Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268262AbUIWEif (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:38:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268260AbUIWEif (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:38:35 -0400 Received: from smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.4.60]:39133 "EHLO smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268274AbUIWEff (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:35:35 -0400 Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:31:00 +0800 Subject: Re: Linux in the Oval Office Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Pantomime 1.2.0) From: Michael Baehr To: Troy McFerrron Cc: Rick Hohensee , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Reply-To: lkml@delysid.frap.net Organization: Metawire Open Hosting Network In-Reply-To: <7798951e04092221027d2553dd@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: GNUMail (Version 1.2.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 14794 Lines: 412 On 2004-09-22 23:02:37 -0500 Troy McFerrron wrote: > Voted Bush. > > On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 23:27:48 -0400 (EDT), Rick Hohensee > wrote: >> or cLIeNUX, for you punk Fedorans that think cLIeNUX isn't unix. >> >> Presidential platform of Rick Hohensee, July 2004 >> >> I want to be President so that I can try to... >> >> Replace the Pledge of Alliegance with daily recitals of varying >> paragraphs >> of the Constitution. Provide every public school student in grades 5 >> and >> up a copy of the Constitution every year. >> >> De-authorize all covert activities outside tactical operations in >> active >> war zones. >> >> Reaffirm that the "war on terror" is mostly diplomacy and police >> work when >> prosecuted by the competent, and only becomes all-out war when >> prosecuted >> by the incompetent and/or corrupt. >> >> Personal assessment of the impact of depleted uranium munitions with >> the >> full information-gathering power of the office of President. >> >> Call off The Crusades by isolating and peacefully dismantling Israel. >> Follow this up concurrently by demanding peace in Sudan and similar. >> >> Reduce legacy government secrets as close as possible to nothing. >> That is, >> I will massively reduce "classified information", particularly older >> documents, probably everything over 5 years old except for nuclear >> technologies and similar. >> >> Implement a closely controlled self-prescription program for adults >> to use >> such drugs as cocaine, heroin, marijuana and penicillin. That is, I >> will >> call off the corrupt drug war and de-glamourize narcotics. >> >> De-commission the CIA entirely, and un-authorize them totally, >> immediately. Out them all in about 6 months. Re-deploy them under >> INS. >> >> Remove the term "intelligence" from what it was the CIA used to do. >> Think >> "strinfo". >> >> Eliminate covert operations outside actual war zones immediately. >> Such >> behavior is well beneath the greatest nation ever. >> >> Biometrically identify every non-citizen on US soil I can get my >> hands on. >> >> One immigration rule. (Al Sharpton) >> >> Promote the vote for ex-criminals. Sue if necessary in support of >> this. >> >> Teach evolution as scientific fact and the Bible, Talmud, Koran, the >> Analects, the Tao Te Ching, Aristotle's Ethics, Machiavelli and so >> on as >> ethics studies. Foster an Ethics Channel on TV. >> >> Enforce the law with emphasis on the most priviledged facing the >> closest >> scrutiny. This is my affirmative action policy. I am quite fatigued >> with >> rich white men giving me a bad name. >> >> Prosecute George Walker Bush for crimes against humanity. >> >> Legalize insider trading. >> >> Investigate deportation of Sun Myung Moon for illegal donations to >> North >> Korea. Not to mention he quite literally thinks he's God. >> >> Get out of Iraqi cities immediately, including vacating the Green >> Zone, >> and retreat to functions of state and federal governments, until the >> cities form regional alliances analagous to nations as they see fit. >> >> Eliminate the "not for profit" designation for corporations, >> churches, >> schools, trust funds and anything else. Charity is taxable income. >> If the >> government wants to subsidize something it can do it accountably, by >> direct subsidy. >> >> Ensure voting systems accountable to the electorate nationwide, such >> as my >> own "votescript". >> >> Pardon Martha Stewart due to the brazen political nature of her >> prosecution. >> >> Invite the Congress to take over the Anthrax and Chandra Levy >> investigations using the U.S. Capitol Police and any Executive >> Branch law >> enforcement capabilities they may wish to avail themselves of, such >> as the >> Postal Inspector's forces. >> >> List all prisoners at Guantanamo and what they are accused of. (Most >> will >> probably be released) >> >> Eliminate economic status requirements, particularly college degree >> requirements, from positions and licenses granted by