So The Plan

First, the basic rules.

Some of you are not going to like my shelter rules. I encourage you to set up shelters for your own people. We are not going to be able to cope with food rules anyway. However, do not let anyone into your home or shelter unless you know them very well. Con men are extremely persuasive and charming, which is why they are good at their jobs. Let us know what kind of people you are looking for and we will send you people after we have vetted them. [Vetting means that we will interview them and check out their backgrounds] Let us handle it if you have to ask someone to leave your shelter. Some con men become violent when crossed. Let us store the possessions of the people you shelter. If you cannot keep their pets, let us deal with the pets.

Some People Are Already Keeping Friends' Pets.
This is a safe and easy thing to do, as long as you can properly care for the extra animals. It helps your friends be able to find a room or other inexpensive housing.

We Have To Generate As Much Happiness As We Can.
The experts are telling us, "Financial markets run on trust, without trust there is no market." We are going to help them by generating as much happiness as we can, because depressed and frightened people do not trust very well.

We Cannot Rock The Boat.
The experts have enough to do. They are not going to be able to cope with any major changes in any local government. So we are not going to rock the boat, we are going to build boats for people who are drowning. After if is all over, which should be within a year, we can turn our attention to other matters.

All Social Protest Is Useless At The Moment.
No changes can be made without rocking the boat. So you might as well join us. This does not apply to people who are protecting something important, like a forest or a beautiful old home. Ask and we will send more people to help you. This is because greedy people are incredibly vindictive, and will destroy what you are protecting as soon as the government's back is turned.

I Have Access To Some Of The Best Computer Geniuses On The Planet.
So we can easily organize on the web without spending a cent. We can do this. It will not be hard and it will be fun. It will also make you feel much better knowing you are doing something important to help out your country and the world. (Again, it looks like the plan will not be necessary in the US.)

You Can Do This In Other Counties. Please Follow My Basic Outline.
Much of what I am doing is because morale is very important. SO please do not vary much from the basic plan. Know that even if I cannot explain it, I have very good reasons for every part of this plan.

As I outline my plan, I will explain my reasoning.

I have decided I do not want to be Commander in Chief for this plan. If we need to implement the plan, we are going to need a retired general grade army officer to run logistics.

I am not going to wear uncomfortable clothes for anybody. I am already in enough pain.

I think the government would have to requisition the real estate. (This is what Britain did during World War II. They requisitioned some of the huge county houses for offices and hospitals.)

It Would Be Better...
if the government cooperated and let the shelters check out the criminal backgrounds of proposed residents of the shelters. Many of the people who need shelter will be children or will be disabled, so they should be protected from violent people, if possible.

Genius Computer Geeks Will Be Needed.
You should treat them with respect. They are not under orders. They are doing this because they want to help. Most of them are employed because it is very easy for computer experts to get jobs. If you insult any one of them, you are going to be on learning duty for the foreseeable future. They will make themselves ID so you can identify them. [Learning duty is going to be doing all of the nasty jobs, like cleaning toilets. We do not have to make you do it with a toothbrush, because we are not fighting a war.] If you are not at the shelter, if you insult any of them, you will be fired.

We Are Going To Keep Open Books.
This is a Stewart Brand idea. [Stewart Brand is the person who published the Whole Earth Catalog.] This means that all of our accounts [detailed Income and Expense statements, etc.] will be posted on a website for anyone to read.

We Are Going To Need A Failing Nonprofit...
that has federal nonprofit status as soon as possible, because we do not have time to qualify our own. Be aware that we will completely take over your organization. We will help you set up a new one, if you want us to do that. I prefer one whose statement of purpose includes helping the homeless.

We Are Not Going To Enforce Drug Laws...
in the shelters. The war on drugs is exactly the same as prohibition, and is stupid for the exact same reasons that prohibition is stupid. Drug addicts are just like alcoholics. They cannot be helped until they ask for help. BTW, please stop forcing people to go to Alcoholics Anonymous. It is stopping them from being able to help the people who ask for help.

