Let’s say, just for the heck of it, we found out that the Founders included a special clause in the Constitution that said on September 26, 2003 one person was allowed the powers of a benevolent dictator for just FIVE MINUTES. In those five minutes, he could unilaterally pass as many laws and constitutional Amendments as he saw fit—but only ones he could come up with in a five minute period. Then let’s suppose that there was a lottery held and you were the person allowed to make the selections. What would you do? What would you do...sorry, I watched “Speed” last night and that line was stuck in my head.

Then let’s say your time started at 12:24 PM and you couldn’t peak or look at any other issues...wait for it, wait for it, wait for it......go!

-- A 2/3rds vote to pass a tax increase.
-- A Balanced Budget amendment.
-- Overturn the assault weapons ban.
-- Overturn Roe Vs Wade & let the states vote on abortion.
-- A Balanced Budget Amendment.
-- A flat tax.
-- Privatize a percentage of Social Security.
-- Empower the police to pick up illegal aliens.
-- Put troops on the borders.
-- Set the baseline budget to inflation.
-- An across the board spending cut 10% in every government program except ones related to intelligence, security, & police work.
-- A nationwide school voucher program.
-- Term limits for Congress—8 years in the house, 12 in the Senate.
-- Drill ANWR.
-- Only 51 votes to get a judge through in the Senate.

That’s not a bad list although if I would have prepared, I’m sure I could have probably added another 10-15 ideas to it.

You should give this a try yourself. I think it’s a pretty good indicator of what issues are most important to a person and it’s also fun and educational...OK, fun & educational is a stretch, but it beats looking at Kim Jong-Il’s poofy hair or listening to Democrats claim that they’re being called unpatriotic by mysterious and unnamed members of the “Republican Machine”.

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What would you choose?