Alternate History 🇺🇸 November 2, 1976: President Nelson Rockefeller wins election to full 4-year term and the aftermath

[Sergeant Foley]

REAGAN ASKS FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT OF TAX CUTS

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*Monday, July 27, 1981: In a nationally-televised speech, President Ronald Reagan explained, in one of the most simplest terms about his proposal for the largest tax cut in the United States, and asked for the public "contact your Senators and Congressmen. Tell them of your support for this bipartisan proposal." Americans followed suit taking the President's suggestion and within two days later, the tax cut proposal passed the Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives (240-195), and in the Republican-controlled United States Senate (91-11).

EARTHQUAKE DEATH TOLL MIGHT HIT 5,000 IN IRAN
*Tuesday, July 28, 1981: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the Kerman province of Iran, around Shahdad. The initial death toll estimates have been concluded as high around 5,000. The death toll would later be revised by the United Nations on 5 August 1981, when they reported only 1,500 died in the magnitude earthquake. Considered one of the biggest test for Queen Farah Diba Pahlavi, who ascended to the throne on 12 March 1979 upon the death of her husband, the late Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, making her the first female Head of State in the Middle East.

CHARLES, DIANA WED IN SPLENDOR-ALL OF THE WORLD WATCHES ROYAL WEDDING CEREMONY

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*Wednesday, July 29, 1981: Prince Charles of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer took place at the Saint Paul's Cathedral in London, United Kingdom. Billed as the "fairytale wedding" and "wedding of the 20th Century", an estimated global television audience of 750 million watched the royal wedding. Several key events were held all over the Commonwealth to mark the wedding.

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[Sergeant Foley]

COMING SOON IN THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC
Part I of the Summary and Recap on the Foreign Policy of the Reagan Administration

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[Sergeant Foley]

NSFW DISCLAIMER: The following installment will be quite gruesome, grisly and erotic. Viewer discretion is advised.

Personal PoV's: Eccentric methods of the Creepy Greek Embalmer (Part II)
1:44 AM EST, Friday, July 31, 1981
Somewhere in the outskirts of
Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Giorgio thoroughly slowly removing Fernanda's skin from head to toe inside the underground sound-proof lab.
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Giorgio was inside the secret lab in an extremely sound-proof room in the middle of a heavily secluded island, he was analyzing the different chemicals in applying on his special masterpiece: the late Mexican First Lady Fernanda Arizmendi.

While all of Mexico was moving on with their daily normal lives, Giorgio and Irene Evanggeliou were busy perfecting their masterpiece on the late First Lady of the United Mexican States and this was going to take awhile. Dating back to the late evening hours of July 20th when the Evanggeliou's took Fernanda's casket out of the hearse inside one of the secret underground tunnels; wheeling it all the way down to the secret lab, where they lifted Fernanda out of the casket and placed her on the large soft surface steel-slab.

Irene had the most easiest job of all: removing the long-sleeve simple white dress off of Fernanda; she also removed all of the undergarments including her thong, leaving Fernanda naked and barefoot (Fernanda was lying on her back atop the soft surface steel-slab with her legs spread wide) before Giorgio came inside the lab to carefully lift Fernanda's naked body and placing her into a glass-container pool for several days.

In the midnight hours of July 31st, Giorgio snuck inside only wearing a red robe and nothing else. "You look so beautiful inside and outside, even though you're dead, time to remove this skin which looks bloated," he said while caressing Fernanda's naked body.

Placing her back atop the soft surface steel-slab, Giorgio thoroughly removed the entire skin off of Fernanda's body from head to toe, revealing her completely skinless naked and barefoot. He then lathered her up with some gooing-gel liquid by massaging all over Fernanda's entire body from head to toe. He then carried Fernanda's skinless naked body across the hall to a sound-proof room locking the doors with double locks,where inside the bedroom, he placed her on the bed; Giorgio removed his robe; naked and barefoot, crawled on top of the bed, spread Fernanda's legs wide open and slowly thoroughly penetrated her all night long as he engaged in sexual intercourse throughout the entire evening. Sometime around the morning hours of August 1st, Giorgio lifted Fernanda's skinless naked body and carried her back to an extra-large glass container swimming pool, where he laid Fernanda on her stomach and sealed the lid shut, turning on the bright lights.

COMING SOON IN THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part III of the Creepy Greek Embalmer's gruesome eccentricities in thoroughly perfecting the masterpiece of the late Mexican First Lady Fernanda Arizmendi.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

BREAKING NEWS ALERT: TEXAS STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL PRICE DANIEL, JR., (D) FOUND SHOT TO DEATH AT HIS LIBERTY RESIDENCE

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*Texas Governor William P. Clements, Jr., (R) orders flags across the Lone Star State to fly half-mast.
*Daniel, Jr., was considered one of the potential contenders for the Texas Governor's Mansion in 1982.
*Scion of the Daniel family political dynasty.
*Estranged wife, Vickie Loretha Carroll Moore Daniel taken into custody.

*Saturday, August 1, 1981: Texans woke up to one of the most shocking and stunning news which likely will have major political ramifications across the Lone Star State: Texas State Attorney General Marion Price Daniel, Jr., (D) , the son of former United States Senator and former Texas Governor Marion Price Daniel, Sr., (D), was found shot to death in his Liberty residence by law enforcement officers during an 911 emergency call.

Liberty County Sheriff CL "Buck" Echols explained "the house was in perfect order and food was even being prepared on the stove when we arrived." Echols also said that Daniel's estranged second wife, former Dairy Queen waitress Vickie Loretha Carroll Moore (whom Daniel married on 1 November 1976) was screaming and acting hysterically saying "Price has been hurt." when paramedics and other medics had to take her to the hospital and no other details were being available because the investigation into the death of the Texas State Attorney General is underway and ongoing.

Reports indicated Daniel, Jr., was found inside between the hall and carport, he was shot in the stomach. A 22 caliber rifle was found in the bedroom of the residence.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

*"With Daniel Jr's shocking death, the political ramifications for 1982 escalate"
Dallas Morning News: 7 August 1981.

*Clements appointing Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Joe R. Greenhill as Texas State Attorney General to serve out remainder of Daniel Jr's term"
Texas Monthly: 12 August 1981.

*Dallas Congressman launching campaign for Texas State Attorney General in 1982: Who is Jim Mattox and how will he run the State Attorney General's office?"
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: 13 August 1981.

