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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat crazy shit would you ask for if you were president?
I don't mean major policy like a war, but something fun. I would ask for advanced screenings of TV shows, movies, and books before they were released. And I would tease the fuck out of the public with spoilers.
Weed Man
(304 posts)Directly from the 1%. The 1% has to pay the additional tax on top of that.
Yavin4
(35,446 posts)With that new money smell.
I like this. I'd add this not just for me, but for every person making less than $100,000/year.
unblock
(52,352 posts)damn i miss that stuff.
they're out of business but if i'm president someone's getting me that recipe!
PoorMonger
(844 posts)I have so many things I loved that companies changed or got discontinued. One that always comes to mind is the old recipe for ranch ruffles that was around when I was growing up in the 90s. They still have ranch ruffles but they arent the same. There is a jalapeño ranch flavor now that is close , but obviously more spicy. In the same vein ; the old Wheatables , those choclate banana fudge bars ( that used to have Wiley E Coyote on them) lol.
I would bring back Obamas beer recipes to the WH and expand it - maybe even see if we could get it distributed as some kind of non profit. If thats too crazy I would just expand the offered recipes to include more stuff.
In my presidential library I would have a gigantic music section that would fuction like a museum and we would have free exhibits with live shows and themed sets to educate people about music history.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)Ohiogal
(32,104 posts)If you had the power to tax the rich enough so that you could give every man, woman, and child in the United States $100,000 lump sum! (limited to those who are not millionaires, millionaires can go suck it)
yesphan
(1,588 posts)about 30 trillion dollars, give or take several trillion.
I'd like mine in $50 bills please.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Yavin4
(35,446 posts)Like take up the entire south lawn?
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)blaze
(6,378 posts)JDC
(10,135 posts)FSogol
(45,532 posts)hlthe2b
(102,408 posts)backtoblue
(11,346 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,634 posts)two scoops! 🍦🍦
dchill
(38,556 posts)I like winning!
Docreed2003
(16,878 posts)And Id probably ask for all kinds of esoteric presidential memorabilia for the Oval...for example, Im gonna need LBJs whiskey decanter.
Yonnie3
(17,497 posts)bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)Then invite the Dude and John Goodman over for a few frames.
justhanginon
(3,290 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,372 posts)... and fix the swimming pool that's beneath it.
Press briefings can be done via Skype, and be as effective as today's briefings.
Unless the press pool wants to join me in the swimming pool ...
FSogol
(45,532 posts)CanonRay
(14,119 posts)Pictures please...
underpants
(182,925 posts)I'd ask for a parade.
Generic Brad
(14,276 posts)No sense in letting all that good food go to waste.
irisblue
(33,036 posts)With all the richy rich amenities....daycare for kids, post school tutors, rides to school, dry cleaners, (cold) storage for delieveries, secure bike storage. In building grocery.
And free spay & neuter for pets.
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)To be placed on Trump. HE wants everything gold plated, and if having gold plated cuffs gets him behind bars, then let's do it.
hibbing
(10,109 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)MLAA
(17,338 posts)And declare Thursdays pizza night (except no Papa Johns, cause he is a major ass republican)
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)owners of the major pizza chains Republican?
MLAA
(17,338 posts)rurallib
(62,460 posts)Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)... but with better beer!
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)of how you can eat all the food you want and not gain weight.
I know they have that under "highly classified clearance" files.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,879 posts)After that, I'd issue EOs making free ice cream available from federally-operated ice cream trucks all summer. I'd make Mardi Gras a national holiday and I'd have some carnival rides installed in the Rose Garden. Maybe a Tilt-A-Whirl.
Xolodno
(6,406 posts)...of course I'm kidding.
I would want two things;
1. Make Surge the official, unofficial soft drink of the Federal Government.
2. Repaint the White House.....other than white.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)But no brown ones. If I found a brown one, I'd trash the Oval Office.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...for SF/Fantasy, Comics, Trek, Mystery, you name it...if there's a fandom, I'd want it. It would last for three days over the Fourth of July, and I'd have as many great names from the 20th century as are left as guests. Guest of honor, of course, would be Harlan Ellison. With a huge costume party on the South Lawn as the centerpiece. Let our national hair down, and party for three days!
Codeine
(25,586 posts)just to see the fireworks.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)trade paperback ever published, a comfy chair, and a bottomless iced tea (with no sugar, because putting sugar in iced tea would be a federal crime).