If you could change 1 event in American history....

[~K~]

The President is not empowed to do what you suggest. He could present it to Congress to ratify. There is zero chance of congress ratifying that treaty.

http://epw.senate.gov/107th/Hagel_072402.htm

This is the single biggest misunderstood part of American politics by the foreign public. It is widely assumed that the president has complete power to do whatever he wishes without any system of checks and balances.

[hippietim]

This is the single biggest misunderstood part of American politics by the foreign public. It is widely assumed that the president has complete power to do whatever he wishes without any system of checks and balances.

Yep, it's not like the President can go to war or anything like that. He must first get congress to declare war or it just won't happen. Now a conflict, that's a different story...

[Norton]

I would change ,Bush's exam papers at school,so he would be a delivery boy instead of the President

[Tashtego]

Yep, it's not like the President can go to war or anything like that. He must first get congress to declare war or it just won't happen. Now a conflict, that's a different story...

True, but W did seek and get Congressional approval anyway.

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/10/11/iraq.us/

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=2&vote=00237

[Child Of Norther]

Shoot columbus before he left port.


























Had to be said.

[dg]

I would go back & make sure the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 was given a full congressional revue, rather than being railroaded through without a quorum. I doubt it would've passed. The world would be a very different place as a result.

[Nazgul]

Shoot columbus before he left port.


























Had to be said.

[MEX3]

Ban slavery in the Constitution. America would be a much brighter place.

[Szostak]

Make import breweries the ONLY breweries...

[Norton]

I would advise James Hetfield to do other things,and would send a tape to me with all the Metallica songs in it.Then I would be rich in 2006

[toejam]

You can't kill anyone

Damn. I don't want to play any more. I'm out.

[livebiz]

My wife would swap Gore for Bush, I'll go with Nixon beating Kennedy in 1960...that would be interesting.

[livebiz]

oh and not pass Prop 13 in CA. Sucks when you pay 5 times the tax your neighbors do.

[SpiralArchitect]

I'd go back to the time the marines discharged Nathan Gale and I would be in the military and I'd convince them to send him to Iraq to hopefully see his end there

Thus Damageplan 2 would be out, and hopefully a pantera reunion, and me talkin with Dime again.....

RIP Brother!


Chris

[horns666]

Slavery was a bad idea..the guy responsible coming up with that brainstorm was a dick!!