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One of Many Inspirations from Around OUR Earth :
" Yet hear me, friends !
we have now to deal with another people, small and feeble when our forefathers first met with them, but now great and overbearing.
Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil,
And the love of possessions is a disease in them.
These people have made many rules that the rich may break, but the poor may not!
They have a religion in which the poor worship, but the rich will not!
They even take tithes of the poor and weak to support the rich and those who rule.
They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her,
And deface her with their buildings and their refuse.
They compel her to produce out of season,
And when sterile she is made to take medicine in order to produce again.
All this is sacrilege. "
Chief, Sitting Bull
( Tatanka Iyotake ) Hunkpapa Sioux ( 1831-1890 )
( And Still True Today )
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OUR Young Earth Citizens - Around OUR Planet
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CK these E.C. out... Going Earth Ball in Canada
http://www.FreeSpiritSpheres.com/eryn.htm
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This Is Not Pie In the Sky - It's Happening Now - R U Ready 2 Change the Way U Live ?
Well I Am - and - Having A Ball Doing It - With No $ - But Lot's of Love
CK Out the
( BASIC )2 start building your E.B.A.
from Bryan
( the Dome Guy ) at...http://www.DomeIncorporated.com/index.html
Welcome to Dome Incorporated
Home of GEODESIC Domes & Dome Homes
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Part, 1 ( one ) Democracy Patriot - Protest Images
It's Time 2 Impeach and Jail the Bush Gangsters - NOW
End this Republican Corruption, War, Lies and B.S.
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Bu$h Family Neo-Con, Millionaire, Corporate, Class
( GANG - COLORS )
OIL BLACK SUITS... with BLOOD RED TIES
Size: 30 X 60 in. Medium: oil, color & paper on canvas, 2001 Roger@RogerART.com
Title: EXPOSED - the ( IMPEACH BU$H NOW ) TRIAL
the FOUNDING FATHERS & AMERICAN PEOPLE CHARGE HIGH TREASON
AGAINST the BUSH FAMILY MULTI-MILLIONAIRE CLASS ONLY...
AMERICAN PLUTOCRATIC WAR GOVERNMENT with Corrupt - Money Dominated - Elections
" Roger Drowne EC ' High-Treason ' Painting, Juxtaposes Historical and Contemporary Reality,
Visually Records the Usurpation of US Democracy. " Steven Bayless
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America... NEVER EVER AGAIN ELECT 2 MILLIONAIRE JERKS FROM the SAME FAMILY, NEVER, EVER AGAIN ...America
Part, 2 ( two ) ... see www.EarthBall.org
Earth Ball Abodes - All Around OUR Earth
VERY, VERY, LOW POLLUTION - EMERGENCY and FULL TIME, LOW COST, HOMES
IRAQ, DARFUR AFRICA, FLORIDA TORNADOES, NEW ORLEANS USA
and F.E.M.A like Organizations on OUR Earth
Where Did Earth Ball Abodes
Idea Come From ?
We Lived On the Below... Home Made Boat 4 Two + Years
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During That Time We Worked Out - Designed - Put Together the Best Ideas, Shape of An - Dream Abode - Simplicity, Low Cost, Stuff Needed to Live Life, a Good Life, Travel, Help Others, Etc. And this is What We Came Up With...
An... Earth Ball Home to live in/and/on Land or Water
Part, 2a. ( two ) ... see www.EarthBall.org
Solutions R Out There ! the VISION
Earth Ball Homes and Earth Ball Greenhouses
ALL - OVER - Y/OUR - NEIGHBORHOODs on OUR EARTH
Before E.B. - After E.B.
" Volkswagen " of Earth Homes
( Living Light ) In ( Mostly Self Sufficient ) Earth Ball Abodes
Will Reduce Local and Global Pollution by about 93.4 % Fast
NOTE... " You never change things by fighting the existing reality…
To change something...
Build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. " Buckminster Fuller
Help Create, Earth Ball Homes, 4 All Teenagers On OUR Earth
With A ( Work On Local Community / Old Folks / Garden / Environment / Projects )
Re-Pay... $ 85.00 / Month / 30 Year / Payment Plan ( Global Financial Help Wanted 2 Work This Out )
Earth Ball Abodes - Will Make GREAT - Old Folks Homes
And the Old Folks Will B Helped Out By the Young Folks
The Old Folks Helped Get Started In Their E.B.A. Etc. Etc. Etc.
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Part, 3 ( three )
not quite finished... coming soon
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Earth Citizen, Unite, Creating Another, Non-Violent, Global, Local Community, Revolution
NOTE...
