Well in this next blog post I plan to skip a little bit into future to look at John F. Kennedy’s policies on Cuba and what those policies are today. I want to find if anything has changed or if we still go by the policies used by Kennedy in a complete different situation than it is today. I also want to look into events that caused these policies to become necessary such as Cuban Missile Crisis. In this next blog we talked about using a video about our topic and discuss the video and its stand on what the topic is that is being discussed. I hope to find a video on the Cuban Missile Crisis and discuss how the situation has changed and America is using methods that are outdated at best.
The reason we claim now to trade with Cuba started from their association with the Soviet Union so America banned trade with Communist nation that opposes democracy, but now the nation that practical owns the United States is Communist nation that America calls its biggest trading partner that nation is China. The paradox of these two things is astonishing especial considering that the United States still will not trade with Cuba when are biggest trade partner is doing the same thing. The United States lies in bed with the devil while preaching against a demon. I would much prefer trading with both nations or not at all. Because what good does a stand against something do if it is continued. So the point of next blog will be why maintain the ban on trade with Cuba for being one way while are biggest trade partner is set in the same ways.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Kennedy family and Philosophies
The first thing a person needs to know about John Fitzgerald Kennedy or Jack is his family back ground which played a huge part in almost everything he did. Many people have theories of JFK’s father forcing him to run for office. This is not exactly what happened because historical the son that was most likely to challenge his father was Jack. It was the family philosophies that he was taught from young age, wanting to honor his brother and role model Joe, and wanting to please his father these are the three things that effected his decision. Joe Kennedy Sr. was not a perfect parent but there is no doubt that he did anything and everything he could for his children, and in the end is there anything else parent can do but their own personal best.
To understand fully the philosophies of Joe Kennedy Sr. a person must fully understand his life and the historical period Joe Kennedy Sr. grew up in he had to fight for everything he earned. In the late nineteenth century, America was very anti-Irish and it was very hard for someone like Joe who was Irish to better their lot. This is reflected in the way he raised his family where family approval was more important than what others thought. “Every single kid was raise to think; first, what shall I do about this problem; second, what will Dad say about my solution of it? said a family friend.”One thing Joe taught his children about was the importance of wanting to be the best to be competitive. In the words of Joseph Kennedy’s daughter Eunice “the important thing was to win; don’t come in second or third, that doesn’t count, but win, win, win (Moody 8). He also told his kids he did not care what they do as long as there are the best. “Even if you’re going to be ditchdigger be best ditchdigger in the world (Moody 49).” I believe this quote was true except for Joe Kennedy Jr. who with his father’s pull and influence backing him would one day be President of the United States, but fate crushed that hope and torch was passed on to Jack as the new oldest son. Without a back ground knowledge on Joe Kennedy a person would never understand the son. “And it can faithfully be recorded that the story of John Fitzgerald Kennedy is not wholly separable from the father” (Lasky 24).
According to the Moody, Joseph P. Kennedy said “The measure of a man’s success in life is not the money he’s made. It’s the kind of family he’s raised.” (55). When asked about another wealthy family Joe Sr. said “Yes they do have money, but no direction” (Moody 49). This is quote that shows he is a good father think about today what happens to the wealth heirs in America they become people like Paris Hilton. The Kennedy family might be the best example of how not spoil wealth children. The way Kennedy family raised their children was think to independently, value family above all else, and treated them like normal kids.
Rose had influence in family philosophy with her theory on raising children. According to Moody, Rose said “bring up the oldest ones the way you want them all to go. If the oldest ones come in and say good night to their parents and say their prayers in the morning, the younger ones think that’s probably a good thing to do and they will do it.” (55). This philosophy shows up in Joe Jr. a lot who was almost a third parent to eight children like when Kathleen was getting married and her parents did not support her Joe Jr. did. Joe was big brother that protected his brothers from his father’s ambition not that Joe Sr. was bad father but that he might have pushed his children to strive for what he thought was their best. Dallek tells a story of Kennedy competitive nature the story is of bike race between Jack and Joe they race against each other and collide Joe comes unhurt and Jack has to get twenty-eight stitches because neither one was going to let other win.(28)
The things that Jack was taught led him and influenced his own politically beliefs was evident one famous quote by JFK was “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country” (Bryce). This quote from a speech JFK personal wrote shows his family taught value of America being the only place where son of a bar owner can become a millionaire. Joe also taught his kid that they should give back it was their duty to run for Congress which explains why all four boys planned to serve their country. Without that competitive drive JFK would have probably died in World War II. Also the controversial appointment of his brother Bobby can be explained by his philosophies on family that Joe taught him.
