Thursday, September 09, 2004
President Zelmo
"If I were King, O If I were King,
I'd rock and roll..." ~ 'If I Were King' - Vardis
I posted this on another message board, and thought that it was worth archiving here.
If I were the President, what changes would I make to this great nation of ours, the United States of America?
New laws?
A 2 year draft requirement sounds like a great idea, but it isn't a new one. Hell, that was an old one when Starship Troopers came out in the movie theaters.
There are plenty of laws that I would love to enact, ones involving the revamping of the airline industry and to end many air carriers' slow decline into bankruptcy and oblivion, making police academy training an option for seniors in high school, eliminating excess and/or unfair lawsuit practices by allowing judges to penalize lawyers for unfair civil and/or criminal claims, allow for the recall of all elected officials by the vote of the people with the exception of those at the executive, judicial, and legislative branch levels of the U.S. Government (I believe a couple of states have already put a law like this on the books, I think Minnesota might have been one of them), and blah blah blah.
Tax increases/decreases?
I voiced my support on a flat tax on here about a month ago. That view still stands. I would raise the so-called "sin taxes" such as on tobacco and alcohol to enough of a degree to make the casual smokers or drinkers want to curb their habits, while making the flat-out junkie types have to fork over even more cash just to sustain their addictions. If they're going to abuse it, then why not make more money off of their willingness to do it?
Which would relate to my views on marijuana. Legalize it, tax the hell out of it, and regulate it. Endorse privatization of marijuana distribution. Make profit, not war (more on that in a minute).
Overhaul of health systems?
I believe that health care reform is being approached from the wrong direction in this country. The problem isn't with the system itself. It is with the pharmaceutical companies that have been allowed more legal protections from lawsuits, such as the one found in the new Homeland Security Bill.
Granted, a compromise must be met in a subject such as this, so the problem would have to be attacked in two directions: eliminate many avenues toward unfair malpractice lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies, and require by law that the pharmaceutical companies lower their prices to meet satisfactory consumer demands.
Restructuring of military and/or strategies?
I've already voiced my opinion on the mandatory draft above, but I'll add to it a little here. The mandatory age that one must begin their mandatory term of service should be 18, but I'd submit a law that forbids combat duty for anyone under the age of 19. Not only would this keep kids fresh out of high school from going off and getting shot to death in a foreign land in a time of war, but it would also allow at least a year of training Stateside before getting sent overseas in the event of a prolonged theater of combat. Once their 2 years of service is over, with the possibility of at least 1 of those years being served in a combat zone, the draftee would be shipped home or allowed to continue their service at their own discretion. A law like this would limit the need of sending National Guard troops overseas.
Readjust and recirculate the troops into their respective theaters of combat due to the massive changes in available military personnel.
Revamp Homeland Security into a city-state network, rather than from a centralized Washington location. Allow the states to govern their own Homeland Security responsibilities. Provide them with the funding and National Guard troops needed, if necessary. This disperses Homeland Security into 50 "cells", thus making it harder for a single or numerous catastrophic terrorist attacks from wiping out our entire Homeland Security sector. Make local law enforcement officials a part of this Homeland Security network. Urge recruiters to make weekly quotas with the proposed high school police academy training courses that I mentioned above to encourage enlistment into the local law enforcement or into the military.
End the War On Drugs that was started during the Reagan era. It's obvious that kids aren't "just saying no" nowadays. Legalizing marijuana would already remove a large priority regarding law enforcement officials anyway, and would allow them to focus on more substantial drug offenses such as ones dealing with crack, crystal meth, and heroin.
Then, after I had won the trust and support of the American people following these reforms to some of the major issues involving the United States Government, I would run for re-election. If successful in my re-election campaign, by then the draft would have already amassed millions of able-bodied young American soldiers into our nation's military. By then, it is projected that Iraq would have already established itself into a full-fledged democratic power, as would have Afghanistan. I would order the buildup of hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops into both countries, give Iran an ultimatum that they turn over all nuclear materials in their possession. And when they predictably and defiantly deny this ultimatum, invade Iran from both Iraq in the west and Afghanistan in the east. Crush the Iranian military and liberate the Iranian people from their ruthless and dictatorial Islamic fundamentalist masters. I would have also amassed an army of 500,000 Americans into South Korea, and handed North Korea that same ultimatum. But instead of invasion, I would allow North Korea to witness the liberation of Iran before allowing them to conduct peace talks with me directly.
The rest of the future from then on would be tough to predict. I'd probably get called a warmonger or whatever. But who the hell cares when you're the most powerful man in the world?
