If I were King of the Kingdom for a Day!

[floridaguy]

First of all, air blowers would be banished from the land. You know those air-polluting, noisy damn machines that make everything pretty and cheat a lot of people out of some good exercise. Heck, while I'm at it, I'd ban SUV's, with the exception of those who actually use them for something other than taking kids to the daycare. Next, we would start building the world’s finest rail system right down the middle of the interstate system. Until the high-speed trains were put in place, trucks would not be allowed on the interstates on the weekends, as they aren’t on the autobahn. Eventually, you would be able to drive your car on to the trains at specified stops, which would carry you to your next destination and 80 to 90% of interstate transportation and 75% of intrastate transportation would be via the rail system. People who ride a bicycle for their primary mode of transportation would get tax credits and essentially be treated as celebrities, and a unified bike path system would be required of all governments. No car commercials! Let me repeat, no damn car or truck commercials. Besides, how often do you actually buy a car or truck. Instead, mass transit would be glamorized on public service commercials and made more comfortable like the ICE trains in Germany or the TGV in France. Cars would be used only as a last resort, and an ad campaign similar to the Truth ads for tobacco would be started regarding our dependence on oil and it’s ramifications. Anyone caught singing Freddy Mercury’s “I love my car” would be tar and feathered. Alternative energy sources would be the top priority of Transportation and Environmental agencies. As it was in the past, prescription drug companies would not be allowed to advertise, since only doctors can prescribe them anyway, and every American would have health care and receive regular physicals. I'm sure I missed something, so I would appoint you all to the newly formed commission called the "Why Don't We Get Our Shit Together Commission". I'm still working on the title, so we could certainly put it up to a vote.

Then I would step down and appoint John Kerry President of a Democratic government to follow through on these initiatives!

[LiberalVoice]

1. Can I sing Queen's - Bicycle? eom

[floridaguy]

3. Oh yeah, it's just the "I love my car song"

:puke:

[fdr_hst_fan]

2. Right ON, brother!