PETITION FOR \"POLITICIAN LEGIBILITY ACT\"
This petition will go to:
the Speaker of the House,
the Majority Leader of the Senate,
the Minority Leader of the House,
and the Minority Leader of the Senate.
WHEREFORE, since it has become public knowledge that the handwritten notes of I. Lewis \"Scooter\" Libby (Vice-President Cheney\'s former Chief of Staff) defy decipherment by anyone but himself (a fact which
has required the special prosecutor in Mr. Libby\'s trial to rely on Mr. Libby, the defendant, for an understanding of these notes),
RESOLVED that we, the undersigned, hereby request that Congress enact a \"Politician Legibility Act\" to require that all political appointees and elected officials of the Executive Branch:
(a) shall submit, within one week of assuming office, to a test of handwriting legibility;
(b)
shall submit (should they fail the handwriting legibility test) to a course of instruction in handwriting;
and (c) shall maintain all handwritten notes and other handwritten communications and documents in legible form, subject to a civil fine of $50.00 for each page
containing an illegibility.
The sheer weight of this support shows that citizens are sick of the opaque, secret-laden games being played by these people in power. We have reached a point where the leadership in Congress can no longer pretend they do not hear us demanding basic transparency.
6 Comments
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Mark Mandel
9 years ago
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An excellent idea, but unlikely to be taken seriously enough to have any effect.
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Mike Stevens
20 years ago
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its about time they were held to some kind of standard. cant even read half the stuff they write anyway.
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Dave Tan
20 years ago
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GOOD LUCK GETTING THEM TO AGREE TO THIS. funny but totally hopeless.
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Tom Ramirez
20 years ago
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maybe if they had to take a penmanship class they would actually focus on what they are writing.
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Linda Russell
20 years ago
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my own handwriting is messy but at least im not running the country. seriously though they should be professional.
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Sarah Moore
20 years ago
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lol if this actually happened half of them would be broke in a week.
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PETITION FOR \"POLITICIAN LEGIBILITY ACT\"
This petition will go to:
the Speaker of the House,
the Majority Leader of the Senate,
the Minority Leader of the House,
and the Minority Leader of the Senate.
WHEREFORE, since it has become public knowledge that the handwritten notes of I. Lewis \"Scooter\" Libby (Vice-President Cheney\'s former Chief of Staff) defy decipherment by anyone but himself (a fact which
has required the special prosecutor in Mr. Libby\'s trial to rely on Mr. Libby, the defendant, for an understanding of these notes),
RESOLVED that we, the undersigned, hereby request that Congress enact a \"Politician Legibility Act\" to require that all political appointees and elected officials of the Executive Branch:
(a) shall submit, within one week of assuming office, to a test of handwriting legibility;
(b)
shall submit (should they fail the handwriting legibility test) to a course of instruction in handwriting;
and (c) shall maintain all handwritten notes and other handwritten communications and documents in legible form, subject to a civil fine of $50.00 for each page
containing an illegibility.
The sheer weight of this support shows that citizens are sick of the opaque, secret-laden games being played by these people in power. We have reached a point where the leadership in Congress can no longer pretend they do not hear us demanding basic transparency.
6 Comments
M
Mark Mandel
9 years ago
Featured
An excellent idea, but unlikely to be taken seriously enough to have any effect.
M
Mike Stevens
20 years ago
Featured
its about time they were held to some kind of standard. cant even read half the stuff they write anyway.
D
Dave Tan
20 years ago
Featured
GOOD LUCK GETTING THEM TO AGREE TO THIS. funny but totally hopeless.
T
Tom Ramirez
20 years ago
Featured
maybe if they had to take a penmanship class they would actually focus on what they are writing.
L
Linda Russell
20 years ago
Featured
my own handwriting is messy but at least im not running the country. seriously though they should be professional.
S
Sarah Moore
20 years ago
Featured
lol if this actually happened half of them would be broke in a week.
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An excellent idea, but unlikely to be taken seriously enough to have any effect.