Works Citied
1. Moody, Sidney C. Jr. Triumph and Tragedy the Story of the Kennedys. U.S.A.: Western Printing, 1968. Print.
2. Rachlin, Harvey. “The Rise of Joseph P. Kennedy.” The Kennedys a Chronological History 1823-Present. New York: Random House, 2008. Print.
3. Lasky, Victor. J.F.K. The Man And The Myth. New York: Macmillan Company, 1963. Print.
4. Zabel, Bryce. “JFK’s Best Speech Ever.” Instant History. August 3, 2005. Web. March 3, 2010
5. Dallek, Robert. An Unfinished Life John F. Kennedy 1917-1963. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2003. Print.
Monday, February 22, 2010
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
This blog will change from our English class working in groups on one topic to branching out by ourselves on a new topic. The topic I will now be looking at is the life of John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy primarily before he became the President of the United States. I have always had an interest in JFK probable because he raises an interesting historical question how different would things have been if he had lived and served his two terms. Also the ordinary person knows only about three things about John F. Kennedy that he had an affair with Marilyn Monroe, that he was assonated in Dallas, and that he was the thirty fifth president of the United States, but he did so much more than that and no one thinks about how his family's environment shaped him into a future president.
I think it will be hard to find information about his younger years but I hope that I can discover more about the man who became the President of the United States. So together we can go searching for answers to questions like why did he become president, did his father play a role in him becoming one, what was his family like, did he go to World War II to impress his father, and did his playing sports and being competitive drive help to become a war hero and President. I hope to learn more about one of my favorite presidents and the path that led him to being the thirty fifth President of the United States.
Working Biblography
1. Cox, Vicki. John F. Kennedy. Chicago: McGraw Hill, 2006. Print.
2. Leaming, Barbara. Jack Kennedy: The Education of a Statesman. New York: Norton, 2006. Print.
3. Rachlin, Harvey. The Kennedys: a chronological history, 1823-present. New York: World Almanac, 1986. Print.
4. Collier, Peter. The Kennedys: An American Drama. New York: Summit Books, 1984. Print.
5. Moody, Sidney C. Jr. Triumph and Tragedy; the Story of the Kennedys. New York: Morrow, 1968. Print.
I think it will be hard to find information about his younger years but I hope that I can discover more about the man who became the President of the United States. So together we can go searching for answers to questions like why did he become president, did his father play a role in him becoming one, what was his family like, did he go to World War II to impress his father, and did his playing sports and being competitive drive help to become a war hero and President. I hope to learn more about one of my favorite presidents and the path that led him to being the thirty fifth President of the United States.
Working Biblography
1. Cox, Vicki. John F. Kennedy. Chicago: McGraw Hill, 2006. Print.
2. Leaming, Barbara. Jack Kennedy: The Education of a Statesman. New York: Norton, 2006. Print.
3. Rachlin, Harvey. The Kennedys: a chronological history, 1823-present. New York: World Almanac, 1986. Print.
4. Collier, Peter. The Kennedys: An American Drama. New York: Summit Books, 1984. Print.
5. Moody, Sidney C. Jr. Triumph and Tragedy; the Story of the Kennedys. New York: Morrow, 1968. Print.
Economic debates 1932-2010
In this post I will be looking at two blogs that discuss the two arguments on how to fix a sick market. I will give examples of how the debate on to fix the economy in election of 1932 is still going on in 2010. It is sad to think that the biggest change between 1932 and today is who the people debating are because nothing has changed in the debate. The worst thing is that results from both should have killed this argument back then because one only hurt the economy.
The first blog post that I looked at was the Becker-Posner blog which in 2009 went over the Obama Stimulus Plan. The blog seems to be a blog that discusses the big news at time. The blog opens with argument about why a stimulus is bad for a health marker because it creates too many jobs that over crowds the markets. In the blog Becker argues that he thinks that projected numbers for stimulus are a little excessive, but then says that those numbers could be exactly right. This blog helped me to understand one argument to help a sick market and that is government aid in form of stimulus package like the New Deal. The point to the stimulus package is to help the market by creating jobs which puts money back into the market. This way saw some success under FDR but it was a slow improvement. One argument can be made against a stimulus is that comes in at time when people are panicking and the stimulus gets rushed through and is not as effective as could be if they took time to work on it and make sure it was as effective as possible. Another thing that hurts a stimulus is that politician want to be reelected and what better way than to bring something back home so they add pork belly which usual does something that complete wastes the money like a Bridge to Nowhere that could go to creating jobs. One recent occurrence of this was a Republican from Nebraska basically sold his vote on health care for benefits to Nebraska that could help get him reelected.
