Political History

It is completely outrageous that the United States of America, the richest country in the world would tolerate the number of people living in poverty in America today. The lowest percentage in poverty since we started counting was 11.1 percent in 1973. The rate climbed as high as 15.2 percent in 1983. In 2000, after a spurt of prosperity, it went back down to 11.3 percent, and yet 15 million more people are poor today.

Are you a local politician who is interested in running for office or are you a campaign manager? If you are, the importance of campaign signs cannot be emphasized on enough. Campaign signs are one of the best marketing tools available to politicians today.

One of the many reasons why campaign signs are important to all politicians is due to the exposure gained. Political supporters often line their yards with political signs. In fact, campaign signs are often prominently displayed in lawns, towards roadways or walkways.

I watched one day as a news reporter interviewed a Muslim student in the lecture hall of one of America's most prestigious schools. The young man was adorned with a silk headpiece and appeared to come from a very wealthy Arab family I supposed. When asked whether Israel had a right to live in peace in the land that they now held as their homeland he became flustered and indignant.

It is hard to say if the anti-American attitude is driven by jealousy, fear, insecurity or the latest neoanarchist cravings of post Christian Europe. Maybe Europeans see Americans as a bunch of hamburger chomping, truck loving, Hollywood inspired country nitwits. Although long since known and now mostly lost they should be reminded that they are thinking this way about their very own not too ancient progenitors.

Going back to 1980 to write The Sex Ed Chronicles required me to return to the 60's and 70's to get the political setting just right. Until I started my research, I did not know that sex education had been considered part of a 'Communist plot.'

In 1960, John Birch Society president Robert Welch urged parents to join their local Parent-Teacher Associations and take them over.

The Canadian political system as it is known today was first drafted by the "Fathers of Confederation" at the Quebec conference of 1864. This then became law when the constitution act was passed in 1867. This act gave the formal executive authority to Queen Victoria (Queen of Great Britain) which made Canada a sovereign democracy. The Canadian political system is therefore loosely based on the British system.

Now, Canada is an independent Federal state with the Queen still the head of state.

I watched one day as a news reporter interviewed a Muslim student in the lecture hall of one of America's most prestigious schools. The young man was adorned with a silk headpiece and appeared to come from a very wealthy Arab family I supposed. When asked whether Israel had a right to live in peace in the land that they now held as their homeland he became flustered and indignant.

It is hard to say if the anti-American attitude is driven by jealousy, fear, insecurity or the latest neoanarchist cravings of post Christian Europe. Maybe Europeans see Americans as a bunch of hamburger chomping, truck loving, Hollywood inspired country nitwits. Although long since known and now mostly lost they should be reminded that they are thinking this way about their very own not too ancient progenitors.

The history of the 20th century is inseparably connected with wars, revolutions, forcible change of governments and other political cataclysms in which the leading role was often played by bright, extraordinary personalities - leaders, chiefs. Impetuous was also the history of legislative regulation of gambling games and bets. They were allowed, then prohibited, then allowed again...
A lot of these bans and legalizations were directly connected with the principle political acting personalities of the 20th century.

Adolph Hitler
(1889-1945)
Adolph Hitler (Schicklgruber) was born on the 20th of April, 1889, in a small town of Braunau on the border of Austria and Germany. The phenomenon of Hitler is still under study by historians and politicians but there are still a lot more questions than answers to them.
Really, political feeling, iron will, rare talent of an orator-demagogue, finally, need on the part of the hosts of Germany - all this helped him make himself a breath-taking career.