Ariosto's Junk Drawer

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Ah don't worry, I'm not about to throw a bunch of trash in here, just some interesting tidbits and whatnot that don't really fit anywhere else at the moment, or ever.

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The United States Party System moves back into a Duopoly with the complete and total collapse of the Reform Party. While Patrick Buchanan was present during the Debates, each performance worsened his position in the polls, with those of his supporters who remained turning to the Republicans led by George Bush. However, despite initially holding a strong lead in the polls, the Democratic Party would win the General Election in an upset, and maintain its power in Washington for another four years. In another surprise, the Green Party lead by Ralph Nader, in spite of being barred from the Debates, would more than triple its vote total and gain an additional six seats in the House.

For those who are befuddled, each state's electoral votes are partitioned among the candidates according to the percentage of the vote they earned in the Presidential Election of OTL. The same applies with the previous seat counts for 1996, but of course there were different candidates then (sans Nader).

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There is of course then the initial dismemberment of the Duopoly.

I don't really care for how either of these came out, may rework them or drop the concept altogether.

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American Antarctica! Seriously though, both us and the Russians have the ability to place claims upon Antarctica like the French, British, Australians, Norwegians, and number of others. Even FDR contemplated it for some time and sent out expeditions for that same purpose before World War II intervened. I suppose it would only result in more paint upon a Map, like above. But this is still one of FDR's wishes I would want to grant.

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..........Nader's remarkable showing is often attributed to then Vice President Al Gore taking the advice of his running mate, Senator Joseph Lieberman. Lieberman had complained that the Vice President's campaign was taking on a Populist tone, one that was not going to aid him in the General Election, and that he should move more towards to Center in order to better compete with Moderate Independents. Despite some initial reluctance to the plan, after conferring with his other advisers Gore agreed to do so. The effect was not immediate; there was some grumbling among his more Liberal supporters but the march outside of the Gore camp did not truly begin until after the Presidential Debates held in October. When questions were raised regarding his political leanings, Gore seemed aloof and granted only half-answers, failing to hold the confidence of not only his supporters on the Left but also within the Center; the man to them had become something of an enigma. No one was now truly sure where he stood.............

..............as the results came in from around the nation it was clear that Gore had made up some ground from the fiasco that was the first two Debates, but not nearly enough to change the end result. Too many had either defected to the candidacy of Ralph Nader, the "One True Liberal Candidate" as he called himself, or voted for him as a form of protest against the Democratic ticket. After the first couple hours Texan Governor George W. Bush was declared the President elect, and Nader an enemy of the Democratic Party................

The Rise of Green America, Horatio Caine

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1. George Washington (I-VA) - April 30th, 1789 - March] 4th, 1797
   
2. John Adams (F-MA) - March 4th, 1797 - March 4th, 1801
   
3. Thomas Jefferson (DR-VA) - March 4th, 1801 - March 4th, 1809
4. James Madison (DR-VA) - March 4th, 1809 - March 4th, 1817
5. James Monroe (DR-VA) - March 4th, 1817 - March 4th, 1825
6. Andrew Jackson (D-TN) - March 4th, 1825 - March 4th, 1837
7. Martin Van Buren (D-NY) - March 4th, 1837 - March 4th, 1841
8. William Henry Harrison (W-OH) - March 4th, 1841 - April 4th, 1841
9. Richard Mentor Johnson (D-KY) - April 4th, 1841 - March 4th, 1845
   
10. James K Polk (D-TN) - March 4th, 1845 - March 4th, 1849
11. Zachary Taylor (W-LA) - March 4th, 1849 - July 9th, 1850
12. William Orlando Butler (D-KY) - July 9th, 1850 - March 4th, 1853
13. Franklin Pierce (D-NH) - March 4th, 1853 - March 4th, 1857
14. James Buchanan (D-PA) - March 4th, 1857 - March 4th, 1861
15. Abraham Lincoln (R-IL) - March 4th, 1861 - April 15th, 1865
16. George H Pendleton (D-OH) - April 15th, 1865 - March 4th, 1869
17. Ulysses S Grant (R-OH) - March 4th, 1869 - March 4th, 1877
18. Samuel J Tilden (D-NY) - March 4th, 1877 - March 4th, 1881
19. James A Garfield (R-OH) - March 4th, 1881 - September 19th, 1881
20. William Hayden English (D-IN) - September 19th, 1881 - March 4th, 1885
21. Grover Cleveland (D-NY) - March 4th, 1885 - March 4th, 1897
22. William McKinley (R-OH) - March 4th, 1897 - September 14th, 1901
23. Adlai E Stevenson (D-IL) - September 4th, 1901 - March 4th, 1905
24. Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY) - March 4th, 1905 - March 4th, 1909
25. William Howard Taft (R-OH) - March 4th, 1909 - March 4th, 1913
26. Woodrow Wilson (D-NJ) - March 4th, 1913 - March 4th, 1921
27. Warren G Harding (R-OH) - March 4th, 1921 - August 2nd, 1923
28. Franklin D Roosevelt (D-NY) - August 2nd, 1923 - March 4th, 1925
29. Calvin Coolidge (R-MA) - March 4th, 1925 - March 4th, 1929
30. Herbert Hoover (R-CA) - March 4th, 1929 - March 4th, 1933
31. Franklin D Roosevelt (D-NY) - March 4th, 1933 - April 12th, 1945
32. John W Bricker (R-OH) - April 12th, 1945 - January 20th, 1949
33. Harry S Truman (D-MO) - January 20th, 1949 - January 20th, 1953
34. Dwight D Eisenhower (R-NY) - January 20th, 1953 - January 20th, 1961
35. John F Kennedy (D-MA) - January 20th, 1961 - November 22nd, 1963
36. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R-MA) - November 22nd, 1963 - January 20th, 1965
37. Lyndon B Johnson (D-TX) - January 20th, 1965 - January 20th, 1969
38. Richard Nixon (R-CA) - January 20th, 1969 - August 9th, 1974
39. Sargent Shriver (D-MD) - August 9th, 1974 - January 20th, 1977
40. Jimmy Carter (D-GA) - January 20th, 1977 - January 20th, 1981
41. Ronald Reagan (R-CA) - January 20th, 1981 - January 20th, 1989
42. George H W Bush (R-TX) - January 20th, 1989 - January 20th, 1993
43. Bill Clinton (D-AR) - January 20th, 1993 - January 20th, 2001
44. Al Gore (D-TN) - January 20th, 2001 - January 20th, 2005
45. George W Bush (R-TX) - January 20th, 2005 - January 20th, 2009
46. Barack Obama (D-IL) - January 20th, 2009 - Present