2 E.Cs,
President of Planet Earth
Please Jump In... Anytime
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We Look Forward 2 Reading Your Platform...
Terms
will begins in 2007,
Have Fun with Your Run
4 P. of P.E.
Roger Drowne EC ( Earth Citizen ) Will Start Off
Great fun, Roger !
What's
your platform ?
Cheers
!
Hank Stone hstone@rochester.rr.com
Thanks Hank, U Can Run 2... Roger
English - www.PResidentOfPlanetEarth.com
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" the First Thing I Will Do As President of Planet Earth IS... Cross Out the P in President... and Become ( Like All Citizens on Earth ) RESIDENT of OUR PLANET EARTH "
Platform
4 -
Ideas, Love, Work, To Do List…
Hello 2 All - Earth Citizens - Around OUR Earth
Below is Part of OUR Agenda as pResident of Planet Earth...
Creating a new way 2 Live, Talk, House Us All, Not Pollute, Grow Food, Work etc. etc. Around OUR Home Planet… U-Know... OUR - 2 temporary 4 conflict - Cosmos and beyond, Abode
A
short list of things 2 do… add your ideas
Join
In, Help Create, Use, Add 2, the projects below as U C fit…
Thank U, Roger Drowne EC Roger@RogerART.com
Part # 1
Earth Citizens ( creating a more ) Peace-Full Earth
Using the Tools Of the Cosmoses
Love, Heart, Brain, Sweat,
U-know... Work... Using the Skills of Us All - E.Cs.
A. Declare
Y/Our/We-All, an Earth Citizen…
A
Citizen of OUR
Earth
B. Pass From E.C. to E.C. the United Nations - Universal Declaration of Human Rights, See & Copy @, http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/
C. Help Start 2 End All War
on Earth Forever… and Create One Global Community
4 All of Us, E.Cs.,
see
www.OneGlobalCommunity.com
D. Learn 2 Speak and Teach Esperanto, a New, One Earth Language 4 All Earth Citizens, Example ( Moon = Luno / Children = Infanoj ) You Now Know Two Words, Use When Talking, Pass em On - See http:// www.esperanto-usa.org/ & Learn FREE Here... http://en.lernu.net/index.php Translation At... http://translation-guide.com/free_online_translations.htm Start TodayTeach Esperanto in all k-12 schools - then OUR children can teach their parents
E. Greet each-other with Y/Our/We Earth Citizen - Hand-Shake / Hand-Sign Every-Day... see www.RogerART.com Pass it On
F. Create Earth Ball Homes and Greenhouses 4 All Refugees, Homeless, E.Cs. Around OUR Earth, see www.EarthBall.org
G. Operate OUR Earth On - Common Sense - Principals - NOT - Personalities
H. Step Ahead U - University of ( OUR Earth ) Connections, where... All E.Cs. R Students and All E.Cs. R Teachers, See www.OneGlobalCommunity.com
I. Private Security Companies - Corporate Death Businesses, Guns, Bombs, S.U.Vs. - 4 Hire Persons, Mercenaries, Must B Put Out of Work... Around OUR Earth… NOW Change Jobs, Become An... E.C.-Do-Good-Er-All-Over-OUR-Earth
J. Join In, Earth Citizen, Every Full Moon, Prayer and Fasting, Get-Togethers - In Communities All Around OUR Earth, see... www.OneGlogalCommunity.com ( click 2 find one near U, Soon )
K. Create - 24 / 7 / 365 - Earth Citizen Global T.V., Radio, Internet, ( E.C.News, NETWORK ) to Share Ideas, Whatever, Etc. - And Also Set Up An E.C. Help Wanted, Help Needed Communication ( Conglomerate, Consortium, Fun Filled, A U-Know, 2 Help Each Other Out
L. A Few More, Coming Soon...
Part # 2
1. Work Together, Unite As Citizens of Earth End all War On OUR Planet, REMOVE All Nuclear and Other Weapons, No More Blood 4 Oil, etc.
