I grabbed on old book called The Book of Lists #2 from the library shelves the other day. The book was written by the Wallace family (Irving, David, Amy, and Sylvia) back in 1979. You have to understand their STRONG anti-Richard Nixon bias. For instance, in the Book of Lists #1 the VERY first list was "The Most Hated Persons in History" with Tricky Dick's name right at the top. ("What? Us? Biased? We're journalists! We're not biased!")

Towards the back of Book #2 there was a list written by David Wallechinsky (Wallace) entitled: "6 OUTRAGEOUS PLANS THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN." Read closely what the author was glad DIDN'T ever happen:

In his book, "The Shadow Presidents," author Michael Medved relates the extreme disappointment of H. R. Haldeman over his failure to implement his plan to link up all the homes in America by coaxial cable. In Haldeman's words, "There would be two-way communication. Through computer, you could use your television set to order up whatever you wanted. The morning paper, entertainment services, shopping services, coverage of sporting events and public events . . . just as Eisenhower linked up the nation's cities by highways so that you could get there, the Nixon legacy would have linked them by coaxial cable communications so you wouldn't have to go there." One can almost see the dreamy eyes of Nixon and Haldeman as they sat around discussing a plan that would eliminate the need for newspapers, seemingly oblivious to its Big Brother aspects. FORTUNATELY, the Watergate scandal intervened and Nixon was forced to resign before "the Wired Nation" could be hooked up.