The Vietnam War is one of the most well-known and significant wars in American history because of its very strong political and social impact on American society. The Korean War had just finished in the previous years before and a new generation of lifestyles and independence was quickly becoming more popular, and the traditional “apple-pie” lifestyle was soon becoming a part of the past. Vietnam had always had a long history of conflict including the Guerrilla War with the French and also had many conflicts with China because they were against the Catholic and Buddhist beliefs in their country. The country even battled against its own people attempting to gain control of the people and create a communist governing system.

There was a large amount of student unrest and protesting due to the United States involvement with the Vietnam War, it began as a small group of student protesting against President Richard Nixon because they believed that he had murdered the United States Constitution by removing our freedom of making choices to go to war. President Nixon brought back the Draft for the first time sense 1942, this in return, made all of the “baby boomers” eligible to be drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. This outraged the college students in the United States because anyone over the age of 17 was eligible to be drafted as well as all students who graduate from college which made college students rebel against President Nixon’s and respond to the Draft with protest and unrest. Students felt that he was sending them off to a war that wasn’t the United States’ war and that it was completely unfair and unjust to do to the people of our nation that were eligible for the Draft. In the end, students felt as if they were truly betrayed by the government that was swore to protect them, so they responded with stern protest and anti-war movement across the entire country.

During the Vietnam War the United States was heavily affected both economically and politically because there was no economic or political plan of action to follow during the war. President Johnson continued to pour money into funding the United States fight in Vietnam and he did not sufficiently have a plan to replace to money that funded Vietnam, this caused a large amount of inflation and drastic increase in the federal deficit. As the war in Vietnam continued the United States began to fall into an economic slump causing many economic concerns for the political leaders. The citizens of our country began to feel resentment and anger towards our political leaders and the government because Americans felt that they were being put in a situation that did not involve them and that they were being cheated by the United States government. The people of the United States became more aware of the dishonesty of these leaders and began to distrust the government and view everything the government did with suspicion. President Nixon’s Watergate scandal that led to his resignation and President Ford’s appointment as Commander in Chief only fortified the public’s distrust of the government and government actions. In an effort to prevent a future conflict similar to Vietnam, Congress passed War Powers Act that Nixon had vetoed that stated that the President had to inform Congress if he was going to send troops into possible combat situations.

The Vietnam War was a very difficult time for the people of the United States because not only did many of our soldiers die in the war, but those that did return were permanently scared with the experiences that they went through during the war. Many had lifelong health issues that were related to fighting in the war and many were mentally effected for the rest of their life by not only the experience of fighting the war but also because of how they were treated by the government when they arrived home from the war. Many soldiers that made it home felt as if they had been spit on by their own country. Sense the Nixon Watergate scandal and the Vietnam War, the citizens of the United States have never fully trusted in the government sense those dishonest times in the history of our country, I can only hope for better choices on the U.S. Government’s behalf in the future. 

References

Pike, John. (2000). The Vietnam War. Retrieved on July, 13, 2010. Retrieved from Global Security Website. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/vietnam.htm

Ryan, J. S. (Nov. 14, 2008). Student Unrest and the Vietnam War. Retrieved on July, 13, 2010. Retrieved from Associated Content News Website. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1195187/student_unrest_and_the_vietnam_war_.html?singlepage=true&cat=37

The Wonderland murders or Four on the Floor murders occurred on July1, 1981. Four people were bludgeoned to death in their sleep at 8763 Wonderland Ave. Joy Audrey Miller. Billy DeVerell. Ronald Launius. Barbara Richardson. The police were so disturbed by the amounts of blood found at the Wonderland crime scene they video taped it as evidence. It was the first time in American history that a video record of a murder scene was admitted as evidence in criminal trial.

John Holmes disputed his involvement in the actual crime. Although, he was responsible for the two groups having anything to do with one another. He was a friend of Eddie Nash, club owner and the man who ordered the hit on the Wonderland home. Being in debt to his friends at Wonderland he drew them a map and left a sliding glass door open at Nash’s home for them to sneak in and commit their robbery of Nash as a way of paying them back. As soon as Nash found out of Holmes’involvement he ordered Holmes to tell what he knew and reveal the identity of his friends at Wonderland. He and, or his goons forced Holmes to go with them to 8763 Wonderland Ave. on the night of July 1, 1981. By most accounts they made Holmes watch as his goons exacted their revenge upon his friends. The police did find a bloody hand print at the scene that belonged to Holmes.

The crime scene footage is extremely graphic and bloody. It shows that the movie, Wonderland that came out in 2003 is a very close depiction of what actually happened on that fateful night.

Boogie Nights is a loosely based story of the rise and fall of John Holmes with Mark Wahlberg playing the self-confessed porn king. It tells a slightly different version of the events, but is more entertaining and flashy than Wonderland.

