Where Our Treasure Lies

Mother of Invention


We have spent around 300 Billion on war appropriation. Other than the obvious alternative sustainable energy, huge education and literacy training needs, what else besides war would you like to see the government help support in R&D development or encourage in other ways? What kind of world do you really want to live in five, ten years from now? What annoys you that you would like fixed or bettered? What would you like your kids to have that you did not? If you were President what would you do?

Here are just a few ideas that came to mind –and not in any order of necessity:

1/ Lightweight portable wheels on an axis that fold and are small enough to put into your purse. Have too many grocery bags? Books too heavy? Have too much stuff to drag through the airport that don’t have wheels attached already? They come in all kinds of fun florescent colors and are YoYo sized but do the trick. You can pick them up at the grocery store, your favorite book stores, the airport stores and other places. The axis folds in half and they fold into a briefcase or a large purse. Wheels to go. Whenever what you are carrying is too heavy.

2/ Fast-food drive-through Chinese take-out where you punch in the order screen the vegetables and ingredients you want. At least stuff you can eat with one hand like spring rolls and egg rolls. Rice bowls are tall and long so as to fit in large sized drink containers in most cars.

3/ Yo-Go; Drive through Frozen and unfrozen Yogurt and Gelato Bars and Yogurt and Gelato street bars where you punch in the screen what you want in your yogurt. The spoon clicks out of the lid. You can get any kind of fruit, specific meuseli grains, even vegetables in it. Totally organic.

4/Amtrak’s massage cars. For the price of business class there is the “Massage Car”- a roving masseuse and the chairs convert and invert into massage chairs for half hour back and foot massages. Amtrak pays for specialized training for their massage and reflexologist employees. No one arrives at their destination stressed.

5/Urban and rooftop gardens. Everywhere. Eat what you grow. Pick up your free packs of seeds at the local post-office or DMV. All cities must be zoned to have a certain percentage square footage of urban gardens for the public.

6/Free basic government subsidized internet and basic hardware computers to run it on for everyone no matter where they live, no matter what their class or income level..

7/ Toothbrushes that have refillable toothpaste in the handle that you release by clicking like a pen into the brush. Every public school kid gets a new one every year.

8/Free Health Care. Need I say more? Figure it out.

9/Amphibious smart cars that convert into 007 speedboats- because all coastal cities will be close to underwater because of global warming and its easier than building an ark.

10/ Kitchen sized units smaller than a microwave that fit under the sink where you put all kitchen waste, compost (egg shells, carrot and potato peels, etc.) disposable diapers and your old biodegradeable clothing and it efficiently generates enough electricity to power all the lights, appliances and computers in your house.

11/ Ironing boards that convert into inflatable rafts by pulling a cord like the inflatable airplane life-vests–because all coastal cities will be close to underwater because of global warming and its easier than building an ark.

12/ Home body scans, MRIs, Cat Scans and other diagnostic medical machinery that fit in the closet so if you feel ill, you don’t need to go to the doctor to check on anything serious- you just step in your closet and get a print-out of the complete confidential state of your health. That way you know months earlier whether you need just vitamins or chemo.


Or- awe- forget it- lets just pay for weapons, tanks and war.