If You Had One Wish, Just One....What Would That Wish Be For

[AuntPatsy]

Don't think too long, be honest and answer with the first thing you thought of to wish for...





This is cyber city, a world where faces are masked, identities hidden for the most part...can you be honest with not only yourself but with other masked key board bit players?






The reason this questions interests me is because of all that is happening world wide these days and how overwhelmed I personaly feel with everything that needs attention...





If you cannot be honest in a world where faces are nothing more than shadows can you honestly be honest in life and can you expect others that you deal with face to be face to be just as honest in dealings you might have on a personal level with others....

This is not a joke though for some might appear stupid, this is a poll of sorts, one designed to find out why, why we were so easy to defeat..perhaps if we can find out what your own weaknesses are, perhaps we can change them into a strength, a strength that is definitely needed since people continue to die needlessly, people continue to find themselves homeless and helpless needlessly and people continue to silently look away feeling themselves helpless, too helpless to help those unable to help themselves..


This will more than likely drop like a hot potato but I hope not...I hope to come back and read some honest and thoughtful answers..I won't hold my breath...it is not a time for joking...it is no longer funny.....laughter might temporally ease someone's pain from old or new wounds but unless that wound has a chance to heal, the pain will always return...

Debby downer here reporting for duty...:shrug: :shrug: :shrug:

[DesertFlower]

1. my wish is personal -- good health.

[kestrel91316]

2. $100k

[northoftheborder]

3. one wish

My very first wish was a personal one, that I maintain my health. My second one, for the nation in general, which I'm guessing you were wanting an answer for, was that every person be educated in how our democratic process works, and what his/her part in making that work, could be. If we, as a nation, were better educated, better informed, it would affect the world mightily.

[SidDithers]

4. If I had one wish that I could wish this holiday season...

it would be for all the children of the world to join hands and sing together in the spirit of harmony and peace.



If I had two wishes that I could wish for this holiday season, the first would be for all the children of the world to join hands and sing in the spirit of harmony and peace.. and the second would be for $30 million a month to be given to me, tax-free in a Swiss bank account.

You know, if I had three wishes that I could make this holiday season, first, of course, would be for all the children to get together and sing.. the second would be for the $30 million every month to me.. and the third would be for all encompassing power over every living being thing in the entire universe.

And if I had four wishes that I could make this holiday season, first would be the crap about the kids.. second would be for the $30 million.. the third would be for all the power.. and the fourth would be to set aside one month each year for an extended 31-day orgasm, to be brought about slowly by Rosanna Arquette and that model Paulina somebody, I can't think of her name, of course my lovely wife could come, too. She's behind me 100% on this, I guarantee you.

Wait a minute, maybe that sex thing should be the first wish! So, if I made that the first wish, because, you know, it could all go boom tomorrow, and then what have you got? No, no.. the kids singing would be great, that would be nice. No, no, who am I kidding! I mean, theyu're not gonna be able to get all those kids together! I mean, the logistics of the thing is impossible! It's mroe trouble than it's worth! So, we reorganize: here we go. First, the sex - we go with that; second, the money. No! We go with the power second, then the money, and then the kids. Oh, wait, oh geez! I forgot about revenge against my enemies! Okay.. revenge against all my enemies, they should die like pigs in Hell! That would be the fourth wish! And of course, my fifth wish would be for all the children of the world to join hands and sing in the spirit of peace and harmony. Thank you, everybody.

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/86/86fwish.phtml

Audio version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPVuHP3OXk0

Sid

[FatDave]

74. Thank you Mr. Dithers

That's the first thing I thought of.

[The Straight Story]

5. That others could be as sexy as me, just so they could know what it feels like

:rofl:

[Jamastiene]

6. I would wish that my hovel was paid off and I was living comfortably in it. n/t

[AndyA]

7. Since I'm on a political board, and my thoughts are of a political nature while here,

my first thought was that if I could have any wish, I'd wish the George W. Bush years had never happened.

No SCOTUS Presidential appointment.

No 9/11 attack. (Anyone else would have taken steps to prevent it.)

No wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

No $4.00/gallon + gas.

No spying.

No outing of CIA agents.

No escalation of the deficit.

Think of all that crap we've put up with that probably would have never happened. When you take all of that away, things might not be so bad right now. :shrug:

[FedUpAmerican]

8. I Just Turned 50

My wish would be to be 20 again but have the wisdom of age 50

[cutlassmama]

49. you and me both

[Ganja Ninja]

9. 10 more wishes.

