TRP cabinet

[Steven Maas (CUTR)]

Poet Laureate?  I would think maybe Bukowski (or is he dead too?).  Gotta
get Vonnegut in there--what's left?  Surgeon General? Nah.  Chairman of
Joint Chiefs of Staff? No, that's Capt. Beefheart.  Chief Justice mebbe.

On Thu, 12 Jun 1997, David Casseres wrote:

> Murthy sez
> 
> >David Casseres writes:
> >> That Robot Veg sez
> >> >	yeah, yeah, yeah, but who gets the position where the power
> >> >*raelly* lies:  Press Sec?
> >> Oh, that's easy.  Hunter Thompson again!
> >
> >No, leave HST to the BATF (and toss in the Drug Czar sinecure if he has
> >too much free time). Press Secretary would be JD Salinger. Add William
> >Gaddis for Attorney General (and the nominal head of the government
> >mint), Joseph Heller for Defense, Wendell Berry for Agriculture and
> >now you've got yourself a real cabinet.
> 
> Yer on a roll, Murthy.  I had nominated Rosa Parks for Defense, but how 
> about giving her DOT instead?
> 
> Penny Padgett for Librarian of Congress, natch, and now for the hard one: 
> Poet Laureate.  Any nominations?  (No, I don't wanna hear about a bunch 
> of 90's rock bands.)
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> David
>