You've just been elected president......What are you going to do now...???

scotty says on Jan 10, 2008, 22:47:

where are the two things you'd do RAAAY?

Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash

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RAAAY says on Jan 10, 2008, 22:51:

My first two things.

1. Add $1 to the tax take on gasoline.......leave diesel as is for the truckers......penalise owners of SUV 's.

2. Increase the size of the I.R.S. by creating a special task force in every city and town in the country to go after business and individuals cheating the system.

Seriously.

Then I would have a few beers......a good night's sleep.......wake up on day two and look at a few other little issues such as Iraq etc.

.........Its useless to argue with ignorance

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eywed says on Jan 10, 2008, 22:56:

I'm going to disney.

Ay Hombe!!!!!

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RAAAY says on Jan 10, 2008, 22:58:

Disney.........ahhh.......but what's the second thing...?

.........Its useless to argue with ignorance

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slguy says on Jan 10, 2008, 23:04:

Interesting point about the tax guys RAAY. I was audited some years ago in NC. The guy that did the audit told me that his office had 3 auditors- for nine counties. They each averaged about 3 million per year in collecting unpaid taxes. I'm guessing on 50-60 K salaries.

So I asked him "why in God's name don't we hire a few thousand more auditors? What a GREAT return on investment!"

His answer? "Which politician do you know that wants to go home an campaign after voting to hire thousands of new IRS auditors?"

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eywed says on Jan 10, 2008, 23:04:

Digging up all the countries super secrets and Finding out all the shnanagans this country is really into. Yes tat would include ufo stuff. I dont believe they exist but I would want to know the real deal on roswell and stuff.

Ay Hombe!!!!!

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christobeldawg says on Jan 10, 2008, 23:04:

make mandatory the tax cuts of the previous Bush administration, as I am a supply side economic believer in that being best for all, ultimately. Get us out, somehow, of Iraq. Legalize drugs, and possibly regulate them, in order to ultimately cut costs significantly on the failed drug war, and in order to allow Colombia to begin an end to their civil war.
Help the poorest of the poor to be sustained. Work out some type of common sense health care system, one which recognized what is good about what we have now, and yet one that takes care of the obvious problems within it, the one of leaving 40 million with no care at all.

admittedly, arriving can feel great too

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christobeldawg says on Jan 10, 2008, 23:08:

and instead of just saying that I am wanting to work both sides of the aisle, I would actually try to do that

admittedly, arriving can feel great too

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eywed says on Jan 10, 2008, 23:09:

Ok Raaay your post you got to grade us on this. 1-10 scale 10 being the best.

Ay Hombe!!!!!

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eywed says on Jan 10, 2008, 23:43:

Raaay - Why penalise owners of SUV 's . I have a very large family and need the room. I have a second Vehicle for when I am not taking everyone. 4 cyl . That would be like we should put a very large tax on folks who ride motorcycles for fun because it is not nesseary to be driving all around site seeing when you can do that on a bus.

Ay Hombe!!!!!

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eywed says on Jan 10, 2008, 23:43:

Raaay - Why penalise owners of SUV 's . I have a very large family and need the room. I have a second Vehicle for when I am not taking everyone. 4 cyl . That would be like we should put a very large tax on folks who ride motorcycles for fun because it is not nesseary to be driving all around site seeing when you can do that on a bus.

Ay Hombe!!!!!

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eywed says on Jan 10, 2008, 23:43:

Raaay - Why penalise owners of SUV 's . I have a very large family and need the room. I have a second Vehicle for when I am not taking everyone. 4 cyl . That would be like we should put a very large tax on folks who ride motorcycles for fun because it is not nesseary to be driving all around site seeing when you can do that on a bus.

Ay Hombe!!!!!

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RAAAY says on Jan 11, 2008, 00:05:

eywed says on Thursday January 10th, 2008 23:43:

Raaay - Why penalise owners of SUV 's

Because drastic times require drastic measures...........I'm not a screw-ball enviormentilist, but people all over the world manage just fine without the ratio of SUV'S to smaller passanger cars, that exists in the States. Americans have shown, time after time, that they are very resilient. America will have to make changes........better sooner than later.......and when it happens, it won't be a problem.