[Initech]

10. I just want these corrupt pieces of crap who are in power to go away premanently.

[arcane1]

11. I'd wish for perfect timing n/t

[daa]

12. Universal health care

so I wouldn't go broke buying insurance and having diabetes.

[The_Commonist]

13. I wish that...

...the Lotto ticket I just purchased is a winner.
Lots of good things to be done with that money.

[xiamiam]

14. quantum leap in human consciousness..nt

[katanalori]

19. quantum leap in human consciousness.....

Aaaaahhhh yes, xiamiam, I like yours the bestest!

[FedUpWithIt All]

56. Mine would be an end result of this so i am seconding yours

I originally asked for an end to all child abuse and neglect. But the truth is that i just want us all to "get it".

[Rebubula]

15. Immortality

That coupled with returning my body to its 26 year old state...not sure if I want to live forever in the current model.

[Ysabel]

16. i wish everybody would stop buying crap...

if everybody stopped working for them (you know who i mean) and stopped paying for all their crap i think they'd go broke (or maybe not) but anyway it's worth a try...

WE DO NOT NEED THEM...

in order to make up for the lack of stuff create our own good stuff / in other words create our own jobs create our own stuff / stuff that is renewable and doesn't pollute and is good for the world...

- WE CAN DO IT...

[WeDidIt]

17. The world in peace. n/t

[Bluenorthwest]

18. Everybody I know in a room, for an evening

Or at least a hundred of them. All else would follow.

[Better Today]

20. That I navigate the inevitable slide I'm about to take into homelessness

with as little panic as possible, and as much grace as possible.

[xiamiam]

80. your post touched me..i understand the fear and panic of losing your safe nest

I wish you grace as well..divine intervention..knowing that anything positive is possible..take one day at a time..recognize the illusion pushed down our throats..fico scores, suvs, celebrity nobodys..

we are community..your good health, physically, emotionally and financially affects the well being of all as we are inner connected..until we get this..we will suffer..forget the panic as it is debilitating..sending prayers your way

[frebrd]

21. To be honest, I'd wish for enough money........

to emigrate to Canada, where both my grandfathers came from.

[Codeine]

22. I wanna decide who lives and who dies.

[NoPasaran]

23. I could go for an ice cold 7 Up right about now

Sorry if this wish isn't up to your standards.

[slackmaster]

24. Harsh sentences for parole violators

And world peace.

[Texasgal]

25. A new Bra!!!

The one I have on is pinching the girls!

[blueamy66]

26. $100B

no joke, not meant to be funny...I want cash.

[StopTheNeoCons]

27. For all religions to disappear overnight....nt

[frebrd]

34. That would have been my second.

:)

[rucky]

63. What if some higher being actually came down from the sky...

and granted your wish?

woah.

[barbiegeek]

28. To have whatever in peoples brains that makes them harm children eliminated

The end of child torture, child prostitution, child abuse, pedophilia, etc.

Whatever makes that happen be gone FOREVER

[eShirl]

29. I wish my dad would be cured of alzheimer's disease.

[nyc 4 Biden]

30. an honest and independent media. n/t

[Parker CA]

31. To have perfect health. nt.

[LiberalLoner]

32. No more pain. For myself, for everyone. No more pain, ever. n/t

[OneGrassRoot]

33. Freedom....

Physical, financial, creative, humanitarian, spiritual freedom.

[Lyric]

35. My wish would be that the Wiccan "Law of Three" become an actual Law of Nature.

I'm not Wiccan, but I love the idea that whatever you do comes back to you times three. Do good, and you receive threefold blessings. Succumb to greed, arrogance, and cruelty, and you get it back three times as bad.

With such a law in place, pretty soon the richest people in the world would also be the kindest and most generous, and the poorest, most miserable people would be those who'd done nothing but hurt and take advantage of others. Given enough time, such a law would truly make the world right itself. :)

[sad sally]

36. from Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941...

"In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression--everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in (their) own way--everywhere in the world. The third is the freedom of want...The fourth is freedom from fear."

'til we all fly together, what sense does it make?