*United States Senator Mark W. White, Jr., (D-TX) makes it official: I'm running for Governor in 1982. Could he be the Democrats' savior next fall?"
Austin American Statesman: 14 August 1981.

*Bentsen, Hobby, etc., forging aggressive statewide GOTV efforts ahead of 1982 elections
Houston Chronicle: 15 August 1981.

*Bullock abandons gubernatorial campaign; will seek reelection as Comptroller of Public Accounts in 1982
San Antonio Express-News: 16 August 1981.

*Unity! Unity! Unity: Texas Democrats working hard to avoiding repeat of 1978.
ABC 24 KVUE-TV Austin: 16 August 1981.

*Rising Star in National Politics? That could happen if Senator White knocks out Clements in 1982.
Texas Monthly: 17 August 1981.

*Jockeying for Position: Senator White's US Senate seat if he wins the Texas Governor's Mansion in 1982: Ambitious list of Democrats interested in getting that Senate seat.
Houston Post: 18 August 1981.

*"I'll put the brakes on the opposition", Clements declares aggressive changes across state government if reelected in 1982.
Dallas Magazine: 19 August 1981.

*Briscoe for United States Senator? Former Texas Governor not ruling out political comeback.
San Antonio Express News: 20 August 1981.

*Whitmire: Shaking up Houston City Hall and the Good Ole Boys Network.
Houston Chronicle: 21 August 1981.

*Cisneros mentioned as potential contender for US Senate seat if Senator White wins Texas Governor's Mansion in 1982.
CBS 5 KENS-TV San Antonio: 22 August 1981.

*Can Temple and Armstrong get any oxygen in crowded Democratic primary for Governor?
Austin Chronicle: 23 August 1981.

*Who is Ann Richards? And why does she want to be State Treasurer in 1982?
Austin American Statesman: 23 August 1981.

*Bentsen prepared for incoming Republican onslaught in their bid to defeat him in 1982: Political insiders expect Senior United States Senator to easily win reelection in 1982.
CBS 7 KTBC-TV Austin: 24 August 1981.

*Former US First Lady Lady Bird Johnson endorses United States Senator Mark W. White, Jr., (D-TX) for Governor in 1982.
NBC 36 KTTV-TV Austin: 25 August 1981.

COMING UP IN THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Political ramifications of the shocking shooting death of Texas State Attorney General Price Daniel, Jr., (D) and the major implications for the Texas Democratic Party as the 1982 elections come around the corner.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

AUTHOR'S NOTE FOR CHAPTER 12: Coming up this weekend, I'll be working on installments on the following international figures along with lots and lots of Personal PoV's.
*List of International figures to be worked on during the weekend and the Juneteenth holiday break:
*Egyptian President Anwar Al-Sadat.
*Argentine Republic President General Roberto Eduardo Viola.
*British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
*King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan.
*Personal PoV's (Summer 1981)
*Sports PoV's (NFL, CFB, NBA, MLB, NHL)
*Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco.
*King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia.
*French President Francois Mitterrand.
*Personal PoV's (Fall 1981)
*Gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia.
*The Plot to oust Viola: Galtieri's rise to the Presidential Palace.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

......"The shooting death of Daniel, Jr., cleared the pathway for Senator White's chances of being the Democratic Party nominee for the Governorship as well as winning back the Governor's Mansion in 1982. Let's be honest: Marion Price Daniel, Jr., was something of a contradiction.

Professionally: he was firing on all political and legal cylinders as Texas State Attorney General. On the personal front: Daniel, Jr., was an utter and complete mess plus his chaotic marriage to that ditzy Dairy Queen was a complete disaster from the very beginning.

Sorry he's gone and all, but there was no way Marion Price Daniel, Jr., was ever going to be Governor of Texas. Too many skeletons in the closet and way too many secrets that I'm sure Clements and his clique would've exploited in harsh hitting television negative advertising commercials if we picked the younger Daniel as our nominee.

Armstrong and Temple both held down-ballot statewide offices as Commissioner of the General Land Office and Railroad Commissioner respectively, but neither had the charisma or Capitol Hill experience that White had since Briscoe appointed him to Tower's US Senate seat in 1977 and easily won the special election later that early Summer and winning a full six-year term in 1978, securing back-to-back statewide elections in his belt."
Excerpt from "Doing Right and Risking the Consequences: Mark Wells White, Jr., and his rise to the Presidency"
Spring 2004

 

[Sergeant Foley]

LIST OF INTERNATIONAL TRIPS OF PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN (PART I)

*(Mexico) Cuidad Juarez
5 January 1981: Met with Mexican President General Oscar Robles (Reagan's visit as President-elect).

*(Canada) Ottawa (State Visit)
10-11 March 1981: Met with Governor-General Edward Scharfter and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau; Addressed Joint Session of Canadian Parliament.

*(Canada) Ottawa; Montebello
19-21 July 1981: Attended the 7th G7 Summit.

*(Mexico) Cancun
21-24 October 1981: Attended the North/South Summit on International Cooperation and Development. Met with the Heads of State and Government of Algeria; Bangladesh; Canada; France; Guyana; India; Japan; Mexico; Nigeria; the Philippines; Saudi Arabia; Sweden; Taiwan; Tanzania; United Kingdom; Venezuela and Yugoslavia.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

The Reagan Foreign Policy Doctrine (Part I)
Spring/Summer 1981

28 January 1981: US President Ronald Reagan and US First Lady Nancy Reagan with Jamaican Prime Minister Edward Seaga and his wife, Mitzy Seaga. ​

Coming into office, Reagan was determined to combating and defeating communism------especially in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The President and his advisers focused on El Salvador, Nicaragua and Cuba. Haig at the State Department, preferred to make El Salvador one of his main test-cases of Foreign Policy. Immediately, conflicts quickly escalated between the White House and the State Department; there was also conflicts with Congress which complicated and frustrated the Reagan administration's bold foreign policy priorities.

The inner circle of the Reagan White House also had problems with Haig, whom First Lady Nancy Reagan strongly derided him as "not being a team player" along with other potshots considering he was a loyalist of the Nixon and Ford administrations.

Continuing the Rockefeller and Holton administrations' support of the Salvadoran military government, Reagan approved more US military aid to supporting the right-wing Salvadoran military government in crushing leftwing militants and opponents.

Reagan adopted a double-pronged approaches toward authoritarian governments in Africa, Asia and Latin America. While the Central Intelligence Agency provided military assistance to staunch anti-communist "freedom fighters" in combatting left-wing governments, the State Department provided diplomatic incentives to right-wing governments in allowing open, free and fair democratic elections.