I Wish To Thank You All...
for allowing Feds to tell me, "I am sorry that marijuana helps you with your pain and is not additive, if you use it you will get disbarred; and if you try to grow marijuana to help your sick friends, we will put you in prison and seize your property; and, for allowing my doctor to be able to tell me, "Oh, my dear, you are just going to have to live with your pain. Just get used to being in pain. We can't allow you to become addicted, can we?"

We Are Running The Chicago Prohibition...
scenario in every city on the planet. The problem is a thousand times worse in Mexico, but when they tried to legalize drugs, we put so much political pressure on them that they had to drop the plan.

If You Could Really Stop The Drugs
then making them illegal might make sense. But in order to stop people from being able to smuggle drugs, we would have to build a wall around the country, including the beaches and harbors. Even then, drugs could still come in. People managed to make it over the Berlin Wall, and people are a lot more difficult to smuggle than drugs, as they weigh more and have to breathe. (For those of you who do not remember the Berlin Wall, it was a wall, topped by barbed wire, with guard towers, like a prison wall. The guards had machine guns.)

Making Drugs Illegal Makes Them Expensive.
Once a cheap drug becomes expensive, it is worthwhile to the criminals to smuggle it in, because they make a LOT OF MONEY. It also becomes worthwhile to bribe custom inspectors and police officers, and to protect your territory by shooting your rivals.

All The Violence generated by the war on drugs is killing innocent children. We need to stop this insanity.

Do Not Even Talk To Me About A Drug Being Too Dangerous To Legalize.
People will always insist on taking a drug that makes them feel good. If making themselves feel good ruins their life, they are the ones who have to ask for help. Unfortunately, you cannot FORCE a person to stop using a drug that makes them feel good, even if the drug is bad for them.

When drugs are legal, most of the problems with dangerous drugs will disappear because most people only use them because we have made it impossible to get the milder forms of that drug. Most people who use recreational drugs are not stupid. They will police their own community to make certain that newbies will not get into trouble.

Also, if drugs become legal, lawyers could sue manufacturers for selling drugs that really cause damage.

The New Anti-Depressants Are Incredibly Addictive.
Please advise your friends to try St. John's Wart. There is no research on the effectiveness of herbs, but we have the advice of five thousand years of medical practitioners who used herbal remedies to cure people. This information is available. One of my dreams is that historians and herbalists will join together to research the historical references to the effectiveness of herbal remedies.

We Are Not Going To Police Sexual Behavior.
In fact, we are going to do our best to provide private rooms for people. These rooms might have to have hourly schedules in the beginning.

Do Not Even Talk To Me...
about how gay sex is against God's Will. In 1968, interracial marriages were against the law everywhere in the United States. Interracial couples really hated that law. We were told that it was God's Will that interracial couples would not marry and the world would come to an end if we legalized interracial marriages. Substitute "gay couple" for "interracial couple" and draw your own conclusions.

BTW, laws requiring parental notification are dangerous. I will not support them until you can prove to me that, when they are told of the abortion, not a single girl will be beaten by her parents and thrown out into the snow. Rational women will NEVER allow you to make abortions illegal, so you need to get over it. May I suggest forming clubs to help teenage girls grow into educated women, using their talents to the fullest.

Fun Story!
My mother, a staunch Republican, who raised millions of dollars for the Republican Party, went to a South Dakota Republican banquet honoring the President of the United States of America. (I cannot remember which one, but it was over seven years ago.) After the dinner speeches, she stood up and informed the President of the United States that the Republicans were going to lose all of their women unless they stopped trying to make abortion illegal. None of the high level Republicans would talk to her after she did that. They would not even take her phone calls. I am so proud of her. Did that take guts or what!

Another Interesting Story
Two days ago, a friend, who was an officer in military intelligence during Vietnam, told me that his commanders had told him that the war protesters were a bunch of crazies and to leave us alone. I went home and cried. I did not realize that the people who knew about the mess in Vietnam were trying to protect the war protesters using the only means at their disposal. Thanks a lot, guys! If the FBI had tried to take us out, we could never have stopped the war.

So There Is The Plan.
I do not need to tell anybody capable of helping run things what to think about so when we are ready if we have to make this happen.

And Another Thank You To President Obama And His Staff
for all the hard work done to solve the financial crises. I believe his plans will work.