Nixon= Negative!

 I think Nixon was negative for America. During his presidency more bad things are remembered about him than the good. He has a very devious man, he had a list of people that he hated, something most people do not have. Nixon invaded peoples privacy by having "plumbers" wiretap there phones so he could listen to friends and enemies phone conversations. The real scandal Nixon was involved in though was Watergate, where his plumbers were caught in the act of wiretapping. After that it was revealed what Nixon had been doing. Nixon showed the country how un-trust worthy people are, the president is suppose to be the most trust worthy person in the country but he just let America down.

ERA

 I think the ERA is a good concept, but in reality I don't think it could ever really be made a law. Most people see women equal so they wouldn't care if it was made a law or not, but there are a few people who wouldn't agree with this. I think women deserve equal rights just like men, but today people wouldn't take a women trying to make this a law seriously. Today people see feminists as manly women, and do not take them seriously. I like the idea of the ERA but don't think it should be brought back and tried again. We now have discrimination laws that don't allow people to discriminate based on gender.

Jackie Robinson

 Jackie Robinson was a great civil rights figure in American History, but I don't think he is the greatest. He began the movement to segregate major league baseball and helped to support African American rights. He did do many things to help support African American rights but so didn't many other peole. He is one of the few people to contribute to a huge movement to give equal rights to African Americans.

The Big Boy bombaroo!

 The Zooks and the Yooks both met at the wall. Although it was not very tall, it kept them on their sides. They were both getting ready to throw the Big Boy Bombaroo! They didn't know who would be the one to throw it first. The Zook was looking at the Yook, and the Yook was looking at the Zook. They both realized they looked a lot alike. They didn't even know why they were fighting anymore. They thought, what is the point. They both have a lot in common and decided their was no point in even throwing the bomb. They took the wall down and become one city, instead of being divided by the wall. They all lived happily ever after.

Times of war

  During times of war many drastic measures have to be taken. I believe that even though war may call for drastic measures you should not be bombing innocent citizens. I don't think it is fair that innocent people who may not even be involved in the war have to die. The violence of the war should stay between the people fighting in the war, there is no reason to involve other people in it. Germany would attack innocent people as a scare tactic, I don't think this was necessary for them to do this. I feel that if you are not part of the war you should not have to be injured.

 In the Simpson's episode about prohibition they try to portray prohibition in the 1920's. There were several accuracies in the episode such as "speak easy", the mafia selling alcohol illegally, the police not enforcing prohibition, and bootlegging. The scenes that were inaccurate were that Prohibition was now being reinforced because a child got drunk in the streets. Also that the punishment of drinking was being catapulted, and that all the beer from the town was buried. Yes, I did enjoy the episode; it helped me to understand Prohibition a little better and did it in a funny way. The elements of 1920's life that were portrayed well were that people would drink alcohol illegally in secret bars, also people would try to make their own alcohol.

 A scene that I would rewrite would be the scene in the beginning of the episode when Bart accidental got drunk on St.Patrick's day and that led to prohibition being enforced. To make it more historically accurate I would show people drinking a lot and having that lead them to do stupid things. Such as to be violent, do illegal things activities or support prostitution. This would show a more accurate reason for Prohibition rather than a comical made up one.

US civil librities

The United States has worked hard over the last 100 years to make America what it is today. As citizens we have many civil rights and liberties, and I do not think that during times of war any of these should be taken away. News papers should have the right to print what is actually going on with the war. Also peoplel should always be free to state what they want without being worried of going to jail for it. If we were to loose these during times of war it would no longer be a free country. America should always be free no matter what the circumstances are.