If you were leader of the free world for one day, what would you do?
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Here's my schedule:\n\n12:01 am  Order sandwich from White House kitchen - Corned Beef on Rye with spicy mustard\n\n12:15 am  Authorize the bombing of every city in the Middle East that has ties to any terrorist organization.  We're talking massive WW2 era bombing here, not this pinpoint stuff.\n\n12:30 am Order the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. forces overseas\n\n12:45 am make sure I tivo'd Conan O'Brien\n\n1:00 am  Eliminate all foreign aid, and repeal all forms of taxation\n\n1:15 am Implement a national sales tax in conjunction with a flat tax for the U.S.\n\n1:30 am Call leaders of Germany, Japan and every other country where we have troops or bases and let them know that they are now on their own...Good luck.\n\n1:45 am  Withdraw from the United Nations\n\n2:00 am  Relocation of all troops will be assigned to new bases along the border of the United states.\n\n3:00 am  Put in order with secretary to send out Pink Slips to 90% of the IRS employees.\n\n3:15 am  Assign remaining IRS employees with auditing all business with a total number of employees over 500.\n\n3:30 am Implement Corporate Tax with no loopholes\n\n3:45 am end all govt. meddling in the lives of citizens.\n\n4:00 am Immediately inact tariffs and sanctions against all imported goods.\n\n4:15 am Immediately end all welfare programs.  There will be  a 6 month grace period after that you better have a job.\n\n5:00 am Order 2 eggs over easy, sausage links, toast and biscuits and gravy from white house kitchen.\n\n5:15 am Ban all forms of political lobbying in the country\n\n5:30 am Assemble all of the legislative branch in one big room, and let them know they are fired.\n\n5:45 am Issue call to all americans to vote for new representation based not on political party but on aptitude for the job.\n\n6:00 am Establish term limits on all elected positions max. 2 terms period.\n\n6:15 am  Look for a "cute" young intern\n\n6:30 am  End all susidies, corporate, industial etc.\n\n7:45 am  Establish a standard school protocol nationwide, we'll get back to the basics, math, english, history, science anything else they want to put in they can have a bake sale\n\n8:00 am  Put all federal property up for sale with the exception of major infrastructure and minimal office space to maintain government operations.\n\n8:15 am  Inform our ambassadors overseas that the U.S. is withdrawing from all mutual defence treaties.\n\n8:30 am  Return power to the individual state govts.\n\n8:45 am  Establish Manhattan Project style program for the development of hydrogen fuel.\n\n9:00 am  Check my fantasy footbal roster (only if I get to rule during the NFL  season)  I'll take a full hour for this one.\n\n10:00 am  Completely seperate church from state.\n\n10:15 am  Call the leaders of Syria, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia (basically any country where we could have a problem) and lay it all out for them...we'll not spend American blood on your problems anymore.  If we have a problem with you, and you refuse to be reasonable or accept responsibility, we will bomb your cities back into the stone age.  If they doubt this tell them to check out Al-Jazeera for updates on whats happened to some of the cities over there. \n\n10:30 am  Call my wife let her know I got the job and that I'll be home late.\n\n10:45 am  Take a poop in the White House bathroom.\n\n11:00 am  Work on balancing budget.  Basically cut everything we don't need and then work on paying off our debt.\n\n11:15 am  Establish a national service program, encouraging young individuals to volunteer in their own communities\n\n11:30 am Legalize all controlled substances, establish areas where these are legal and controlled.  (My Amsterdam plan)\n\n11:45 am release those in prison on non violent drug charges\n\n12:00 am  Disband the DEA\n\n12:15 am  Have staff take all white house vehicles to local used car lot, trade them in for cheapest alternatives\n\n12:30 am Lunch\n\n12:45 am  Hmm g
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I would go and buy a nuke off the black market and\n use it. My husband, and many other members of my family are in the military.
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I would be Axl Rose and finish my damn album.  Go on tour, reunite with Slash, Duff, Matt, and take everyone to Paradise City.\n\nAnd bring slave2luv backstage for some a private performance.....lol :)
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One would have to select them by hand and send them all messages asking them to participate and give them reasons too. Tell them what the outcome will be of this "revolution".\n\n\nAt least thats what i would do...
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I would get rich.\n\nthen buy lots of shares in the companies wich make up "the man" i would then have voting rights, enabling me to make "the man" stick it to himself.
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I would ban all religions,taxes and government. I would also put individual freedom as the top agenda.
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Give our people the food, shelter and medical care they need...honor our armed forces for their sacrafices...fly everywhere to see my family and friends...buy them some houses, etc....uh oh, started thinking I won the lottery or something. Seriously, I would make sure people had the basic needs in life and service people didn't have to struggle for their benefits. I'd work really hard at rebuilding our reputation with other countries. I'd push for certain rights afforded to married people be given to a person of one's choice and not to a person's gay or lesbian partner. Also, I would try to make people see that our freedom's do not make it okay to make others suffer...e.g. religion. Because we have freedom to religion in our country does not mean freedom to kill if that is what a religion teaches.
