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  • From: "David R. Matusiak" <matusiak AT speakeasy.net>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: Telemarketer Bill
  • Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 09:21:39 -0700 (PDT)


Roger,

good list. i should have a few more once i get back from lunch.

my appointment of choice would revolve around something like:
minister of public education initiatives
-or-
mandatory federal driving instructor

tnkx!
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On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Austin, Roger D. wrote:

> Prospective platform items for the geek presidential campaign:
> Ban all telemarketing and spam.
> Bring back corporal punishment, but limit it to use on politicians.
> Make Duke's mayonnaise the official, national mayonnaise. Make it a crime
> to put mayonnaise on meat products like hotdogs or bologna. (Mayonnaise
> always should go on vegetable products like tomatoes or onions, mustard was
> meant to go on meat products.)
> Design a national broadband system for coverage for all citizens and public
> buildings.
> Ban power steering and automatic transmissions in cars. If people actually
> had to actively drive rather than point an automobile, life on the highway
> would be much simpler.
> Ban the use of cell phones except in isolation. Make it a felony to talk on
> a cell phone in a restaurant or in the restroom stall next to me.
> Make TV stations randomize commercial times so when you switch channels you
> don't get commercials on all of them at once.
> Make brewing bad beer a felony. (I will decide what is good/bad.)
> Make people pay a fine if they drink sweet, white wines and/or talk funny.
> Reduce or eliminate taxes on dark chocolate and good sausages.
> Reduce property taxes and replace them with taxes on white bread and
> individually wrapped cheese slices. This is what most kids eat so it would
> shift the costs to parents who would purchase those products.
> Bring back cool cartoons like Danger Mouse and Duck Man.
> Ban banks charging for the use of ATMs to access your own account.
>
> Anyone else got any additional platform ideas for the campaign? Matusiak,
> what cabinet position would you like?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David R. Matusiak [mailto:matusiak AT speakeasy.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 10:29 AM
> > To: InterNetWorkers
> > Subject: [internetworkers] RE: Telemarketer Bill
>
> > ROGER AUSTIN FOR PRESIDENT!!
>
> > you heard it here first!





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