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["David R. Matusiak" <matusiak AT speakeasy.net>]

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!