Our fortieth president, Ronald Reagan, spoke eloquently for many years on many different subjects and on the eve of March 4, 1987 he put on one of the finest performances of his life. Despite having just admitted to his administration knowingly circumventing the Congress and trading arms for hostages, he persuaded the American people to believe that he was genuinely sorry for his subordinates actions, and honestly seeking to reorganize and fix the issues that had caused this problem by “taking action in three basic areas: personnel, national security policy, and the process for making sure that the system works.” Through effective use of logos and ethos Reagan was able to rebound from what people would call a blunder and become one of the…
Meg is scared but because she loves Charles Wallace and is maturing she is finally starting to be brave, believe in herself, and is starting to use her intelligent mind. Meg is on Camazotz trying to figure out a way to defeat IT and save Charles Wallace when even though she is scared she tells herself , “I have to do it myself. I have to resist IT by myself.”(Pg 225) Meg has never been able to control her feelings but throughout her adventure she has learned a sense of maturity and is able to control her fear. Meg’s ability to be brave shows her love for Charles Wallace and that when she believes in herself and puts her mind to something that she can do anything. Charles Wallace is being hypnotized by the man with red eyes, and Charles is under…
"And we've suffered long enough under their tyrannical rule! Fight back against your oppressors, who keep you laboring in the fields and factories day and night, barely scraping by! Fight back against the people who take your work for granted! Fight back against the people that don't appreciate you!"…
Facts: John Thomas Watkins, a labor worker organizer, was asked in 1954 to appear in front of the Committee on Un-American Activities of the House of Representatives. He was asked to give further details on the identity and expose the Communist Party member’s activities and he refused. Court ruled that the congress possessed no general authority to expose the private affairs of individuals.…
I believe that Eric Hoffer's quote is acurate and represents the countless times in history when certain nations would create a a shpere of dominance or superiority over the larger majority that are no able to speak out against inequality. Britain and other Europeans fabricated a concept of "scientific racism" and saw those with darker skin as inferior and made the African people complete forced labor. This quote could also be interpreted that leaders, no matter good or bad, rule over their common majority because they are ruling in their personal best interest.…
Famous Films Inc. will be hiring 20 university students into various departments to work from June 1st, 2011 until the university contract end date of August 31, 2011. These interns will be hired into Temporary Full Time assignments and interviews will begin on April 3, 2011 at the Famous Films Inc job fair. This will be the first time where front line managers and department supervisors will be conducting the recruitment and selection portion of the hiring process so it is important to outline the legal obligations that we have to our new hires and the interviewing process.…
A Clockwork Orange ran for over a year before being censored and was a cause of great debate in the media. The late 60’s just prior to its release, saw the removal of the Hays Production Code or the Motion Picture Production Code, which was a set of moral guidelines that films had to adhere to; a Clockwork…
In November 25, 1947 the MPAA issued the Waldorf statement, it revealed the economic portion of the blacklist, which stated; “we will forthwith discharge or suspend without compensation those in our employ and we will not re-employ any of the Hollywood Ten, until they were acquitted or has purged himself of contempt and declares under oath that they are not a Communist. Over three hundred writers, directors, producers, and actors were blacklisted between 1947 and…
Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin became increasingly popular during this time of hysteria as he was the chairman of this committee. McCarthy used aggressive tactics and unsubstantiated charges against individuals, even pinning a father against his own son. Joseph McCarthy and the HUAC did not care whether or not their actions were ruining people’s careers and lives. The HUAC first targeted the film industry in 1947, as they believed that communist propaganda was being spread through US films. In response to the HUAC accusations, Hollywood executives created a “blacklist” of people who they thought had Communist backgrounds.…
In 1907, Chicago enacted the first film censorship law. Two years later, the National board of Censorship was created due to the amount of complaints about indecent movies in New York City. This caused multiple theaters in the NYC Area to close down. By the 1920’s, most American protestant cities were being called for federal regulation. The year is now 2016 and censorship still plays an important role in the film industry and also our society.…
On October 14, 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was stopped in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to make his candidate speech for the next presidential election of 1912. While Theodore Roosevelt was deep into his speech, a shot from the crowd was shot at him, entering the right side of Roosevelt’s chest and rib. The next day Roosevelt died. In the investigation to figure out who had attempted such a crude act. The evidence that was found was foreign coins, a button with an elephant, a large jacket, a map of Chicago, a picture of Teddy Roosevelt taken at a Rough Rider Reunion in 1905, a note that read, “Thanks, my friends, I know we’re going to do it,” and a receipt for a train ticket from Washington D.C. With all this evidence found, only one man could own these materials, and that man is William Taft.…
There were many committee that helped mold HUAC into the committee that it was during the 1940s and 1950, such as: the Fish Committee and the Over-Man Committee, which investigated communist and Nazi propaganda during 1918 through the 1930s. The response to HUAC’s investigation of Hollywood was different for many people, and the spectrum of supporters was a large range. There were many supporters of HUAC’s investigation of Hollywood, including many famous celebrities: John Wayne, Walt Disney, Sam Wood, Ronald Reagan, and many more. Famous actor and future President of The United States, Ronald Reagan, also served as president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). During his presidency of SAG he refused the request of assistance from a member who had received a HUAC subpoena. These prominent Hollywood members created The Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideas, in 1944, as a response to combat the visibly increase in communist influence in the movie industry. Members of the Motion Picture Alliance, along with other Hollywood members, became some of the most prominent and influential “friendly witness.” “Friendly witness” were “Hollywood…
Benjamin Franklin aphorism is proven to be true because I have seen this in my personal life. For instance; my sister always said that she would “travel the world someday”. She would always tell us where she wanted to go but never had a valid plan or followed through with anything she said she would do and as a result we never believed her. It wasn't until a couple of years ago when she studied abroad in England and is currently living in China. When someone is frequently telling you what they are going to do, but fail to do so, you begin to lose trust in them or even consider what they voice anymore.…
This movie was really eye opening, while I don't claim to really understand the mentality of why communists were so vilified, the way such innocent seeming people were treated is deplorable. This movie makes me think of a quote from the movie The Boondock Saints, "But, there is another kind of evil which we must fear most … and that is the indifference of good men!" Many times it seems that people are allowed to get away with misdeeds simply because enough people did not stand up against them. In the movie, it seems that people are either too scared to stand up against the blacklisting for fear of being blacklisted themselves or they have already been blacklisted, thus their opinion is irrelevant, as they are seen as traitors.…
One of the slogans that were used in May 1968 was "It is forbidden to forbid" which reflects how the committee of the reform were using the media as a weapon to reach all segments of…