One moment in history, where would you go?

Usually I just whimper.

 

Ha! I don't condone actions such as the one I mentioned at all. But if Hitler was never born, imagine how different this world would be.

 

1993
Eastern Conference finals
To tell Charles Smith 'When you get the ball under the basket at the end of the game, DUNK IT!'

 

What about Dallas Nov. 21, 1963. To remind the police to sweep all buildings - including the book repository - the morning of the motorcade.
or
Dallas police station Nov. 23, 1963 to shoot Jack Ruby before he shoots Oswald?

 

Crawford, Texas on Aug. 6, 2001, so I could tell George W. Bush to take his daily reports a little more seriously.

 

Imagine if Hitler weren't so much like the Celtics. ;D

 

Yeah, for one, Jemele Hill wouldn't be in hot water.

 

I always wonder about that, and the conclusion I come to is...not much, maybe even worse. Hitler's rise came from a set of circumstances following WWI, not just the man himself. It's easy to say if he was never born, things like the holocaust and WWII never would've happened, but the truth is they probably would have. And maybe somebody (perhaps one of his underlings) without his self-destructive flaws would've come to power instead.

For my moment, being in Mission Control during Apollo 13's trip would be incredible. I'm always amazed at how those engineers on the ground found ways, often in a couple hours, to fix failures they never conceived of with solutions that the spacecraft wasn't designed to pull off. To go through that for three straight days, knowing any misstep is going to kill the guys on the ship, and to finally see those chutes floating into the Pacific has got to be the most incredible feeling of accomplishment you could ever have.
Even more than the first moon landing, getting those guys home might have been the greatest achievement in the history of NASA.

 

D-Day. Absolutely not because I'm a war junkie and would want to kill Natzies, 'cause I'm not. I'm a non-combatant. It's what I consider our finest day as Americans.

You can argue the moon trip, I guess. But I don't.

 

the invention of the caesar salad

 

Texas School Book Depository, Nov. 22, 1963, before noon. So I could disarm Oswald.
Then to the grassy knoll so I could try to stop those shooters (if they existed).

 

Maybe you could just punch Oswald's momma in the stomach.