If I were President of the United States

1. I would introduce a bill ending term limits, they are stupid and they support partisanship and commercialization of our Government.

2. The FBI, Dept. of Homeland Security, and the counterfeit investigation wing of the Secret Service would be combined saving billions of dollars annually.

3. The CIA, Secret Service, and the NSA would be combined.

4. Fully automatic assault weapons are illegal for non military and non law enforcement consumers.

5. An end to the Brady Bill.

6. Lifting the embargo against Cuba.

7. Lifting the embargo and sanctions against Iran.

8. Installation of a comprehensive Missile Defense system in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Oceana.

9. Installation of a Demilitarized zone on the border of Israel and the future Palestinian state.

10. Mandatory 1 year incarceration plus $50,000 fine for drunk driving.

11. Lowering the drinking age back to 18.

12. The decriminalization of Marijuana.

13. 9% Tax increase on incomes exceeding $200,000 (without children, 4% with).

14. Federally funded Elite universities, one per state plus the District and Puerto Rico, completely free of charge to students that are accepted.

15. Representation in the House for the District. 4% tax decrease for DC residents making less than $200,000.

So what do you think?

All good except for the missile systems.
Too easy to fool, too expensive to build and maintain.

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Meh, I'm against marijuana, but oh well.

Better get #1 through fast, because it would take way more than two terms to accomplish the rest.

Meh, idealistic at best. Damn near impossible at worst.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a candidate.

*Aplauses*



*Speech*

BoriquaSNK said:

So what do you think?

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16.) $20B in funding for new prisons for all the inmates your administration would have put away.

My father works for US Missile Defense and his department (meaning him and three colleagues) drafting contracts with Oz and Japan for a Missile Defense Program.

It's actually an interesting concept. The program would cost about half of Australia's GDP and of course there's no way in hell they'd be able to pay that themselves, but under the current contracts being negotiated the Aussie gov't would only have to purchase AEGIS ships and the US would help them cover the bill for the missile installations in exchange for using Australia's extensive radar system over oceana. It's really a symbolic move on the part of Howard's gov't they are trying to show solidarity with the Bush administration and the war on terror. The only real obstacles are the fact that the closest potential threat is Indonesia, which isn't a potential threat outside of the terrorist cells there. Needless to say, Indonesia doesn't like the idea of an Australian missile defense system.

Japan already has the AEGIS cruisers. Their battleships were designed "AEGIS ready" and thus they only had to lease sattelite space and purchase missiles. Of course China, Russia, and North Korea don't agree with this program either.

I see my dad as some boring attorney...but every once in a while he tells me really compelling shit like this.

Electroman said:

16.) $20B in funding for new prisons for all the inmates your administration would have put away.

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Thats actually not true, by decriminalizing marijuana, and possibly other drugs, that would empty about 1/3 of america's prisoners out of prison. The revenue from fines issued to drug users who are caught could go towards enforcing the new DUI statutes and thus the program would actually be a fiscally sound move.

I've thought this shit over my friend.

if I was american I'd surely vote for you

just this

BoriquaSNK said:

5. An end to the Brady Bill.

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dont have any clue

who or what is him/it ?

kaos said:

if I was american I'd surely vote for you

just this

dont have any clue

who or what is him/it ?

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Under this bill, states are allowed to not sell any handguns to people who are indicted or convicted of a felony, and if you have a restraining order against you.

BoriquaSNK said:

1. I would introduce a bill ending term limits, they are stupid and they support partisanship and commercialization of our Government.

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It would also facilitate the rise of long political regimes and substantially increase the possibility of despotism. If you’re interested in ending the partisanship and commercialization of our government I would suggest restricting the presidency to a single, four-year term. Doing so would substantially reduce the political gold-bricking of first-term presidents. No more three and a half years of campaigning for a second term.

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4. Fully automatic assault weapons are illegal for non military and non law enforcement consumers.

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Why? Converting a single-shot, civilian AR-15 to automatic fire (essentially creating a military-grade M-16) is quite easy and is done in great regularity. Enforcing this law would be next to impossible. Even if you do outlaw the sale of pre-configured automatic rifles, the scenario above negates the rationale for it to begin with. That, and last time I checked, criminals with the intent to use such weapons usually have little concern for legal restrictions to begin with. The argument could be made that strict regulations could deter some criminals, but by that mode of logic we should also have cameras recording our every move. Maybe this is just the staunch libertarian side of me coming out, but I have yet to hear a persuasive argument (backed up with unbiased statistical analysis) that gun control drastically reduces crime.