Like his predecessors, Reagan staunchly supported and backed right-wing and staunch conservative governments of the following: Mexican President General Oscar Robles; Guatemalan President General Fernando Romeo Lucas Garcia ; Paraguayan President General Alfredo Stroessner; Bolivian President General Celso Torrelio; Uruguayan President Gregorio Alvarez; Peruvian President Fernando Belaunde; Chilean President Captain General Augusto Pinochet; Argentine Republic President General Roberto Viola; Brazilian President Joao Figueiredo; Indonesian President Suharto; Republic of Korea President Chun Doo-hwan and Philippine President Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos, Sr.,

2 February 1981: US President Ronald Reagan with ROK President Chun Doo-hwan inside the Oval Office of the White House during Chun's historic visit to the United States that included visits to Los Angeles, California; New York City, New York State; Washington, DC and Honolulu, Hawaii from 29 January to 6 February 1981.​

 

[Sergeant Foley]

1978 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES HEADLINES (PART II)

1978 COTTON BOWL CLASSIC: MONTANA ENERGIZED BY CHICKEN SOUP, LEADS FIGHTING IRISH COMEBACK TO DEFEAT HOUSTON

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*1 January 1979: Trailing 34-12 against Southwestern Conference champion #9 Houston Cougars in what many referred to as "The Chicken Soup Game", Senior Fighting Irish quarterback Joe Montana led the Irish with a resounding 22-0 comeback in the fourth quarter at the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas, Texas in his final collegiate football game to win the Cotton Bowl Classic by a final score of 35-34.

Montana, who had been battling the flu, sat out the first half of the game including most of the third quarter, was eating chicken soup. The Cougars had a 22-point lead in the fourth quarter with 7:37 when all of sudden, things began to turn quickly. Notre Dame's Tony Belden blocked by the Cougars' punting attempt, which caused the ball to shoot up in the air, falling into the arms of Steve Cichy, who ran 33 yards for the touchdown; Montana threw for the two-point conversion, reducing the deficit to 34-20. After Houston's offense stalled again and they had to punt the ball back, the Fighting Irish led by Montana went down the field for 61 yards, scoring another touchdown, further reducing the deficit to just 34-28; The Cougars panicked and panicked, but as usual their offense kept stalling at the wrong time.

Despite the Cougars defense forcing a turnover when linebacker David Hodge stripped Montana of the football, time was of the essence and the Cougars had one specific job: get the first down and the game is over..... They never got the first down when at the 29-yard-line, the Fighting Irish defense led by Joe Gramke and Mike Calhoun slammed the door shut by preventing Cougars running back Emmett King from getting the first down, pushing him back. There was only 28 seconds left, Montana ran for 11 yards; then hit Kris Haines for a 10-yard gain to the 8-yard line, who ran out of bounds. There was only just six seconds left on the clock and despite an incomplete pass, Montana decided to throw the ball to Haines for the touchdown, which the Irish scored with no time left on the game clock and the extra point (kicked by Joe Unis) was good, The Fighting Irish won the Cotton Bowl Classic by a final score of 35-34, completing one of the biggest comebacks in college football history.

The Fighting Irish ended the 1978 campaign with a record of (9-3) while the Cougars finished (9-3).

1978 ROSE BOWL: PAC-10 CHAMPION #3 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TROJANS DEFEAT BIG 10 CO-CHAMPION #5 MICHIGAN WOLVERINES 17-10 IN 65TH ROSE BOWL GAME; WINS COACHES POLL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

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1978 ORANGE BOWL: BIG EIGHT CO-CHAMPION #4 OKLAHOMA SOONERS DEFEAT CO-CHAMPION #6 NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS 31-24 IN REMATCH FROM 11 NOVEMBER 1978 REGULAR SEASON MATCHUP GAME IN LINCOLN​

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1978 GATOR BOWL CHAOS: ACC CHAMPION #7 CLEMSON TIGERS (11-1) DEFEAT #20 OHIO STATE BUCKEYES (7-4-1) IN WILD ENDING 17-15; LEGENDARY OHIO STATE BUCKEYES FOOTBALL HEAD COACH WOODY HAYES FIRED​

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1978 FIESTA BOWL GAME ENDS IN 10-10 TIE BETWEEN #8 ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS (9-2-1) AND #15 UCLA BRUINS (8-3-1)​

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[Sergeant Foley]

1979 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES SHORT RECAP HEADLINES (PART II)

1979 ORANGE BOWL: BIG EIGHT CHAMPION #5 OKLAHOMA SOONERS (11-1) EASILY THROTTLE #4 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (11-1) IN ORANGE BOWL 24-7.

1979 ROSE BOWL: PAC-10 CHAMPION #3 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TROJANS (11-0-1) DEFEATS BIG 10 CHAMPION #1 OHIO STATE BUCKEYES (11-1) IN THE GRANDDADDY OF THEM ALL: 66TH ROSE BOWL GAME, 17-16.

COTTON BOWL CLASSIC: SOUTHWESTERN CONFERENCE CO-CHAMPION #8 HOUSTON COUGARS (11-1) DEFEAT #7 NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS (10-2) BY FINAL SCORE 17-14.

SUN BOWL: #13 WASHINGTON HUSKIES (10-2) DEFEATS #11 TEXAS LONGHORNS (9-3) IN DEFENSIVE BATTLE OF THE 1979 SUN BOWL GAME

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[Sergeant Foley]

PATCO GOES ON STRIKE; PRESIDENT REAGAN DEMANDS AIR STRIKERS GET BACK TO WORK OR GET FIRED
*Monday, August 3, 1981: The Professional Air Traffic Controller Organization went on strike at 7:00 AM EST. The demands of the Air Traffic Controllers Union was for each employee to have annual wage increase of $10,000; 32-hour workweek and increased benefits. Citing the law prohibiting federal government employees from striking, President Ronald Reagan ordered the walkouts to return back to their jobs within 48 hours or risk losing their jobs.

GARCIA MEZA FORCED TO RESIGN AS BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT FOLLOWING REBELLION IN SANTA CRUZ
*Tuesday, August 4, 1981: Following a full-scale rebellion in Santa Cruz the previous day before, embattled Bolivian President General Luis Garcia Meza was replaced by the Military Junta, which was led by General Celso Torrelio.

