IF I WERE KING....Political ads would be limited to talking about yourself and you wouldn't be allowed to beat down your opponent with negative rhetoric. Sends a very bad message to the kids.
Season ticket holders in any sport would receive partial refunds based on the team's won-loss record. You lose a lot or "tank"......it will cost you a bunch.
The MLB season would be shortened 10% to 146 regular season games and the season would open April 15th with the first ten days being played in warm weather cities and cities with domed stadiums.
The AL would play in Toronto, Tampa, Miami, Texas, Anaheim, Houston and even Seattle and Oakland during the day.
The NL would play in Atlanta, Miami, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Los Angeles, San Diego, Arizona and San Francisco during the day.
This plan would eliminate snow-outs and playing in 30 degree temps, which is not fair to either the fans or the players. Doubleheaders would also be played every Sunday which would shorten the season by another 25 days.
IF I WERE KING..... Semi drivers would not be allowed on the highways between 4 & 6 p.m.
All schools would have a police officer and EVERY door would remain locked from the outside with a panic bar inside and every door would have a metal detector. Cameras are a given and nobody gets buzzed in by an overworked member of the office. Only the officer can let someone in after vetting them and entry would only be allowed at a single door.
Facial tattoos would be illegal.
Using a fully automatic weapon would result in the death penalty.
The DEATH PENALTY would be in effect nation wide.
IF I WERE KING....Major retail stores such as Walmart, etc. would be CLOSED on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. And they would all close at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.
Christmas decorations would not be allowed in stores until the week of Thanksgiving.
Exterior Christmas lights at your residence can't be turned on until the night after Thanksgiving and all exterior decorations must be gone by January 15th.
IF I WERE KING......It would be against the law to use ANY electronic device while inside a restaurant. If the call is that important, go stand in the parking lot so you don't disturb MY dinner.
Kids under 10 would not be allowed in restaurants. Babies included. Especially included because YES, his crying does bother me. Go to Burger King for their night out. They like that better anyway.
Same rule applies to kids at sporting events but I think we can lower the age to 7.
IF I WERE KING...... every man and woman would get to drive a classic muscle car for at least a year. Mustang, Camaro, GTO, 442, Roadrunner, Charger, you name it. no charge.
Oatmeal raisin cookies would be mandatory at EVERY celebration. Weddings, birthdays, holidays. There is no better cookie fresh out of the oven with a glass of cold milk. Nirvana.
IF I WERE KING.....The Cubs and White Sox would face off in the World Series and it would go to the 7th game. Imagine the fun with that!!!!
EVERY school bus would be electric.
Every political commercial would CLEARLY INDICATE to which party the person belongs and then we could eliminate the bullshit of putting red & blue colors together in the background so they can mislead the voters.
Convicts released from prison would have to wear a monitoring device for five years.
IF I WERE KING......every person struggling to pay their 30 year mortgage payments would automatically have it re-written to 40 years which would lower their payment drastically. Yes, they would pay more interest but they'd get to keep their house.
Renters, however, would have just a one month grace period for non-payment and on the 31st day, they would be evicted. Landlords have mortgage payments too and need the units rented to paying tenants.
IF I WERE KING....ALL medical procedures would be free but not cosmetic surgery. Wheel chairs, glasses, hearing aids, crutches, braces..............all free.
Dental work would be free but MANDATORY. No reason to be walking around with pitted, yellow, broken or missing teeth.
We would have a 10% flat tax on your income. Make $20,000, pay 2,000. Make a million? pay $100,000. Fair for everyone.
If you had an idea for a business, you would receive start-up money for free to get your business up and running but then it would be up to you.
Villages that are too poor to provide services to the residents would be dissolved and absorbed by the county unless a neighboring city wants to annex them. Cities like Dolton, Chicago Heights, Harvey, Alton and East St. Louis have been ignoring and cheating their citizens out of basic services for decades. Time for that to stop.
IF I WERE KING.... Everyone's birthday would be a paid holiday from work.
The first Monday of every month would be a paid day off.
People who don't bring in their garbage cans within 24 hours pay a $500 fine. You may want to live like a hillbilly but I don't. Same thing applies to mowing the lawn on a regular basis.
There would be no more open or closed casket funerals. Only celebrations of life, held a minimum of two weeks after the death and cremation.
That's it for now. Be safe & warm and STAY OUT OF CHICAGO. Geez, have you been reading the newspaper over the last two weeks? Bodies & victims EVERYWHERE & EVERY DAY.
Bye for now.