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1. John Adams (F-MA) - April 30th, 1789 - March 4th, 1797
   
2. Aaron Burr (DR-NY) - March 4th, 1797 - March 4th, 1801
   
3. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (F-SC) - March 4th, 1801 - March 4th, 1805
4. Rufus King (F-NY) - March 4th, 1805 - March 4th, 1813
5. Jared Ingersoll (F-PA) - March 4th, 1813 - March 4th, 1817
6. John Eager Howard (F-MD) - March 4th, 1817 - March 4th, 1821
7. Richard Stockton (F-NJ) - March 4th, 1821 - March 4th, 1825
8. John C Calhoun (DR-SC) - March 4th, 1825 - March 4th, 1829
9. Richard Rush (NR-PA) - March 4th, 1829 - March 4th, 1833
   
10. John Sergent (NR-PA) - March 4th, 1833 - March 4th, 1837
    
11. Francis P Granger (W-NY) - March 4th, 1837 - March 4th, 1841
    
12. Richard Mentor Johnson (D-KY) - March 4th, 1841 - April 4th, 1841
13. John Tyler (W-VA) - April 4th, 1841 - March 4th, 1845
    
14. Theodore Frelinghuysen (W-NY) - March 4th, 1845 - March 4th, 1849
    
15. William Orlando Butler (D-KY) - March 4th, 1849 - July 9th, 1850
16. Millard Fillmore (W-NY) - July 9th, 1850 - March 4th, 1853
    
17. William Alexander Graham (W-NC) - March 4th, 1853 - March 4th, 1857
    
18. William L Dayton (R-NJ) - March 4th, 1857 - March 4th, 1861
    
19. Joseph Lane (D-OR) - March 4th, 1861 - March 4th, 1865
    
20. George H Pendleton (D-OH) - March 4th, 1865 - April 15th, 1865
21. Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME) - April 15th, 1865 - March 4th, 1869
    
22. Francis Preston Blair Jr. (D-MO) - March 4th, 1869 - March 4th, 1873
    
23. Benjamin Gratz Brown (LR-MO) - March 4th, 1873 - March 4th, 1877
    
24. William Hayden English (D-IN) - March 4th, 1881 - September 19th, 1881
25. Chester A Arthur (R-NY) - September 19th, 1881 - March 4th, 1885
    
26. John A Logan (R-IL) - March 4th, 1885 - December 26th, 1886 ***** [Vacant December 26th, 1886 - March 4th, 1889]
    
27. Levi P Morton (R-IN) - March 4th, 1889 - March 4th, 1893
    
28. Whitelaw Reid (R-NY) - March 4th, 1893 - March 4th, 1897
    
29. Arthur Sewall (D-ME) - March 4th, 1897 - September 5th, 1900
30. Thomas E Watson (D-GA) - September 5th, 1900 - March 4th, 1901
    
31. Adlai E Stevenson (D-IL) - March 4th, 1901 - September 14th, 1901
32. Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY) - September 14th, 1901 - March 4th, 1905
    
33. Henry G Davis (D-WV) - March 4th, 1905 - March 4th, 1909
    
34. John W Kern (D-IN) - March 4th, 1909 - March 4th, 1913
    
35. Hiram Johnson (P-CA) - March 4th, 1913 - March 4th, 1917
    
36. Charles W Fairbanks (R-IN) - March 4th, 1917 - June 4th, 1918 ***** [Vacant June 4th, 1918 - March 4th, 1921]
    
37. Franklin D Roosevelt (D-NY) - March 4th, 1921 - August 2nd, 1923
    
38. Calvin Coolidge (R-MA) - August 2nd, 1923 - March 4th, 1925
    
39. Charles W Bryan (D-NE) - March 4th, 1925 - March 4th, 1929
    
40. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D-AR) - March 4th, 1929 - March 4th, 1933
    
41. Charles Curtis (R-KS) - March 4th, 1933 - February 8th, 1936 ***** [Vacant February 8th, 1936 - March 4th, 1937]
    
42. Frank Knox (R-IL) - January 20th, 1937 - March 4th, 1941
    
43. Charles L McNary (R-OR) - January 20th, 1941 - February 25th, 1944 ***** [Vacant February 25th, 1944 - January 20th, 1945]
    
44. John W Bricker (R-OH) - January 20th, 1945 - April 12th, 1945
    
45. Harry S Truman (D-MO) - April 12th, 1945 - January 20th, 1949
    
46. Earl Warren (R-CA) - January 20th, 1949 - January 20th, 1953
    
47. John Sparkman (D-AL) - January 20th, 1953 - January 20th, 1957
    
48. Estes Kefauver (D-TN) - January 20th, 1957 - January 20th, 1961
    
49. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr (R-MA) - January 20th, 1961 - November 22nd, 1963
    
50. Lyndon B Johnson (D-TX) - November 22nd, 1963 - January 20th, 1965
    
51. William E Miller (R-NY) - January 20th, 1965 - January 20th, 1969
52. Edmund Muskie (D-ME) - January 20th, 1969 - January 20th, 1973
53. Sargent Shriver (D-MD) - January 20th, 1973 - August 9th, 1974
54. Theodora Nathan (L-OR) - August 9th, 1974 - January 20th, 1977
55. Bob Dole (R-KS) - January 20th, 1977 - January 20th, 1981
56. Walter Mondale (D-MN) - January 20th, 1981 - January 20th, 1985
57. Geraldine Ferraro (D-NY) - January 20th, 1985 - January 20th, 1989
58. Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) - January 20th, 1989 - January 20th, 1993
59. Dan Quayle (R-IN) - January 20th, 1993 - January 20th, 1997
60. Jack Kemp (R-NY) - January 20th, 1997 - January 20th, 2001
61. Dick Cheney (R-WY) - January 20th, 2001 - January 20th, 2005
62. John Edwards (D-NC) - January 20th, 2005 - January 20th, 2009
63. Sarah Palin (R-AK) - January 20th, 2009 - Present
    

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Whether I am going to use any of this is up for debate. Would make for an interesting timeline given that some notable characters are now thrown into the political sphere, or rather thrown out, but there is no set main POD and therefore could easily be called on as ASB; despite its purpose being an exercise in the nature of this political world rather than that of plausibility, it is something I might like to avoid.