the government. >> >> Plead to the Supreme Court to exclude Florida from the Electoral >> College >> for the rest of JEB Bush's governorship plus 13 years. >> >> Prosecute Katherine Harris for treason. >> >> Prosecute the management of Diebold Corp. for treason. >> >> Make global support of secular democracy the keystone of foreign >> policy. >> For example, the USA can no more support a Jewish state in Palestine >> than >> an Episcopal state in Langley Virginia. I consider "secular" to be a >> fundamental aspect of "nation". Non-secular regions will not be >> considered >> nations, officially. >> >> Invite 70% of the US military above the rank equivalent to Sargeant >> Major >> in the Army to resign immediately, with congratulations on winning >> the >> Cold War. And with the idea that they will not contribute to the >> loss of >> the peace crucial to the finances of the Bush Crime Family. I'll keep >> generals with surnames starting with, say, F through L or something >> to >> maintain some continuity during The Big Stand-Down. Maintain a >> potent, >> progressive, but perhaps significantly smaller military in terms of >> active >> personnel. >> >> Return reserves to thier proper roles. (John Kerry) >> >> Hand over Halliburton functions in Iraq to the US military and >> mideastern >> engineering firms. Let Iraqis rebuild Iraq. >> >> Overhaul the White House press corps to exclude the major war >> infomercial >> networks, ABC, NBC, CBS and so on. >> >> Make it unlawful for entities other than individuals to contribute >> funds >> to political campaigns. >> >> Conduct a variety of political autopsies, such as on Nicholas Berg. >> >> Establish a position of national developmental sports promoter and >> invite >> Cal Ripkin to take his work federal. >> >> Make my life as President extremely public. The adult public will be >> able >> to monitor most of my personal activity via live motion pictures. Big >> Brother is already here. I give the people of the USA the option of >> keeping an unblinking eye on Big Brother if they are so inclined. >> >> Convert the Executive Branch to use of open-source computer operating >> systems, such as Linux, BSD, or Plan 9 From Bell Labs. The military >> will >> be ordered to do so. I hope they aren't waiting for orders. >> >> Make all publications of the government available by FTP download >> from the >> Internet in effectively non-proprietary data formats. >> >> Implement checks and balances on law enforcement such that no >> jurisdiction >> can monopolize the evidence pertaining to any death. >> >> Increase personal financial accountability of members of Congress >> and lobbyists and lobbying organizations. >> >> Task the FBI with a detailed study of every case of someone dying in >> police custody in the US in the last ten years. >> >> Implement a graduated progressive debt-monetization schedule for the >> Reagan/Bush National Debt to eventually eliminate the regressive debt >> costs left by fiscal incompetents. >> >> Generalize the definitions of criminal anti-competitive behavior to >> better >> protect small businesses and economic diversity. Lots of things >> Microsoft >> does legally will become illegal. >> >> Ensure that transportation policy emphasize pedestrians and other >> human-power transport first, then mass transit, then roads. I will >> encourage buses, in particular, publicly and privately operated. >> >> Establish a cabinet-level auditing office, with a general permanent >> mandate and authorization to eliminate corruption and improve >> efficiency >> throughout the Executive Branch. >> >> Reduce the implementation costs of the tax system and the welfare >> system >> by simplifying the income tax code to a single simple formula with a >> positive component, formerly mis-named as the proposed "negative >> income >> tax". Thus there will be no brackets. The top tax rate should be >> about 50% >> and the top positive tax rate should provide a homeless man with >> about >> $10-- a day. >> >> Eliminate parasitic "protectionist" tariffs, farm and other >> subsidies to the advantaged. >> >> Require all products bodily ingested by humans, such as cigarettes, >> have >> thier ingredients listed as is now the case for most foods. This will >> include products with long-standing exemptions from such >> requirements, >> such as COCA Cola. >> >> Improve employability and general functionalization services to the >> homeless, literacy programs generally, and many other areas currently >> exhibiting barbaric and outrageously costly neglect. Another area >> that I >> personally find emblematic of the neglect the USA bestows upon it's >> helpless, my pet peeve if you will, is the condition of the average >> public >> basketball backboard. A decent outdoor basketball goal is a very >> cost-effective thing. Expect to see full regulation-dimensions >> rectangular >> backboards with straight rims appearing when I am President. Maybe >> even >> nets. Expect neglect to decrease generally. >> >> Emphasise the Internet in education. >> >> I