2. Create, Learn, Teach, ESPERANTO www.esperanto-usa.org/ a ready to go NOW... New One Earth Language, & Learn FREE Here... http://en.lernu.net/index.php Translations At... http://www.translation-guide.com/free_online_translations.htm Teach Esperanto in all k-12 schools - then OUR children can teach their parents
3. Clean Up OUR Earth… 100 % Earth Citizen, Forever Revolving, Employment Project
4. Create and Build Earth Ball Homes, ( See… www.EarthBall.org ) In Small Regional Organic Factories, All Over OUR Earth, 4 All Earth Citizens… Another 100 % Employment Project, for All Earth Citizen
5. Earth & Space Peace Adventures here, soon...
6. Create, Build, Set Up, Deliver, Earth Ball Abodes, For All People On Earth, In About 2 Years see… www.EarthBall.org
6 a. Earth
Ball Abodes
Can B Moved
2, Where U Go 2 School / Where U Work / Take Them
With U, On Long Vacations,
Traveling Around OUR Earth
7. Create and Build 14 foot Plexiglas Roofed, Earth Ball Green Houses, That Go With Each Earth Ball Home, 2 Grow and Store Food see… www.EarthBall.org
8. Set Up Community Centers In Every Neighborhood, Village, Town, Tribe, City Around OUR Earth see… www.OneGlobalCommunity.com
8 a. Create Web Sites / Blogs At All Community Center Around OUR Earth
8 b. Connect All Community Center and ( Web Sites ) ( Together ) Around OUR Earth See… www.OneGlobalCommunity.com
8 c. Using ( OUR NEW ) Network of Community Centers, Connect Together, and then WE can... Ask 4 Help or Offer Help... Between People and Community Centers Around OUR Earth
9.
Get Involved with
100
% Health Care
4 All Earth Citizens
10. End/Remove All Earth - Military Industrial Complex, Not-Accountable to all E.Cs. Corporations, Anywhere on OUR Earth
10 a. If Some ECs. Still Must War ( all - NUDE - WARs - only )
11. SEE www.EarthBall.org 4 more of OUR plan / platform / agenda
12.
SEE...
Earth Ball
Trekking
more Low Cost FUN, Earth Travel info at... www.EarthBall.org
13. What is, ENTER YOUR PLATFORM 4 P. of P.E. / E.Cs. @ site here Here... http://PResidentOfPlanetEarth.blogspot.com/ & Add You
14. More Ideas Soon, Stay Tuned 2 OUR Web Sites
( www.EarthBall.org ) ( www.OneGlobalCommunity.com ) ( www.RogerART.com )
Thank U, Roger
We Hope Your Global Vote, Is Stimulated
Earth Citizen, Unite, Creating Another, Non-Violent, Global, Local Community, Love Revolution
Will B in Kenneybunkport Maine, USA, Earth
With some E.C. Friends 2 Meet with U 2 out front your estate,
July 1 2007
PResident of Planet Earth
Global - Debate
Here... http://PResidentOfPlanetEarth.blogspot.com/ & Add You
Coming
Soon... 
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More Information Coming Soon, U 2 Can Join In...
Moderator : www.Meria.net , Where ( Online ) ?, ... When, About ( 9/9/89 ) ? ... Who - Roger Drowne EC, E-Sign on here, next...
SLIDE SHOW # 1 0f ?
Paintings / Images by www.RogerART.com & Friends
Earth Ball Homes - 4 - All Earth Citizens
SLIDE SHOW # 2 of ?
SLIDE SHOW # 3 of ?
SLIDE SHOW # 4 of ?
AND...
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About the " good " mess here !
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Get It On, Help Create - Earth Ball Homes
4
All Earth Citizens - All Over
OUR
Earth
Yes - Yes - Yes… - There’s A Solution.
House ( All ) the People - Sleeping On OUR Streets
Shoe ( All ) the Children - With No Shoes On Their Feet
Feed
( All )
the People -
Who Don’t Have Enough 2 Eat
Yea - Yea - Yea… - There’s A Solution.
HELP... END ALL WARs & CLEAN Up OUR Earth ...NOW
it's PAST THINKING in a straight LINE... Point A to Point B
it's PAST THINKING in a CIRCLE... Round and Round
.
it's EC THINKING inside & outside the ROUND, the BALL
it's EC Multiple Dimension - Thinking / Action
DOING - BEING - simple - LOVE
INFORMATION alert - 3 ( three )
R.I.P.
Molly
Thank God 4 Protesters
" We Have 2 Give Peace Away
2 Enjoy, Peace " R.D. EC 2006 55
ART Adventures EARTH CITIZEN Project from - www.RogerART.com & Friends
OF, Earth Citizens - BY, Earth Citizens - FOR, Earth Citizens
Part 2... for RogerART.com
NOTE: ( EC ) = Earth CitizenART of PEACE
INDEX - INDEX - INDEX - INDEX
LINKS - WITHIN this - WEB SITE
A. PAINTINGS - ALL kinds by, RogerART.com
Some Images At... RogerART Store
2.