Alabama

1. Sonny Callahan (R)
2. Terry Everett (R)
3. Glen Browder (D)
4. Tom Bevill (D)
5. Wayne Parker (R)
6. Spencer Bachus (R)
7. Earl F Hillard (D)

Alaska

1. Don Young (R)

Arizona

1. Matt Salmon (R)
2. Ed Pastor (D)
3. Bob Stump (R)
4. John Shadegg (R)
5. Jim Kolbe (R)
6. J D Hayworth (R)
   

Arkansas

1. Warren Dupwe (R)
2. Ray Thornton (D)
3. Tim Hutchinson (R)
4. Jay Dickey (R)
   

California

1. Frank Riggs (R)
2. Wally Herger (R)
3. Tim Lefever (R)
4. John Doolittle (R)
5. Bob Matsui (D)
6. Lynn Woolsey (D)
7. George Miller (D)
8. Nancy Pelosi (D)
9. Ron Dellums (D)
10. Bill Baker (R)
11. Richard Pombo (R)
12. Tom Lantos (D)
13. Pete Stark (D)
14. Anna Eshoo (D)
15. Norm Mineta (D)
16. Zoe Lofgren (D)
17. Bill McCampbell (R)
18. Gary Condit (D)
19. George Radanovich (R)
20. Cal Dooley (D)
21. Bill Thomas (R)
22. Andrea Seastrand (R)
23. Elton Gallegly (R)
24. Rich Sybert (R)
25. Howard McKeon (R)
26. Howard Berman (D)
27. Carlos Moorhead (R)
28. David Dreier (R)
29. Henry Waxman (D)
30. Xavier Becerra (D)
31. Matthew G Martinez (D)
32. Julian C Dixon (D)
33. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)
34. Esteban Edward Torres (D)
35. Maxine Waters (D)
36. Susan Brooks (R)
37. Walter R Tucker III (D)
38. Steve Horn (R)
39. Ed Royce (R)
40. Jerry Lewis (R)
41. Jay Kim (R)
42. Rob Guzman (R)
43. Ken Calvert (R)
44. Sonny Bono (R)
45. Dana Rohrabacher (R)
46. Bob Dornan (R)
47. Christopher Cox (R)
48. Brian Bilbray (R)
49. Bob Filner (D)
50. Duke Cunningham (R)
51. Duncan Hunter (R)
    

Colorado

1. Patricia Schroeder (D)
2. Patricia Miller (R)
3. Scott McInnis (R)
4. Wayne Allard (R)
5. Joel Hefley (R)
6. Daniel Schaefer (R)
   

Connecticut

1. Barbara B Kennelly (D)
2. Edward W Munster (R)
3. Rosa DeLauro (D)
4. Chris Shays (R)
5. Gary Franks (R)
6. Nancy Johnson (R)
   

Delaware

1. Michael N Castle (R)

Florida

1. Joe Scarborough (R)
2. Pete Peterson (D)
3. Corrine Brown (D)
4. Tillie K Fowler (R)
5. Karen Thurman (D)
6. Cliff Stearns (R)
7. John Mica (R)
8. Bill McCollum (R)
9. Michael Bilirakis (R)
10. Bill Young (R)
    
11. Mark Sharpe (R)
12. Charles T Canady (R)
13. Dan Miller (R)
14. Porter J Goss (R)
15. Dave Weldon (R)
16. Mark Foley (R)
17. Carrie P Meek (D)
18. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R)
19. Harry Johnston (D)
20. Peter Deutsch (D)
21. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R)
22. E Clay Shaw Jr (R)
23. Alcee Hastings (D)
    

Georgia

1. Jack Kingston (R)
2. John Clayton (R)
3. Mac Collins (R)
4. John Linder (R)
5. John Lewis (D)
6. Newt Gingrich (R)
7. Bob Barr (R)
8. Saxby Chambliss (R)
9. Nathan Deal (D)
10. Charlie Norwood (R)
11. Cynthia McKinney (D)
    

Hawaii

1. Neil Abercrombie (D)
2. Patsy Mink (D)
   

Idaho

1. Helen Chenoweth (R)
2. Mike Crapo (R)
   

Illinois

1. Bobby Rush (D)
2. Mel Reynolds (D)
3. Jim Nalepa (R)
4. Luis Gutierrez (D)
5. Michael Patrick Flanagan (R)
6. Henry Hyde (R)
7. Cardiss Collins (D)
8. Phil Crane (R)
9. Sidney R Yates (D)
10. John Porter (R)
11. Jerry Weller (R)
12. Jerry Costello (D)
13. Harris W Fawell (R)
14. Dennis Hastert (R)
15. Thomas W Ewing (R)
16. Donald A Manzullo (R)
17. Jim Anderson (R)
18. Ray LaHood (R)
19. Glenn Poshard (D)
20. Bill Owens (R)
    

Indiana

1. Pete Visclosky (D)
2. David M McIntosh (R)
3. Timothy J Roemer (D)
4. Mark Souder (R)
5. Steve Buyer (R)
6. Dan Burton (R)
7. John T Myers (R)
8. John Hostettler (R)
9. Jean Leising (R)
10. Marvin Scott (R)
    

Iowa

1. Jim Leach (R)
2. Jim Nussle (R)
3. Jim Ross Lightfoot (R)
4. Greg Ganske (R)
5. Tom Latham (R)
   

Kansas

1. Pat Robert (R)
2. Sam Brownback (R)
3. Jany Meyers (R)
4. Todd Tiahrt (R)

Kentucky

1. Ed Whitfield (R)
2. Ron Lewis (R)
3. Susan Stokes (R)
4. Jim Bunning (R)
5. Hal Rogers (R)
6. Scotty Baesler (D)
   

Louisiana

1. Bob Livingston (R)
2. William J Jefferson (D)
3. Billy Tauzin (D)
4. Cleo Fields (D)
5. Jim McCrery (R)
6. Richard Baker (R)
7. Jimmy Hayes (D)
   

Maine

1. James B Longley Jr (R)
2. Richard A Bennett (R)
   

Maryland

1. Wayne Gilchrest (R)
2. Robert Ehrlich (R)
3. Ben Cardin (D)
4. Albert Wynn (D)
5. Steve Hoyer (D)
6. Roscoe Bartlett (R)
7. Kweisi Mfume (D)
8. Connie Morella (R)
   

Massachusetts

1. John Olver (D)
2. Richard Neal (D)
3. Peter I Blute (R)
4. Barney Frank (D)
5. Marty Meehan (D)
6. Peter G Torkildsen (R)
7. Ed Markey (D)
8. Joe Kennedy (D)
9. Joe Moakley (D)
10. Gerry Studds (D)
    

Michigan

1. Bart Stupak (D)
2. Pete Hoekstra (R)
3. Vern Ehlers (R)
4. David Lee Camp (R)
5. James A Barcia (D)
6. Fred Upton (R)
7. Nick Smith (R)
8. Dick Chrysler (R)
9. Megan O'Neill (R)
10. David E Bonior (D)
11. Joe Knollenberg (R)
12. John Pappageorge (R)
13. John A Schall (R)
14. John Conyers (D)
15. Barbara-Rose Collins (D)
16. John Dingell (D)
    

Minnesota

1. Gil Gutknecht (R)
2. Gary Revier (R)
3. Jim Ramstad (R)
4. Bruce Vento (D)
5. Martin Olav Sabo (D)
6. Tad Jude (R)
7. Bernie Omann (R)
8. Jim Oberstar (D)
   

Mississippi

1. Roger Wicker (R)
2. Bennie Thompson (D)
3. Sonny Montgomery (D)
4. Michael Parker (D)
5. Gene Taylor (D)
   

Missouri

1. Billy Clay (D)
2. Jim Talent (R)
3. Dick Gephardt (D)
4. Ike Skelton (D)
5. Karen McCarthy (D)
6. Pat Danner (D)
7. Mel Hancock (R)
8. Bill Emerson (R)
9. Kenny Hulshof (R)
   

Montana

1. Cy Jamison (R)

Nebraska

1. Doug Bereuter (R)
2. John Lynn Christensen (R)
3. Bill Barrett (R)
   

Nevada

1. John Ensign (R)
2. Barbara Vucanovich (R)
   

New Hampshire

1. Bill Zeliff (R)
2. Charlie Bass (R)
   

New Jersey

1. Rob Andrews (D)
2. Frank LoBiondo (R)
3. Jim Saxton (R)
4. Chris Smith (R)
5. Marge Roukema (R)
6. Frank Pallone (D)
7. Bob Franks (R)
8. William J Martini (R)
9. Robert Torricelli (D)
10. Donald M Payne (D)
11. Rodney P Frelinghuysen (R)
12. Dick Zimmer (R)
13. Bob Menendez (D)
    

New Mexico

1. Steven Schiff (R)
2. Joe Skeen (R)
3. Bill Richardson (D)
   

New York

1. Michael Forbes (R)
2. Rick Lazio (R)
3. Peter T King (R)
4. Daniel Frisa (R)
5. Gary Ackerman (D)
6. Floyd H Flake (D)
7. Thomas J Manton (D)
8. Jerrold Nadler (D)
9. Chuck Schumer (D)
10. Ed Towns (D)
11. Major Owens (D)
12. Nydia Velazquez (D)
13. Susan Molinari (R)
14. Carolyn B Maloney (D)
15. Charles B Rangel (D)
16. Jose Serrano (D)
17. Eliot L Engel (D)
18. Nita Lowey (D)
19. Sue W Kelly (R)
20. Benjamin A Gilman (R)
21. Michael R McNulty (D)
22. Gerald B H Solomon (R)
23. Sherwood Boehlert (R)
24. John M McHugh (R)
25. James T Walsh (R)
26. Bob Moppert (R)
27. Bill Paxon (R)
28. Louise Slaughter (D)
29. John J LaFalce (D)
30. Jack Quinn (R)
31. Amo Houghton (R)
    

North Carolina

1. Eva M Clayton (D)
2. David Funderburk (R)
3. Walter B Jones (R)
4. Fred Heineman (R)
5. Richard Burr (R)
6. Howard Coble (R)
7. Robert C Anderson (R)
8. Sherrill Morgan (R)
9. Sue Wilkins Myrick (R)
10. Cass Ballenger (R)
11. Charles H Taylor (R)
12. Mel Watt (D)
    

North Dakota

1. Gary Potter (R)

Ohio

1. Steve Chabot (R)
2. Rob Portman (R)
3. Tony P Hall (D)
4. Mike Oxley (R)
5. Paul Gillmor (R)
6. Frank Cremeans (R)
7. Dave Hobson (R)
8. John Boehner (R)
9. Marcy Kaptur (D)
10. Martin Hoke (R)
11. Louis Stokes (D)
12. John Kasich (R)
13. Gregory A White (R)
14. Lynn Slaby (R)
15. Deborah Pryce (R)
16. Ralph Regula (R)
17. James Traficant (D)
18. Bob Ney (R)
19. Steve LaTourette (R)
    

Oklahoma

1. Steve Largent (R)
2. Tom Coburn (R)
3. William K Brewster (D)
4. J C Watts (R)
5. Ernest Istook (R)
6. Frank Lucas (R)
   

Oregon

1. Bill Witt (R)
2. Wes Cooley (R)
3. Ron Wyden (D)
4. Peter DeFazio (D)
5. Jim Bunn (R)
   

Pennsylvania

1. Thomas M Foglietta (D)
2. Chaka Fattah (D)
3. Robert A Borski Jr (D)
4. Ron Klink (D)
5. William F Clinger Jr (R)
6. Tim Holden (D)
7. Curt Weldon (R)
8. James C Greenwood (R)
9. Bub Shuster (R)
10. Joseph M McDade (R)
11. Paul E Kanjorski (D)
12. John Murtha (D)
13. John D Fox (R)
14. William J Coyne (D)
15. Jim Yeager (R)
16. Robert Smith Walker (R)
17. George Gekas (R)
18. John McCarty (R)
19. William F Goodling (R)
20. Mike McCormick (R)
21. Phil English (R)
    

Rhode Island

1. Kevin Vigilante (R)
2. Jack Reed (D)
   

South Carolina

1. Mark Sanford (R)
2. Floyd Spence (R)
3. Lindsey Graham (R)
4. Bob Inglis (R)
5. Larry Bigham (R)
6. Jim Clyburn (D)
   

South Dakota

1. Tim Johnson (D)

Tennessee

1. Jimmy Quillen (R)
2. Jimmy Duncan (R)
3. Zach Wamp (R)
4. Van Hilleary (R)
5. Bob Clement (D)
6. Steve Gill (R)
7. Ed Bryant (R)
8. John S Tanner (D)
9. Harold Ford Sr (D)
   

Texas

1. Jim Chapman (D)
2. Charlie Wilson (D)
3. Sam Johnson (R)
4. Ralph Hall (D)
5. Pete Sessions (R)
6. Joe Barton (R)
7. Bill Archer (R)
8. Jack Fields (R)
9. Steve Stockman (R)
10. Lloyd Doggett (D)
11. Chet Edwards (D)
12. Pete Geren (D)
13. Mac Thornberry (R)
14. Greg Laughlin (D)
15. Kika de la Garza (D)
16. Ronald D Coleman (D)
17. Phil Boone (R)
18. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D)
    
19. Larry Combest (R)
20. Henry B Gonzalez (D)
21. Larry S Smith (R)
22. Tom DeLay (R)
23. Henry Bonilla (R)
24. Ed Harrison (R)
25. Gene Fontenot (R)
26. Dick Armey (R)
27. Solomon P Ortiz (D)
28. Frank Tejeda (D)
29. Gene Green (D)
30. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)
    

Utah

1. James V Hansen (R)
2. Enid Greene Waldholtz (R)
3. Bill Orton (D)
   

Vermont

1. John Carroll (R)

Virginia

1. Herbert H Bateman (R)
2. Owen B Pickett (D)
3. Bobby Scott (D)
4. Norman Sisisky (D)
5. George Landrith (R)
6. Bob Goodlatte (R)
7. Thomas J Biley Jr (R)
8. Jim Moran (R)
9. Rick Boucher (D)
10. Frank Wolf (R)
11. Tom Davis (R)
    

Washington

1. Rick White (R)
2. Jack Metcalf (R)
3. Linda Smith (R)
4. Doc Hastings (R)
5. George Nethercutt (R)
6. Norman D Dicks (D)
7. Jim McDermott (D)
8. Jennifer Dunn (R)
9. Randy Tate (R)
   

West Virginia

1. Alan Mollohan (D)
2. Bob Wise (D)
3. Nick Rahall (D)
   

Wisconsin

1. Mark Neumann (R)
2. Scott L Klug (R)
3. Steve Gunderson (R)
4. Thomas G Reynolds (R)
5. Tom Barrett (D)
6. Tom Petri (R)
7. Scott West (R)
8. Toby Roth (R)
9. Jim Sensenbrenner (R)
   

Wyoming

1. Barbara Cubin (R)

Alabama

• Howell Heflin (D)
• Richard Shelby (R)
  

Alaska

• Ted Stevens (R)
• Frank H Murkowski (R)
  

Arizona

• John McCain (R)
• John Kyle (R)
  

Arkansas

• Dale Bumpers (D)
• David Pryor (D)
  

California

• Michael Huffington (R)
• Barbara Boxer (D)
  

Colorado

• Hank Brown (R)
• Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D, then R)
  

Connecticut

• Christopher J Dodd (D)
• Joseph I Lieberman (D)
  

Delaware

• William V Roth Jr (R)
• Joseph R Biden Jr (D)
  

Florida

• Bob Graham (D)
• Connie Mack (R)
  

Georgia

• Sam Nunn (D)
• Paul Coverdell (R)
  

Hawaii

• Daniel K Inouye (D)
• Daniel K Akaka (D)
  

Idaho

• Larry Craig (R)
• Dirk Kempthorne (R)
  

Illinois

• Paul Simon (D)
• Carol Moseley-Braun (D)
  

Indiana

• Dick Lugar (R)
  
• Dan Coats (R)
  

Iowa

• Chuck Grassley (R)
• Tom Harkin (D)
  

Kansas

• Bob Dole (R)
• Nancy Landon Kassebaum (R)
  

Kentucky

• Wendell H Ford (D)
• Mitch McConnell (R)
  

Louisiana

• J Bennett Johnston (D)
• John B Breaux (D)
  

Maine

• William S Cohen (R)
• Olympia Snowe (R)
  

Maryland

• Paul S Sarbanes (D)
• Barbara A Mikulski (D)
  

Massachusetts

• Mitt Romney (R)
• John Kerry (D)
  

Michigan

• Carl Levin (D)
• Spencer Abraham (R)
  

Minnesota

• Paul D Wellstone (D)
  
• Rod Grams (R)
  

Mississippi

• Thad Cochran (R)
• Trent Lott (R)
  

Missouri

• Kit Bond (R)
• John Ashcroft (R)
  

Montana

• Max Baucus (D)
• Conrad Burns (R)
  

Nebraska

• Jim Exon (D)
• Jan Stoney (R)
  

Nevada

• Harry Reid (D)
• Richard H Bryan (D)
  

New Hampshire

• Bob Smith (R)
• Judd Gregg (R)
  

New Jersey

• Bill Bradley (D)
• Chuck Haytaian (R)
  

New Mexico

• Pete Domenici (R)
• Colin McMillan (R)
  

New York

• Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D)
• Al D'Amato (R)
  

North Carolina

• Jesse Helms (R)
• Lauch Faircloth (R)
  

North Dakota

• Kent Conrad (D)
• Bryon Dorgan (D)
  

Ohio

• John Glenn (D)
• Mike DeWine (R)
  

Oklahoma

• Don Nickles (R)
• James Inhofe (R)
  

Oregon

• Mark O Hatfield (R)
• Bob Packwood (R)
  

