Here's my list of what I think should happen tomorrow:
1. Give every neocon in Washington a pink slip and a court date for the
murder and destruction they've wrought in Iraq; the debt they've
incurred the American public, and the loss of respect for America
throughout the world.
2. Bust up media conglomerates with much hardened anti-trust laws
3. Require "news" services to give equal time/coverage to opposing
points of view
4. Put America on an even-handed footing with Israel. No more taxpayer
funding, no more arms and no more special treatment then we give any
other like-sized country. Promote a combined democracy approach and/or
anything else that might work, but the time has come for that country to
stand on it's own feet and reconcile it's own conflicts.
5. Apologize to the Arabic/Muslim world for having shown them so much
disrespect for so long.
6. Withdraw our military from the ME immediately. It's a lost cause and
any further military involvement will only make that very bad situation
worse. Immediately switch to the UN as the basis to carry on political
negotiations with the countries of the ME.
7. Strengthen the UN. With a strong American commitment, it can serve
it's purpose. It's been hobbled because it lacks that commitment. #1
issue is wmd disarmament.
8. Use our resources and leadership to contribute our fair share to
relieving humanitarian disasters in the world. It's righteousness and
the higher qualities that man aspires to, not guns, that minimizes
terrorism.
9. Strengthen Interpol and UN managed police services to counter
remaining terrorism.
10. Demonstrate how life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness works in
the technology age by dismantling all trappings of Big Brother; insure
technology works for us and never against us.
11. Institute massive building projects here and in space to challenge
people and give them direction.
12. Fund and encourage an Internet -> TV merger and the use of this
facility to spread education through the world.
13. Encourage international travel in every way possible
14. Force the legal system to give everyone equal access to the law.
15. Solve our energy problems by calling on all engineers to put a
Herculean effort into the task
Bill
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