[Stinky The Clown]

37. An old age free from fear and fast death when I get too old to function fully.

[NNN0LHI]

54. That would be plenty enough for me too Stinky

:toast:

[kgnu_fan]

38. Peace on Earth

[Tailormyst]

39. Enough money to live comfortably

My life is one big ball of stress trying to raise 2 boys alone on not alot of income. I'd love to not worry about the utilities being shut off, etc etc etc. I know it's a self wish, but it is an honest one.

[damntexdem]

40. More wishes.

Well, you said the first thing that came to mind -- and didn't state the general exclusion that one cannot wish for more wishes. ;-)

[shanti]

41. perfect health

without good health, you have nothing.

[Motown_Johnny]

42. to own and control FOX news... that would be so much fun (and profitable)

FIRED


FIRED



FIRED


FIRED




woo hoo... time for lunch

[Odin2005]

43. A world without poverty.

[DIKB]

44. Omnipotence.

If only for a little while. That was way too easy, mainly because all that I want would be way too hard to sum up.

Peace.
Fixing environment.
Allowing fundies to suffer the consequences of their actions (true justice, not revenge fantasy)

[kgnu_fan]

45. Wish is a precious power and see how we waste it! This is USA.

[Johonny]

46. Can someone crank out the old Steve Martin routine

[RagAss]

47. This headline......."Tea-Bagger Mass Suicide at Rally"

[bigwillq]

48. That all people would be treated equally

and free to marry (and all the benefits that come with it) the one they love in every state in this union.

[devilgrrl]

50. World Peace

eom

[scarletwoman]

51. For more wishes, of course.

"You have one wish. What do you want?"

Me: "More wishes."

"Okay. How many?"

Me: "Here's my list:

1. An immediate end to corporate personhood with an immediate return to the original conception of corporate charters.
   
   
2. A complete re-purposing of the "Defense" Department to actual defense only. No more funding of offense activities. Sole purpose of standing army and military spending confined to protection within our borders.
   
   
3. Outlawing of all private interest lobbyist groups. Lobbying confined to citizen advocates only.
   
   
4. Return of all FDR era financial regulations, expanded and updated where necessary.
   
   
5. A massive government program of infrastructure rebuilding and employment based on the models of the WPA and CCC.
   
   
6. A progressive tax on UNEARNED income -- all of it. Same tax rate applied to capital gains as is applied to income tax.
   
   
7. A tax and/or fee on all stock transactions. Every trade, every bet.
   
   
8. Make all obscure financial "products" and manipulations illegal. No more credit default swaps, no more bundled securities, no more derivatives, no more short selling.
   
   
9. A return of strict usary laws -- no interest charges allowed above a set base level. 8% should be good enough.
   
   
10. Outlaw the propagation of empirically false information by public media outlets. Opinion is free, but facts are facts.
    
    
11. Strict regulation of media ownership with vigorous anti-trust enforcement. Community-generated local media must be protected.
    
    
12. Universal single payer health care.
    
    
13. Heavy tax penalties on U.S. companies who outsource.
    
    
14. All international trade agreements must impose labor and environmental standards commesurate with U.S. standards. Products produced by violators not allowed to be imported into the U.S.
    
    
15. Return of tariffs to protect U.S. industry and agriculture.
    
    
16. An end to subsidies for Big Agribusiness. Agricultural subsidies/loans available to genuine family farms only.
    
    
17. An FDA completely divorced from Big Pharma. R&D done at public universities subsidized, for which any private company must pay a hefty fee for access. Subsequent profits must be shared with the universities from which the research was obtained.
    
    
18. Outlaw all pharmaceutical ads in the media. Full disclosure by all medical organizations of any collaberation with pharmaceutical companies.
    
    
19. An end to the 401K scam. If you want to play the stock market, fine, just don't call it "saving" for retirement. Institute a government run defined pension plan for all workers, paid into by all employers by assessing a fee based on a defined percentage of each employer's payroll.
    
    
20. Institute laws and policies that favor domestic production of finished, value-added products out of domestic resources -- thus creating jobs and local industry -- and discourage the export of raw resources -- i.e. no more cutting down forests to export logs that end up as pressed pulp produced in another country.
    
    
21. An end to ALL "privatizing profits and socializing risks/costs" by ALL corporate entities. If you pollute, you pay. If you screw up, you pay. If you won't pay, your corporation is dissolved and your individual officers are each assessed for their share of the damages or face prison time and garnishment of all personal assets.
    