Pennsylvania

• Arlen Specter (R)
• Rick Santorum (R)
  

Rhode Island

• Claiborne Pell (D)
• John H Chafee (R)
  

South Carolina

• Storm Thurmond (R)
• Ernest F Hollings (D)
  

South Dakota

• Larry Pressler (R)
• Thomas A Daschle (D)
  

Tennessee

• Fred Thompson (R)
• Bill Frist (R)

Texas

• Phil Gramm (R)
• Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R)
  

Utah

• Orrin G Hatch (R)
• Robert F Bennett (R)
  

Vermont

• Patrick Leahy (D)
• James Jeffords (R)
  

Virginia

• John W Warner (R)
• Oliver North (R)
  

Washington

• Slade Gorton (R)
• Patty Murray (D)
  

West Virginia

• Robert C Byrd (D)
• John D Rockefeller (D)
  

Wisconsin

• Herb Kohl (D)
• Russ Feingold (D)
  

Wyoming

• Alan K Simpson (R)
• Craig Thomas (R)
  

[Ariosto]

To make all you New Deal types happy.

[Ariosto]

A relatively simple thing for the time being, but I was curious as to the results. Suffice to say, D'Hondte is not for the American Electoral system, especially when it is factored towards Electoral Votes and a Third Party is thrown into the mix.



So unless Richard Nixon cuts some sort of deal with George Wallace, Hubert Humphrey and Muskie would have been elected by the United States Congress to serve the next Presidential Term.

May very well do one for 1948, though in that case mostly because I wish to see if Henry Wallace won any electoral votes himself; I suspect this was the case in New York, but I doubt elsewhere.

[Ariosto]

In memoriam of what might have been:



There is always the next cycle.

Also apologize for the dotty nature of the map, but it just became too much of a hassle to properly adjust the hundreds of corners and colors; the idea was already well presented, and I wanted to work on other things.

[Ariosto]

Love coming across my older ideas and such. Makes me realize how far I have come in regards to knowing what is plausible and what is not. This is something I had been working on when I was 16, judging by the save date. The fact that I had Kefauver running as a "Segregationist"?!

- 1948
- US Presidential Election: Thomas Dewey narrowly beats Harry Truman for the Presidency. Though Dewey only gets 45% of the national vote, states in the Deep South go Dixiecrat, negating the Democratic advantage there, and many more in the North and West vote for the Progressives, giving Truman only 34% of the national vote.

- Democrats, having to face the turmoil of an already shattered party, do not gain or lose any seats. However, many senators and representatives throughout the South, notably James Eastland, leave the Democratic Party to join the State’s Rights Party, due to the Civil Rights plank that had been adopted by the “northern Yankees”.

- The Progressives, after having trouble maintaining the coalition recently formed between Communists and radical left-wing Democrats, dissolves.

- 1949
- Thomas Dewey takes the oath of office, becoming the first Republican President in the last 16 years.

- Chinese Civil War: Shortly after taking office, Dewey works to radicalize US foreign policy in China, slowly being enveloped by Communist forces. He successfully passes legislation, known as the Asian Security Act, through congress, which allows for the deployment of divisions to Taiwan, Hainan, and Guangzhou. It also allows for massive amounts of foreign aid, weapons, supplies, and for US advisors to aid in training Nationalist troops. Despite this, land in Northern China was lost, yet the line had stabilized along the Yangtze River by new years, with heavy artillery raining upon Nanjing. Unofficially, the capital is moved to Guangzhou.


- Soviet Union succeeds in testing their first nuclear bomb. Having been ahead of predictions among Allied scientists, the US and other allied nations begin investigations into members of the Manhattan project. Alan Nunn May, Klaus Fuchs, Theodore Hall and the Rosenbergs are all eventually indicted with espionage and treason, the Rosenbergs causing the most controversy in the United States.

- NATO formally comes into being.

- The State’s Rights Party, though it sees that it has no real chance to win an the next election, refuses to rejoin the Democratic Party as long as the Civil Rights plank remains.