REAGAN ORDERS THE FIRING OF 11,359 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS, WHO IGNORED THE PRESIDENT'S 48-HOUR DEADLINE

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*Wednesday, August 5, 1981: Following through on his threats, President Reagan ordered the firing of 11,359 Air Traffic Controllers, who defied the 11:00 AM deadline to get back to work. Another 875 who walked out, chose to return before getting fired themselves.

ROCKET EXPLODES DURING TEST-RUN
*The 55-foot tall Percheron rocket, which was privately built by the Space Services Inc., exploded on the launching pad at Matagora Island in Texas.

REAGAN GREEN-LIGHTS PRODUCTION OF NEUTRON BOMB
*Thursday, August 6, 1981: President Reagan gives the green-light for American production of the neutron bomb, which also will be including warheads for 380 Lance missiles and 800 on 150-mm howitzers for American military personnel troops, who are stationed in Europe.

STATE RADIO ENDS IN THE FRENCH REPUBLIC
*French Communications Minister Georges Fillioud announced the ending of state radio monopolies in the French Republic and permitted privately-owned stations for the first time in the country's history. Within two months, 400 new stations were on the air.

FINAL EDITION OF WASHINGTON STAR IS PUBLISHED; ENDS 128 YEARS OF PUBLICATION
*Friday, August 7, 1981: The Washington Star published their last edition with the headline reading "128 Years of Service Ending" and it also included a letter from President Reagan, which noted the following: "There is a great silence today in Washington." The paper sold 640,000 copies, doubling their normal circulation and the largest run in the newspaper's history.

NATIONAL AQUARIUM OPENS IN BALTIMORE
*Saturday, August 8, 1981: The National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland opens after three years of construction and development, becoming one of the Old Line State's most popular attractions and spurring the development of other city aquariums.

FIVE ALLEGED COUP PLOTTERS EXECUTED IN LIBERIA
*Monday, August 10, 1981: Liberian President Master Sergeant Samuel K. Doe, who took power in a bloody coup d'etat in 1980 which resulted in the violent death of then-Liberian President William R. Tolbert on 12 April 1980, accused five members of the People's Redemption Council of plotting to assassinate him. Vice President Thomas Weh-Syn including council members Harris Johnson, Nelson Toe, Robert Sumo and Henry Zuo, who were part of Doe's group of 17 military officers and soldiers in the 1980 coup. During the next few days, the accused were given a military trial and executed.

BRISCOE ENDORSING WHITE FOR GOVERNOR

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*Tuesday, August 11, 1981: Former Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe (D), who had served as Texas' 41st Governor from 16 January 1973 to 16 January 1979, announced he was endorsing his young protege, United States Senator Mark W. White, Jr., (D-TX) in the Democratic Party gubernatorial primary for Governor of Texas in 1982. Briscoe said during an interview with CBS 5 KENS-TV San Antonio "I believe that Senator White is the right person for the job. Serving as Assistant Attorney General, Texas Secretary of State and currently as United States Senator and with the experience of serving in state and federal government, I am confident that Texans will choose Senator White as the 43rd Governor of the State of Texas next year because it's very important that Texans want change and Mark will lead the way going forward."

There's growing speculation that if White wins the Governorship next fall, Briscoe could get appointed to White's US Senate seat.

IBM-PC INTRODUCED
*Wednesday, August 12, 1981: The IBM-Personal Computer was formally introduced during a press conference at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, New York State. It was also included with MS-DOS software owned by Microsoft, Inc.,

REAGAN SIGNS ECONOMIC RECOVERY TAX ACT OF 1981 INTO LAW

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*Thursday, August 13, 1981: President Reagan signed the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act HR 3982 into law, which is the largest 25% income tax cut for which he had sought passage. He signed both economic bills at the Rancho de Cielo Ranch in Santa Barbara, California; The Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives voted 240-195 (due to strong support from conservative Southern Democrats) and the Republican-controlled United States Senate voted in approval 91-11 in July 1981. Reporters and political analysts called the President's success in passing major tax bills and cutting the federal budget a success. According to one columnist, "Reagan's legislative success had represented the most formidable domestic initiative any previous President had driven through since the first 100 days of the Presidency of the late Franklin Delano Roosevelt."

BREAKING NEWS ALERT: UNITED STATES SENATOR L. DOUGLAS WILDER (D-VA) ANNOUNCING HE WILL NOT SEEK REELECTION IN 1982
*Friday, August 14, 1981: In what many political analysts and news columnists considered one of the most shocking political bombshells ever, United States Senator L. Douglas Wilder (D-VA) announced during a press conference in Richmond, Virginia that he wasn't going to be seeking reelection to his US Senate seat in 1982. "Despite 12 years of serving the Commonwealth of Virginia that included six years in the Virginia State Senate representing Districts 9 and 30 including the past five years representing Virginians in the United States Senate, I have decided that I could better my duty in public service than avoiding vicious hyper partisanship that has begun to wreck our national politics in the past few years, and I have concluded that I won't be seeking reelection to another six years as your United States Senator. I will continue to keep fighting for Virginians in the next 16 months working to creating more jobs, fighting on behalf of the common Americans who don't have their voices heard on Capitol Hill and the like." There's no word on whom the Virginia Democratic Party will recruit to run to keep Wilder's US Senate seat in Democratic hands, but the National Republican Senate Campaign Committee announced they're going to be targeting Virginia in 1982 and already announcing his candidacy was US Rep. Paul Trible (R-VA 01), who has the endorsement of both President Reagan and outgoing Virginia Governor John N. Dalton (R) including United States Senator John Warner (R-VA).

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Optimism and Caution: International Front
Fall 1981
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Surviving a near foreign policy disaster with the Nicaraguan Hostage Crisis which engulfed the Holton administration in their final 16 months, the Reagan administration dodged a big bullet once the 57 American hostages got released and flown back to the States. Nicaragua had been the biggest Achilles' heel for Holton as he had been blasted by human rights organization activists including some members of Congress to find a diplomatic solution and getting the American hostages home. And Holton himself acknowledged during his transition meeting with Reagan that one of the biggest regrets as President "Not using the military force option into getting rid of that bitch Ortega when I had the chance." The Nicaraguan Shock and Awe Crisis had pretty much kneecapped whatever foreign policy objective successes Holton had had during the Fall of 1979. There was reason to express skepticism on the political front as well: The Malaise of the Seventies also included chaotic international hot-spots: The assassination of then-ROK President Park Chung-hee by the KCIA on 26 October 1979 by the KCIA opened the door for another military coup led by Chun Doo-hwan, who would go onto serving three terms as the 11th, 12th and 13th President serving until 25 February 1993 with 12 years of service; Chun's aggressive economic reforms opened up the Republic of Korea to spectacular economic boom for all Koreans and despite his authoritarian dictatorship, Koreans viewed him as one of the stable leaders who led the Northeastern Asian country through many tough, difficult crises that engulfed the world.

