Broadside Blog

RUNNING

I decided to form an exploratory committee to see if I should run for President of the United States. My committee had one member, my neighbor that is a Christian from Israel. She is a member of the Syrian Orthodox Church. She has decided that I should run so I therefore “put my hat in the ring”. I am not real sure what to do next but I do have a platform. By the way, I am no longer a republican and God forbid a democrat. I shall run on the “Tell the Damn Truth Ticket”.

PLATFORM

1. Always tell the truth even if it hurts. That includes the skeletons in my closet. If that does not sink me then I may have about one-half of one percent of getting on a ticket somewhere.
2. The borders of the United States will be on the top of my list to defend. As stated to all of those who do not care, I would bring all of the troops home from around the globe and defend our borders.
3. Every illegal invader in this country will be hunted down and shipped back to the country they are from. All rights for anyone illegally in this country will have NO CIVIL RIGHTS, period. I will suspend Habitués Corpus. If Lincoln did it, then I can also.
4. Everyone that is on government assistance must get a job, even if it’s cleaning the streets. People that really need help will continue to get it but the days of free loading is over.
5. The Social Security system will be fixed, period. It’s broken. People must have some ownership in their money. My beginning point would be something along Bush’s thoughts but not sure yet. Oh, by the way, the congress will no longer be able to get their hands on it to spend. That and that alone is part of the real problem. It is not a trust fund nor does anyone have a “lockbox”. It’s a free for all as far as the congress is concerned.
6. This country will become independent from third world shithole countries in regards to energy. We will drill and refine product. We will develop alternate means of getting from point A to point B. Fuel cell cars, public transportation and a rebuilt passenger train system. If you want to whip the middle eastern problem just take the money away from them and they will have to go back to herding goats.
7. Mandatory military participation. No deferments, everyone serves and everyone is part of the solution and not part of the problem.
8. Overhaul the appeal process for murderers. Cut it down to 90 days and then get it over with. Keeping people alive for 20 or more years is crazy. Why should they so outlive their victims?
9. Congressmen and senators will be paid for the actual hours they work. Not on some phony baloney trip or meeting but working for the citizens that elected them. If they do not put in a minimum of 50 hours a week then they are docked at twice their hourly rate of pay. Also, no more voting them a pay increase in the middle of the night. Pay increases are put on the ballot every two years for the voters to decide. After all, they work for the voters, not the other way around.
10. Assist the states to “reinvent” trade schools. Not everyone either wants or needs to go to college. After all, someone has to build this country and keep in running. Sure as hell will not be some liberal history professor at some left wing college.

OK, that’s enough for now. I will think about it and fill in more latter. I hope this pisses someone off enough to think. At least that’s a start. Now, once more, how to I get to run for President?

posted by Jay @ 2:23 PM