The other blog is by Michael Johns who is one of the founders of the Tea Party Movement. Johns talks about the Tea Party Movement which is a movement that has no goals and no direction other than small government should not interfere with the economy. So they provide no answer in how to fix the market just let be. In the blog Johns as founder of group argues that lack of direction is just a slight growing pain for this group. This blog is a lot of empty rhetoric that has no evidence and backed solely by Johns resume at the bottom of the blog. Johns now works as a health care executive, he was former White House official and he also was the speech writer for George H. W. Bush.
In the election of 1932, President Hoover made argument that the way to fix the market was to leave it alone which had worked so well the last three years of his term that unemployment increased by about twenty four percent. This argument is basically the same as trying to treat sinking boat with hole in it like it was boat that had no hole in it. This is one reason that all people who got stuck in Hoovervilles were so angry Hoover he offered no help.
To be honest both of these arguments are flawed but one has never shown any way of helping a sick market. The government staying out business is what actually led to economic recession and the Great Depression. In all three cases there was president in office at time of and term before the economic problems started supported the small government and staying ou business motto. Also if someone searched the five worse yearly deficits up 2007 two of three president have all five. Bush junior has the four worst years of all time and those four years where in a row so if people wonder why the market is the way it is now this was definitely a factor. The fifth worst year happened under Bush senior around same time as economic recession of the early 1990s.
Work Citied
1. Chambers, Clarke. The New Deal at Home and Abroad, 1929-1945.New York: The Free Press. 1967. Print.
2. Becker, Gary and Posner, Richard. “On the Obama Stimulus Plan-Becker.” Weblog Entry. The Becker-PosnerBlog. 11 January 2009. Web. 18 February 2010.
3. Johns, Michael. “Tea Party Potential, Tea Party Challenges.” Weblog Entry. Michael Johns. 28 January 2010. Web. 18 February 2010
The first blog post that I looked at was the Becker-Posner blog which in 2009 went over the Obama Stimulus Plan. The blog seems to be a blog that discusses the big news at time. The blog opens with argument about why a stimulus is bad for a health marker because it creates too many jobs that over crowds the markets. In the blog Becker argues that he thinks that projected numbers for stimulus are a little excessive, but then says that those numbers could be exactly right. This blog helped me to understand one argument to help a sick market and that is government aid in form of stimulus package like the New Deal. The point to the stimulus package is to help the market by creating jobs which puts money back into the market. This way saw some success under FDR but it was a slow improvement. One argument can be made against a stimulus is that comes in at time when people are panicking and the stimulus gets rushed through and is not as effective as could be if they took time to work on it and make sure it was as effective as possible. Another thing that hurts a stimulus is that politician want to be reelected and what better way than to bring something back home so they add pork belly which usual does something that complete wastes the money like a Bridge to Nowhere that could go to creating jobs. One recent occurrence of this was a Republican from Nebraska basically sold his vote on health care for benefits to Nebraska that could help get him reelected.
The other blog is by Michael Johns who is one of the founders of the Tea Party Movement. Johns talks about the Tea Party Movement which is a movement that has no goals and no direction other than small government should not interfere with the economy. So they provide no answer in how to fix the market just let be. In the blog Johns as founder of group argues that lack of direction is just a slight growing pain for this group. This blog is a lot of empty rhetoric that has no evidence and backed solely by Johns resume at the bottom of the blog. Johns now works as a health care executive, he was former White House official and he also was the speech writer for George H. W. Bush.
In the election of 1932, President Hoover made argument that the way to fix the market was to leave it alone which had worked so well the last three years of his term that unemployment increased by about twenty four percent. This argument is basically the same as trying to treat sinking boat with hole in it like it was boat that had no hole in it. This is one reason that all people who got stuck in Hoovervilles were so angry Hoover he offered no help.
To be honest both of these arguments are flawed but one has never shown any way of helping a sick market. The government staying out business is what actually led to economic recession and the Great Depression. In all three cases there was president in office at time of and term before the economic problems started supported the small government and staying ou business motto. Also if someone searched the five worse yearly deficits up 2007 two of three president have all five. Bush junior has the four worst years of all time and those four years where in a row so if people wonder why the market is the way it is now this was definitely a factor. The fifth worst year happened under Bush senior around same time as economic recession of the early 1990s.
Work Citied
1. Chambers, Clarke. The New Deal at Home and Abroad, 1929-1945.New York: The Free Press. 1967. Print.
2. Becker, Gary and Posner, Richard. “On the Obama Stimulus Plan-Becker.” Weblog Entry. The Becker-PosnerBlog. 11 January 2009. Web. 18 February 2010.
3. Johns, Michael. “Tea Party Potential, Tea Party Challenges.” Weblog Entry. Michael Johns. 28 January 2010. Web. 18 February 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Hooverville in Central Park
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This picture shows the complete isolation of these communities from the rest of society and challenges that these homeless people who lived in Hoovervilles faced. This particular Hooverville is located in Central Park but it is not the only one. In New York City alone there were at least three other Hoovervilles . This picture puts the challenge that Franklin D. Roosevelt faced in whole new perspective. The picture also shows the serious the need for a champion of the common man and that was a role that FDR was very good at during his presidency.
In the picture there are about eight shacks in each of these there could be up to twelve people living in each one. There are also two young boys talking to each other. Then the flag of the United States that even in these hard times they have flying. There are also two adults looking up at the flag as if wishing for something good to happen for this country. To me it looks like the one in black coat facing the flag with his back to us as his hand over his heart in a salute. This picture was taken in 1931 and the depression would only get worse in the next year. According to Warren with the economy only getting worse leading up to the Presidential Election of 1932 a man offered to show both candidates the places like Hooverville and other slums. He thought by seeing these places they would realize the full seriousness of the economic situation (238). I think it says something about how bad the Hoovervilles were when someone thought that seeing them summed up the problems with the United States.
In New York City alone there were tens of thousands of people who were forced to live on the streets. Most of these people formed communities that they called Hoovervilles after the president at the time Herbert Hoover. One of the largest of these communities was located in Central Park. Strangely it was a big tourist attraction because of the performances put on by the people of Hooverville. Some of these people were former circus acts, musicians, or other artists (Batcher 723).
Batcher reports that in the year of this photo 1931 there were almost two hundred thousand people who were kicked out of their apartment because they could not pay rent. Some people to prevent eviction had to sell their valuables so they could pay rent. Others would move apartment to apartment and just leave before they had to pay. Some that lost their homes had to leave there furniture because they could no longer pay the interest form when they bought on credit. In Philadelphia there were about thirteen hundred evictions per month the years after the crash. To top it off the stress and anxiety levels of Americans were very high at this time.
Batcher believes that many of the businesses after the collapse made huge cuts, and consumers stopped buying anything that was not absolutely necessary. Businesses cut millions of jobs to try and run at the bare minimum (722). This is ironic because what the economy needs to recover is surge of new jobs and money back in not screeching halt to recover. The way to recover in other words is what Franklin D. Roosevelt did with New Deal in trying to bring jobs back to the market
Work Citied
1 ”Hooverville in Central Park.” Hooverville and the Depression: 1930-1932. Web. 27 January 2010
2. Batcher, Bob. “Great Depression in the Northeast.” Encyclopedia of the Great Depression. Vol. 2. New York: Macmillian, 2004
3. Warren, Harris Gaylord. Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 1967. Print.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Research Prospectus
Research Prospectus
1. Research question: What was the economic growth with FDR as president? Did the New Deal really help? What was main focus of his administration?
2. This blog is for my English Composition two class we separated into groups of four and were told to pick a topic from a list of choices. My group came down to military and political leaders during world war two and the trail of tears. Our group was split evenly between the two so we decided to do the only logical thing to choose so we flipped a coin. Then once we decided on leaders during world war two as topic we had to narrow it down to a single leader and we chose FDR. Each of the members of the group is going to talk about certain aspect FDR.
When it comes to exact thing that FDR did to get us out these of those economics problems I do not know. I do know that he started a lot of programs to create jobs for Americans and it is only through one of these programs that my grandparents were able to survive this time period. WPA or Workers Progress Association was the group my grandfather was in their goal was to build buildings that town’s needed like schools. In my home town there are about four schools, the post office, and the court house were all built by WPA. Several Schools in Oklahoma were built by the WPA. There was also the CCC or Civilian Conservation Corps which focused on improving the land. The CCC during the dust bowl planted trees to help stop the wind which helped to stop the huge dust storms. They were young men and they worked like a junior military in some ways like living on barracks, wore uniforms, and physical exercises. These young men would later be known as the greatest generation as they were the soldiers in World War II.
I want to find out more about the programs that New Deal started. What was their job to help us to recover? Did any of programs have unexpected results? Are some of these programs? Also how so critics of FDR made it seem like he started the Great depression with the New Deal when Hoover was president for three years after depression started. I also want to know more about what drove FDR when seemed like he just kept facing challenge after challenge. I also like to see if his situation is similar to our economic situation now. Also someone could possible think that he did not help Hoover so things would get worse and could become a huge by ending it.
