You may have heard recently of Oklahoma City's new diet. Mick Cornett, mayor of Oklahoma City, wants the city to lose 1 million pounds in 2008. We want to know what you think? Do you like these kinds of initiatives and think they put a city on the right track, or do you think it's a waste of money as the government shouldn't be telling us what to do? Please stop by and leave your ideas on city initiatives today!
One creative American had an idea that could transform the postal industry.
"Introduce 'address for life' code numbers to everyone in the country. People could register their current address with the post office such that letters addressed with the code number will be forwarded from the post office. In addition to offering everyone PO Box-style privacy, the system would come into its own when people move houses and need only to notify the post office of their new address."
From www.idea-a-day.com, originally posted by Adam Brown on September 6, 2003
from "American Solutions for Winning the Future"
Solutions Day:
Countdown to September 27
On September 27, 2007, the 13th anniversary of the unveiling of the Contract With America, American Solutions will host the “1st Annual Solutions Day” and reach out across the country to activists, volunteers and all 511,000-plus elected office holders in America, their staff, and the citizens who are serving or seeking to serve in these offices. Our goal is to create a wave of change that meets America's challenges, seizes our opportunities and builds a better future for all Americans.
Through a series of workshops on 9/27 (and again 9/29), we will make these solutions available to activists, volunteers and every candidate from both parties in every elected office in the country.
Fox News, March 20, 2007
"Crazy-sounding ideas may help combat global warming"
Crazy-sounding ideas for saving the planet are getting a serious look from top scientists, a sign of their fears about global warming and the desire for an insurance policy in case things get worse.
How crazy?
There's the man-made "volcano" that shoots gigatons of sulfur high into the air. The space "sun shade" made of trillions of little reflectors between Earth and sun, slightly lowering the planet's temperature.
The forest of ugly artificial "trees" that suck carbon dioxide out of the air. And the "Geritol solution" in which iron dust is dumped into the ocean.