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Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) have been dominating the roads since 1990 when Ford found this panacea for the ailing U.S. auto industry. Currently, SUVs, minivans, and pickups account for 50 percent of auto purchases in the United States. But what has been good for automakers may not be as good for the ozone layer.

Not only do SUVs look like trucks, they pollute like trucks.Minivans and SUVs spew 30 percent more carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons and 75 percent more nitrogen oxides in the air than passenger cars. They also guzzle gasoline. The new super-size Ford Excursion, for example, gets about 12 miles per gallon. As a result, overall fuel economy for all passenger vehicles is at its lowest since 1980.

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kalder says on Jan 11, 2008, 00:55:

1. Haul Margaret Thatcher out of bed at midnight. Quick show trial. Have her shot.
2. Reduce fuel bills for the elderly and disabled.

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

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eywed says on Jan 11, 2008, 01:12:

Ok Raaay I have 10 people I take around and we like to go as a family. What Vehicle would you suggest I buy to get around in ? No I will agree with you these monster SUV's Like hummers for one person to run around is pointless. Af our wheel drive Vehicle that will never go off road is senseless.

Ay Hombe!!!!!

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scotty says on Jan 11, 2008, 03:17:

first off if RAAY went into office and enacted those laws he would be shot before he woke up from his 2 day sleep.

1. i would leave the tax cuts just the way they are, dont raise them dont lower them,
2.start drilling oil every where the enviromentalist told us we couldnt do it such as florida, alaska, everywhere, and build more refinerys, and begin very active program to discover better fuels & build many nuke plants.
3. have along talk with chavez
4. have a long talk with Iran
5. have a long talk with China
6. have a long talk with Russia
7. have a long talk with mexico
8. have a long talk with the big corporations
(the message to them all is, clean up your act or ELSE we will clean it up for you.)
9. reduce prices for elderly, disabled and poor of all needed products for life-fuel, food, medical
10build military to super strenghth to back up tough talk(carry a big stick)
11.build the damned wall & add drone patrols
12. Declare Colombia one of our main allies and friends , go in and clean out the rebels and assist Colombia in building up their economy.
13now you take 2 days and sleep

Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash

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scotty says on Jan 11, 2008, 03:24:

RAAAY i will give up my SUV over my cold dead body! just kidding about the dead body part.
I think that americans should give up their big vehicles WHEN movie stars and executives stop riding in limosines and when the kenedys stop flying around in private jets, and semi trucks get better milage and when all the other wastefullness stops. when the elitists stop pissing away fuel and money then i think the small people should follow suit. but as long as AL Gore and Kennedy and rock stars and movie stars keep up their wastfulness there is no reason for us average folks to change our life style.

Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash

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podborski says on Jan 11, 2008, 04:13:

1) eliminate all corporate taxes : )

2) base top bureaucrats' salaries on how few employees they have rather than on how many : )

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podborski says on Jan 11, 2008, 04:14:

what I'd really do is what Reagan did, hire good advisors, then listen to them.

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morphus says on Jan 11, 2008, 07:01:

Rape and plunder other countries!

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rocinante says on Jan 11, 2008, 09:16:

"I think that americans should give up their big vehicles WHEN movie stars and executives stop riding in limosines and when the kenedys stop flying around in private jets....but as long as AL Gore and Kennedy and rock stars and movie stars keep up their wastfulness there is no reason for us average folks to change our life style." Scotty

No one says to change your lifestyle - just pay the gas tax and move on in your big polluting gas guzzler. You earned it and the constitution says you have freedom of choice. Who gives a shit about resources or the environment or your dead body. Lets talk about Al Gore and movie stars!

Just because they are doing it you should be allowed too. You are allowed. Just pay up a little for a not so great decision. Al Gore, Mick Jagger and the Kennedys will pay up as well.

