Dec 19 2006
Who Will Run for President 2008?
GUEST: Rick MacArthur, president and publisher of Harper’s Magazine, award winning journalist and author
New York Senator Hilary Clinton has begun actively considering a presidential run, reaching out to her colleagues in the New York delegation and asking for their advice and support. With the post-mid-term election euphoria settling down, Democrats are beginning a dialogue on front runners for the 2008 Presidential elections. Some commentators have pointed out that Clinton is a polarizing, and hence, “unelectable” figure. Barack Obama, the charismatic Senator from Illinois, is seen to be a strong contender for the White House. On December 12th, Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich announced his Presidential bid, making opposition to the Iraq war the centerpiece of his campaign. Meanwhile, Republicans have also begun putting out feelers. Former New York Mayor, Rudy Guiliani, and Arizona Senator John McCain, are the highest profile GOP candidates.
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One Response to “Who Will Run for President 2008?”
Dear Presidential Candidates
I’m a 2008, Presidential candidate, and I can’t get my word out, I’m under educated, but I read well, I’m poor only because it’s a state of mine, meaning I’m rich depending on who I’m talking to, but I have high hopes, the 2008, presidential political forums have shut out the lesser known candidates, but I would like to prove a point, you don’t have to be rich, or be well educated to be president of the United States of America, and one person can change the world with a few good thoughts, I’m calling this thought, “HOW TO TAME A DESERT’, WATER RECOVERY FOR THE DESERT.
Most rivers never dry up, so put two pipes in a river, one intake to pull the water out of the river, and one outtake to put the water back into the river, put a few filters to keep the pipes clean, next pump water from the intake pipe to a reservoir that will holed a million gallons of water, cover the million gallon reservoir to control evaporation, next using solar power make something simple, the covered reservoir, put magnifying glasses on the cover and let nature do the rest, now the inside of the reservoir will heat up and the water well condense, then like a old whisky still, have coiled pipes to collect the condensed water, this is good drinking water in the middle of any desert, then build thousands of reservoirs for the new cities, farms, and help global warm.
Also, for generating electricity used the outtake pipe the water going back to the river, because the water will be cooler due to the magnifying glasses in the intake pipe to help condense the river water for drinking, put generators at different locations, so gravity can keep the reservoir water moving,[ ABOVE GROUND RESERVOIRS WITH PLUMMING AT THE BOTTOM OF RESERVOIR ], with a million gallons of water pressure the generators should run twenty-four a day.
How the generators work is pretty simple, first the water is siphoned from the main outtake pipe, second the siphoned water goes to a container reservoir using pressure and gravity, third as the water is returning to the main pipe the water turns a generator propeller blade creating electricity for cities, farms in the middle of any desert, and most of the water should return to the river, except for water used for farming.
In my opinion this is so simple, but our nations best and brightest who want to be Americas next President would not even dream of America trying to tame our deserts, or help solve Africa problems with water and farming.
I have five environmental reasons for why I want to become the next U.S. president, These reasons are: to make America a cash only transaction country, to build environmentally efficient Dome Homes, stop the invention of insurance, to establish the, “no gun” control and effect a minimum standard of living for all people, also read my thoughts on housing. Dome Homes All Dome Homes will be made of concrete and sand, and between the walls, and inside. The wall will be sand and heating cores. All heating core will be on twenty-four seven and three hundred and sixty five days a year, or never off as you can imagine will the domes be like a cave with no sun to heat them up. Now using wind turbines generators to heat the heating cores, and then the wind is not blowing, plain old electricity will be used as blowers to move the heat from dome home walls to hallway and tenants suites, and if elected I’ll give a tax break to al new constructions that use this ideal in construction.
Inside each suite their will be two types of heating, one will be the bicycle type, an exercising bike with a generator that produce heat. The longer a person peddle the warmer their suite will be, second will be an coin machine type, for example, some people will be happy with just heat from the walls cores, and others happy from peddle power, but if both do not heat you enough the you put a quarter in a machine and it will produce heat for about an hour and you repeat till your happy. How To Feed People In Dome Homes-First since there are about two to five thousand tenant suites in each Dome Home and feed the many people will not be easy, but I will try, by building green house domes and growing many crops year around, for example strawberries in December, or cabbage in a Oregon winter. I again will use wind turbines generators to heat and light the green house dome, most of the green houses will only be needed about six months out of the year, and the other six months
crops will be grown outside. I’m hoping for total employment from all tenants a few hours a day, also animal care is a second problem feeding this many people year round, as crops I will build a large greenhouse/barns for animal to be eaten year round, I will breed and feed all types of animal for food, pets will not be allow in dome homes, but if a tenants has a pet they can keep it inside green house/barn domes, till their pets dies, all pets are fixed before being house inside greenhouse/barn domes, tenants can have fish, turtles, some snakes for pets. Next water for tenants, I will build million gallons reservoirs with cover to stop evaporation with each dome home built, also pipe lines from rivers will be built to keep the million gallons recoveries full, each dome home will have the ability to collect all rain that falls onto the dome and all dome homes will have their own water treatment plant. Health and Sex and the Dome Home-Sex at the dome homes will be a boom for
some at the same time some girls and guys just don’t care how many people touch them, some tenants will have many partners every night and day all the government Can so is keep track of the S.T.D.s, treat people and keep them away from the other tenants. In dome home living well will be able to play cards, shoot pool to pass time. Health care will be limited most illnesses are over before the start, but some illnesses are more severe and those people including myself should be willing to die for the many to help the few. I’m not a doctor a doctor and I feel only doctor should make that call. Their will be day care for people with children, their will be care for the old in good health, and every culture should have old people. Note: If a person home is their castle, then drugs and alcohol should be legal in your own home. I feel that anything smoke-able should be legal, I would like every dome home illegal and legal drugs sold over the counter, so their won’t be any legal
problem with a clause for every sell, if this drug will make you too sick you may die!, also no cigarettes sold or smoked at all dome homes.