Meanwhile, the Americas had been one of the main priorities of the Reagan administration upon taking office on 20 January 1981. Despite Haig's nagging insistence of urging Reagan to focus on restoring the Nixon and Ford administrations' Detente Policy with China and the Soviet Union, Reagan aggressively refused to do so and put his foot down and bluntly told Haig in a closed door meeting sometime around mid April 1981 "Look you son of a bitch! I am the President of the United States. The American people elected me in a massive landslide victory last November, NOT you! If you haven't learned yet Alexander, I am in charge here!" Apparently, Ronnie had been warned by Nancy that Haig was up to no good and looking out for his own self-interest such as a potential political campaign for the Presidency himself which angered the Gipper. Reagan made it very clear to the National Security Council team that defeating communism in Latin America including winning the Cold War against the Soviets were the main priorities considering they also had other foreign policy hot-spots to deal with all over the world besides the Americas: Middle East, Africa, Europe, Oceania, Asian Pacific.

Chile was still benefiting from their successful hosting of the 1980 Summer Olympics which many Chileans overwhelmingly approved of Pinochet's job performance as President despite his aggressive authoritarian methods and policies: things were improving for the Republic of Chile. Pinochet was the Man of the Hour and hosted US Secretary of Defense Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson during a bilateral meeting while Jackson was in the midst of a five-nation tour of the Americas, where Jackson relayed the message to Pinochet: the Reagan administration was staunchly backing Pinochet's government all the way which was good enough for Pinochet.

While the Reagan administration was focusing on Latin America and other parts of the world, some nations in the Americas weren't having so much luck on the economic front. Due to the blatant and obvious domestic overspending programs in Mexico that the Robleses had done during the 1975-77 period, the Mexican Debt Crisis of 1980 began to escalate slowly while Robles was busy campaigning for a third term as President of Mexico (which he won overwhelmingly in the Summer of 1980) and took office on 17 December 1980 for an undefined third term which some analysts assumed was supposed to end on 25 May 1987 with plans on extending his stay inside Los Pinos even longer toward 30 years and making it a de-facto Royal Family Dynasty by passing the Presidency over to one of his sons, all five of whom were military veterans and at least one of whom, was rising in the ranks in the Mexican Senate and was serving as Governor of the State of Mexico. However, following the passing of his popular second wife, then-Mexican First Lady Fernanda Arizmendi on 5 July 1981 and long after the long dragged-out Ceremonial Funeral festivities of 20 July 1981, it didn't take long for some segments inside Mexico to slowly turn on the Robles dictatorship (he had been in power since 1973 due to military coup d'etat).

While all segments of Mexico were appreciative and staunchly supported and liked the late Fernanda due to her personable domestic programs and initiatives, they were not fans of her husband, whom they viewed as secretive and manipulative as well as downright lacking charisma. "Without Fernanda to prop up, Oscar's days as Mexico's 58th President were numbered. It wasn't if his government would fall, but when," Bush wrote in a secret diary while on the campaign trail in Virginia and New Jersey for Coleman and Kean, Sr., respectively. He should know: having served in the Nixon, Ford, Rockefeller and Holton administrations in countless roles: United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1971-1973); Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1973-1974); US Chief Laision to the People's Republic of China (1974-1975); Director of Central Intelligence (1975-1979) before being tapped by Reagan to serve as the 44th Vice President of the United States. Bush during his visits to Mexico from his time as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, sensed Robles was "lacking the grasp of reality of potential of full-scale revolt due to ignoring the economic situation," Bush also accurately predicted Robles' presidency won't have a happy ending unless the political and economic situation changed and start a succession plan on the Presidency, something Robles bluntly refused to do so.

Despite some improvements, Mexico began to continue teetering on the edge of total economic collapse. And Mexico wasn't the only one in the Americas having economic or political problems: Panama was on the verge of total chaos following the mysterious plane crash that killed Torrijos on 31 July 1981, with General Manuel Noriega taking power himself on 12 August 1983, had accused the Reagan administration of orchestrating Torrijos' deadly plane crash something the Reagan White House and US State Department staunchly denied. Noriega was going to become a problem for the United States, but considering the late Nelson Rockefeller successfully signed the Panama Canal Treaties with Torrijos back in 1977, Reagan was quite resistant to removing Noriega from power, preferring to leave the Panama problem alone. Things were slightly quiet until following Reagan's shocking assassination on 13 November 1983 in Seoul, Republic of Korea while attending a military parade at the ROK Army 1st Corps Headquarters by a mysterious mercenary group, Noriega was noted by unnamed sources as "secretly gloating at the Cowboy President getting violently gunned down like the dog he was," these same unnamed sources also said in a private audio recording that "Noriega had a celebratory party by celebrating Reagan's assassination saying, "This was for Torrijos". Unfortunately for Noriega, he had poked the bear too many times especially when he undermined Reagan's successor, Bush during the 1983-89 period by coordinating with enemies of the United States: Libya, Nicaragua and Cuba including the allegations that Noriega was involved in the drug trafficking trades which ultimately led to his downfall on 20 December 1989 when Bush ordered a full-scale US invasion of Panama with the goal of removing Noriega from power which was ultimately successful.

The Argentine Republic was having ongoing economic problems as well despite the Military Junta aggressively exterminating any forms of opposition to their regime. Yet inside the Casa Rosada, Viola was having problems of seeing his political maneuvering continuing to be reduced more and more as some of his rivals like Army Lieutenant General Leopoldo Galtieri was plotting to take the Presidency himself. There was also infighting inside the Argentinian Armed Forces Command due to Viola's inability of reversing the economic crisis which had engulfed several Latin American countries like Mexico, Peru and a few others.

Realizing that Castro was looking to take advantage of the opportunity and up the ante against the United States in the Western Hemisphere, the Reagan administration aggressively dispatched a full-scale double approach: supporting right-wing military governments in crushing leftist dissent while at the same time, nudging a few of them to open up their countries in doing democratic elections. The biggest concern was of Grenada: where the socialist government of controversial Grenadian Prime Minister Michael Bishop, was pretty much ruining everything in the Caribbean nation (more on Grenada in Chapter 13).

