If you controlled the US gov for a day

[ardillacid]

People would hate me, hehe, especially liberals and neo cons

[crusader1234]

Hmmm I'd probably make everything legal including Sharia law and then nobody could complain about anything. Aside from the people who get killed. But hey, they're mostly the ones that'd be shooting their mouth off asking for freedom anyways.

[photosynthesis]

outlaw abortion!!!!!!!!!

[son_of_angels]

Let me see,
1. outlaw abortion
2. make Canon Law and the Catechism a precedent for judicial review
3. send troops to conquer the Palestinian territories
4. Put a nuke right in the center of Mecca
5. and, of course, perpetuate my power by making myself king forever.

[Thumper]

Make it a law that Sandra Bullock has to date hot stuff.

[Jaime]

[quote name='Thumper' date='Oct 2 2005, 10:10 AM']Make it a law that Sandra Bullock has to date hot stuff. 
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I'd put Thumper in charge

[curtins]

I'd make a law that says All that I do that day stays forever:

somethings Id do would be:

outlaw abortion
outlaw gay marriage
put God back to wherever the librals took it out (including the pledge)

[crusader1234]

[quote name='curtins' date='Oct 2 2005, 10:19 AM']I'd make a law that says All that I do that day stays forever:
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I wish it were that easy. I hear that class 6A at my elementary school where I was class president switched pizza lunches from thursday to tuesday. Idiots.

[Sarah_JC]

Annex Canada...
Then outlaw abortion, and those foolish "feeding is a choice" care of diabled/terminally ill people rules.
And I'd change the name of Alberta to "Mortal Sin" since it would be a state. So all the signs would say "You are now entering the state of Mortal Sin"

Okay, maybe not the last one. but I'd make the feast days of some of the well known Saints national holidays.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

I would abolish the goverment and hand all authority over the country to the auspices of the Holy See.

[Noel's angel]

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4. Put a nuke right in the center of Mecca
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[White Knight]

I'd Ban Gay Marriage and Gay Unions, I'd elect Fanatical Conservative Supreme Court Judges, I'd bring back all the Ten Commandments in every public Federal Building, I'd make [b]"ABORTION ILLEGAL FOREVER" [/b] & alter our history back to the original way, & last but not least, I'd redefine the statusistical numbers in use of captial punishment.

God Bless, Pax Christi.

Edited October 2, 2005 by White Knight

[MC Just]

i'd completely shutdown the heterodox. I'd shutdown NARAL, planned parenthood and all the anti-life orginizations.

[Era Might]

The President can't just say "poof", I abolish abortion. He's a President, not a King. The balance of powers, and what not.

Edited October 2, 2005 by Era Might

[toledo_jesus]

I would take a ride on a jet to someplace cool, invite all the world leaders, and get free drinks at that cool place. Then in the middle of my third scotch I would announce that the US is done with the UN and if they want their problems solved they can do it themselves. At which point I will resign.

[tojo]

[quote name='Era Might' date='Oct 2 2005, 02:40 PM']The President can't just say "poof", I abolish abortion. He's a President, not a King. The balance of powers, and what not.
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The question asked what we would do if we controlled the US government for a day, not if we were president for a day.

I would:

1. Outlaw abortion.
2. Outlaw gay marriages and civil unions.
3. Abolish the death penalty in civil cases.
4. Outlaw euthanasia, and assisted suicide.
5. Outlaw remarriage after divorce.
6. Start a national health care plan
7. Provide free college educations to all who pass exams.
8. Shut down the pornography industry.
9. Repeal the seperation of Church and State.
10. Pack the Supreme Court with conservative Catholics.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='son_of_angels' date='Oct 2 2005, 09:23 AM']4. Put a nuke right in the center of Mecca
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So you'd put a nuke in the hands of those you believe will use it for terror?


















Oh...you meant nuke them...









Yeah...not a good idea. Remember Sodom...and be just as merciful as God was expected to be..."ten righteous men" and all that...

[zwergel88]

Since the president does not have the power to do a single one of the things you guys have said, I would do the only thing the president can do: hang out at Camp David and do nothing.

[curtins]

rofl

yeah id annex canada too probbaly

and make ponography illegal

[Socrates]

I'd
1) Illegalize abortion
2) Deport all liberals to Afghanistan and other such places.
3) Fire most supreme court and federal judges and replace them with die-hard states-rights conservatives who would not inflict liberal rulings on the state governments.
4) abolish income and property taxes and get rid of most federal programs and agencies
5) Declare war on Canada (kidding!)

(And for those arguing about the powers of the presidency, the question said "control the US gov't," not become president - these are not the same thing. This is a fantasy, for crying out loud!)