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On 2004-09-22 23:02:37 -0500 Troy McFerrron <hotdogday@gmail.com> 
wrote:

> Voted Bush.
>
> On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 23:27:48 -0400 (EDT), Rick Hohensee
> <humbubba@smarty.smart.net> 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
>>
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I'm voting for Badnarik just because you top-posted. EAT THAT :P

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