Things were having lots of twists and turns.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

NSFW DISCLAIMER: The following installment will be quite erotic. Viewer discretion is advised.

The Jackass Army General's Erratic Secret Lifestyle
5:37 PM CST, Tuesday, August 25, 1981
Los Pinos
San Miguel Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
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Following Fernanda's death on 5 July 1981, opposition to Mexican President General Oscar Robles continued to become more bolder and even braver. Secretly financed by Cuban President Fidel Castro, young leftists began organizing protests and demonstrations against the Robles administration in light of the ongoing Debt Crisis that began in 1980 yet continued with no end in sight. In light of the controversial budgeting austerity measures Robles pushed and enforced which would be taken in late 1981 in order remedying the country's unsustainable trade deficits, Robles somehow remained in steady footing with approval ratings of 60%. It was a 23 percentage point drop of 83% when he had taken the Presidency in the 02.21.73 Coup and was ultimately elected in indirect elections in 1976 with reelection victories in 1977 and again in 1980, Robles was considered "Mexico's Teflon Dictator" who overcome some uphill challenges and defeated these challenges.

With diplomatic relations between Mexico City and Havana further deteriorating due to Robles' staunch anti-communism policies and openly hostile anti-Cuban policies, plus the allegations of Cuban intelligence spies inside Mexico further agitated the diplomatic spat between the countries. There were discussions inside Cabinet meetings of orchestrating an assassination operation against Castro and his cronies, but was prevented from doing so by Pope John Paul II, who offered to hold mediation talks between the authoritarian dictators.

Eager to creating incentives for improving the economic situation in Mexico, Robles turned the next phase of his third term: creating incentives attracting foreign investments. Automakers General Motors, Ford, American Motors Corporation and FIAT Automobiles S.p.A responded to the three-term Mexican President's economic initiatives by breaking ground in new facilities in Merida and Tabasco, among those breaking ground was the German freight truck division of Daimler-Benz. Chihuahua Governor Brigadier General Emmanuel Quiroga, the moderate-to-liberal nominee for President in 1980, blasted Robles on what he referred to as "anti-patriotic decisions" on the substitution of major largest sources of the chronic trade deficits in terms of motor vehicles and importing of petroleum gasoline. However, when Quiroga became President less than five years later, he himself signed exploration contracts with multiple foreign oil companies and industries.

However, there was also a more creepy secretive side of Robles' personal life, which was the subject of rumors by several of his opponents and with good reason.

With his seven daughters he had with the late Fernanda being sent to boarding school overseas in Spain, French Republic and the United Kingdom respectively, Oscar was working 24 hours per day at the National Palace focusing on his third term while at the same time, having some "spare free vacation time" at some of his secret vacation spots: particularly his secluded ranch in Hecelchakan; the Summer Presidential Retreat in Isla Mujeres and of course, Los Pinos (Residence of the Mexican President and First Family) in the suburbs of Mexico City.

One day during the Fall of 1981, Oscar met with beautiful female students of the Union of Secondary Branch, a Robles organization in which female high school and college students met inside Los Pinos: one of the young beautiful women was Marguerite Diaz, who was attending a private boarding school in the suburbs of Mexico City. After some nervous conversation, Marguerite accepted Oscar's offer to spend some time inside the presidential palace when everyone else went home; during a private tour in the private family quarters, Oscar tremendously took her hand, his hand was caressing her stomach. Soon afterwards, Oscar and Marguerite began having passionate sex inside his secluded private room upstairs in the presidential palace; during one of their secret escapades, they even had sex inside his late wife's room, which was considered so taboo and controversial as well as a disrespect of Fernanda's memory.

The secret passionate sex escapades between Oscar and Marguerite continued pretty much every day and every night after she snuck out of the boarding school convent. Suddenly, these escapades resulted in Marguerite getting pregnant with Oscar's baby which she gave birth to a healthy baby girl named Olivia. She lived inside the private family quarters of the presidential palace with Oscar; Oscar's secretive sexual appetite also involved beautiful Sikh Indian women as well as was the case during his working visit to India in the Spring of 1982.

While Oscar was escalating his secret sex escapades, there was growing opposition coming out of the seams inside the Mexican Army, some of whom were getting annoyed with the economic crisis engulfing the United Mexican States.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 12 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC
President Reagan reshaping the Judiciary including fulfilling campaign pledge of appointing a woman to the US Supreme Court.

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[Sergeant Foley]

DEMOCRATS GEARING UP FOR 1982 MIDTERMS
*Monday, August 31, 1981: Facing steep but slight uphill odds of reclaiming control of the United States Senate in 1982, the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee announced they'll be recruiting candidates with focus on the following US Senate seats:

US SENATE SEATS TO WATCH IN 1982:
*VIRGINIA (OPEN): Incumbent United States Senator L. Douglas Wilder (D-VA) announced on August 14th his shocking bombshell announcement by declaring he will not be seeking reelection in 1982. The news has forced Virginia Democrats to find anyone including some on the congressional delegation to seek Wilder's US Senate seat.

With current focus on the 1981 Virginia statewide elections, odds are unlikely that front-runner in the gubernatorial election Virginia Lieutenant Governor Chuck Robb (D) will run for the United States Senate, but assuming either of the Democratic nominees for Lieutenant Governor or State Attorney General win those offices, the DSCC will aggressively recruit them to run for Senator Wilder's US Senate seat.

*NEW JERSEY: Due to the conviction of embattled incumbent United States Senator Harrison Williams (D-NJ) in his federal corruption trial, it appears highly unlikely Williams will be seeking reelection as a result. There's also strong pressure on Williams to resign his US Senate seat in order to give outgoing New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne (D) an opportunity to appoint a replacement, who will fill out the remainder of Williams' term.

*NEW MEXICO: The New Mexico Democratic Party is eager to winning back the US Senate seat they lost when then-United States Senator Joseph Montoya (D-NM) was easily trounced by famed NASA astronaut Harrison Schmidt (R) in a landslide due to the Rockefeller Landslide of 1976. Since then, there's one recruit whom the DNC has been interested in: New Mexico State Attorney General Jeff Bingaman (D) announced his campaign for the US Senate seat, Democrats are optimistic of flipping this seat back to their column.

