A Letter From Future Americans
A Letter to Our President From Future Americans October 10, 2005
Dear President George Walker Bush,
President Bush, I read the papers and the Internet, and everyone’s either a complainer or a critic. Well I’m neither, Mr. President- pessimism doesn’t work for me- maybe that’s why I like your style. You don’t let anyone get you down. We both know it’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness. I’m tired of all this defeatist nonsense. I voted libertarian, but still I am proud to say you are America’s President. We are America- the light on the hill- proud and strong. Our mettle must be indomitably dynamic through future changes ahead. I am not the first of the new American patriots- who shall secure our children’s future while creating unlimited prosperity. The only limits are our country’s imagination and work ethic.
I write this letter as a respectful suggestion. I realize you are the President and I am just a college student- your time gold and mine oak. But as you know from your adventures at your Crawford Ranch, you can build great structures even out of wood, like barns or fences. I would be honored if you considered my creative vision concerning our national transportation system- an integral part of my RenewAmerica campaign. But enough talk, I know how you like to get straight to the point.
Rudyard Kipling asserted Civilization is Transportation. Without reliable transport we are reduced to a primitive state- as we learned in Katrina’s wake. Everything is done by moving matter or energy: mountain surgery for coal, drilling in the ocean for our CULTure’s black gold, and harvesting fields of grain. Even communication like a verbal conversation requires transport- sound energy waving from my voice box to your ear, Mr. President, where it beats my tympanic membrane and triggers my cochlear drum, and puts us on the same level. May our neurons merrily dance the day away! We both pray every night for virtue- I hope God listens to you in your place of great honor.
If you will, allow me to review the essential physical transfers of our society:
∑ Energy – electrical, thermal, mechanical, chemical, and nuclear
∑ Information- Media, internet, cell phones, etc
∑ Water- sustainer of all life- dihydrogen monoxide
∑ Small to Immense Goods – materials, food, fiber, products, etc
∑ People – Public and Private Transport
∑ Airplanes- public and private
∑ Refuse and Sewage- Away with this!
∑ Can you think of any more? DavidSpoey@gmail.com!
I think we agree, Mr. President- increasing the efficiency of the above transfers benefits the entire globe? In the transport bill’s signatory speech you remarked:
"And that's why I'm proud to be here to sign this transportation bill, because our economy depends on us having the most efficient, reliable transportation system in the world. If we want people working in America, we've got to make sure our highways and roads are modern."
Because America is a huge global entity, the globe shares American benefits. After all, there are almost seven billion humans on Earth- stuck on this tragically beautiful spaceship hurling through space around Sol, our spherical nuclear reactor in the sky. A world without strangers- you didn’t even know your father until you popped out of Mrs. Bush, if you would excuse my frankness.
College is interesting these days of Pax Americana. I am a fourth year Phi Beta Kappa Marketing major at The Ohio State University, also pursuing a political science minor. In my comparative politics class, we discussed The Transportation Equity bill recently passed by Congress- outlaying $286 billion for further development of the American transport system. $286 billion is 286,000,000,000 dollar bills- 70 billion healthy meals at McDonalds. I believe this bill is a fine piece of legislation to prolong our current transportation system.
Yet we must ask a hard question. Are we making America safer for our grandchildren with our automobile sprawl? Over 40,000 people die each year in America because of car accidents. I personally have two friends who passed away while driving- god rest their souls. Americans must deal with many issues- I intend to raise none of them except regarding the transportation and health industries-our social core. I believe two key goals of any advanced human society are: 1) Pervasive Healthy Happiness 2) A Securely Efficient Transportation System.
Here is my premise: our current transportation system is inefficient, unsafe, and unsustainable. If we change to a GRINT system- we shall reap massive systemic benefits. In transforming into a GRINT, we trigger the entire globe’s leapfrogging into prosperity. Allow me to address the basic GRINT issues:
What? Energy, Information, Water, Goods, People, Aeroplanes, and Refuse
Key words: Choice, convenience, automated, and security
Why? Creating an efficient, sustainable, and secure transport system
How? An Automatic Integrated Grid of tubes/rails/tracks/tunnels
Powered by Renewable Electricity (obtained from solar, wind, water, biomass, Biofuels, and nuclear)
When? As soon as we start moving! Hopefully it’s done by 2020.
Who? Corporations, Government, Individuals, and Universities
The path to freedom is littered with difficulties, and we must always stand strong in the face of adversity. As our children awake to face the challenges of a new millennium: terrorism, global warming, disease, peak oil, and nuclear destruction- let us bind together to build the most beautiful transportation system in the history of Earth. I hope the Universities fulfill their role as the CULTural centers of information and progress. I call for a National Transportation Forum, a dialogue finally creating a better system. GRINT shall require extensive cooperation and hard work, but we owe it to our children to start the process of building a sustainable society. Contact DavidSpoey@gmail.com for feedback or ideas. The most recent GRINT document is available at http://spoey.com.
See You Soon,
David Spoey, 21; Columbus, Ohio (614) 506-8366
P.S. Born American, I love cars but I vowed at my friend’s funeral to work for a better system. I speak for her and for everyone who has been lost trying to get from A to B. I believe the current system is completely inefficient, polluting, and dangerous. It monopolizes and destroys the landscape. More importantly, our transport stresses, maims, and kills citizens. That nonsense must cease!
