False Economic Sense by Bush

When will this country elect a politician that has the foresight to work on serious problems that affect our future health and our childrens health? Obviously, in the most recent example, Gore learned the lesson hard. He was promising to take some needed steps to protect the environment for our children and our future economy. Most Americans just vote in a very selfish way. They vote to increase their own near-term economic health, and to hell with the future health of our nation.

A recent example of this administration's policy:

Power plants are the largest source of carbon dioxide, accounting for about 40 percent of all U.S. emissions of the heat-trapping gas. Other emissions from coal-fired plants, which generate about half of U.S. electricity, can cause asthma, chronic bronchitis and pneumonia.

After initially supporting a cap on carbon dioxide during his 2000 run for president, Bush has rejected adding carbon dioxide to the "Clear Skies" bill because of its cost. "Clear Skies" would be the biggest change to the Clean Air Act since 1990.

What cost? The near-term cost to the people that elected him. Not the cost over 20 years. If he took some of the $800 Billion he was spending to kill innocent people in the middle East and apply it to solving some serious long term global problems he would be headed in the right direction.

But... people will be people. It's too bad that a majority of the people in this country don't see the forest for the trees. Soon there will be no forests. Maybe they will see the trees then? There may be no trees to see too!

Come to California (no don't) to see the people's will in action. Twenty years ago experts were saying we should have public transit systems to alleviate the traffic, and power plants big enough to anticipate the growth we knew was coming. Public transit systems are minimal, traffic is bad enough to stress many people into an early grave (literally) and power costs are high with alternating brownouts (not as costs as high as they will in the near future). The people would prefer to have extra money in their own pockets to buy frivilous goods instead of paying their share for a future we know must come. It will be too late when the freeways stop, and the power is not enough, and the sewer flows over the sidewalks floating the trash that can't be picked up. It takes 20 years to build massive public works projects.

Sigh!

We kill more..

I'm thinking seriously this morning about why the United States is in Iraq, killing so many people for a forced style of government that may or may not be appropriate for this far-away country. While spending 800 billion dollars on this war, we build the biggest economic deficit ever and are denying some of the most wonderful projects humankind has ever done (finishing the Hubble space repairs).

I just can't think of a reason now any more than I could before we went to Iraq why we should send our people to be slaughtered and to slaughter.

I'd suggest that President Bush conduct the war in person in Iraq from this point forward and we will see how long it will last. We could probably do without him for the time it would take for him to decide to come home with the troops.

RV Guys start a blog!

Well, my first thoughts are, WHY DO I WANT TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS WITH THE WORLD? Especially a bunch of strangers who may or may not want something from me? Good Question.

I suspect EGO is the main reason. Sharing a bit of my life makes it more exciting (to me). I already share photos and our travels on our web page (http://www.rvinteractive.com/rvguys/). Now a place to record a daily diary sounds like a interesting experiment.

We sold our home and moved onto the roads of the USA about 3.5 years ago, traveling coast-to-coast each year, staying in various RV Parks for times from 1 week up to 4 Months. This gives us time to visit relatives and friends plus see the beauty of the United States up close.

I'm also an amateur photographer and this is a great way to find interesting subjects to photograph.

We also have to work to make a living. I am fortunate that we can do that with my multimedia programming skills and a large book company willing to give me enough work. My work schedule requires only that I meet deadlines, but does not dictate where I do the work. Thanks to my high speed internet on the top of our motorhome, and FEDEX/UPS I can do my work anywhere under the footprint of the DirecWay satellites!

Enough for today. I'm working to finish a big job.

Here's our current location: