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theev - Humanity fucked up.
> Tell me about your world, John.
> What is there to tell?
> What happened to it? Why are the seas like they are? How is the atmosphere like it is?
> Humanity fucked up.
> How?
> We were all seemingly swept under in a fury of jingoistic nationalism. People told us to not forget the exchange. Never forget the exchange. And we never did.
> Interesting, John. Have you any more information?
> Yes, but I must go tonight. I'll leave you with this.
List of Presidents of The United States of America (1960-Present Day)
1961-1966: John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) 1
1960: Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (Republican)
1964: Curtis Lemay/Barry Goldwater (Constitution) , Nelson Rockefeller/George Romney (Republican)
1966-1971: Lyndon B. Johnson/Henry M. Jackson (Democratic) 2
1968: Curtis Lemay/John Wayne (Constitution) , George Romney/William Scranton (Republican)
1971-1979: Henry M. Jackson/Richard Ichord (Democratic) 3
1972: Spiro T. Agnew/John Ashbrook (Constitution) , Richard Nixon/Edward Brooke (Republican)
1976: James Buckley/Orville Hubbard (Constitution) , Edward Brooke/Charles Percy (Republican)
1979-1981: Richard Ichord/Robert Byrd (Democratic) 4
1981-1989: Ronald Reagan/Donald Rumsfeld (Constitution) 5
1980: Richard Ichord/Robert Byrd (Democratic) , John Anderson/Pete McCloskey (Republican)
1984: Robert Byrd/Thomas Eagleton (Democratic) , Pete McCloskey/Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (Republican)
1989-1997: Donald Rumsfeld/Alexander Haig (Constitution) 6
1988: Chuck Robb/Bruce Babbitt (Democratic) , Jerry Brown/Various (Republican)
1992: Lee Hamilton/Sam Nunn (Democratic) , Various Republicans
1997-2005: John McCain/Joe Lieberman (Democratic) 7
1996: Robert Dornan/Dick Cheney (Constitution)
2000: Oliver North/John Engler (Constitution)
2005-2007: George W. Bush/Thomas Kean (Democratic) 8
2004: Fred Thompson/Paul Wolfowitz (Constitution) , Dick Mountjoy/Mike Foster (Apocalypse)
2007-2007: Chuck Hagel(Democratic) 9
2007-2009: David Petraeus (Independent) 10
2009-2017: Stanley McChrystal/Lindsey Graham (National) 11
2008: Dick Cheney/Tom Ridge (Union) , Virgil Goode/Mike Pence (Enlightenment) , Ron Paul/Gary Johnson (Liberty) , Angela Davis/Sam Webb (Communist) , Joe Biden/Ralph Nader (Reconstruction) , Various
2012: Robert Gates/Karl Rove (Union) , Mike Pence/Mick Mulvaney (Enlightenment) , Ron Paul/Paul Ryan (Liberty) , Various
2017-2025: Michael Flynn/Scooter Libby (Union) 12
2016: Lindsey Graham/Ash Carter (New Democratic) , Jim Talent/Tim Pawlenty (National) , Various
2020: Lindsey Graham/Rick Perry (New Democratic) , Edward Cruz/Tim Cotton (National) , Various
2025-0000: Lindsey Graham/Mark Rubio (New Democratic) 13
2024: Edward Cruz/Dallas Petersen (National Union) , Various
1 Kennedy was a young man in over his head. He presided over The Exchange and vowed to never let something like it happen again. He would die before he could see through on that vow.
2 Johnson established "The Johnson Doctrine" and re established the United States on foreign affairs. His own cigarette addiction and alcoholism would get the best of him.
3 Jackson negotiated peace before the Sino-Soviet War went nuclear. Won a Nobel Prize for that. But he also turned America's military into a massive sleeping giant just waiting to pounce. Poor weather conditions and an Air Force One in need of an emergency location were responsible for his death.
4 Ichord presided over the Third Red Scare and enthusiastically supported it, at least at first. By the end of his term he drew criticisms from the left and right domestically and left the US Economy in a deep recession.
5 Reagan looked the other way as mass graves were dug during the Chinese Civil War, and "Reaganomics" threw a party for the rich.
