"When I Am King..." Topic

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Next car that doesn't signal when I'm crossing a intersection is getting my cane in their windshield.

If this is Blue Fezz territory, I apologise but 'what-if/fantasy' is a gray area.

Lawyers should lose points off their liscence when they lose a case.

More government support(tax breaks, subsidies, grants)for history related things like museums, re-enactor 'Olympics', preservation projects etc.

Real Women playboy-esque magazine(tired of airbrushed bimbettes)

NASCAR MBT

Movie remakes/sequels are illegal

Well?

Open season on radio controlled camera drones. You just have to use 'safe' projectiles in urban areas. Should take care of the privacy problems.

Real Women playboy-esque magazine(tired of airbrushed bimbettes)

The internet is 90% cats and porn. You can see all the natural photos of naked ladies you could ever want and then some with the most trivial of searches. Kill trees for something better than skin mags.

Repeal 17th Amendment. Replace with a balanced budget amendment capping government spending as % of GDP, except in Congressionally declared war.

Release prisoners convicted of non-violent offenses like drug possession. End "War on drugs" by making pot legal and taxing the hell out of it.

Eliminate immunity for officials who abuse power. Tie politicians' salaries to health of private sector economy.

Prohibit plea-bargaining and allow juries to find prosecutors guilty and impose fines.

Set a limit on how long (number of words) a law can be and on how many regulations/laws can be on the books. Create a third house of Congress called the Fools House or Board of Dunces; if they say they can't understand a law or regulation, it doesn't pass.

Disallow congressional approval or sanctioning of, "police actions," "contingency operations," or anything militarily going past the Presidential 90-day mark without a formal Declaration of War; either it is important enough to debate and vote to be held accountable, or GET OUT.

Bring back, "Letters of Marque & Reprisal," as a viable thing.

Ban all local, state and federal government participation in unions.

Both houses of congress made subject to insider trading laws that they have always had immunity from.

Repeal political pensions.

Mardaddy, I like the way you think.

Have a intelligence service that only the President knows about after his third term…

Make TMP a federally funded Think Tank. Especially the What-if/Lounge/Blue Fezz boards. With full access to classified archives.

I'm going for the jugular!
Hollywood will have to make historical movies that
are 90 % accurate! And 50% of their movies will have to be historical sagas! Leaving a good 40% for Scifi/Fantasy and 10% for other.

"getting my cane in their windshield"

Don't do that. Windshield replacement is usually covered under insurance with only a small excess.

Plus it's hard to justify why your stick was at windscreen height.

Whereas, if you just happen to smack into the side of the vehicle with a stick. Say. (Or a really solid steel crutch[1]). While you were regaining your balance from the surprise of nearly being run down… And it happens to be on big expensive panel, like the rear quarter… Then that's got a lot more excess on the repair…

[1] Did you know elbow crutches come in hefty steel? More solid than the crappy aluminium ones given out by the hospitals. WAY more solid.

KatieL-thanks for the advice-

Got hit on my right side by a car making a turn in '92-broke my left leg and ripped my right achilles tendon off my right heel when I went up in the air after twisting-my backpack came off my left shoulder and hit the windshield shattering it(had a bottle of soda and two small fruit pies which got smashed flat)-six months in a wheel chair-not happy.
My sister ate the pies while waiting with me in the E-r00m(8hrs.). She said they tasted great.

Right on Red has to be repealed

Eliminate immunity for officials who abuse power. Tie politicians' salaries to health of private sector economy.
Repeal 17th Amendment. Replace with a balanced budget amendment capping government spending as % of GDP, except in Congressionally declared war.

Repeal political pensions.

Love these points!

Give the President an line item veto.

No, make each item pass and be voted on, on it's own merits.

No linking dissimilar projects, laws, or pork together just to try to get some backing for them.

"Right on Red has to be repealed"

I live in the UK. We don't even HAVE that law…

Eliminate immunity for officials who abuse power.

Utterly foolish, and inimical to the proper functioning of a democracy.

This is how most of the world used to work. It means that an incoming regime pursues all its former opponents in order to defeat them utterly. See Yulia Timoshenko for how it works even in a supposed "democracy".

It means rulers refuse to give up power, even if they intended to when they started, because they know that the moment they do they will be hounded. Every major ruler will make decisions that someone will take profound offence to – even if they are benign rulers.

Would the US system really have been improved by the nuttier of Obama's acolytes being allowed to pursue their fantasies of convicting George W for his "war crimes" etc?

Allow swordcane duelling

Anyone who doesn't shovel snow off their walks should be fined

Have Brad and Angelina get married at Area 51-invite all papparazzi, don't tell the military-as soon as the photographers cross the wire the guards open fire. Hose off cameras and use them as table gifts at the reception.

It's even legal…

Give the President an line item veto.

They had it durin Clinton, and the Supremes struck it down IIRC.

When I'm king, Piers Morgan will be first against the wall, followed by many banking executives…

When I am King …

- Voting age will be 25 and only for those who can prove they no longer live with or depend on their parents.

- At 50 your vote counts double.

- The only reporters and attorneys will be those in my employ.

- IQ tests will be mandatory before can get a driver's license, vote, or have children.

- Driving tests will be mandatory every 5 years.

- Thieves and vandals will have to work at a government facility to repay the victims and to repay all costs related to trial and imprisonment. The State may rent out labor to private manufacturers.

- Murderers, rapists and pedophiles will face the choice of either death or exile.

- There will be no prisons, only temporary holding areas.

- Taxes will be a uniform 20% for all, regardless of income.

- You will only be allowed to produce the number of children you can actually support. Sterilization will be mandatory for those who have exceeded that number.

- The only people required to pay school taxes will be those with children. And the more children you have, the more you will have to pay.

- Citizenship will need to be earned. Immigrants and natural born alike will need to take IQ and competency tests to remain in the country. Even iif someone is 25 and independent, they will need to pass an IQ test to become citizens.

- Any exiles found in the country will be arrested and executed.

- If there's a legislative body, they will only serve two terms. Pensions for retired legislators will last for the same number of years they served.

- Legislators who go on road trips to boycott voting on issues will forfeit their vote. It will be viewed as an illegal strike. Voting will continue regardless, based on the total of legislators that are present to serve. Second offense will result in immediate dishonorable termination.

- Athletes who use performance-enhancing substances will be penalized monetarily. Each offense will reduce their salary by 20%.

Those are just a few of the programs I would put into effect if I ran my own little country.

So don't ever vote me your President. King or dictator!!!

Dan