*CALIFORNIA (OPEN): All eyes are on the Golden State to see if Democrats can flip the Republican-held US Senate seat of retiring United States Senator Sam Hayakawa (R-CA) announced his retirement due to dreadful approval ratings; eccentric habits such as sleeping on the Senate floor; disastrous polling numbers.

With popular President Ronald Reagan determined to campaign aggressively in his home State by making sure the California Republican Party keep Hayakawa's US Senate seat in Republican hands with either three-term San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson (R) or US Rep. Barry Goldwater, Jr., (R-CA) in potential head-to-head polling matchups against the likely Democratic nominee, California Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr., (D) whose approval ratings have plunged due to the budgeting crisis and other factors.

MISSISSIPPI: Incumbent United States Senator Ray Mabus (D-MS) was appointed by Mississippi Governor William F. Winter (D) to replace then-United States Senator William Allain (D-MS), who resigned from office in disgrace following FBI sting arrest which revealed Allain had been involved in some controversial relationship with transvestites. Mabus went on to win a special election this past Summer without the need of a runoff garnering 73% of the statewide vote. Republicans immediately found their recruit to campaign against Mabus in 1982: Haley Barbour (R), who ran President Reagan's statewide campaign in Mississippi during the 1980 Presidential election.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Judiciary Impact and Ramifications
Fall 1981

25 September 1981: President Reagan posing with the Justices of the United States Supreme Court inside the Supreme Court Conference Room.​

During the 1980 Presidential election campaign, Reagan was signaling on having influence when it came to appointments on the US Supreme Court including several of the Judiciary branches and federal courts. Few presidential historians disputed nor objected that he helped cause shaping the future of the Federal Judiciary via appointments.

He also expressed his intention reversing the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision, which he strongly and vehemently disagreed with including any decision by the courts that prohibited praying in public schools. Upon winning the Presidency and taking office as the 41st President of the United States, Reagan followed through on his campaign pledge of appointing a woman to a vacancy on the United Supreme Court: On 19 August 1981, Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Court of Appeals Division One Judge Sandra Day O'Connor to replace the retiring Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Potter Stewart, who had been on the court since 1958.

In his personal diary on 6 July 1981, Reagan wrote: "Called Judge O'Connor and told her she was my nominee for the Supreme Court. Already the flak is starting and from my own supporters. Right to Life people say she is pro abortion. She declares abortion is personally repugnant to her. I think she'll make a good justice." Among those opposing O'Connor's nomination: Religious and staunch Pro-Life groups due to their suspicions that the Arizonan wouldn't overturn Roe; Some Senate Republicans such as Don Nickles of Oklahoma, Jesse Helms of North Carolina and Steve Symms of Idaho called the White House, openly expressing their discontent with the President over his decision to nominate O'Connor. The three Senate Republicans weren't the only ones in opposing her nomination.....

The controversial Reverend Jerry Falwell, Howard Phillips and Peter Gemma, who was the Executive Director of the National Pro-Life Political Action Committee, all voiced their opposition to O'Connor; the strategy of the staunchly conservative New Right: dragging out the confirmation hearings on the Senate Judiciary Committee that had been set for September 9-11, 1981.

William Billings of the National Christian Action Coalition spent two weeks in Arizona scouring for information about O'Connor's legislative record in the Arizona State Senate including her judicial record on the Arizona Court of Appeals. "I have done two weeks of full-scale research information about Judge O'Connor's background and having done an exhaustive study, revealing that she hardly fits into any political mold at all," with the obvious intent of surprising those on the liberal side as well.

Among the findings that Billings found: In 1973, then-State Senator O'Connor voted for legislation prohibiting labor unions from making political campaign contributions; She voted in 1972 for a measure urging Congress to call on a constitutional convention including passing a nationwide constitutional amendment putting voluntary prayer back in the classrooms. Billings also revealed among the findings that O'Connor twice backed measures opposing busing for racial balance in schools.

Despite some opposition, O'Connor's nomination got the support of prominent United States Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) and Supreme Court Associate Justice (future Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court) William Rehnquist. Following the three-day confirmation hearings, the full Republican-controlled United States Senate voted 101-0 on 21 September 1981 overwhelmingly confirming O'Connor as the new Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; O'Connor was sworn into office by US Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger on 25 September 1981.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

PRESIDENT REAGAN'S 25 PERCENT CUT OF THE US FEDERAL INCOME TAXES GO INTO EFFECT
*Thursday, October 1, 1981: The first five percent of President Ronald Reagan's 25% cut of the US Federal Income taxes took effect. The next 10 percent would go onto taking effect on 1 July 1982; the final 10% would go into effect on 1 July 1983.

BREAKING NEWS: PRESIDENT REAGAN ANNOUNCES RESURRECTION OF B-1 BOMBER PROGRAM
*Friday, October 2, 1981: President Reagan announced his plans on resurrecting the B-1 Bomber program, which had been previously scrapped by then-President Linwood Holton, with 100 of the planes being built and another plan deploying 100 MX missiles.

DUKAKIS ANNOUNCES PLANS ON RECLAIMING MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNORSHIP IN 1982
*Saturday, October 3, 1981: Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis (D) , who held the Massachusetts Governorship as the Bay State's 65th Governor from 2 January 1975 to 4 January 1979 when he lost reelection in the 1978 Democratic gubernatorial primary to current Massachusetts Governor Edward J. King (D). "It's time that Bay Staters bring back that experienced leadership in order lead the Commonwealth of Massachusetts into the future", Dukakis said during his campaign launch in Brookline.

MOON INDICITED ON TAX EVASION CHARGES
*Monday, October 5, 1981: The controversial and flamboyant Reverend Sun Myung Moon, leader of the Unification Church was indicted for US federal income tax evasion. Moon was convicted and served 18 months in federal prison.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Bracing for the Super Extreme Crazy: Egypt
Tuesday, October 6, 1981
Cairo, Egypt

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Ascending to the Presidency upon the death of the controversial and legendary Gamel Abdel Nasser on 28 September 1970, Mohammed Anwar Sadat had sent shockwaves across the Arab Republic of Egypt when he ended Nasserism both as socialistic and Arab nationalist mission and quickly became the centerpiece of Egyptian and Arab foreign policy in the Middle East. As if it wasn't enough, Sadat also aggressively cleaned house throughout the Egyptian Armed Forces and the entire Egyptian government by getting rid of staunch Nasser loyalists, who had planned to manipulate the 3rd President as a typical Nasser-eque puppet. In doing so, Sadat had reformed the entire Egyptian Armed Forces so that it would carry out their successful military operation and achievements in the 1973 Yom Kippur War against Israel, who recognized Egypt as a very skillful and formidable foe.

