Just some miscellaneous ramblings from an Upstate New Yorker.


Sunday, December 30, 2012

In a perfect world....

-I would be married to a wonderful woman who I find attractive in multiple ways.
-Have at least one kid but no more than three.
-I would be involved in numerous ventures
-I would own a home in the Catskills, an apartment in Buffalo, a crash pad in NYC, and two small homes in both Ukraine and Australia.
-A fulfilled goal of being the first person on the autism spectrum elected to major public office in the United States, thus being to the autism community what Harvey Milk was to the LGBT community.
-Being successful in the ideal of how I see success.
-Some sort of world peace,
-Eastern Europe more financially stable and politically stable
-Reza Pavlahi as Shah of Iran (he seems like a more decent man than his father was, and out for his native land's interests, not his own)
-Joseph Kony wiped off the face of the planet.
HOME FRONT:
-Rail service linking Albany, Syracuse and Buffalo to Binghamton. Albany and Syracuse a definite, a huge "maybe" on Buffalo.
-Hourly rail service between NYC and Albany, including some of those trains being operated by Metro North
-Commuter rail in Albany and Buffalo
-GO Transit serving Buffalo with at least two round trips daily, no more than four. Commuter rail, Amtrak and buses would all stop at a completely refurbished Buffalo Central Terminal.
-Stewart Airport would be the fourth busiest airport in New York State (possibly third, but I want to give some love to Buffalo).
-An airline industry protected from its own stupidity, and a ten-year ban on airline mergers. -Incentives on startup regional airlines.
-A move to have more Americans living in existing land, uses of old structures encouraged.
-Upstate New York's population would have more in common with 1950 than 2012.
-Three strong third parties in addition to the GOP and Democrats OR no political parties.
-Contraception funding for all
-Same-sex marriage for those who want it.
-A military three-fifths the size it is now.
-The conservative (more the anti-intellectual side of it) movement in America discredited. I have a cousin who is in the Air Force as a fighter pilot, and he and I disagree on a few things but I thank him from the bottom of my heart for defending a nation that gives me the right to disagree AND for not being entirely closed minded. We both agree that American interventionism is unavoidable.
-Manufacturing to come back to America faster than you can say "Wow"!
-New York producing more yogurt than anyone knows what to do with
-Keith Olbermann hosting his own YouTube channel so I can continue to see him bashing people in his "World's Worst Person" segment. Sorry, but that part of his shows were the funniest. But true, Keith-O probably doesn't have the temperament for political coverage. 
-A nation more minded to the small town and big city instead of the suburb.

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