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5. An end to the Brady Bill.

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Sort of conflicts with the logic of #4.

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7. Lifting the embargo and sanctions against Iran.

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Yeah, that’ll learn ‘em.

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10. Mandatory 1 year incarceration plus $50,000 fine for drunk driving.

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I absolutely agree. Now... does that include driving stoned? *coughs* #12 *coughs*

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11. Lowering the drinking age back to 18.

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Again, conflicting a bit with the logic of #10.

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12. The decriminalization of Marijuana.

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Then, if so, decriminalize all drugs. I’m actually serious. I think crack, coke, and heroin do far less harm to the world than alcohol and tobacco. Sitting in a room with someone doing cocaine (barring outside influence) does nothing to you. Sitting in a room with someone smoking kills you, incrementally, over time. The only way I might agree with you is if this also included the legalization of hemp, which would do infinitely greater good to the world that just letting you get high. I won’t list them all here, but suffice it to say, if fully utilized, hemp could become one of the most versatile and ubiquitous substances in the world. Clothing, energy, medicine, sustenance, building materials... A theoretical halt to deforestation, reliance on fossil fuels, and economic unbalance... Believe it.

BoriquaSNK said:

13. 9% Tax increase on incomes exceeding $200,000 (without children, 4% with).

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The redistribution of wealth in a free market economy is essentially counter-productive to the philosophy of capitalist enterprise. Economics 101. If we both worked at a job, did the same tasks, worked the same hours, put in the same effort and you received substantially less that I did, how long would you stay at that job? I might support your plan if you converted to a command economy and made it work. However, that has still yet to occur...

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15. Representation in the House for the District. 4% tax decrease for DC residents making less than $200,000.

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In perfect agreement. There’s no reason an individual living in our nation’s capital shouldn’t have political representation. Rather absurd when you sit and think about it. The economic stuff, as stated prior, has far less merit...

Uh, Zero you do know that cocain can and will eventually kill a person right? Same with any drug.

Where is the funding that NASA needs? Give money to NASA and you may have my vote.

And felons don't need to have guns. Voting rights perhaps, but not guns. I guess it depends if you see prison as a punishment or an attempt to rehabiliate.

Just legalize premeditated murder and you are IN!

Nesagwa said:

Uh, [z]er[0] you do know that cocain can and will eventually kill a person right? Same with any drug.

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All drugs eventually do some degree of harm to the system that uses them. My point was to illustrate that some drugs (i.e. substance that are smoked rather than ingested) do harm to others aside the people who use them directly. But, perhaps since cocaine can linger in the air it was a poor example...

The notion that all drugs should be legal is a bit absurd, but no more so than allowing a parent to smoke or drink while a child is in the womb, doing them irreversible harm before they even enter this world. We can’t claim the moral authority to tell someone they can’t shoot-up in a dark alley while washing our hands to the litany of harm perpetrated by “safe” drugs. You choose one or the other. You legalize one drug, you legalize them all. You ban one firearm, you ban them all. In a world of half-truths and infinite relativism, the only philosophy that makes any sense is Absolutism.

Hey, run and I'll vote and shit. You'd be a good Green Party candidate.

BoriquaSNK said:

1. I would introduce a bill ending term limits, they are stupid and they support partisanship and commercialization of our Government.

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This one has me intrigued the most

How about a single term for our Presidency?

Have them do the job and not focus on getting re-elected

the roker said:

This one has me intrigued the most

How about a single term for our Presidency?

Have them do the job and not focus on getting re-elected

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zer0hue said:

If you’re interested in ending the partisanship and commercialization of our government I would suggest restricting the presidency to a single, four-year term. Doing so would substantially reduce the political gold-bricking of first-term presidents. No more three and a half years of campaigning for a second term.

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probably would have helped if I read the whole thread

you're cool in my book zer0hue

the roker said:

you're cool in my book zer0hue

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Sig.

zer0hue said:

Sig.

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*bows in honor*

It would also facilitate the rise of long political regimes and substantially increase the possibility of despotism. If you’re interested in ending the partisanship and commercialization of our government I would suggest restricting the presidency to a single, four-year term. Doing so would substantially reduce the political gold-bricking of first-term presidents. No more three and a half years of campaigning for a second term.