Dear President George Walker Bush,
President Bush, I read the papers and the Internet, and everyone’s either a complainer or a critic. Well I’m neither, Mr. President- pessimism doesn’t work for me- maybe that’s why I like your style. You don’t let anyone get you down. We both know it’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness. I’m tired of all this defeatist nonsense. I voted libertarian, but still I am proud to say you are America’s President. We are America- the light on the hill- proud and strong. Our mettle must be indomitably dynamic through future changes ahead. I am not the first of the new American patriots- who shall secure our children’s future while creating unlimited prosperity. The only limits are our country’s imagination and work ethic.
I write this letter as a respectful suggestion. I realize you are the President and I am just a college student- your time gold and mine oak. But as you know from your adventures at your Crawford Ranch, you can build great structures even out of wood, like barns or fences. I would be honored if you considered my creative vision concerning our national transportation system- an integral part of my RenewAmerica campaign. But enough talk, I know how you like to get straight to the point.
Rudyard Kipling asserted Civilization is Transportation. Without reliable transport we are reduced to a primitive state- as we learned in Katrina’s wake. Everything is done by moving matter or energy: mountain surgery for coal, drilling in the ocean for our CULTure’s black gold, and harvesting fields of grain. Even communication like a verbal conversation requires transport- sound energy waving from my voice box to your ear, Mr. President, where it beats my tympanic membrane and triggers my cochlear drum, and puts us on the same level. May our neurons merrily dance the day away! We both pray every night for virtue- I hope God listens to you in your place of great honor.
If you will, allow me to review the essential physical transfers of our society:
∑ Energy – electrical, thermal, mechanical, chemical, and nuclear
∑ Information- Media, internet, cell phones, etc
∑ Water- sustainer of all life- dihydrogen monoxide
∑ Small to Immense Goods – materials, food, fiber, products, etc
∑ People – Public and Private Transport
∑ Airplanes- public and private
∑ Refuse and Sewage- Away with this!
∑ Can you think of any more? DavidSpoey@gmail.com!
I think we agree, Mr. President- increasing the efficiency of the above transfers benefits the entire globe? In the transport bill’s signatory speech you remarked:
"And that's why I'm proud to be here to sign this transportation bill, because our economy depends on us having the most efficient, reliable transportation system in the world. If we want people working in America, we've got to make sure our highways and roads are modern."
Because America is a huge global entity, the globe shares American benefits. After all, there are almost seven billion humans on Earth- stuck on this tragically beautiful spaceship hurling through space around Sol, our spherical nuclear reactor in the sky. A world without strangers- you didn’t even know your father until you popped out of Mrs. Bush, if you would excuse my frankness.
College is interesting these days of Pax Americana. I am a fourth year Phi Beta Kappa Marketing major at The Ohio State University, also pursuing a political science minor. In my comparative politics class, we discussed The Transportation Equity bill recently passed by Congress- outlaying $286 billion for further development of the American transport system. $286 billion is 286,000,000,000 dollar bills- 70 billion healthy meals at McDonalds. I believe this bill is a fine piece of legislation to prolong our current transportation system.
Yet we must ask a hard question. Are we making America safer for our grandchildren with our automobile sprawl? Over 40,000 people die each year in America because of car accidents. I personally have two friends who passed away while driving- god rest their souls. Americans must deal with many issues- I intend to raise none of them except regarding the transportation and health industries-our social core. I believe two key goals of any advanced human society are: 1) Pervasive Healthy Happiness 2) A Securely Efficient Transportation System.
Here is my premise: our current transportation system is inefficient, unsafe, and unsustainable. If we change to a GRINT system- we shall reap massive systemic benefits. In transforming into a GRINT, we trigger the entire globe’s leapfrogging into prosperity. Allow me to address the basic GRINT issues:
What? Energy, Information, Water, Goods, People, Aeroplanes, and Refuse
Key words: Choice, convenience, automated, and security
Why? Creating an efficient, sustainable, and secure transport system
How? An Automatic Integrated Grid of tubes/rails/tracks/tunnels
Powered by Renewable Electricity (obtained from solar, wind, water, biomass, Biofuels, and nuclear)
When? As soon as we start moving! Hopefully it’s done by 2020.
Who? Corporations, Government, Individuals, and Universities
The path to freedom is littered with difficulties, and we must always stand strong in the face of adversity. As our children awake to face the challenges of a new millennium: terrorism, global warming, disease, peak oil, and nuclear destruction- let us bind together to build the most beautiful transportation system in the history of Earth. I hope the Universities fulfill their role as the CULTural centers of information and progress. I call for a National Transportation Forum, a dialogue finally creating a better system. GRINT shall require extensive cooperation and hard work, but we owe it to our children to start the process of building a sustainable society. Contact DavidSpoey@gmail.com for feedback or ideas. The most recent GRINT document is available at http://spoey.com.
See You Soon,
David Spoey, 21; Columbus, Ohio (614) 506-8366
P.S. Born American, I love cars but I vowed at my friend’s funeral to work for a better system. I speak for her and for everyone who has been lost trying to get from A to B. I believe the current system is completely inefficient, polluting, and dangerous. It monopolizes and destroys the landscape. More importantly, our transport stresses, maims, and kills citizens. That nonsense must cease!
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