- 1950
- Korean War: North Korea invades South Korea. UN intervention, lead by US forces based in Japan and Taiwan leads to almost total occupation of North Korea. China sends forces into North Korea to prevent what it sees as a second front into Manchuria. A static defense line is eventually established north of Pyongyang, reminiscent of the 1st World War.
- Chinese Civil War: Massive fortifications are put up along both sides of the Yangtze River, Nanjing has been completely abandoned due to the bombardment, and most of Western China has fallen to Communist forces. Tibet remains untouched due to opposition from the US and India.
- The Soviet Union and Communist China come to an agreement which allows for Soviet Military forces to be based in Manchuria and Sikiang.
- 1951
- Korean War: Slight movements of the line in favor of the Allied forces, but casualties are mounting and public opinion at home is suffering.
- Chinese Civil War: Slight Movements in the west near Chunking in favor of the Nationalists, who had become worried over losing the city. Communists invade Tibet, but are pushed out by Indian forces. Tibet comes under the protection of India and Nationalist China.
- 1952
- US Presidential Election: With mounting deaths caused by the Korean War, and polls showing him to be behind the polls, Dewey decides not to run for reelection. Eisenhower, who quickly became the Frontrunner, wins the Republican nomination, with Adlai Stevenson winning that of the Democratic Party. Estes Kefauver wins the nomination for the State’s Rights Party. Kefauver carried the Deep South, North Carolina, Arkansas, and his home state of Tennessee. Adlai only carried West Virginia by 1%, while Eisenhower carried everything else.
- Korean War: Eisenhower, upon his election, carries out a plan he and Allied commanders had been formulating since last year. Known as “Back Trot”, it involved using Davy Crockett rifles to shot low yield dirty bombs, which would infect the Chinese and North Korean forces. Then a landing on the western coast would be followed by a wrap around, trapping half the forces in a pocket. Though the dirty bombs are not as effective as originally intended, the plan succeeds in driving the communists out of Korea. Ended by the Treaty of Seoul. The war costs over 58,000 American dead.
- Chinese Civil War: Back and forth fighting in the West from Northern Tibet to the Yangtze. Ceasefire following the Treaty of Seoul.
- Treaty of Seoul Results: Korea is effectively united under the Seoul government. All remaining communist forces must withdraw from the Peninsula. Ceasefire in the Chinese Civil War, with a peace treaty hopefully being formed in the future. Nuclear weapons cannot based by the US or Soviet Union in China or Korea, and both Communist and Nationalist China cannot develop nuclear weapons. Tibet is a free nation allowed into the United Nations, with its joint occupation by both Nationalist China and India recognized. (off the topic, Nationalist China, or “South China” still retains its seat in the Security Council and the UN, while Communist China, or “North China”, is not recognized by any outside the Soviet Sphere.
- 1953
- Massive fortifications are thrown up along the Yangtze River by North and South China. It becomes the longest armed border in world history.
- South China adopts a constitution that is a virtual copy of that of the US, with the government having slightly more power. First elections are held, with Chang Kai-shek is elected, unsurprisingly, unopposed.
- 1954
- State’s Rights Party now occupies most of the seats in Congress representing the southern states. Democrats renew attempts to unify the two parties, but they still refuse with the Civil Rights plank on the ballot.
- Supreme Court rules in favor of Brown in Brown vs. Board of Education, saying that “separate but equal” laws are unconstitutional. State’s Rights Party members raise hell throughout the South, and there is talk of secession. However, this has become unrealistic, due to the support now given to African-Americans by both the “north” Democrats and the Republicans.
- 1955
- 1956
- US Presidential Election: Calls for Eisenhower’s nomination go unopposed as he is the only one running on the Republican ticket. Democrats, though now less hopeful after the results of the last election, decide to run anyway and nominate Frank J. Lausche. The State’s Rights Party decided to nominate once again Kefauver. Kefauver carried all the states he carried in 1952, in addition to the new states of Kentucky, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Eisenhower carried the rest of the Electoral College. Democrats were swept.
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- 1957
- 1958
- 1959
- With popularity at an all-time high, due to his success in both Korea and in China, Eisenhower supporters ask that he be allowed additional terms. He is reluctant at first due to health issues, which causes the Supreme Court to allow him as an exception.
- 1960
- On October 23, Alan Shepard becomes the first man in space.
- US Presidential Election: Eisenhower is nominated unanimously. Democrats initially favored Pat Brown, but are later taken by John Kennedy, who becomes their nominee. The State’s Rights Party nominates George Smathers. Smathers wins in all the previous states except New Mexico and Kentucky, but picks up Virginia. Kennedy wins in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and DC. Eisenhower carries everywhere else.
- 1961
- In response to the American mission, the Soviet Union sends a Yuri into space on the 12 of February.
- 1962
- 1963
- 1964
- US Presidential Election: Due to health issues, Eisenhower declines a fourth term. Richard Nixon runs in his stead, being known to have often taken over for the president the last four years. Nixon is nominated easily. Pat Brown becomes the nominee for the Democratic Party, while George Wallace is the State’s Rights Party nominee. Wallace leads to the Dixiecrats greatest push, carrying every state of the old Confederacy, including Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, New Mexico, and Arizona. Nixon, however, carries all other states, except Democratic DC.
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- 1968
- US Presidential Election: Richard Nixon, with the ongoing occupation of North Vietnam, and the stabilization of relations with North China, Nixon is nominated for a second time. Robert Kennedy is nominated for the Democrats after a long fight with McCarthy. George Wallace is nominated once again for the State’s Rights Party. Wallace garners similar success, but losses in Maryland and Missouri. Kennedy takes New England, while Nixon takes over the rest.
- 1969
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- US Presidential Election: With Nixon having been denied by the Supreme Court to run again, Spiro Agnew runs in his stead, almost unopposed for the nomination. Ed Muskie wins the Democratic nomination after overcoming controversy over the Canuck Letter. George Wallace is nominated again by the SRP. Wallace carries all the states he had in the last election, though they were closer to Republicans now. Muskie carried Washington and New England, except for NH. Agnew won the rest.
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- US Presidential Election: Due to scandal in the Agnew administration, it was known that this was going to be a close election. On top, the SRP and the Democratic Party decided to join forces, since they realized that this was their best chance at winning. Also, the Democrats had since abandoned the Civil Rights plank, which was adopted by the Republicans shortly after. Nelson Rockefeller was nominated to run again for the Republicans. The Democrats and SRP united behind Edward Kennedy. Kennedy carried the Leftist states of 1964, plus the remaining states on the East Coast, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan. Nelson carries remainder and wins the popular vote, but losses election.
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980
- US Presidential Election: The Republican Congress prevented much of the reform that Kennedy had intended to be introduced, and his popularity was now at a low. Regardless, he is nominated. Ronald Reagan, however, becomes the hope of the future, and is nominated by the Republicans. Reagan, after the Kennedy administration disaster, wins in a land slide.
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- The Soviet Union dissolves into independent republics, Russia being the most prominent.
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008

[Ariosto]

An idea that has been running around in my head; can't do anything with it given that I don't know much in the way of minute details on British Politics, but enough to understand it.

• The Thatcher Government moves away from the proposed Community Charge/Poll Tax towards something roughly similar to the OTL Council Tax, and this is presented in the 1987 Conservative Manifesto. Certainly would avoid much of the chaos the former created.
• Following some manner of minor accident (Milk Lorry maybe) Neil Kinnock can no longer serve as Prime Minister, and Tony Benn narrowly manages to succeed to the post. Given his positions, this in many ways should be horrifying to Labor Party members.
  • As a result of these two changes, I expect the Conservatives to perform slightly better in 1992, but not by much, and for the new Liberal Democrats to surpass Labor in voting count, but not in seats.

However at some point before 1997 Margaret Thatcher is going to need to retire from public office; if she isn't kicked out by her own Party then her health will force her from it. Depending on the time, certain events are liable to go differently; I have heard it suggested in some places she would have pushed for the full invasion of Iraq, but then again she could also be drawn back by her advisers, if possible of course. While I believe that John Major would be favored, the years tend to change things in small but significant ways, so there is no way to be certain.

[Ariosto]

Over my reprieve I finally beat my first Campaign in the game after having found the game collecting dust on the shelf, having been abandoned there for I think about a decade. Surprised to see it still worked after all this time. Scrubbing it clean, figured I'd try my hand at the normal level, and won. However I did not expect to do as well as I did in the end.