6 Rumsfeld continued Reagan's policies and made sure that Latin America and the Middle East fell in line with America's goals.
7 McCain sent Americans to die in the Chinese Quagmire. Meanwhile, the world was calm, too calm.
8 Bush threw the Earth off the cliff. Already very tense relations with the Soviet Union became hair-trigger tense and when last ditch negotiations with General Secretary Putin reached an impasse in May, 2007, the nukes were launched. And while the world was no stranger to nuclear war (See: The Exchange, The Chinese Civil War, The Indo-Pakistani War of 1991, and Israeli Military Conflicts in The Middle East (1980-2010)) this one wasn't just responsible for destroying a handful of cities like its predecessors, no, this one was responsible for destroying countless cities and rendering large swathes of land all over the world (though mostly in North America, Europe, or Asia) inhospitable. Bush and most of the government were killed during the war that would later be generically known as World War 3.
9 Hagel was Bush's Secretary of Agriculture and the next in line for the presidency after everyone ahead of him in the line of succession were killed in World War 3. He would lead the country in the first few days following the attack but would quickly resign in favor of an experienced American General to take the reins of the broken nation.
10 Petraeus was that General. Under his leadership, America would begin to repair itself and lick its wounds. The same couldn't be said for the former Soviet Union and most of Europe. An election would even be able to be held on time in November, 2008.
11 McChrystal followed Petraeus after coming out of an extremely divided election. He would ramp up reconstruction efforts during his term and attempted to re establish America as a power on the world stage, to varying success.
12 Flynn would become President after a deep split in the National Party between Senator Talent and Vice President Graham. Flynn would increase military operations in the former state of Mexico and would roll pack quite a few of McChrystal's reconstruction reforms. He'd only stay in office because of the National Party split. Worried about the growing influence of Lindsey Graham's New Democratic Party, he would strike a deal with Edward Cruz and fuse the National and Union Parties together as the National Union Party in January, 2022.
13 Graham is the incumbent President. He used to be a high ranking General before World War 3 (he was also a partisan Democrat and personal friend of President McCain during that time). Graham has already began to undo much of what President Flynn accomplished.
> What is there to tell?
> What happened to it? Why are the seas like they are? How is the atmosphere like it is?
> Humanity fucked up.
> How?
> We were all seemingly swept under in a fury of jingoistic nationalism. People told us to not forget the exchange. Never forget the exchange. And we never did.
> Interesting, John. Have you any more information?
> Yes, but I must go tonight. I'll leave you with this.
List of Presidents of The United States of America (1960-Present Day)
1961-1966: John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) 1
1960: Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (Republican)
1964: Curtis Lemay/Barry Goldwater (Constitution) , Nelson Rockefeller/George Romney (Republican)
1966-1971: Lyndon B. Johnson/Henry M. Jackson (Democratic) 2
1968: Curtis Lemay/John Wayne (Constitution) , George Romney/William Scranton (Republican)
1971-1979: Henry M. Jackson/Richard Ichord (Democratic) 3
1972: Spiro T. Agnew/John Ashbrook (Constitution) , Richard Nixon/Edward Brooke (Republican)
1976: James Buckley/Orville Hubbard (Constitution) , Edward Brooke/Charles Percy (Republican)
1979-1981: Richard Ichord/Robert Byrd (Democratic) 4
1981-1989: Ronald Reagan/Donald Rumsfeld (Constitution) 5
1980: Richard Ichord/Robert Byrd (Democratic) , John Anderson/Pete McCloskey (Republican)
1984: Robert Byrd/Thomas Eagleton (Democratic) , Pete McCloskey/Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (Republican)
1989-1997: Donald Rumsfeld/Alexander Haig (Constitution) 6
1988: Chuck Robb/Bruce Babbitt (Democratic) , Jerry Brown/Various (Republican)
1992: Lee Hamilton/Sam Nunn (Democratic) , Various Republicans
1997-2005: John McCain/Joe Lieberman (Democratic) 7
1996: Robert Dornan/Dick Cheney (Constitution)
2000: Oliver North/John Engler (Constitution)
2005-2007: George W. Bush/Thomas Kean (Democratic) 8
2004: Fred Thompson/Paul Wolfowitz (Constitution) , Dick Mountjoy/Mike Foster (Apocalypse)
