’t that the US is not important or that we shouldn’t run things in line with the health of the Earth, but if we don’t have a planet to live on, any other priorities we have about ANYthing are irrelevant.

2. I am with you on the way to focus our military and defense budget in the coming decade, but I would follow that course on a path to utter peace at some point. That is, peace should ultimately be the only answer. If you really believe that the health of the Earth as a whole is the most important priority, then answering a missile attack with another missile attack can’t be seen as being good for the planet. In other words, peace should ultimately be our response to everything that happens, peaceful or otherwise. Unless someone finally stands up against violence by saying “No matter what, our response is peaqceful” the cycle of violence will never end.

3. The US should lead the world in an artistic renaissance. Funding for the arts and arts education would go up, the US would found and well fund a national theatre, opera, ballet troupe as well as art/creative writing expositions/competitions at home and abroad. We need more than reality shows and Lindsay Lohan to enrich future generations of Americans and other world citizens.

4. I will have a weekly fireside chat (on radio, TV and the Internet) in which I attempt to inspire people to work together on practical, achievable projects that collectively help the Earth and all of us. Like “This week, folks, I challenge all of us to change 3 lightbulbs in our homes and workspaces with CFLs.

5. My presidency will be one of ultimate transparency. A documentarian will follow me almost everywhere I go and document what I do and what I say. Likewise, the white house Web site will have an “open book” ledger of the spending accounts of the President and white house staff.

Just some ideas. Thanks for your post.

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