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I would pass a law to make me EMPEROR! Than I would destroy all religions, legalize all drugs, make everyone pay a flat-unavoidable tax, end free trade policies, leave the middle-east to their own fate, develop alternative energies -including nuclear, have a universal health-care system, set-up a minefield between the US and Mexico, make all drug manufacturers who get a subsidy from the government for researching new drugs (that would include all of them) sell those drugs at a reasonable price, and put Donald Rumsfeld in prison for his incompetence in managing the military!\n\nYeah, and then I'd sit back, drink a Heineken and admire my awesome accomplishments.
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I think you would first have to choose some days that you think changed the path of the world.  Something like, JFK's assasination, the defeat Hitlers regime, the invention of the wheel, the destuction of Pompeii, etc...
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I would bring the military home from around the world and disband it. I would keep the navy and air force at same level. The Army and the Marines I would cut drasticly and make them into a lean mean defensive machine. There would be no more policeing the world. We need to protect our own borders more then we need to change governments. Lead by example. There would be a huge savings from this and I would reinvest that money into building infrastruture right here in America. We need that. That would create jobs to take care of the loss of military jobs. \n  Next thing I would do is fix the health care system. I would take it right out of the private insurances hands and put it in as a part of government. It is in crisis right now and we only have to look as close as north of the border to find a system that works. \n   Third I would overhaul the education system. As much as any federal can do. We are pooring good money after bad into this system, Year around schools to fully utilize the resourses would be one of the suggestions I would have. Another would be to pace the learning according to each students capability, I have knowledge that most students come out of school with very few life skills. So with the knowledge that the country needs people with all sorts of working skills I would target according to skill and inteligent level.\n   Taxes, I would raise the tax on the very rich back to pre Bush era. I would take that money and reinvest in jobs which always creates more jobs.  \n    5th I would leave my options open, depends on needs the first 4 are important to the country because the economy is what fires everything else.  But I do think it would involve illegal alians, send them home.
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I would probably just go out to a poor developing country, maybe in Africa, and try to invest it in the infra structure of the country, maybe try to start a "free educational program" for any family supporting individual. Maybe I will just go there and try to relieve some suffering, in any of its forms, ask the people how would the money would keep itself being reinvested so that there could be some actual "change" among the people that were suffering.
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Hello\n\nIf i only had one day left to live.... I would spend it with my family  telling them how much they mean to me. \nI would read  a book watch my fav. movie. \n\nBut when never know when we are going to leave our friends and family behind. ]\n\nI think that everyone would love to know when there time is going to be up. But true to tell you just never know!
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I would give the government back to the people and restore our precious Constitution to its original state. I would put the Federal agencies that were designed to protect Americans in the out field back in the outfield and put a stop to trampling all over americans as they please. Last but not least end the UN since the English and the Americas built it many years ago. If the UN went away so would the terrorist acts on US soil. I would quit being the world police.
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I would revolutionize this world so that poverty was eliminated and violence was never such an integral part of our culture I would eliminate racism sexism, homophobia and all other forms of discrimination... I would also tell the Republican party that they don't have the right to hijack Christianity... a faith I find far more revolutionary than anything the neo-cons have provided us with
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I would change nothing about my life.  However i would do my best to influence others to change and work together for the betterment of mankind.  Instead of putting all their efforts in attempts to break down life (ie war, hate, crime).  I would have people focus on constructing a better place for us all to live.
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Wow! Nice insightful question. \nAs President I would:\n1 bring the troops home to protect are boarders, nuclear power plants and public transportation.\n2 I would have a legitimate team of people investigate the Bush administration.\n3 I would try to pass a law that would require all non emergency government vehicles be hybrids.\n4 I would sit down with a group of teachers and discuss what can be done to fix our educational program. (Teachers not administrator who have never stepped one foot in a class room.)\n5 I would work with doctors, nurses and insurance companies to provide a nation wide health care program.\n6 to take further steps in the environment I would offer huge tax breaks to people who buy a hybrid car that year.\n7 yes I would probably raise taxes for a little while (we have no chose now that this admin has put us in so much dept that we owe more then this country is worth.)\n8 I would offer tax breaks to those companies who produce more hybrid vehicles then regular, I would also add in a stipulation that any car that exceeds 55 mpg in the city would qualify\n9 I would legalize marijuana, place regulations on its growers and tax it.\n10 I would try like hell to pass a law that would not allow a company that has taken American jobs out of the USA and put them in a foreign Country to import those products back into America. (I say try because God knows this is going to be tough to get through congress.)\n11 This one should be higher on the list but I just remembered (duh) I would raise the minimum wage to $9.50 per hour.\n12 I would try to pass a law that any company who lies off more then 50 workers in a year will not be eligible for any tax breaks\n13 I would start showing up regularly to natal to talk to other world leaders and there representatives.\n14 I would work with colleges and universities to find a way to make state colleges and universities free to the public.\n15 I would take a major pay cut\n16 I would offer a huge tax break for the first car company to make all there vehicles environmentally friendly.\n17 I would try to push through a law that will place harsher punishment on crimes and that anyone in prison will be required to work for the state on clean up crews. (No free meals! No cable TV you earn your keep)\n That is for starters!
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Go to Arlington National Cemetery.  There will be band concerts and ceremonies celebrating those who made the ultimate sacrifice so that YOU could have a free country.