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I think that restricting the presidency to a single term does more harm than good. A government in constant transition has no hope of successfully collecting the trust and appreciation of the masses. Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the obvious example here. A president can do more for his country with time.

Why? Converting a single-shot, civilian AR-15 to automatic fire (essentially creating a military-grade M-16) is quite easy and is done in great regularity. Enforcing this law would be next to impossible. Even if you do outlaw the sale of pre-configured automatic rifles, the scenario above negates the rationale for it to begin with. That, and last time I checked, criminals with the intent to use such weapons usually have little concern for legal restrictions to begin with. The argument could be made that strict regulations could deter some criminals, but by that mode of logic we should also have cameras recording our every move. Maybe this is just the staunch libertarian side of me coming out, but I have yet to hear a persuasive argument (backed up with unbiased statistical analysis) that gun control drastically reduces crime.

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You are absolutely right, however the law is completely cosmetic. It cannot be enforced unless it is stumbled upon during or after an incident. You can make the same argument for homicide, should we stop prosecuting homicide as well because it's easy to do? Gun control may not drastically reduce crime, but it sure helps.

Sort of conflicts with the logic of #4.

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Not true, the Brady Bill was never treated as a real law. States that didn't already have Handgun control programs in place were in the process of implementing them during the passing of the Brady Bill. I wholeheartedly believe in the message of the Gun Control Act, but I can't deny that millions of federal dollars are being spent on programs that states should be implementing on their own. My idea isn't getting rid of what exists WITHIN the bill, it's the Bill itself that is a political obstacle. In other words, I'm not saying that felons should be able to buy handguns, I'm saying states should evaluate their own problems and legislate firearms accordingly.

As for lifting sanctions against Iran, the country is in the midst of a cultural revolution. With the potential introduction of western business, it could give the united states a potential (i.e. peaceful) foot in the door in the Middle East.

10. Mandatory 1 year incarceration plus $50,000 fine for drunk driving.

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The idea is to put drunk driving on the same level of taboo as rape and murder. How many of you have really, really wanted some chick at the bar and thought about jumping on her? How many have actually done it? Also, after receiving a DUI or DWI, you can still drive a car eventually (in most non repeat cases), but if you rob a bank you aren't allowed to ever have a gun again. The same should hold true of drunk drivers. The threat of longterm incarceration and public humiliation for drunk driving will save lives and allow the US to catch up with the rest of western society and allow our young men and women, who are old enough to die for their country, to have a fucking beer. Now if this isn't libertarian I don't know what is. As for driving while high, the same rules apply...you go to prison.

12. The decriminalization of Marijuana.

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The war on drugs is lost, however drug use does not have to become any more of a cultural norm than it already is. Lets say there are 5 million drug users in the country and 1 out of 5 gets caught and is issued a $100 ticket. Assuming everyone pays (for the sake of my argument), thats $100 Million that could go towards D.A.R.E programs, AA programs, hell even NASA. :P

Also, employers will still be allowed to discriminate against drug users since it doesn't (and shouldn't) qualify as a civil right.

13. 9% Tax increase on incomes exceeding $200,000 (without children, 4% with).

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The fact is, a single mother working three jobs in projects in Richmond, Atlanta, or wherever should not have to pay more taxes (by scale) than Biff Biffwell of Alexandria just because Biff donated his 99 Towncar to Children's Hospital. Taxation in America has become more about bribery than contributing to society.

BoriquaSNK said:

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the obvious example here. A president can do more for his country with time.

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Yeah, I know letting Pearl Harbor be attacked and ballooning the scope of federal entitlements rank high on my lists of great achievements. Also, you forgot to mention that a president can do more harm to his country with time, as well. Would you like GWB to have four consecutive terms? Didn’t think so...

BoriquaSNK said:

You are absolutely right, however the law is completely cosmetic. It cannot be enforced unless it is stumbled upon during or after an incident. You can make the same argument for homicide, should we stop prosecuting homicide as well because it's easy to do?

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This analogy is completely wrong. You proposed that automatic-fire rifles be banned. I said that the mechanism to change single-fire rifles into automatic-fire rifles was widespread and difficult to prohibit. Now, maybe if you were for the ban of all rifles, that would be somewhat comparable, but only by a stretch of the imagination. Homicide is illegal because we, as a people, view it as morally reprehensible. Are you equating the morality of life and death to the difference between the firing rates of assault rifles? Apples and oranges.