Confederate Victory Points:.. 126,579
Union Victory Points:............-25,557


Suffice to say that I am proud my achievement, though I am thankful I did not have to deal with Washington at its full strength; the few forts I had to deal with were tough enough to crack with their heavy artillery constantly hammering my men. Having a full complement of that kind of firepower.........I seriously doubt I could have made it through, at the very best with the same strategy I used.

Not sure if anyone still has this game though other than myself.

Going to end up trying my hand at a Union Campaign soon, see how that goes, though with a higher difficulty of course.

[Ariosto]

Decided to post the latest battle of my new Union Civil War Campaign. First is Blackburn's Ford, which is technically a small skirmish that built up to the Battle of Bull-Run; however if I do well here, I will be in a better position to contest the next scenario, though I am not sure what that might be yet. Likely troops on the other side of this Ford I believe.



Now above were the positions the Confederates were in. Unfortunately for me I had a ways to work before I actually got to the ford, so I expected I would have to fight them along the northern edge while covered by their artillery. Fortunately, they were content to stay on their own side; it allowed to to better deploy my forces for when they inevitably did try to force their way across.



They proved to be a useful bottleneck for their reinforcements, and calculated strikes on their units stuck in the rivers, by both artillery and infantry, shredded their units irreparably. Not even Longstreet's personal command, easily one of their strongest deployments on the field, was able to make the crossing.



Finally I decided to make the crossing myself, and by the end of the game was well on my way to routing their forces.



Would have advanced much farther had that lone Confederate Regiment not flanked from the Woods to the East; significantly damaged one of my own units, and then wrecked another when I unwisely chose to attempt an uphill attack, my units leader being hit and requiring medical attention. Still, I had managed most of my objectives, and it counted as a Major Victory for the forces of the Union.



Now onto Bull Run................

[Ariosto]

And so we come to the actual battle itself................




When I found out what I was going to be required to do, I was more or less a little peeved. First, my main force was going to have to deploy in those plains; there quite literally was no other option for how to deploy those men unless I wanted to try and slog through the forests, which wasn't practical. That meant I was going to lose hundreds of men to artillery fire, which I had no way to counter until after my artillery had been set up and entrenched; not to mention said artillery was going to have to fire uphill. And my infantry was not going to be able to do anything because the hill sides were fortified.

With the Northern Group, I was only worried about having to fight Stonewall, given I would have to assault his fortified position over a bridge, while he was covered by his own artillery battery. While not as worrying as the potential killing fields to the South, I was prepared to lose at least a single full brigade trying to break through here.



As expected, the moment I began deploying on the Plains they began fully entrenched themselves on the hillside. Any assault on those positions would have been suicidal without artillery support, and at the moment they were tied down trying to put the Confederate Artillery out of action. So my men simply had to endure continued artillery strikes until an opportunity presented itself.

At the bottom of that screen which you can see, I had a number of brigades and some sharpshooters moving in to try and flank the fortifications; thankfully there were none here so my men had a fighting chance at least clambering onto the hill.



Forgive me, but some of the images I did not craft properly. Technically was simply pasting one over the other and saving it as a new file, but I guess it didn't always work.

Anyhow, I was surprised when I was given the possibility of actually crossing the bridge; I was certain that Stonewall's position had denied me that ability, but given the option I decided to start moving as many of my men over the river as possible. At the same time I had previously motioned for my lone Calvary unit to take a circuitous route around from the North, and they had only made it back.

Sensing a possibility of being encircled if he remained, Stonewall withdrew onto the nearby hill. Given more freedom of movement, the infantry followed, and my Calvary moved past them to try and harry the other Confederate positions from their rear.



Unfortunately he continued to prove elusive, but was finally cornered against the Bull Run itself. Outnumbered, and with nowhere left to withdraw, the white flag was raised.

It was when this outcome was deemed certain, now with the Northern Forces potentially available to come to their aid, that I decided I could now assault and take the hill.

Suffice to say, things didn't quite go according to plan...........



Despite a massive artillery strike on a single fortified position, several attacks on the same aforementioned position, my men could not work their way up. Even those that were meant to work as the flanking maneuver got flanked themselves, with one unit beaten so bad I was certain they would be useless for the remainder of the battle.

Oh, and during that assault on the ridge? Tecumseh Sherman managed to catch a bullet and had to be taken to the field hospital; I was simply thankful that he didn't die, but even that wasn't certain given it was mentioned the wounds were "rather grave".

It didn't help when they began a counter-offensive!



Their results were certainly more favorable than my own had been, and I am fairly certain that had my men not been coming in from the North at that time, I may well have been routed; morale was getting quite low among the brigades on the plains, and it wouldn't take much more to set them running.

However, as soon as those aforementioned reinforcements arrived, the Confederate positions collapsed.



I didn't take anymore pictures after that point due to it simply being a rout of their forces; no major interesting skirmishes or the like.



Attacking routing units drives up casualty figures significantly. Before that point they were more or less equal, if not still slightly in my favor.



Considering the seriousness of Sherman's wounds, I should be happy that all he requires is some rest away from the battlefield; however, he is a good leader, and his second doesn't come close to living up to his reputation. This influenced my decision to take on the Battle of Shiloh, rather than any other operations in the Eastern Theater.................

[Ariosto]

Kinky Friedman manages to remain a major player during the Gubernatorial Election, and combined with Strayhorn's oppositional appeal, drain much of the momentum that was going the Democrat's way earlier in the year. The end result is a comfortable reelection victory for incumbent Governor Rick Perry, though at an embarrassingly low percentage compared to the number of votes cast. Friedman himself now eyes another bid for the Governorship in 2010, though this time it is expected that he will seek the Democratic Party nomination.

[Ariosto]

Need to remind myself that I need to get my hands on the Journals for the Confederate Congresses to help manage the proposed PRPG. Also are going to need to figure how players are to spend the time between sessions, when legislation would not be worked upon.

EDIT: Managed to find a CD-ROM containing 5,700 pages of the Archives of the Confederate Congress; won't come for four days at best, fourteen at most. Launching of "A State of Disunion" will have to wait till sometime in August unfortunately.

[Ariosto]

Prime Minister Forever can prove to have interesting results sometimes, if you jury-rig it correctly.