Like with all things with politics I am having trouble finding research that is more fact than opinion. It seems everyone has their own twist to how the Great Depression was resolved. They also do not agree on why it took the time it did. The only thing that has not been trouble is finding research but not even experts agree on how it all worked out.
I have always been a huge history fan of and FDR has always been one of my favorite presidents. I am excited about chance to learn more about the greatest leader America has ever had. I also cannot wait to find out more about the things that he did and all while fighting his disease relentless just like the problems he faced here. People can debate on whether FDR policies actually pulled us out of depression or prolonged it. I view his presidency as captain of this ship called America. People can complain about the route but not about the fact that the captain did his job in getting us to our destination. FDR administration led America through its worst economic period in our history.
3. Working Bibliography
Chambers, Clarke. The New Deal at Home and Abroad, 1929-1945.New York: The Free Press. 1967. Print.
Conkin, Paul. FDR and the Origins of the Welfare State. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. 1967. Print
McQuaid, Kim. Big Business and Presidential Power: From FDR to Reagan. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. 1982. Print.
Hamby, Alonzo L. The New Deal: Analysis and Interpretation. New York: Weybright and Talley. 1969. Print
Lazzaro, Joseph. “Did New Deal end Depression? History says deficit spending works”. DailyFiance 7 Mar. 2009. Web. 20 Jan. 2010
1. Research question: What was the economic growth with FDR as president? Did the New Deal really help? What was main focus of his administration?
2. This blog is for my English Composition two class we separated into groups of four and were told to pick a topic from a list of choices. My group came down to military and political leaders during world war two and the trail of tears. Our group was split evenly between the two so we decided to do the only logical thing to choose so we flipped a coin. Then once we decided on leaders during world war two as topic we had to narrow it down to a single leader and we chose FDR. Each of the members of the group is going to talk about certain aspect FDR.
When it comes to exact thing that FDR did to get us out these of those economics problems I do not know. I do know that he started a lot of programs to create jobs for Americans and it is only through one of these programs that my grandparents were able to survive this time period. WPA or Workers Progress Association was the group my grandfather was in their goal was to build buildings that town’s needed like schools. In my home town there are about four schools, the post office, and the court house were all built by WPA. Several Schools in Oklahoma were built by the WPA. There was also the CCC or Civilian Conservation Corps which focused on improving the land. The CCC during the dust bowl planted trees to help stop the wind which helped to stop the huge dust storms. They were young men and they worked like a junior military in some ways like living on barracks, wore uniforms, and physical exercises. These young men would later be known as the greatest generation as they were the soldiers in World War II.
I want to find out more about the programs that New Deal started. What was their job to help us to recover? Did any of programs have unexpected results? Are some of these programs? Also how so critics of FDR made it seem like he started the Great depression with the New Deal when Hoover was president for three years after depression started. I also want to know more about what drove FDR when seemed like he just kept facing challenge after challenge. I also like to see if his situation is similar to our economic situation now. Also someone could possible think that he did not help Hoover so things would get worse and could become a huge by ending it.
Like with all things with politics I am having trouble finding research that is more fact than opinion. It seems everyone has their own twist to how the Great Depression was resolved. They also do not agree on why it took the time it did. The only thing that has not been trouble is finding research but not even experts agree on how it all worked out.
I have always been a huge history fan of and FDR has always been one of my favorite presidents. I am excited about chance to learn more about the greatest leader America has ever had. I also cannot wait to find out more about the things that he did and all while fighting his disease relentless just like the problems he faced here. People can debate on whether FDR policies actually pulled us out of depression or prolonged it. I view his presidency as captain of this ship called America. People can complain about the route but not about the fact that the captain did his job in getting us to our destination. FDR administration led America through its worst economic period in our history.
3. Working Bibliography
Chambers, Clarke. The New Deal at Home and Abroad, 1929-1945.New York: The Free Press. 1967. Print.
Conkin, Paul. FDR and the Origins of the Welfare State. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. 1967. Print
McQuaid, Kim. Big Business and Presidential Power: From FDR to Reagan. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. 1982. Print.
Hamby, Alonzo L. The New Deal: Analysis and Interpretation. New York: Weybright and Talley. 1969. Print
Lazzaro, Joseph. “Did New Deal end Depression? History says deficit spending works”. DailyFiance 7 Mar. 2009. Web. 20 Jan. 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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