...if portions of my country were burning to a crisp from wildfires or drying up because of severe drought, or even still trying to recover from a hurriance that hit more than a year ago, or being choked to death on air pollution or crowded because of poor planning, or using up perfectly good cornfields for housing developments and blacktop, I would certainly say something. Anything. Start talking about how important it is for little kiddies to study science and weather and statistics and global patterns and energy alternatives and energy consumption and greenhouse gases and responsible land planning/land use and mportant stuff, you know, about how people can continue to live on this green earth? Before it dries up or burns away or gets so crowded it's just not healthy or fun anymore?? Wouldn't you?

...I would propose that most of the U.S. government work virtually. As in, from home. Especially Congress and all of the people in those big granite buildings in D.C. There's no reason they couldn't just work from home and send it in by email. Would save a lot of paper (email becomes the main form of communication) and gasoline (no need to commute). People'd probably get a lot more work done, and Congress folks could all stay in their home states and really listen to people rather than get big-headed by moving to DC and losing touch with what it means to work every day and be a real citizen.

But if I stayed at my home instead of in the White House, I PROMISE I'd never spend time clearing brush. What a waste of good time.

....I would support children's health, and paying for children's health, and revoking tax breaks for wealthy people to pay for children's health. Pretty simple concept, don't you think? Kids need health care; rich people don't need more money. They need to pony up.