Chapter PI - Shtak Makret and the New Deal
In the fall of 1929, the temperature in Washington began to rise (due to reasons somewhat related to the giant floating eye had been awakened by the masonic layout of the city), and a young lizard named Shtak Makret started stirring from his nap. Imbued with a new sense of purpose from the warmth of the city, he snuck into the White House and murdered Lord Tscha Baach'epre'ek, who had been inhabiting the skin of Herbert Hoover. He quickly put the skin on himself and announced that there would be a press conference on the white house lawn.
As he gave a speech to every reporter in the nation, with everyone listening in on the radio, he said, "Nothing to worry about. It's just me, the same old Hoover, nothing different. Just want to tell you that. Goodbye." The nation was relieved. But as Shtak turned around, Ruffy, the loyal White house dog, sensed that something was wrong. He jumped up bravely and bit Shtak in the face, revealing his true reptilian nature:
The image was so shocking and frightening that people saw it through their radios, and it sent the world into an economic crisis. And so, in 1932, Shtak Makret/Hoover was defeated by democart Franklin Roosevelt, and the lizard party in congress lost almost half its seats. Most of the republicans had been eaten by the lizards at this time, due to their excessive amounts of pork, and were not seen again until the 1950s.
FDR had a fascinating and important life, very little of which will be described here, as that would make learning too exciting. Therefore, we shall focus on the plethora of programs (sorry, we take that back: the great amount of programs. the alliteration of plethora and programs is just too action-packed for us) that FDR implemented during his terms in office, known as the new deal
1) The WGP
The entire country had been prone to flooding because of Andrew Jackson's economic policies, but no one had thought to do anything about it until Sherman flooded the south during the civil war. During reconstruction, however, congress began to consider plans to build a giant gate, using new modern industrialized machinery, that would keep water out of the south, hence the name Watergate. The issue was not as urgent for the north, as they had managed to raise themselves above sea level with the moral superiority they had gained after the Civil War. With the failure of reconstruction came the failure of the Watergate. And so, over 60 years later, FDR, in an attempt to revitalize the south and create new jobs, created the Watergate Project, or the WGP. It was a colossal success and was completed by 1938, although the lack of water in the south did lead to problems later on. The Watergate would take on further significance in American history when Richard Nixon secretly destroyed it during the 1972 election in order to drown the south, which voted mostly for the Democrats.
FDR giving a speech during the 1932 election in South Carolina before the Watergate was built. His optimism and hard work brought a renewed hope to a country so desperately in need of it. That, and the fact that he wasn't a lizard.
(OP: Nate, April 2 2008)
In the fall of 1929, the temperature in Washington began to rise (due to reasons somewhat related to the giant floating eye had been awakened by the masonic layout of the city), and a young lizard named Shtak Makret started stirring from his nap. Imbued with a new sense of purpose from the warmth of the city, he snuck into the White House and murdered Lord Tscha Baach'epre'ek, who had been inhabiting the skin of Herbert Hoover. He quickly put the skin on himself and announced that there would be a press conference on the white house lawn.
As he gave a speech to every reporter in the nation, with everyone listening in on the radio, he said, "Nothing to worry about. It's just me, the same old Hoover, nothing different. Just want to tell you that. Goodbye." The nation was relieved. But as Shtak turned around, Ruffy, the loyal White house dog, sensed that something was wrong. He jumped up bravely and bit Shtak in the face, revealing his true reptilian nature:
The image was so shocking and frightening that people saw it through their radios, and it sent the world into an economic crisis. And so, in 1932, Shtak Makret/Hoover was defeated by democart Franklin Roosevelt, and the lizard party in congress lost almost half its seats. Most of the republicans had been eaten by the lizards at this time, due to their excessive amounts of pork, and were not seen again until the 1950s.
FDR had a fascinating and important life, very little of which will be described here, as that would make learning too exciting. Therefore, we shall focus on the plethora of programs (sorry, we take that back: the great amount of programs. the alliteration of plethora and programs is just too action-packed for us) that FDR implemented during his terms in office, known as the new deal
1) The WGP
The entire country had been prone to flooding because of Andrew Jackson's economic policies, but no one had thought to do anything about it until Sherman flooded the south during the civil war. During reconstruction, however, congress began to consider plans to build a giant gate, using new modern industrialized machinery, that would keep water out of the south, hence the name Watergate. The issue was not as urgent for the north, as they had managed to raise themselves above sea level with the moral superiority they had gained after the Civil War. With the failure of reconstruction came the failure of the Watergate. And so, over 60 years later, FDR, in an attempt to revitalize the south and create new jobs, created the Watergate Project, or the WGP. It was a colossal success and was completed by 1938, although the lack of water in the south did lead to problems later on. The Watergate would take on further significance in American history when Richard Nixon secretly destroyed it during the 1972 election in order to drown the south, which voted mostly for the Democrats.
FDR giving a speech during the 1932 election in South Carolina before the Watergate was built. His optimism and hard work brought a renewed hope to a country so desperately in need of it. That, and the fact that he wasn't a lizard.
(OP: Nate, April 2 2008)
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