The Union Forever: A TL
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Sorry to hear that about your laptop. 
Anyways, I think the Republicans have the advantage going into the election. The coming war in Asia will be on everyone's minds, though. I could see the Democrats running on total neutrality with the Republicans running on a kind of "prepared" neutrality.
Anyways, I think the Republicans have the advantage going into the election. The coming war in Asia will be on everyone's minds, though. I could see the Democrats running on total neutrality with the Republicans running on a kind of "prepared" neutrality.
Sorry to hear that about your laptop.
Anyways, I think the Republicans have the advantage going into the election. The coming war in Asia will be on everyone's minds, though. I could see the Democrats running on total neutrality with the Republicans running on a kind of "prepared" neutrality.
I agree with this statement. The Republicans will still have a lot of popular support after the assassination of MacArthur. Also, the Laotian War and Technate of China will be issues. Republicans arguing for more proactive foreign policy, and Democrats more isolationist. Expect Republican wins.
Really sorry to hear about the burglary.
Hope nothing of too much importance was taken.Re burglary - ouch! Glad you had insurance though.
As for the technate of China, interesting! I've often wondered what an actual Technate would be like in an alternate history; one of Technocracy's pillars has been that you need a large enough geographic area to have an optimal energy-production and consumption base to drive economic development.
If the Chinese Technocrats can keep from meddling on the level of Mao, and confine themselves to trying to control the "Commanding Heights" of technological-scientific-economic development, they could make a pretty good go of things.
Glad you had insurance though.As for the technate of China, interesting!
I've often wondered what an actual Technate would be like in an alternate history; one of Technocracy's pillars has been that you need a large enough geographic area to have an optimal energy-production and consumption base to drive economic development.If the Chinese Technocrats can keep from meddling on the level of Mao, and confine themselves to trying to control the "Commanding Heights" of technological-scientific-economic development, they could make a pretty good go of things.
It's the seal of the Malagasy Republic, the French client state that preceded the independent state.
1972: Domestic Developments
1972
Domestic Developments
Domestic Developments
On March 18, Janssen Computing Machines (JCM) unveiled the JCM Innovator-72 the first personal home computer. Utilizing integrated circuits or “microchips”, the Innovator-72 was far more powerful and smaller than earlier transistor computers. In future years, some historians would cite the release of the Innovator-72 as the start of the Information Age.
In June, the world of horse racing was rocked by allegations that previous year’s Triumvirate winner Blue Rampage had used steroids.[1] The fallout of the scandal led to stricter drug testing standards as well as a short jail term for horse owner Herschel Stallworth.[*]
For the 1972 Presidential Election the Democrats nominated former Secretary of State Monty Ziegler and Senator Rupert Stubbs at their convention in Halleckville, Arizona. In Kansas City, Missouri the Republican convention duly nominated President Gavin and chose as his running mate Indiana Congressman Waylon U. Schubert. With a humming economy, foreign policy and social issues dominated the campaign. Gavin promised to continue his policy of armed neutrality in the Western Pacific and “work in concert with our LAR allies” towards curbing the influx of illegal drugs from Latin America. Ziegler attacked the President’s foreign policy record arguing that for all the aid given to Siam, the Japanese Empire and her allies had still triumphed. Concerning drugs, Ziegler saw the LAR as more of a cause and less of a solution claiming that it was the league’s free trade policies that allowed the flow of drugs into the country in the first place. On election night, Gavin and Schubert did better than expected in the South and West for Republicans winning 51.1% of the popular vote and capturing 37 out of 55 states. The Republicans also kept control of both houses of congress.
[1] The Triumvirate consists of three thoroughbred horse races; the New York Derby in Yonkers, the Wilmington Stakes in Virginia and the Bollinger Classic in Paducah, Kentucky.
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Good update. Hopefully marijuana, at least, wouldn't be totally illegal nationwide ITTL, though; it's the least harmful of any drugs that were banned in this country and actually has been shown to have beneficial uses in more recent years IOTL.
Also, sorry about your laptop. Hope you didn't lose anything really important, though.
Wow, PCs getting here a little early.
No major surprise here, with the Republicans winning as massively as they did. However, this may not be good for them in the long run. I can see the Republicans getting a little too cockey, and get involved in corruption that comes with entrenchment.
Good update.
No major surprise here, with the Republicans winning as massively as they did. However, this may not be good for them in the long run. I can see the Republicans getting a little too cockey, and get involved in corruption that comes with entrenchment.
Good update.
Yeah, a few years earlier than OTL but the Innovator-72 still remains little more than a novelty.
For whatever reason it won't let me post this as a footnote but the Triumvirate consists of three thoroughbred horse races; the New York Derby in Yonkers, the Wilmington Stakes in Virginia and the Bollinger Classic in Paducah, Kentucky.
Yeah, it'll be a while yet until it catches on with average consumers. Still cool, though.
I don't mean to start a flamewar or anything, but just because it's the least harmful of the illegal drugs doesn't mean it's not harmful.
I don't mean to start a flamewar or anything, but just because it's the least harmful of the illegal drugs doesn't mean it's not harmful.
Hehe, LOL. Nice sense of humor you got there.
National Capital: Washington D.C.
U.S. States and Capitals
1. Absaroka: Boreman (OTL Billings, MT)
2. Alabama: Montgomery
3. Alaska: Sedgewick (OTL Anchorage)
4. Arizona: Halleckville (OTL Phoenix)
5. Arkansas: Little Rock
6. California: Sacramento
7. Colorado: Denver
8. Connecticut: New Haven
9. Cuba: Havana
10. Dakota: Lincoln City (OTL Bismarck, ND)
11. Delaware: Dover
12. Florida: Tallahassee
13. Georgia: Milledgeville
14. Guadeloupe and Martinique: Pointe-a Pitre
15. Hawaii: Honolulu
16. Illinois: Springfield
17. Indiana: Indianapolis
18. Iowa: Des Moines
19. Jefferson: Shermanburg (OTL Boise, ID)
20. Kansas: Topeka
21. Kentucky: Frankfort
22. Laramie: Ft. Laramie
23. Louisiana: New Orleans
24. Mahetane: Tapley (OTL Oklahoma City, OK)
25. Maine: Augusta
26. Maryland: Annapolis
27. Massachusetts: Boston
28. Michigan: Lansing
29. Minnesota: Saint Paul
30. Mississippi: Jackson
31. Missouri: Jefferson City
32. Nebraska: Lancaster
33. Nevada: Carson City
34. New Hampshire: Concord
35. New Jersey: Trenton
36. New Mexico: Alburquerque
37. New York: Albany
38. North Carolina: Raleigh
39. Ohio: Columbus
40. Oregon: Salem
41. Panama: Panama City
42. Pasapa: Beryl (OTL Bowman, ND)
43. Pennsylvania: Harrisburg
44. Puerto Rico: San Juan
45. Rhode Island: Providence
46. Santo Domingo: Santo Domingo
47. Sequoyah: Tulsa
48. South Carolina: Columbia
49. Tennessee: Nashville
50. Texas: Austin
51. Utah: Salt Lake City
52. Vermont: Montpelier
53. Virginia: Richmond
54. Washington: Olympia
55. Wisconsin: Madison
U.S. Territories and Capitals
1. Pacifica ( includes all of Samoa and OTL French Polynesia): Apia
2. American Micronesia: Dededo
3. American Guiana: Lincoln (OTL Cayenne)