Page 1
- 50 +
PROTEST
PAINTINGS
2a. Page 2 - 50 + PROTEST PAINTINGS
3. WORDS on 50 PROTEST / IMAGES PAINTINGS
4. Protest Images April to May 2006
3. Protest Images / February to March
2. Protest Images / 2005 to 2002
1. Protest Images / 1965 to 2005
B. WRITINGS - by, Roger Drowne EC
4. 50 + POEMS - New Poems, Fall, 2006
5. ( Re - Written ) DECLARATION of INDEPENDENCE
6. EARTH REPAIR HANDBOOK 2000 and Beyond
8. MAP/ EC Community Centers around OUR earth
9. RETURN To SENDER - fun - Casket Company
INDEX - INDEX - INDEX - INDEX
C. ART - STUFF - ORGANIZATION & CHAOS
11. COOL PHOTOS
12. ABOUT de ARTIST
13. ALL EARTH - ART SHOW - 2006
14. All Earth Citizen ( FULL - MOON ) Global Community Get ToGether
Click here, see left side at... www.OneGlobalCommunity.com
15. More to come, soon...
16. Click Here... Earth Ball OPERATION
17. See www.RogerART.com Other Web Sites and Blogs
Links bottom this page...
Also See... PResidentOfPlanetEarth.blogspot.com/ & Add You
more info
www.EarthBall.org
Join In, U Can Start Today... A Trek of All Treks 2 End All War & Clean Up OUR Earth... NOW
INDEX - INDEX - INDEX - INDEX
Granite State News, March, 2007 http://www.granitestatenews.com/
Life is a cabaret for Tuftonboro man, a ball anyway
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DOZENS
OF PAINTINGS, some dating back over 30 years, line the walls of artist
Roger Drowne's garage. They show influences from his three teachers, a
meticulous draftsman, an abstract artist and a colorist, as well as
Drowne's own personal beliefs about politics and the state of the world.
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TUFTONBORO — Imagine
a 14-foot sphere that floats, is transportable and serves as a home.
Tuftonboro resident Roger Drowne has models in his house, on his Web site and
in his head of these so-called Earth Balls, which he hopes will soon take hold
of the world and become the next form of affordable housing.
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ROGER
DROWNE of Tuftonboro displays one of his 15 political paintings he
created in 2001. He calls for an end to war, a change in government and
a unification of all Earth's citizens. (Photo by Michelle Giguere) (click
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the Internet, Drowne, a long-time artist, is the coordinator of a group of
Earth Ball believers who have helped develop the concept. Drowne explained it
as a sphere, 14 feet in diameter and made of fiberglass. The top half of the
sphere could "open up like a flower" if it is nice outside,
according to Drowne. Screens can be attached or an insulating blanket could be
used to keep out the heat or cold, depending on the season. All the way around
the inside of the Earth Ball abode is a counter. Also inside are a foldout
bed, a compost toilet, a shower and other living necessities. Below the
countertop would be cabinets and storage space.
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A
DEFLATED CANVAS EARTH BALL sits in Roger Drowne's Tuftonboro house as
inspiration for his Earth Ball abode idea. The ball, which is six-feet
in diameter when inflated, was made by a man in California. Drowne's
Earth Ball abode concept, which he believes is the next form of
affordable housing, is a way he hopes to bring all of the Earth's
citizens together as one global community. (Photo by Michelle Giguere) (click
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"They
make the [Earth Ball] very, very strong," said Drowne, likening it to a
"superstructure."
Underneath the counter would be 16 smaller basic survival
balls. Drowne explained that one would be a fire-starter kit with tools like a
magnifying glass, a lighter, flint, etc.
"It's a
fire-starter kit for if you don't have anything," he said.
The largest of these 16 balls would be a solar power ball,
which would open up and have solar panels for energy power.
Another ball would be a water maker so that no matter
where a person is, s/he will always have access to fresh water.
On the outside of the Earth Ball there would be four
stabilizing legs with flotation devices at the ends to keep the abode upright
on the ground and water.
Drowne explained that one of the greatest parts of the
Earth Ball idea is its efficiency. The abode uses little energy, is easy to
maintain and produces minimal waste.
"These units do
not pollute," he said.
They are also better suited as affordable housing for
low-income and homeless people, according to Drowne, because stacked homes do
not work well. Building up is not the way to go, he said.
Drowne believes Earth Ball abodes could be mass-produced
for about $10,000 each in communities all over the world. Even if it costs
$50,000 per Earth Ball, the long-term benefits would outweigh the costs, he
added. He envisions teenagers getting an Earth Ball when they are about 16 and
living in the yard of their parents' home. This way, the family can oversee
the teenager's transition to independence. Then, when that child goes off to
college or work, s/he can bring the Earth Ball along for housing.
