Odd Thought of the Day

So I am reading that we have achieved all we can with military effort in the Middle East and, indeed, are only making things worse there with our continued presence. We are beginning to build even more resentment and creating future generations of those who will hate us. So I say we get out as quickly as possible (I know Obama has a plan) and only supply the support they truly need and request.

This goes for the rest of the world. We still have bases with soldiers all over the globe and this costs a lot of dollars and puts folks in harms way. Let's shut as much as we can down within reason and this should create hundreds of billions of dollars.

Now I am not saying shutting down the military. I am saying bring our boys and girls back home and use the savings to better use. This is a long term thought, so stick with me.

We take the savings from shutting down bases and fund college research on alternative renewable fuels. Mostly through colleges but we can do viable private industry too. Catch is, for colleges that get money they do scholarships and caps on tuition increases, so kids can get an education without coming out with a mortgage. For both colleges and private companies, the government shares in the rewards. Any intellectual property developed belongs in part, perhaps large part, to the government. And they focus on fuels the government can use. The colleges and private industry can capitalize on their findings financially, but the government does too, reducing government spending.

And do not tell me the military has no need for green renewable technology. They are major consumers with ships, jets, jeeps, tanks and the like, so this will be a wise investment for them. And the results should give American companies and Universities a valuable commodity to market.

Yes I have read all the crap about how better drilling technology gives us decades more of cheap oil, natural gas and the like, but this stuff will run out and we need to spend money now to prepare for the future.

By the way, I am watching Bill Clinton on TV with David Letterman and the guy is talking smarter than any Presidential candidate I have seen. Seriously, he gets it and has some great ideas, so if you can find reruns, go for it. Worth the watch and relatively bipartisan.

He says no new taxes right now and we need to go full court against the mortgage problems in this country.

Whether you like him of not he is a very smart guy.