BoriquaSNK said:

Gun control may not drastically reduce crime, but it sure helps.

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Show me proof.

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In other words, I'm not saying that felons should be able to buy handguns, I'm saying states should evaluate their own problems and legislate firearms accordingly.

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This I agree with completely.

BoriquaSNK said:

As for lifting sanctions against Iran, the country is in the midst of a cultural revolution. With the potential introduction of western business, it could give the united states a potential (i.e. peaceful) foot in the door in the Middle East.

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It also placates to a regime that openly supports terrorism. Good message we sent there.

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How many of you have really, really wanted some chick at the bar and thought about jumping on her?

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I’m really hoping that’s very, very few. Again, stick to your opinions, not odd analogy.

BoriquaSNK said:

The war on drugs is lost, however drug use does not have to become any more of a cultural norm than it already is. Lets say there are 5 million drug users in the country and 1 out of 5 gets caught and is issued a $100 ticket. Assuming everyone pays (for the sake of my argument), thats $100 Million that could go towards D.A.R.E programs, AA programs, hell even NASA. :P

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And decriminalizing Marijuana wouldn’t make it more of a cultural norm? Been to Amsterdam lately? Also, the ticket scenario is nonsense. Now we’re fining drug addicts to pay for government programs? Stealing from the poor and giving to the rich. A real champion of the working class you are. :P

BoriquaSNK said:

The fact is, a single mother working three jobs in projects in Richmond, Atlanta, or wherever should not have to pay more taxes (by scale) than Biff Biffwell of Alexandria just because Biff donated his 99 Towncar to Children's Hospital. Taxation in America has become more about bribery than contributing to society.

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So we shouldn’t reward philanthropy? American’s are the most giving people in the world by far. The reason has largely to do with tax incentives, but so what? I’d rather Everyday Joe Millionaire donate to a cause he deems as worthy than the federal government demanding his money to feed the bureaucratic machine. You may trust the government to spend money better than our citizens, by I certainly don’t. In fact, just for kicks, give the US government $20,000 to spend on your behalf. Really, try it. Who knows, you might even get a plunger out the deal.

If it wasn't for #13 you could almost be the Libertarian candidate (the party I find myself closest to).

BoriquaSNK said:

1. I would introduce a bill ending term limits, they are stupid and they support partisanship and commercialization of our Government.

2. The FBI, Dept. of Homeland Security, and the counterfeit investigation wing of the Secret Service would be combined saving billions of dollars annually.

3. The CIA, Secret Service, and the NSA would be combined.

4. Fully automatic assault weapons are illegal for non military and non law enforcement consumers.

5. An end to the Brady Bill.

6. Lifting the embargo against Cuba.

7. Lifting the embargo and sanctions against Iran.

8. Installation of a comprehensive Missile Defense system in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Oceana.

9. Installation of a Demilitarized zone on the border of Israel and the future Palestinian state.

10. Mandatory 1 year incarceration plus $50,000 fine for drunk driving.

11. Lowering the drinking age back to 18.

12. The decriminalization of Marijuana.

13. 9% Tax increase on incomes exceeding $200,000 (without children, 4% with).

14. Federally funded Elite universities, one per state plus the District and Puerto Rico, completely free of charge to students that are accepted.

15. Representation in the House for the District. 4% tax decrease for DC residents making less than $200,000.

So what do you think?

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What do I think? Sorry kiddo, but you political posts hurt my eyes every time I read them, so I gotta vent a little here. I think that:

a) You are in all likelihood a 16 or 17 year old kiddo, and like most teenagers a high-fantasy idealist. Hell, I also was in "that stage" once.

AND

b) Your supposedly leftist beliefs seem to contradict themselves continuously, also typical of teenagers, which are by definition largely unexperienced and uninformed.

And, by the way, I think you should leave the US if you want to be consequent with your political ideas, comrade. And of course, never go to college there: you would be contributing to filling the pockets of the capitalist pigs!

Nesagwa said:

Uh, Zero you do know that cocain can and will eventually kill a person right? Same with any drug.

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It amazes me that people are so ignorant to the fact that alcohol is physically addicting, and people die all the time from alcohol abuse (and I'm not talking about traffic accidents)

And yes, alcohol is a drug too. (I have this argument every week in one medium or another).

Matt