"It would cut
your tuition in half," Drowne said.
"The reason I'm doing this is for the kids, my granddaughter, my
daughter."
How it began
People often ask Drowne how he knows the Earth Ball idea
will work. He knows from personal experience, as he spent two years on a boat
that he built for about $6,000. He lived on the boat and traveled all the way
down to the Caribbean. This was the start of the Earth Ball concept.
Another aspect of his life that inspired the Earth Ball
stemmed from his high school days. Drowne grew up summering in Tuftonboro with
his family and worked at the Yum Yum Shop in Wolfeboro. He used to drive a
motorcycle and hotrod cars with his friends. Drowne, who called himself a
"wild child," explained that teenagers would turn the "hotrodders"
into homes where they would eat, sleep and practically live. However, being
cars, they were also transportable.
"So this is just a progression," he said of the
Earth Ball.
More than just a
home
Besides the abode, Drowne has formulated a design for an
Earth Ball greenhouse, which was an idea from one of his online
correspondents. The greenhouse would be the same basic idea structure-wise;
however, inside would be designed for growing and producing food.
On the counter that wraps around the inside of the sphere,
a person could grow flowers, vegetables and herbs. Underneath the counter
where the temperature is lower, other types of food, like mushrooms, could
grow.
A greenhouse attachment to an Earth Ball abode would
create a self-sustaining environment, according to Drowne.
All over the globe
While some may be skeptical, Drowne, for one, "can't
wait" to live in an Earth Ball. It will be like living outside, he said,
when the top is down, and the abode will take only 15 minutes to clean. There
will be "minimal pollution" to the environment, it will be easy to
heat or cool because of the small size and inexpensive to maintain.
Drowne wants communities, like Tuftonboro, to come
together and start creating more ideas for the Earth Ball. He would love to
see retired engineers, children, the elderly and the working class all combine
ideas.
"Let's figure
out how to build these for the next generation," said Drowne.
He wants the U.S. government to start mass-producing the
Earth Balls and begin "Henry Fording them" to other countries.
However, everyone should be able to modify the Earth Ball so it suits
different lifestyles.
For other communities around the world, like war-torn
countries in Africa, he sees the Earth Ball as a salvation from poverty and
homelessness.
Since they can float, Earth Ball abodes would also be an
escape from floods. The sphere can be secured to a tree and will rise with the
water without floating away. A dock, Drowne explained, will be located at the
outside of the door so that a small dinghy with an outboard motor can be
attached for transportation.
In fact, Drowne hopes to be going to New Orleans soon to
work with officials on the Earth Ball idea. He and his fellow Earth Ball
creators are searching for engineers to help bring the concept to fruition.
For Drowne, the main
idea of the Earth Ball is to bring everyone together as "one global
community" without war, which is "obsolete" now, he emphasized.
"We are all
human beings on this Earth," he said.
To Drowne this idea seems so basic, he added, and he hopes
others will soon see it too.
"This is real,
this is not pie in the sky," he said. "It's time to change the
world."
For more information visit the Web sites www.EarthBall.org
, www.OneGlobalCommunity.com
and www.RogerArt.com .
Michelle Giguere can be reached at 569-3126 or mgiguere@salmonpress.com.
" Roger, displays one of his 15 political paintings he created in 2001.
He calls for an end to war, a change in government,
and a unification of all Earth's citizens. "
( Photo by Michelle Giguere Granite State News - 3 - 15 - 2007 )
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OUR - POLLUTION in PAINT
Rogers Painting, Title : OZONE 27 X 52 Oil, Color on Play-Wood
Does It Seem A Bit Fuzzzzy 2 U, ? Well That's Pollution 4 U !
OK 2 Copy - Free Hole in Center - Pass It On
Painted on Both Sides So That U Can Hang It In A Tree, High Up...
2 C the Ozone, In the Sky, Through the Hole
And Shout Out, & Take Action 2 Stop It... NOW
U Know... 4 the Children (all over) OUR Earth
Earth Citizen... Mosie... do-en the EC Hand-Sign
E.C.s Unite Against Stupidity & War
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Is Made by...
Connecting the Middle Finger with the Thumb...
The Resulting Circle... Signifies Our Shared Planet Earth
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? of about 40 Pics/Images - Over the Next Few Months
Working Title: Earth Ball - Series, Painting A
" Y/Our Earth Ball Abode / On Earth / With Land-Scape In Space-Scape "
? of about 40 Pics. to come of this Painting going together
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As It's Painted In - Real Time
? of about 40 Pics/Images - Over the Next Few Months
Earth Ball Painting, Series B # 1
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