“The Past is Prologue”: early 21 st Century America

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America Outline: Bush / Gore 2000 “Days of fire”: 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq Bush and Domestic Policy The Brink: Banking Collapse and Action “Past is Prologue”(?); the Near Future Summary Critical Question #4: To what extent did Americans’ faith in their government influence their way of life internationally, socially, technologically, economically and politically (ISTEP) from the 1970’s to the recent past?

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America 8 questions: George Bush attended school with this person he’d meet again in a different setting.

Outline: • Bush / Gore 2000 • “Days of fire”: 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq • Bush and Domestic Policy • The Brink: Banking Collapse and Action • “Past is Prologue”(?); the Near Future • Summary “The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America Critical Question #4: To what extent did Americans’ faith in their government influence their way of life internationally, socially, technologically, economically and politically (ISTEP) from the 1970’s to the recent past?

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America Al Gore, 2000 Democratic nominee

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America George Bush, Jr.2000 Republican nominee

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America Final (?) popular vote percentage, Florida 2000 Bush – 48.85% Gore – 48.84% Bush wins by 1,754 votes out of 5,825,043 cast

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America “The counting of votes that are of questionable legality does in my view threaten irreparable harm to petitioner Bush, and to the country, by casting a cloud upon what he claims to be the legitimacy of his election. Count first, and rule upon legality afterwards, is not a recipe for producing election results that have the public acceptance democratic stability requires.” - Justice Anton Scalia, majority decision, Gore v Bush “Counting every legally cast vote cannot constitute irreparable harm... Preventing the recount from being completed will inevitably cast a cloud on the legitimacy of the election.” - Justice John Paul Stevens, dissent in Gore v Bush

Outline: • Bush / Gore 2000 • “Days of fire”: 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq • Bush and Domestic Policy • The Brink: Banking Collapse and Action • Election of 2008 • “Past is Prologue”(?); the Near Future • Summary “The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America Critical Question #4: To what extent did Americans’ faith in their government influence their way of life internationally, socially, technologically, economically and politically (ISTEP) from the 1970’s to the recent past?

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America Osama bin Laden, head of Al-Qaida

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America September 11, 2001 – 9/11

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America The “Neocons”: VP Dick Cheney; DoD Sec. Donald Rumsfeld; DoD deputy sec. Paul Wolfowitz

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America ?

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America March, 2003: “Shock and awe” attack on Baghdad, beginning of Iraq conflict

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America Iraqi resistance to American occupation, 2003 - 2008

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America 8 questions: George Bush attended school with this person he’d meet again in a different setting.

Outline: • Bush / Gore 2000 • “Days of fire”: 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq • Bush and Domestic Policy • The Brink: Banking Collapse and Action • Election of 2008 • “Past is Prologue”(?); the Near Future • Summary “The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America Critical Question #4: To what extent did Americans’ faith in their government influence their way of life internationally, socially, technologically, economically and politically (ISTEP) from the 1970’s to the recent past?

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America “I call my philosophy and approach compassionate conservatism. It is compassionate to actively help our fellow citizens in need. It is conservative to insist on responsibility and results. And with this hopeful approach, we will make a real difference in people's lives.“ - GW Bush • Compassionate Conservative benefactors: • educating all our • children well • fighting poverty at home through faith-based communities • aiding poor countries • around the world

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America “There's a tremendous gap of achievement between rich and poor, white and minority . . . And whatever the causes, the effect is discrimination. My friend [literacy expert] Phyllis Hunter . . . calls reading the new civil right . . . No child in America should be segregated by low expectations, imprisoned by illiteracy, abandoned to frustration and the darkness of self-doubt. . . . You see, no child--no child should be left behind in America.” - George W. Bush, speech to the NAACP, 2002

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America • 45%, • 11/07 – 11/08

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America Bush Treasury Sec. Hank Paulsen, New York Fed Chair Tim Geitner, Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke devised Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to avoid meltdown

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America Bank bailout using tax dollars for banks “too big to fail”

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America “ The dogmas [assumptions] of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise -- with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew . . . Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history . . . The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation . . . We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, [America as] the last best hope of earth.” • Question:How useful is the idea “History repeats itself” inmaking future decisions?

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America • Question:How useful is the idea “History repeats itself” inmaking future decisions?

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America • Question:How useful is the idea “History repeats itself” inmaking future decisions? Hispanics will be the majority American group by 2040

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America • Question:How useful is the idea “History repeats itself” inmaking future decisions? The “new” majority: living alone

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America • Question:How useful is the idea “History repeats itself” inmaking future decisions? Income Inequality

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America Hydraulic fracturing : “fracking” • Question:How useful is the idea “History repeats itself” inmaking future decisions?

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America • Question:How useful is the idea “History repeats itself” inmaking future decisions? Climate change

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America “ The dogmas [assumptions] of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise -- with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew . . . Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history . . . The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation . . . We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, [America as] the last best hope of earth.” • Question:How useful is the idea “History repeats itself” inmaking future decisions?

Outline: • Bush / Gore 2000 • “Days of fire”: 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq • Bush and Domestic Policy • The Brink: Banking Collapse and Action • “Past is Prologue”(?); the Near Future • Summary “The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America

V. 21st century trends https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T76bK2t2r8g Deepfake – critical thinking American idiot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1BS7XnEZqc https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/bushswar/bushs war neocons after 9/11 5:10 – 11:31 • Question:How useful is the idea “History repeats itself” inmaking future decisions?

IV. The Brink: Banking Collapse and Action

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21st Century America Critical Question #4: To what extent did Americans’ faith in their government influence their way of life internationally, socially, technologically, economically and politically (ISTEP) from the 1970’s to the recent past? Critical Question #4: To what extent did Americans’ faith in their government influence their way of life internationally, socially, technologically, economically and politically (ISTEP) from the 1970’s to the recent past?

“The Past is Prologue”: early 21 st Century America