The Towers Still Stand: An Alternate take on early 21st Century America.
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ROUGE!!!
ROUGE!!!!!
THE WORD IS ROGUE!!!!!
sorry for the shouting but it drives me demented when I see this.
ROUGE!!!
ROUGE!!!!!
THE WORD IS ROGUE!!!!!
sorry for the shouting but it drives me demented when I see this.
I understand.
Artaxerxes
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Look, maybe this is a new Commie scare, the red menace dubbed as make up products to belittle them.
ROUGE!!!
ROUGE!!!!!
THE WORD IS ROGUE!!!!!
sorry for the shouting but it drives me demented when I see this.
Rouge Angles of Satin.
Career politicians of all stripes tend to be hypocrites. You will find as many across the aisle.
I am just now starting into this one.
So far you've written an excellent, fair, and plausible TL. Good job
The only thing I want to ask is, when will we see an Al-Qaeda terrorist attack?
I can buy that Bin Laden getting removed butterflies 9/11, sets back AQ's operations, and makes them more cautious, but the organization still exists and still wants to attack the U.S., and they'll succeed eventually.
Just saying this because too many TL's fall into the fallacy of Bin Laden being killed or 9/11 being foiled=al-Qaeda being negated.
The only thing I want to ask is, when will we see an Al-Qaeda terrorist attack?
I can buy that Bin Laden getting removed butterflies 9/11, sets back AQ's operations, and makes them more cautious, but the organization still exists and still wants to attack the U.S., and they'll succeed eventually.
Just saying this because too many TL's fall into the fallacy of Bin Laden being killed or 9/11 being foiled=al-Qaeda being negated.
So far you've written an excellent, fair, and plausible TL. Good job
The only thing I want to ask is, when will we see an Al-Qaeda terrorist attack?
I can buy that Bin Laden getting removed butterflies 9/11, sets back AQ's operations, and makes them more cautious, but the organization still exists and still wants to attack the U.S., and they'll succeed eventually.
Just saying this because too many TL's fall into the fallacy of Bin Laden being killed or 9/11 being foiled=al-Qaeda being negated.
Thank you. I'm glad you like it. We may see an attack, but with other key al Qaeda leaders getting killed in the strike, it may not be al Qaeda that attacks. It could be the Taliban in retaliation for the airstrike, who knows. I haven't thought that far ahead yet.
redlightning
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I can't wait to see this president launch air strikes 5,000 times on Iraq before he leaves office while actually doing nothing to resolve fears of rearmament under Saddam.
I'm not sure if he'll do that. The military buildup post-9/11 won't happen, and Bush will probably be focused on increasing the existing net surplus.
The Surplus was gone before 9/11, Bush spent it on a Tax Cut in both OTL and TTL.
Yes, the tax cuts blew the surplus. But when I saw you had posted I thought you'd posted an update, so now I'm sad
. Can we have an update please?January 8th, 2002. President Bush signs the "No Child Left Behind Act:"
On January 8th, 2002, President George W. Bush signed his education plan, the "No Child Left Behind Act" that passed congress with Bi Partisan support in the Spring of 2001.
January 9th, 2002. The Justice Department Announces it will Pursue a Criminal Investigation against Enron:
On January 9th, the Justice Department announced that it was pursuing a Criminal Investigation against Enron, the enemy company that went bankrupt at the end of the previous year. Democrats called this Investigation "Damage Control" for the administration, as Enron was President Bush's largest campaign contributor during the 2000 election.
Fun fact:
No Child Left Behind was named to subconsciously engender itself to the Religious Right based on the "Left Behind" book series.
No Child Left Behind was named to subconsciously engender itself to the Religious Right based on the "Left Behind" book series.
January 29th, 2002. President Bush gives his Second State of the Union Address:
On January 29th, 2002, President George W. Bush gave his second State of the Union Address to the Nation:
"Mr. Speaker, Vice President Kasich, members of the United States Congress, Distinguished Guests, fellow Citizens. The State of our Union is Strong, however, it's not as strong as it should be. Early Last year a ten year economic expansion came to an end, and our citizens are now starting to feel the pinch. The number one goal of this congress should be putting those who lost their jobs back to work and revitalizing our economy. The Tax Cut that congress passed and I signed last year is one step towards economic recovery, and by the way thank you for breaking the tie on that Mr. Vice President (Laughter). Some in this chamber said the cut was too big some said it was too small. The American people said it was just right when they saw their refund checks coming in the mail. With that said, I believe we must go further and make those cuts permanent (applause). We must also help our fellow citizens by lowering the costs of energy, and in order to do this, we must increase energy production at home and decrease our dependence on foreign oil. Increasing trade is also a good way to bring our economy back and I ask Congress to finally approve the Trade Promotion Authority Act. The House acted on energy and trade, the Senate must do the same. I support expanding unemployment insurance and direct assistance for Health Care coverage, but I know the American people would rather see a steady paycheck than an unemployment check. When Americans work, America prospers....
While our top priority must be getting our economy growing again, we must also do this in a way that doesn't blow a hole in the budget. This past fall, Secretary Rumsfeld announced to the nation that $2.3 Trillion was unaccounted for at the Pentagon. I applaud his efforts in reforming how money at the pentagon is tracked. The Pentagon isn't the only part of our Government that needs reform, our entitlements do as well. 6 years ago, The United States reformed Welfare. This year, we must reauthorize those reforms and we must also work to reform our entitlements, which is why I am putting Vice President Kasich in charge of coming up with reforms that keep Social Security solvent. We must put partisanship aside and ensure that Social Security is there for younger workers and for our children and grandchildren. We must bring Medicare into the 21st Century and have include coverage for prescription drugs....
When I ran for this office two years ago, I campaigned on bringing about a Humble Foreign policy. We must be humble, but we must do so from a position of strength. When I met with President Putin of Russia last year, I determined that this was a guy we could work with, and I intend to do so.... This past April, a People's liberation Army Navy J-8II interceptor fighter jet and a United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II signals intelligence aircraft collided in a mid air collision. This incident strained US Chinese relations. We must work to improve them, but we must also keep in mind that China is growing economically and militarily. We must not allow this to negatively impact the United States... In Iraq, we have a mad man in power there who for twelve years has repeatedly defied and violated countless U.N. resolutions, and is possibly rearming himself. If this is the case, the United States and its allies must be willing to act, and must be willing to do so militarily if needed...
Overall, the State of Our Union is strong, but it can be stronger and will be if we work together and do the work the American people sent us here to do... The 20th Century was called the American Century, we must make the 21st century the next American Century. Thank you, and God Bless.
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