If I were altruistic, I'd (in decreasing order of priority):
- go visit Rober E. Lee just before Lincoln offered him the leadership of the Union armies and try to convince Lee to accept that offer instead of the one he took (I'd leave a Fenix L1P with him with a lithium battery so maybe he'd believe me).
- try to warn the Navy on Dec. 6, 1941
- tell Nixon to wear makeup before his debate with Kennedy
- failing that, try to prevent Kennedy's assassination
- can't think of how I could have legally prevented 9/11. Any warnings would have just made the terrorists go underground and only postpone things. With the pre 9/11 attitudes, there's no way we would have locked those guys up for just having boxcutters. I'd have to try taking them out myself...
- maybe try to warn that anti-Taliban leader the Taliban assassinated on the same day as 9/11 - just to help out a little
If I wasn't altruistic, I'd probably go get a sports almanac like cheapo...
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