By steering Egypt in a closer alliance with Iran, where he was particularly close to the late Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and hosted the Shah's State Funeral festivities on 17 March 1980; following years of contention, Sadat sought peace with the Israelis; Sadat also participated in the Camp David Peace Accords with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and then-US President Nelson Rockefeller during the nearly 13 days of seclusion at Camp David in Maryland, where they negotiated, bargained and worked on achieving a long-awaited peace between the Egyptians and Israelis (Sadat and Begin both attended Rockefeller's State Funeral on 3 February 1979); Rockefeller's successor, Linwood Holton continued his popular predecessor's Middle East Peace Policy initiatives, where the successful Rose Garden Treaty resulted in mutual recognition of peace with the State of Israel that brought Egypt into the western camp permanently from then on, resulted in being one of the major foreign policy achievements of then-President Holton's term of office.

In choosing to pursue peace with the Israelis, let's just say the rest of the Arab world was not too happy about it: In retaliation led by Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, Egypt was kicked out of the Arab League, which caused Egypt to go further deeper into the arms of the Western world, who generously rewarded the Egyptians with investment and arms both economically and militarily, which was very important during the height of the Inflation Crisis amid a volatile late 1970s.

Maneuvering through the shock of diplomatic peace with their arch-rival neighbor Israel, Sadat then rewarded both Islamists and Coptic figures with support in building a separate political bases of support. By this time, Egypt had pretty much all but ditched the extreme left-wing, Pro-Soviet Arab nationalism of the Nasser era and replaced it with more socially conservative, but pro-Western and developmental nationalism for the Arab Republic of Egypt.

It was during this time that Soviet-backed hachet-men attack dogs like Assad of Syria and nutjob psychopathic Lybian dictator Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi both were determined to cause trouble for Sadat. For the Egyptian President, he had good reason to worry about the backlash because of his peaceful accommodation with Israel and other Western nations like the United States, French Republic and others. Islamists and other sympathetic military figures begin to oppose Sadat's policies too and something was bound to explode sooner or later. And the hangover was going to escalate things further that had been causing internal unrest inside Egypt during much of the early 1980s.

Something had to give!

Following a failed, disastrous botched coup attempt with the goal of overthrowing the President in June of 1981, the Sadat administration responded by launching an aggressive crackdown with shut down independent press and massive arrests of opponents had the opposite effect that caused the President's approval ratings to plunge downward. All of the chaotic events began to escalate more and more, things were getting uglier and it all came to ahead when on 6 October 1981 while Sadat was attending a military review parade commemorating the 8th anniversary of the Egyptians' successful crossing into the Suez Canal, when an Islamist sleeper agent in the Egyptian Army named Khalid Islambouli used his machine gun to fire at the President's official grandstand: Sadat was killed including the Cuban Ambassador, Irish Defense Minister James Tully and 9 others.

The assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat caused outrage across the world and what would happen next would have major ramifications not only for Egypt, but the entire Middle East and the international community.

COMING SOON IN CHAPTER 13 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Hosni Mubarak's violent aggressive extermination of the Muslim Brotherhood and the ramifications.

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[Sergeant Foley]

FORMER PRESIDENTS NIXON AND HOLTON TO ATTEND STATE FUNERAL OF EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT ANWAR SADAT
*Thursday, October 8, 1981: For the first and only time in history, former Presidents Richard Nixon (1969-1974) and Linwood Holton (1979-1981) flew together on the same airplane. The 37th and 40th Presidents were greeted by the 41st and current President Ronald Reagan before flying on helicopter to Andrews Air Force Base in Camp Springs, Maryland; where they later departed at 7:45 PM EST for the upcoming State Funeral of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.

TRAGEDY AT THE GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK
23-year-old Maria Cecilia Alfaro of Miramar, Puerto Rico, a Fred Harvey Company desk clerk at the Yavapai Lodge, fell 400 feet to her death while she was watching the sunset from the Rim Trail in the Grand Canyon National Park.

DEATH PENALTY ABOLISHED IN THE FRENCH REPUBLIC
*Friday, October 9, 1981: French Republic President Francois Mitterrand signed Law #81-908 which officially abolished capital punishment. The legislation had passed the French National Assembly on September 18th and also in the French Senate by a vote of 161-126 margin on September 30th.

EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT ANWAR SADAT LAID TO REST WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS IN TIGHTLY-CONTROLLED STATE FUNERAL

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*Saturday, October 10, 1981: Due to strong heavy security factors, the Egyptian public of well-wishers were kept away from attending the State Funeral festivities. At one point, when some crowds of the thousands of mourners attempted to break through the outer cordons of police officers ringing the grounds, law enforcement officers had to fire some shots in the air in order to disperse the crowd from creating havoc.

Among those in attendance at the State Funeral festivities: former Presidents Nixon and Holton; former US Secretary of State Malcolm Wilson; Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin; Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, the son of the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and current Empress Farah Pahlavi of Iran; Sudanese President Jaafar Nimeiry and his wife were among those in attendance.

The services began with a prayer service at a mosque inside the Military Hospital grounds in the suburbs of Maadi; Soon afterwards, Sadat's flag-draped casket was flown by helicopter to the point of nearing the parade grounds and loaded into a caisson which would be drawn by six black stallions. The funeral procession consisting of many various branches of the Egyptian Armed Forces; high Egyptian government officials; foreign dignitaries, all marched behind the horse-drawn caisson just 900 yards down the parade tarmac toward the main reviewing stand, where Sadat was gunned down on October 6th; There members of the Sadat family including Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received condolences. Following the personal condolences, the foreign dignitaries were quietly whisked away and the Sadat family including several close friends including Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi of Iran and President Nimeiry walked the final 200 yards to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, where the late Egyptian President would be laid to rest.

It is there where former Egyptian First Lady Jehan Sadat; their daughters, Nohaa, Lebna & Jehan including their son, Gamal, all gathered around the opened crypt, along with President Mubarak himself, Pahlavi, Nimeiry and other government officials including high-ranking Egyptian military generals of the Egyptian Armed Forces all witnessed as 13 pallbearers from the late President's personal bodyguard lowered the flag-draped casket down 12 steps into the interior of the tomb as the 21 Cannon Salute was being fired in Sadat's honor.