    
22. Outlawing of all "SLAP" lawsuits.
    
    "Is that all?"
    
    Me: "No. That's just what I came up with off the top of my head. I reserve the right to continue to add to my list of wishes."
    
    sw
    
    

[bluethruandthru]

52. Yeah, what she said!

plus a cure for diabetes for my child.

[scarletwoman]

53. Thank you. And yes, absolutely, a cure for diabetes for your child!

With publicly funded R&d divorced from the profit motive, I think a cure could be found in short order. I think a lot of possible cures are deliberately suppressed and/or derailed because there is more profit to be made from "controlling" diseases via pharmaceuticals than from eliminating the diseases altogether.

sw

[FedUpWithIt All]

55. Sincerely, an end to all child abuse and neglect. n/t

[wildbilln864]

57. unlimited wishes! nt

[obxhead]

58. I wish I hadn't gotten caught selling pot as a kid.

13 years later and it's still fucking haunting me.

[bobbolink]

59. That this nation would decide to make homelessness obsolete.

That is all.

:hi: AuntPatsy!

[phasma ex machina]

60. Respect for all life. No more abortions. No more war. No more eating meat.

[glinda]

61. $500 for my sick dog to to to the Vet tomorrow as she hasn't been able to keep food down and we

are unable to afford it. She is my sweetheart and survived the pet-food poisoning three years ago. We are broke.

[Mira]

62. I want the entire guilty batch from the last administration convicted and jailed.

After that, I can address the rest of all that needs wishing for and doing.

Until that, just like the list I used to make about how to structure the rest of my life that was headed by:
"Quit smoking"

and followed by:
"If you don't quit smoking, nothing else really matters", I can't think of anything I want any more.

[tandot]

64. For my son to grow up healthy

:hi:

[A Simple Game]

65. I'm agnostic so, I wish for a

truly compassionate God.

[Roon]

66. A cure for AIDS eom

[Mari333]

67. that I could have saved my son.

[lonestarnot]

68. Well honestly the first thing that came to mind was to end the two occupations immediately.

This would reduce blood and money flow in many directions. Over. :patriot: Tax cuts to riches are set to expire soon. They are going to lap up oil money soon. edit for spillcheck. :evilgrin:

[BlancheSplanchnik]

69. honestly, my first thought was I'd wish for lies to stop.

second.... population explosion solved, human destruction of species/habitat to stop.

[polly7]

70. No more war.

Just stop it.

[closeupready]

71. A cure for AIDS.

n/t

[carlyhippy]

72. A world of peace, no need for money, everyone is healthy and happy

that should cover it.

[craigmatic]

73. I'd wish to bring family back from the dead n/t

[RKP5637]

75. USA to become a tranquil country, at peace, harmony and working together

for the betterment of "all" mankind.

[orleans]

76. i want my life back

...to go back to normal--six months ago, a year, ten years, twenty, thirty...

...i want my mom

i am so lost without her...

:cry: ...just so lost...

[underseasurveyor]

77. For unlimited wishes

But if I had to choose but one I would wish that my father had not been killed when I was a baby. Oh to have known him even a little.

[Fly by night]

78. Returning cannabis to the medical pharmacopoeia

Here is a note I received from a friend on this issue, in support of our effort to re-establish Tennessee's medical cannabis program:

"The so called ‘legal' drugs have horrendous side effects. My mother was prescribed over two dozen (!) ‘legal' drugs to combat the symptoms of her cancer, spinal stenosis, depression, after-effects of stroke, two surgeries, wasting syndrome, etc. Half of these ‘legal' drugs were given to combat the side effects of the other half -- And NOTHING worked!

"During the last months of her life, she was able to get off of these ‘legal' poisons and switch to cannabis, after which she could sleep and eat again, her depression lifted, her personality returned, and her neuropathy and intractable pain were relieved. All from this ‘illegal' plant.

"I will work for the absolute legalization of medical cannabis until the day I die so that no other mother has to go through the hell my mother did as a result of ‘legal' drugs." (TB)

If I can't have that (and I'm working hard for re-legalization of medical cannabis every day), I suppose my second choice would be "whirled peas".

[calico1]

79. A job n/t

[TeeYiYi]

81. To have my sister back.

She died four years ago from a brain tumor. She was my best friend. I miss her terribly.

TYY