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afraid the problem is more systemic than that.  You’d need to set your sights a good deal up the river of time than that.”
                  “How far?” asked Arcadia.
                  “Counting today, exactly 275 years,” said the voice”
                  Arcadia did the math and said, “That would be 1770!”
                  “I think five years is long enough to alter the outcome of the Revolutionary War.”
                  Arcadia was totally confused, “Maybe you’d better tell me exactly what kind of an outcome you want.”
                  “Imagine how you could change things by applying 2025 technology to 1770.”
                  “To what end?” said Arcadia.  She was past the shock of having a glowing light speaking to them and was now concentrating on the concepts with her full mind.
                  “Here’s the plan in a nutshell,” said the voice.  “I drop you off in 1770 with a few hundred good men with very special training, and modern equipment.  George Washington defeats the British in one year, not eight, then proceeds to throw the British out of Canada, the Spanish out of Mexico and the Russians out of Alaska and you have a country to build that runs from the Arctic Circle to the Isthmus of Panama.
                  “You help the founding fathers draft a constitution that is practically the same as you have today with no amendments but the Bill of Rights, Term Limits, and Balanced Budgets included.  You make sure there’s a true separation of church and state, but you insure that the country is hard-wired with a reverence and worship of God.”
                  “You snip slavery in the bud from the beginning, thereby avoiding the slaughter of the Civil War.  You treat the Native Americans with respect and generosity, avoiding acculturating an entire people.”
                  “You use the educational system you’ve built in the present day from the beginning, and you, bit by bit, release advanced technology to a country that will be the wonder of the world.  That way you will stay about a hundred years ahead of everyone else.”
                  “Now here is the key point.  You follow George Washington’s advice to avoid foreign entanglements religiously.  America is neutral, no matter what.  The rest of the world can beat itself to pieces if it wants to, but they can never attack the biggest, smartest, deadliest country in the world, particularly a country who shares its wealth freely with everyone.”
                  “By the time we get to modern times, meaning today, the bombs will have never gone off, and America’s evangelism will be gently guiding the world to a true Christian ethic.”
                  “Simple,” said Arcadia with doubt and disbelief in her voice.
                  “When you’re finished with the job, I’ll remove the dam and let the new future flow on.  The old past will simply disappear.”
    “I think I can see a bunch of problems with all this,” said Arcadia.
                  “You are special, Arcadia,” said the gentle voice.  “You weren’t born until your time had come and you have all the skills you need to do this task.  Besides, I’m with you, and won’t let any harm come to you.  Come on, Kid, who’s ever gotten to do such an exciting job?” 
    Neither Sampson nor Arcadia ever knew how long the conversation lasted.  She did know that she and Sampson asked dozens of questions and wouldn’t stop until the outline of the entire plan, all 275 years of it, were clear in her mind.  She was particularly interested in how she was going to make the breakthrough with the very Founding Fathers she’d studied.  They were among the most remarkable group of men to appear in one place and at the same time in history. 
    The voice