President Nixon reflection

President Richard M. Nixon is one of the most negatively viewed American presidents of all time. He is the only president ever to resign, and throughout his political career has been apart of many controversial issues ( Kent State Massacre, Watergate, ect.). However not everything Tricky Dick did was bad for our nation, and many of the good things he did have been overshadowed by the Watergate scandal. One of the many good things he did while in office was expand on the Environmental programs, and created the Environmental Protection Agency in a time where pollution was at its worst. He also improved our relations with foreign countries around the world, especially communist nations. Nixon strengthened our relations with China, and opened up trade connections with millions of consumers across the sea, and in doing so, set the table for our economy today. He also was president when we sent a man to the moon, which was a huge victory for Americans. Another thing he did was help to restrict the amount of nuclear weapons being produced by Americans and the Soviets. Overall, Nixon did some very good things for our nation, but they are overshadowed greatly by the Watergate scandal, which is why Nixon is wrongly viewed as one of our worst presidents. 

ERA refelection

I feel like the ERA shouldnt try to be brought back. I think woman and men are very different, and each have their own standards that society believes they should be able to meet. If woman were expected to do the same things as men, they most likely would not be able to do it, or not have as much success as the men. The same goes for men as well, if men were expected to do the things woman did, they would find it difficult as well. I believe that men and woman are both equal as human beings, but they both have their both roles in society, and if the ERA was introduced, the roles will change, and woman and men will have difficulty adapting.

Butter Battle Book ending

So the Yook and the Gooks were face to face on the wall,
with their confidence standing big and tall!
both had big boy boomeroo's in their hands.
ready to turn everything into sand.
but neither the yooks or the zooks were ready to drop,
so they sat down on the wall with a big plop.
neither was prepared to cause mass destruction,
all over some stupid dysfunction,
so they talked and talked, and walked and walked, and then finally realized to tear down the wall,
and become allys once and for all.

Is killing civilians a fair/justifiable act?

I think Hitlers bombing of London, and the death of thousands of civilians was an act of war, and is hard to determine whether or not it is fair. I think during a time of war anything that can help propel your nation to victory should be used. Hitler was at war with Britain, so therefore I think that his destruction of London was justifiable. This event may have even inspired the British people and invested them in the war more than they would have been without the attack, and weakened the German spirits.

Great Depression Questions

1. What did you do to get money?
2. What was the oddest job you did to get some money?
3. What did your meals consist of for all 3 meals? and did you ever have to skip meals?
4. What was your job before the great depression? 
5. How were you affected by the crash?
6. Did you play the stock market?
7. Was there any times that you just wanted to give up?
8. Did you have kids? and if so did you have to send them away?
9. How old were you when this happened?
10. How long did it take you to get everything back? did you ever recover?

Prohibition in Springfield

I think the producer of the Simpson's did an excellent job of portraying life during prohibition in the early 20's. The accurately portrayed peoples fears of alcohol overtaking society, the smuggling of alcohol (bootlegging), and the use of speakeasies. Their were few inaccuracies in the show. That is why I believe it was very well produced. I enjoyed the episode very much and enjoyed the creativity of the humor and how they mixed in historical aspects and facts, without losing the comedic value.

If they should re-write any scene, It should be the scene at the very beginning which they are all poking Bart. The scene was useless in the episode. They could have used it to set up what was going on. Also i would have set the episode in the 20's and make it black and white.

Should civil rights be promised to american citizens during a time of war?

I think americans should have limited rights during a time of war. Essential rights like the freedom of speech how ever should still be promised to american citizens. We as a country have always had pride in being a democracy, and forcing americans to think a certain way is more like communism rather than a democratic republic. And we as a country are 100% against communism. We fought wars after WWI to stop the spread of communism. So why on earth would we force people to think a certain way if that totally goes against our moral fibers? it just doesnt make sense.