support statutes and regulations that result in a decrease in the >> gross >> bulk of statutes and regulations for the sake thereof, such as more >> use of >> parametric "schedules" such as the well-known "GS-16" schedule of >> government salaries. A quick glance at the US Code suggests that it >> could >> easily be smaller by a factor of 4 or more. >> >> Manage my legislative agenda like an open source software project, >> with >> input from the general population via an FTP site or web wiki. >> >> Gun control is a population density issue. A moose gun is insane in >> Manhatten. Being without one is insane in most of Alaska. A simple >> tax >> can be developed based on how many people are in range of a weapon. >> Let's >> say the tax is 5 cents a year for each human within range of a >> weapon. >> That's 20 cents for a moose gun in the outskirts of Nome, and >> hundreds of >> thousands of dollars for a moose gun in Manhatten. The details need >> some >> work, but therein lies the solution. There are a number of possible >> side-effects, like gun shops become inately rural businesses, which >> is a >> good thing. There's also a one-second factor, like 5 cents for each >> round >> the thing can fire in one second, times population density. Thus >> assault >> weapons cost more at about thier fire rate. >> >> I suggest several Constitutional amendments. This listing is not the >> exact >> language contemplated..... >> >> The President may not pardon his own minions. He may >> petition the >> Congress to do so. This is the Nixon/Ford amendment, long >> overdue. >> >> Growing any naturally bred photosynthetic plant species in >> any >> quantity is a basic right of adult citizens. >> >> Voting in all elections of the USA shall be by approval >> basis, one >> vote per voter per candidate. Plurality shall be the >> elective >> margin. Vote counting shall be by direct popular count. >> There >> shall be hard physical documentation of each ballot. >> >> All ballots in the USA shall include a "None Of The Above" >> synthetic candidate. If None Of The Above wins, the >> contested >> office shall be filled by a suitable lottery of voters for >> None Of >> The Above. >> >> Border States may secede from the USA. >> >> Border jurisdictions of States may change States. >> >> I favor the creation of at-large Representatives and >> Senators. >> >> The above amendment to allow growing any herb could be constructed >> so as >> to foster family farms and serve as a permanent seedbed for small >> businesses. >> >> Reassess the health risks of cyclamates versus aspartame. Note that >> Donald >> Rumsfeld was a key lobbyist for aspartame. >> >> Abolish diplomatic immunity outside embassies. The US doesn't have >> royals, >> and doesn't aknowledge them on our soil. >> >> Change the names of Blair Mansion, the Ronald Reagan White Elephant >> and >> Internationalist Boondoggle Center, Reagan National Airport, the J. >> Edgar >> Hoover Building, and the Herbert Hoover Building. >> >> Increase compensation to federal elected officials. >> >> Set up a history ftp/website in the Education department >> >> Promise MLB baseball games in Cuba if Castro adopts a constitution >> based >> on the template on my webpage. >> >> Marriage is not a federal concern. The proposed tax formula will >> provide >> positive taxes (back to the person) to dependants, not married >> couples per >> se. >> >> Establish a national blues jam on the South Lawn of the White House >> in the >> summer. >> >> The legal tradition of the USA has some fundamental quirks going >> back to >> English Common Law that need fixing. Malice, intent, custodial >> relationships, sanity and other subtleties are sentencing issues, not >> corpus delecti. >> >> There is no specific labor policy at this time. Labor interests >> should >> note the elimination of degree requirements from positions licensed >> by the >> government, the possible huge increase in manpower to the INS via the >> de-commissioning of the CIA, the improved immigration enforcement >> possible >> in the absence of a corrupt drug war, the reduction in impetus of >> Latin >> Americans to emigrate to the US in the absense of a corrupt drug >> war, the >> top tax rate of 50%, and other policies that help the working man, >> woman >> or family directly, but not explicitly. >> >> I oppose capital punishment. It's not cost-effective. >> >> As President I'll probably be able to get some things off the ground >> that >> aren't political per se, such as osimplay, cycluphonics, the Gitslik >> and >> Rixpik and so on. >> >> Life begins when you no longer blame everything on your mother. If I >> don't >> get the into White House, I blame my mother. >> >> Rick (Richard Allen) Hohensee >> independant candidate for President >> >> - >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe >> linux-kernel" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >> > > > I'm voting for Badnarik just because you top-posted. EAT THAT :P - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/