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Show THE ZEPHYR/OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2008 Fifth, | would make sure that W’s library had fewer than 100 books and th: irey were Sai a biographies of his administration. Sixth, I would insist that W write one book report a week on one of his biographies; {~ he would have to select a different biography each report. Eight, I would have Kenneth Starr form a grand jury to evaluate W’s performance. Starr because he would never be done. Eleven and twelve, I would have W clean up his mess while he was cleaning out his desk drawer. CHRISTIAN PROBASCO...VALPARAISO, INDIANA This one’s problematic for me. I can’’t imagine myself being president under any circumstances. My wife says I have a problem with authority. I say I haven’’t met one yet. But I'll give it a try. If I were president, I would urge congress to do the following: Raise the speed limit to 300. Secede the United States from California. Repeal the law of gravity for those over 40. Raise the tax on politicians and bureaucrats and give the money to the poor. Audit the defense department. . Phase out the penny. Replace the motto ““in God we trust”” on the dollar bill with the following: ““There is no predicament so dire, no circumstance so desperate, no danger so threatening that < government intervention cannot make it worse.”” Pass a law mandating that individuals wishing to run for any office plaster themselves with stickers denoting all donors to their campaigns, in the same fashion as racecar drivers paint their cars with their sponsors” logos. Eliminate all drug laws and drug tests, except for politicians, who would have to take mandatory drug tests. Bar from office any person who would demean him/herself by submitting to a drug test. As my last acts, I would install Bill the Cat, a fictional cartoon character, as vice-president. Then, because all tyrants deserve to die, I would put the stainless steel 44 magnum I would keep in the top drawer of my desk into my mouth and pull the trigger. ROSCOE (& BETTY) BETUNADA... WHITEWATER, COLORAWDOUGH 4 q < q . Okay, for the purposes of this conjecture, it won't be that sudden. I’d surround myself with people whose opinions I trust and value. “Rule by committee.” I won’t name them here, let's keep them out of this, for now. I believe that the underlying cause behind the majority of environmental problems is human overpopulation. This is also a major cause ehind many non-environmental problems. We, he U.S., would begin to enact a ZPG (or nearly so) mandate at home. How would this be conducted? would not have any illusions about being a popuar president. We would then reduce, if not altogether curtail, aid to any nation which was not trying earnestly to do the same. Boxes of food would be replaced by 4 ty, tn ty tn, hn ty te, ty te ty te SAIKURSHOVI . 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After nine-eleven, she stated that she’d address the problem not by “going after them” | but by curtailing all foreign aid. “Bring us Bin| Laden's head and we'll resume the goodies.” She believed that the “rest of the world” might balk at | first, but then get right on it and pretty much do whatever we asked. And the re-direction of funds download back here at home might go a long way towards highway upgrades, public transit inroads, general- ized health care ... ned mudd‘s music... She also wants the U.S. to “go more nuclear.” (And that’s NOT atom bombs). Less de- pendence on the entrenched oil-&-gas greedheads -- but are we creating the resurgence (if ever they ‘went away’) of uranium greedheads? NEXT PAGE www.highplainsfilms.org....... RICH GREEN WEASEL UPDATE By Jim Stiles This is the first in a series of updates on the benefactors of the mainstream environmental movement in America. 2008 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM DAVID BONDERMAN Multi-billionaire David Bonderman, who contributes heavily to environmental groups and who sits on the board of directors of the Grand Canyon Trust and the Wilderness Society, is a financial supporter of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, according to the Huffington Post. Many of his other donations have been to Democratic congressional candidates, including Rep Jim Matheson of Utah, who co-sponsors the controversial Washington County Growth Bill. It is a bill that the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance strongly opposes. But SUWA has also received generous donations from Bonderman, as much as $50,000, in the last couple of years. Matheson voted to end the moratorium on off shore drilling (HIR4761), voted for implementation of the Bush-Cheney Energy bill (HR6) and opposed a bill calling for increased fuel efficiency standards for automobiles (HR4). Bonderman also contributed to the senatorial campaign of Republican John Cornyn of Texas, a cosponsor of the American Energy Production Act. According to Cornyn it, “would facilitate leasing in the Atlantic and Pacific regions of the outer continental shelf. It would also establish a competitive oil and gas leasing program for a tiny section of the Alaskan wilderness (ANWR) coastal plain.” The link that seems to connect his support for candidates from both parties is their support, in most instances, for nuclear power. Bonderman’s TPG bought the Texas utility TXU in 2007 and plans to build five of the largest nuclear power plants in the United States. Bonderman’s total campaign contributions, so far, have been modest in 2008...only $53,000. By com- parison he donated more than $370,000 in 2004 to various candidates and causes. Bonderman’s net worth is estimated to be $3.3 billion. go to: 1 ttp AL y 4 y phy or Google: “Greening of Wilderness...part 2” f Lanne /, x 2 oS g-html ART JOHN For more on David Bonderman and the wealth that molds mainstream environmemntalism in America, THE 19 of JOHN DEPUY DEPUY’S WORK CAN BE SEEN BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, AT HIS REMOTE DESERT STUDIO. ravensmount@yahoo.com > |