2007-2007: Chuck Hagel(Democratic) 9
2007-2009: David Petraeus (Independent) 10
2009-2017: Stanley McChrystal/Lindsey Graham (National) 11
2008: Dick Cheney/Tom Ridge (Union) , Virgil Goode/Mike Pence (Enlightenment) , Ron Paul/Gary Johnson (Liberty) , Angela Davis/Sam Webb (Communist) , Joe Biden/Ralph Nader (Reconstruction) , Various
2012: Robert Gates/Karl Rove (Union) , Mike Pence/Mick Mulvaney (Enlightenment) , Ron Paul/Paul Ryan (Liberty) , Various
2017-2025: Michael Flynn/Scooter Libby (Union) 12
2016: Lindsey Graham/Ash Carter (New Democratic) , Jim Talent/Tim Pawlenty (National) , Various
2020: Lindsey Graham/Rick Perry (New Democratic) , Edward Cruz/Tim Cotton (National) , Various
2025-0000: Lindsey Graham/Mark Rubio (New Democratic) 13
2024: Edward Cruz/Dallas Petersen (National Union) , Various
1 Kennedy was a young man in over his head. He presided over The Exchange and vowed to never let something like it happen again. He would die before he could see through on that vow.
2 Johnson established "The Johnson Doctrine" and re established the United States on foreign affairs. His own cigarette addiction and alcoholism would get the best of him.
3 Jackson negotiated peace before the Sino-Soviet War went nuclear. Won a Nobel Prize for that. But he also turned America's military into a massive sleeping giant just waiting to pounce. Poor weather conditions and an Air Force One in need of an emergency location were responsible for his death.
4 Ichord presided over the Third Red Scare and enthusiastically supported it, at least at first. By the end of his term he drew criticisms from the left and right domestically and left the US Economy in a deep recession.
5 Reagan looked the other way as mass graves were dug during the Chinese Civil War, and "Reaganomics" threw a party for the rich.
6 Rumsfeld continued Reagan's policies and made sure that Latin America and the Middle East fell in line with America's goals.
7 McCain sent Americans to die in the Chinese Quagmire. Meanwhile, the world was calm, too calm.
8 Bush threw the Earth off the cliff. Already very tense relations with the Soviet Union became hair-trigger tense and when last ditch negotiations with General Secretary Putin reached an impasse in May, 2007, the nukes were launched. And while the world was no stranger to nuclear war (See: The Exchange, The Chinese Civil War, The Indo-Pakistani War of 1991, and Israeli Military Conflicts in The Middle East (1980-2010)) this one wasn't just responsible for destroying a handful of cities like its predecessors, no, this one was responsible for destroying countless cities and rendering large swathes of land all over the world (though mostly in North America, Europe, or Asia) inhospitable. Bush and most of the government were killed during the war that would later be generically known as World War 3.
9 Hagel was Bush's Secretary of Agriculture and the next in line for the presidency after everyone ahead of him in the line of succession were killed in World War 3. He would lead the country in the first few days following the attack but would quickly resign in favor of an experienced American General to take the reins of the broken nation.
10 Petraeus was that General. Under his leadership, America would begin to repair itself and lick its wounds. The same couldn't be said for the former Soviet Union and most of Europe. An election would even be able to be held on time in November, 2008.
11 McChrystal followed Petraeus after coming out of an extremely divided election. He would ramp up reconstruction efforts during his term and attempted to re establish America as a power on the world stage, to varying success.
12 Flynn would become President after a deep split in the National Party between Senator Talent and Vice President Graham. Flynn would increase military operations in the former state of Mexico and would roll pack quite a few of McChrystal's reconstruction reforms. He'd only stay in office because of the National Party split. Worried about the growing influence of Lindsey Graham's New Democratic Party, he would strike a deal with Edward Cruz and fuse the National and Union Parties together as the National Union Party in January, 2022.
13 Graham is the incumbent President. He used to be a high ranking General before World War 3 (he was also a partisan Democrat and personal friend of President McCain during that time). Graham has already began to undo much of what President Flynn accomplished.
- theev
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