The world is MY oyster.
Bitch.
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I'd rock and roll..." ~ 'If I Were King' - Vardis
I posted this on another message board, and thought that it was worth archiving here.
If I were the President, what changes would I make to this great nation of ours, the United States of America?
New laws?
A 2 year draft requirement sounds like a great idea, but it isn't a new one. Hell, that was an old one when Starship Troopers came out in the movie theaters.
There are plenty of laws that I would love to enact, ones involving the revamping of the airline industry and to end many air carriers' slow decline into bankruptcy and oblivion, making police academy training an option for seniors in high school, eliminating excess and/or unfair lawsuit practices by allowing judges to penalize lawyers for unfair civil and/or criminal claims, allow for the recall of all elected officials by the vote of the people with the exception of those at the executive, judicial, and legislative branch levels of the U.S. Government (I believe a couple of states have already put a law like this on the books, I think Minnesota might have been one of them), and blah blah blah.
Tax increases/decreases?
I voiced my support on a flat tax on here about a month ago. That view still stands. I would raise the so-called "sin taxes" such as on tobacco and alcohol to enough of a degree to make the casual smokers or drinkers want to curb their habits, while making the flat-out junkie types have to fork over even more cash just to sustain their addictions. If they're going to abuse it, then why not make more money off of their willingness to do it?
Which would relate to my views on marijuana. Legalize it, tax the hell out of it, and regulate it. Endorse privatization of marijuana distribution. Make profit, not war (more on that in a minute).
Overhaul of health systems?
I believe that health care reform is being approached from the wrong direction in this country. The problem isn't with the system itself. It is with the pharmaceutical companies that have been allowed more legal protections from lawsuits, such as the one found in the new Homeland Security Bill.
Granted, a compromise must be met in a subject such as this, so the problem would have to be attacked in two directions: eliminate many avenues toward unfair malpractice lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies, and require by law that the pharmaceutical companies lower their prices to meet satisfactory consumer demands.
Restructuring of military and/or strategies?
I've already voiced my opinion on the mandatory draft above, but I'll add to it a little here. The mandatory age that one must begin their mandatory term of service should be 18, but I'd submit a law that forbids combat duty for anyone under the age of 19. Not only would this keep kids fresh out of high school from going off and getting shot to death in a foreign land in a time of war, but it would also allow at least a year of training Stateside before getting sent overseas in the event of a prolonged theater of combat. Once their 2 years of service is over, with the possibility of at least 1 of those years being served in a combat zone, the draftee would be shipped home or allowed to continue their service at their own discretion. A law like this would limit the need of sending National Guard troops overseas.
Readjust and recirculate the troops into their respective theaters of combat due to the massive changes in available military personnel.
Revamp Homeland Security into a city-state network, rather than from a centralized Washington location. Allow the states to govern their own Homeland Security responsibilities. Provide them with the funding and National Guard troops needed, if necessary. This disperses Homeland Security into 50 "cells", thus making it harder for a single or numerous catastrophic terrorist attacks from wiping out our entire Homeland Security sector. Make local law enforcement officials a part of this Homeland Security network. Urge recruiters to make weekly quotas with the proposed high school police academy training courses that I mentioned above to encourage enlistment into the local law enforcement or into the military.
End the War On Drugs that was started during the Reagan era. It's obvious that kids aren't "just saying no" nowadays. Legalizing marijuana would already remove a large priority regarding law enforcement officials anyway, and would allow them to focus on more substantial drug offenses such as ones dealing with crack, crystal meth, and heroin.
Then, after I had won the trust and support of the American people following these reforms to some of the major issues involving the United States Government, I would run for re-election. If successful in my re-election campaign, by then the draft would have already amassed millions of able-bodied young American soldiers into our nation's military. By then, it is projected that Iraq would have already established itself into a full-fledged democratic power, as would have Afghanistan. I would order the buildup of hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops into both countries, give Iran an ultimatum that they turn over all nuclear materials in their possession. And when they predictably and defiantly deny this ultimatum, invade Iran from both Iraq in the west and Afghanistan in the east. Crush the Iranian military and liberate the Iranian people from their ruthless and dictatorial Islamic fundamentalist masters. I would have also amassed an army of 500,000 Americans into South Korea, and handed North Korea that same ultimatum. But instead of invasion, I would allow North Korea to witness the liberation of Iran before allowing them to conduct peace talks with me directly.
The rest of the future from then on would be tough to predict. I'd probably get called a warmonger or whatever. But who the hell cares when you're the most powerful man in the world?
The world is MY oyster.
Bitch.
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