YAZOO CITY, MS — GlossyNews.com In preparation for announcing his intentions to run for President in 2012, Haley Barbour, Governor of Mississippi, has begun extensive development with the Ovaltine Company of the 2012 Presidential Secret Decoder, much like those in early 20th century radio and mid-century live TV, popularized by Little Orphan Annie, Captain Midnight, Jonny Quest and Captain Video.
The “2012 PSD” development will center around the ability of the ring to “decode” campaign comments and statements by Barbour as he campaigns around the country, leaving clues at each campaign stop for President Barbour’s Rangers to decode.
The multi-levels of PB Rangers will be announced in the coming months and will be tied to fund raising abilities of the Rangers. Obviously the more money you raise for the campaign, the higher level of decoding you will be able to accomplish. thus making the Ranger a more valuable member of the campaign and in-kind a more respected member of his community.
The initial levels for Rangers will be in the $1 million, $5 million and $20 million contribution levels. Additional levels will be added as the election gets closer. These aren’t the rings you will want your kids to play with. They shouldn’t be lost or end up in the wrong person’s hands.
It is planned that the Governor’s campaign clues and comments will be very complex and multi-leveled to allow for a number of contributor levels. This indicates that a coded message will mean different things to different levels of involvement. Even different parts of the campaign trail.
In design, the ring will take on the typical alpha/numeric circular style plus the ever-popular dog-whistle capability to allow signaling in a crowd that a Ranger is present and ready to hear code.
As you can see these will not be the typical 1930s Cracker Jack box toy prize, but are intended as a serious gentleman’s accessory capable of signaling intent and complex messaging. It is designed only as a man’s ring to be worn on the finger so its electronic capability will be a bit less advanced than a smart phone. It will be a very effective signal device for crowds as well as a classic campaign remembrance. It will also, if Gov. Barbour is successful in his run for office, allow the owner admittance for two to the various Presidential Balls during the Innaguration.
The makers of Ovaltine, the old-time beverage, will be the chief sponsors of the President Barbour Decoder Ring. As you may be aware, Ovaltine started cryptological premiums with Little Orphan Annie and continued with the Captain Midnight radio and television programs. Number scales were generally used in radio premiums because each number from 1 through 26 has a unique sound, whereas letters often sound similar (e.g., E, B, D, C, G, T), making copying messages more error prone. Gov. Barbour doesn’t want any of his coded messages to be misunderstood by anyone. Thus his ring will use none of the similar sounding letters listed above and a very edited, Barbour approved, list of the non-similar letters of the alphabet. Specifically, the letter K will be allowed as will the letters L, A, and N. X is another important letter to Governor Barbour.
The Governor feels that decoders are a fun way to tap into the fascination that everyone has with secret codes. He wants this ring to become a national treasure where people are able to send unwritten messages to each other in complete assurance that no one else will be able to see them.
Governor Barbour feels that this ring will serve a very important position for people who don’t want to be part of Facebook. The people who want to send hidden messages back and forth to one another. Especially when you want certain people not to understand what you really want to say.