Another Memorial Day has come and gone, signaling the
“start” of yet another summer season. School is winding down, and vacations are
in the planning stage. We have thus far survived the first 5 months of what I
can only think of as a Reality TV Presidency. That’s the thought that struck me
over the weekend as we had another interesting week of Tweets, scandal, and
shenanigans in our Political system. It just really seems to me that Trump is
just treating this as another one of his Reality ventures. The last five months
certainly seem to fit the mold of today’s shows. At the very least, Trump made
the attempt to keep the campaign promises he made in his first 100 days in
office – for better or worse as they may be. Not many politicians can be held
to that claim. He certainly gave the Executive Order plenty of use, if nothing
else. That got me to thinking, if I had the ability to hold the highest
political office in the United
States, what would be my big points of
contention I would want to take on in my first 100 days of office?
First and foremost, Executive Order #1 would be to eliminate
Daylight Saving Time nationwide in the United States. I wrote another blog
post about DST a while back, and the complete uselessness of the system in
today’s modern world. The disruption it causes just serves no benefit to us
whatsoever, so on Day 1, that’s the first thing to go, no ifs, ands, nor buts,
about it.
Next up would be non-essential businesses opening on
National Holidays. It’s long past time that we take some of our personal and
family time back from the grindstone. It’s only a matter of time before those
who work in the Retail Industry lose what little they have left of
Thanksgiving, let alone some of the other holidays. There is absolutely not one
single business that would be put out of business by remaining closed on
National Holidays. So Executive Order #2 would be to close all non-essential
businesses in the United
States on all National Holidays. Furthermore, none would be permitted to be
open later than normal business hours on the day before the holiday (with
forced closures on Midnight, regardless). In addition, no business would be
permitted to open prior to 6:00 AM local time on the day after the holiday,
regardless of normal business hours.
Finally, my third Executive Order would be to ensure all
non-essential businesses are closed when there is a State of Emergency declared that covers their local
area. Once again, there is absolutely no reason for any business to put the
lives of their employees and customers on the line during a Snow Emergency or
other similar event or natural disaster. I just find it incredulous that time
and again, whenever an event like this crops up – especially the snow
emergencies we have here in the Northeast – that the higher ups sitting in
their offices will claim (and state) that the safety of their employees is
first and foremost, yet there is no inclination whatsoever to tell the managers
to close down those businesses in the affected areas. Once again, there is
absolutely nothing that any retail business sells that is essential for anyone
to have that requires them to put their lives, and more importantly the lives
of others, at risk by going out in such conditions. For the most part, there is
plenty of advanced warning so that people can be prepared ahead of time. If you
don’t take advantage of that – then screw you, due without until the emergency
is over. It’s not like anyone is going to be trapped inside their homes for
days, let alone weeks after whatever storm system has passed. Forgot to get
your milk? Well, you certainly won’t forget next time, will you? And quite
frankly, my life is a hell of a lot more important than your damn gallon of
milk.
Yeah, I think those are the three things that would need to
be done in the first 100 days of a new Presidency. So, all you politicians out
there who have aspirations of running for President in the future ... guarantee
me that you will tackle these issues during your term of office, and you’ll get
my vote any day of the week!
