A PLAN FOR AMERICA

[DUCKAHOLIC]

I see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of a plan for
peace. So, here's one plan.
1. The US will apologize to the world for our "interference" in their
affairs, past & present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo, Noriega, Milosovich and
the rest of those good ol' boys: We will never "interfere" again.
2. We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with
Germany, South Korea and the Philippines. They don't want us there. We would station
troops at our borders. No one sneaking through holes in the fence.
3. All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and leave.
We'll give them a free trip home. After 90 days the remainder will be gathered
up and deported immediately, regardless of who or where they are. France
would welcome them.

4. All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and limited to 90 days
unless given a special permit. No one from a terrorist nation would be allowed
in. If you don't like it there, change it yourself and don't hide here. Asylum
would never be available to anyone. We don't need any more cab drivers or
7-11 cashiers.
5. No "students" over age 21. The older ones are the bombers. If they don't
attend classes, they get a "D" (for "deport") and it's back home baby.
6. The US will make a strong effort to become self-sufficient energy wise.
This will include developing non-polluting sources of energy but will require a
temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan wilderness. The caribou will have to
cope for a while.
7. Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for
their oil. If they don't like it, we go some place else. They can go somewhere
else to sell their production. (About a week of the wells filling up the storage
sites would be enough.)
8. If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we will
not "interfere." They can pray to Allah or whomever for seeds, rain, cement or
whatever they need. Besides, most of what we give them is stolen or given to
the Army. The people who need it most get very little, if anything.
9. Ship the UN Headquarters to an isolated island some place. We don't need
the spies and fair weather friends here. Besides, the building would make a
good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal aliens.
10. All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way no one can
call us "Ugly Americans" any longer. The language we speak is ENGLISH.....learn
it...or LEAVE...
Now, ain't that a winner of a plan. The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying
"Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses." She's got a baseball
bat and she's yelling, "You want a piece of me?"

[fivemile]

Good Plan.

[your-pal-al]

you know that was a very well written post and i agree with every word you wrote. where would the saudis sell that oil production without the U.S.?

-al-

[quackwacker]

well said.

[mudsucker]

I'll vote for that!

[the doctor]

none of those things in that "laundry list" are what made America great

I am not sure about changing them, I understand the theory behind it, but the truth of the matter is we as a country are too dependent on others to maintain our way of life...

not sure any of those items would go over too well

I can definitely can relate to the plan and I in no way am trying to negate it but, lets here some options and/or opinions that are a little more realistic...this could turn out to be a good conversation

thanks for the post duckaholic

the doc

[Bustin' Ducks]

7. Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for
their oil. If they don't like it, we go some place else. They can go somewhere
else to sell their production. (About a week of the wells filling up the storage
sites would be enough.)

Yeah... Texas sounds like a good place to start...

[mudsucker]

A good place to start what? Selling their production to?

[RIP EM]

Sounds similar to Robin Williams plan,... Perhaps George Carlin !

Either way,.... Sound thinking !

Rip Em !

[mottlet]

Hey duckaholic,

Just curious, how old are you? I was wondering if you were alive during the oil crises during the 1970's. I wasn't either, but back in undergrad, I took a class on oil and politics. Anyway, waiting in lines that go for blocks and blocks for a tank of gas doesn't sound like much fun to me.

Now, the reason for the problems in 70's was because we were so dependent on foreign oil. A few domestic relations snafoos, the downfall of the shah in Iran wasn't really our fault, but anyway, the tap got cut off for a bit. Point is, if we could have depended on domestic sources to meet all of the oil needs for our population, not to mention our defense needs, don't you think we would have done it then?

Domestic production of oil hit full capacity in the early seventies, ever since then, we've been producing less and less. Alaska was already online at the time. So how could we possibly depend exclusively on domestic sources now, thirty years later? ANWR? Nope, even the most optimistic outlooks for how much oil is left on the North Slope, including ANWR, will not even come close to meeting all of our needs for any sort of long-term period. We're talking anywhere between one and ten years. Just not gonna cut it.

In fact, a scientist from Princeton who grew up in the oil fields in Oklahoma and worked at the Shell research station has written a book called Hubble's Peak. Basically, what he is saying is that the entire world's supply of oil will peak within ten years. So, in ten years, everybody will be at full capacity and before my children will be anywhere near the age to drive, the world's oil supply will be in decline. Moral of the story: if you want a new Suburban or big pickup, now's the time to get it.

mottlet

[quack head]

You have my vote 100%. If you get rid of the "visitors" then less oil would be used. BUY AMERICAN!!!!!! Just my thoughts

[featherduster]

Thats an excellent list. If we all took more pride in America as people, and I don't mean jumping up and pounding our chest because we are beating up some third world country, and lived, bought, and worked with pride we could vastly improve our country for our children. Don't live in the now all the time and think about the choices we are making for future generations. If we invest in America, the returns will be more jobs for Americans, cleaner air for Americans, wildlife for our children to hunt and the list goes on and on.

[BeastMaster]

i hear ya