[quote]I was watching the o'rielly factor when an idea popped into my head. What if Barack Obama became the Speaker? How do you think this would affect the story? What changes do you think he would make? I want to hear what you think, but first I will list my guesses. *Instead of fighting the darkness and protecting the city, he would call back all the guardians. *he would attempt to apologize to Earth's enemies for the arrogance of the traveler. *He would put a %60 tax on all guardians' glimmer and use it to fund his space golfing. *Supers would be nerfed. *He would secretly give weapons to bands of the Fallen in a special mission called "fast and fallen." *revival would take 4 hours due to his new affordable traveler care act. *Instead of helping you, he will give impressive speeches about how he helps you. *Overwhelming evidence would support the suspicion that he wasn't born on Earth or even human, but he would provide fabricated proof to the contrary. *he would let fallen into the city and refuse to tighten security around the walls. *high ranking guardians would be penalized for their achievements. *the hive would be referred to as the unified rebels. *he would have the ghost say "that wizard came from Bush." *the darkness would no longer be referred to as the darkness, but as twilight. *he would attempt to disarm the traveler. His logic being that if we put down our weapons, the darkne...er...twilight will too. *the guardians would be villainized by his cronies and supporters.[/quote] First, would you like for us to keep our men and women in the Middle East any longer for a fading reason that should be handled by the countries military or god forbid the UN? Second, I think Bush and Obama have every reason to apologize. We marched into their country and occupied it to take care of threat. Third, if you really believe a 60% tax hike is for personal pleasure, you're wrong. He makes 400k a year. It's not as much as you would expect, but he's doing fine without tax money (that doesn't go to him) Fourth, "Supers would be nerfed" what? Fifth, we gave weapons to rebels. They weren't necessarily the good guys, but they were a hell of a lot better than the government in place there. Think of it like this. The Russian Federation isn't the nicest of countries with Ukraine and all, but it's a lot better than the Soviet Union. Sixth, the traveler care may not be fast, but it works. You're saying as if it replaced an older, more efficient system. It's the first of it's kind. Not as fast as we would like, but it's a start. Seventh, the president doesn't physically help you, he makes a decision with the help of 15 men and women of the Presidential Cabinet. To a degree, he's a figure head of what the overall government is doing, he plays a major role in it, but he is not always the deciding factor. Eight, it doesn't make sense to fake his birth certificate. If our government is so up tight about everything, they wouldn't let a non-American born citizen be president, let alone run. You think when he opened his campaign for 2008 and filed the paper work, everyone just said "oop no birth certificate, what ever, let him run". Ninth, we could build the damn Berlin Wall at the border, and they would still find a way in. I'm would aim more at the illegal workers already here and tell companies "if you have any workers that aren't legal, HUGE fines". That's another topic. Tenth (ugh), What? Like higher taxes for people who make more money? Eleventh, we assist the rebels because they are the lesser of 2 quite weak evils. The rebels have somewhat better intentions though. Again, once they win, we will watch carefully like in Egypt. Twelfth (ffftthhhh)- thirteenth, What? Fourteenth, we are trying a more peaceful method, cause so far, every time we go in guns a blazin', everyone hates us. Rightfully so. The reason the Taliban/Al-Queda hate us is cause we are "infidels" who are putting our selves as a global police force. (Now we are just a Middle East police force cause everyone else is too lazy) Fifteenth, last and least, What? Apologies about the length and rage, but It is like a knife in my ears when people criticize the president and his decisions, regardless of political party.