"World economic indicators point to a democrat winning 2008. It will surely be Obama. Peso 1400 by November" Feb 5, 2008

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rocinante says on Jan 11, 2008, 09:19:

If elected president the first thing I would do is inform the world that the president really doesn't run the US and hasn't since Roosevelt took us off the Gold Standard. So if they see me playing golf and doinking an intern - don't worry, big corporations are calling the shots. I just make speeches, leave me alone.

"World economic indicators point to a democrat winning 2008. It will surely be Obama. Peso 1400 by November" Feb 5, 2008

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Jan 11, 2008, 09:40:

1. Divorce my wife, find a former model and go play in the sand in Egypt.

2. Canonize Margaret Thatcher, feed the poor to the zoo animals and tear down all the statues of Winston Churchill. He's the most overrated man in modern history. ;-)

3. Raise gasoline taxes by a minimum of $1 a gallon and eliminate the tax deduction (massive subsidy) on home mortgages. Those items would reduce sprawl and pollution, make housing affordable and revive cities.

4. Reduce the US corporate income tax rate. It's making us uncompetitive.

5. Nukes everywhere: Nukes for power plants, Nukes raining down on Muslim radicals, Nukes for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

6. Get a gray Nehru jacket like Dr. Evil, a hairless cat, and a penis-shaped, space-based laser to blackmail the world.

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podborski says on Jan 11, 2008, 09:46:

That sounds like a reasonable list to me Tinto. Seriously. Maybe leave out the nuking people and the hairless cat, but otherwise I'm on board.

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Jan 11, 2008, 10:09:

Good suggestion. I was a bit hasty and I'm not a violent person. Perhaps the threat of the space-based, penis-shaped laser will scare the Middle East into shaping up and living in peace. And on second thought, I'd rather have an elephant for a pet than a hairless cat.

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rocinante says on Jan 11, 2008, 10:20:

Would you hire Elmo to clean the poop?

"World economic indicators point to a democrat winning 2008. It will surely be Obama. Peso 1400 by November" Feb 5, 2008

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Jan 11, 2008, 10:29:

Absolutely. Morphus says he's the only janitor in the world that wears a suit and tie to work. That I gotta see!

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Desi1 (Moderator) says on Jan 11, 2008, 11:16:

Too bad I came in late on this one. My take is already taken.
I'd do two thing, no, threee, within the first 24 hours in Oval Office:
Raise taxes. A lot.
Implement a subsidized health care program that covers the entire population.
Redecorate the White House.

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slguy says on Jan 11, 2008, 11:21:

On the public health front, I'd force the tobacco companies to reformulate how cigarettes are shaped. Smoking in a significant portion of the population drops immediatelly.

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morphus says on Jan 11, 2008, 11:34:

Ha Ha...Good one Slyguy!

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Desi1 (Moderator) says on Jan 11, 2008, 11:34:

LOL sailguy. Happily I already kicked the nasty habit of smoking....

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slguy says on Jan 11, 2008, 11:35:

I wish I had. But I'm certain this would do it for me....

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morphus says on Jan 11, 2008, 11:38:

Then only gays and loose women will continue smoking :)

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dwmte7 says on Jan 13, 2008, 10:44:

but then again, sl guy...changing the smokes appearance might boost sales in many sectors. the way the world's going, we'ld have to do some test marketing to determine if we were boosting or lowering consumption?????

dwmte

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slguy says on Jan 13, 2008, 10:58:

'pends on the target market, I guess, Douglas. jajajajaja

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kalder says on Jan 13, 2008, 11:00:

As I'm sure you're all aware, over here 'fag' is a slang word for cigarette.

As in: 'Take that fag out of your mouth...' etc.

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

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john_stark says on Jan 15, 2008, 22:07:

First thing I would do is legalize any and all drugs. Treat it like cigarettes or booze. Second thing I'd do is snort me a nice long line of blow.

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ujay says on Jan 16, 2008, 13:35:

Hold a big party ,
Get the Aussie's to host it,
The British to organize it,
And the Arabs to pay for it.

Then rename it Argentina

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