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  • From: Maria Winslow <maria.winslow AT dexxtra.com>
  • To: "InterNetWorkers" <internetworkers AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: Telemarketer Bill
  • Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 12:42:20 -0400


Here are my additions:
Not only make Duke's the official mayonnaise, but make it illegal to put
sugar in
mayonnaise.
Introduce an "instant karma" feature in cars whereby people who weave
dangerously
between lanes get a flat tire.
Outlaw margarine and non-dairy creamer.
Outlaw acetate lining in women's suits.

6/12/2002 12:08:01 PM, "Austin, Roger D." <rda AT rti.org> 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?
>
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