John Holmes died in the V.A. Hospital in Sepulveda, California March 13th, 1988. He was 43 years old.

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1900s: Hanging – That is a hanging new hat you got there!

1910s: Jazzed –   I’m really jazzed about this tophat

1920s: Cat’s Meow — Don’t tell me that I’m applesauce, you’re applesauce! I’m the cat’s meow! BITCH!

1930s: Snazzy – What a snazzy invention, the Preparation H! 

1940s: Fuddy-Duddy – My anal hole is itchy and I’m in public, what a fuddy-duddy situation.

1950s: Swell — Thank you papa for the Preparation H, now everything is swell daddy-o.

1960s: Groovy — Whoa man that’s groovy!

1970s: Dig — Do you dig? yeah I guess.

1980s: Bodacious — Dude those are some of the most bodacious melons I’ve seen, and your breast ain’t bad either.

1990s: Word — Yo sucka can you hear me? word!

21st Century

2000s: LOL — I totally Lolled at that!

2010s: Winning — I am winning! Winning what?…or at what? Just winning!

2020s: Preparation H — I have totally Preparation H’d all over his face.

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The New Right favoured social conservatism. It can be difficult to define a typical member due to the diversity and grand scale of issues, though the list below generalises.

A typical New Right voter could be defined by:

• ·         Disgusted by the 1960s’ excesses and permissiveness (sex, drugs and rock-and-roll)
• ·         Very patriotic
• ·         Anti-Communist
• ·         A great believer in free enterprise and a balanced budget
• ·         A church-goer
• ·         A great believer in family values
• ·         Opposed to the teaching of Evolution and Darwinist ideas in schools
• ·         Anti-sex education in schools
• ·         Anti-busing (as it maximised the amount of time a child spent away from home, promoted race mixing and destroyed the authority of the parents)
• ·         Anti-affirmative-action
• ·         Anti-feminism and the Equal Rights Amendment
• ·         Anti-abortion, pro- ‘right to life’
• ·         Anti-pornography
• ·         Against the abolition of prayer in schools
• ·         Against IRS moves to deny tax-exempt status to private schools, including Christian academies with all white pupils
• ·         Anti-crime
• ·         Anti-federal government bureaucracy
• ·         Anti-homosexuals

The Leaders within the New Right were typically religious figures, such as ministers or those who all-round good people.

Out of all the leaders and followers, Candy is a hero, she is the driving force behind the uprising. She shows her heroic behavior by helping the black farmers stand up for themselves and not be pushed around by the white men. She believes that people need to stick together to fight prejudice and segregation in a place where it is still prevalent. She stands up for what’s right, and that is not what is thought a white person would think. She shows individualism by thinking of others and putting them first.

Mapes is the police man who comes and is supposed to get the murderer. When he gets their however he finds a different scene than he expected. He isn’t like most other white men, just like candy he wants to do what’s right and not arrest the innocent. All of the people claimed that they shot him and they all have valid reasons about why they might have killed him. Mapes wants to stop a lunching mob that he knows will come, by arresting only one person and saving the rest. Mapes and Candy clash on certain levels because he wants them to stop the charade and come quietly, Candy on the other hand believes that the only way they will get through this is by sticking together.

Out of Mapes and Candy I think that Candy is the bigger hero. She is a leader and is admired by most of the people in the story for it. Mapes is also admired for not being racist and guides and directs others towards standing up for themselves, but he also tries to not get anyone killed in the process. I think that the situation that they are in is a tight one to be in and if they were in a different conflict both of them might not even be heroes.

Anybody who commits an act of remarkable bravery or who shows a commendable feature such as great courage or strength of character should be honored to be called a hero. Heroes don’t need to be the characterized type, but just showing good judgment helps a lot.    

Teena Marie was an experienced, soulful and moving singer, but what many do not realize how much of an exceptional lyricist, songwriter and musician Teen Marie proved worthy of being respected.  She like Madonna’s first album release did not feature her image on the cover.  Ms. Marie’s first album was called, “Wild and Peaceful”.

Cover of Lovergirl: Teena Marie Story

Teena Marie was born Marie Christine Brockert was only 19 years old when she signed with Motown Records as its first signed white act along with Rick James who she had both a music and personal relationship with.  She is survived by a daughter and on a come back after a bout with prescription drugs.

Watch Teen Marie Singer Lovergirl in concert when she was younger below

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 Key looks include the best aspects of each of the following decades:

1980’s anchor styles:

1. Skinny jeans – but only if your body is reasonably slim. Wearing this style when overweight creates a Miss Piggy look. Don’t do that to yourself.
2. Boyfriend jacket – just please, not too huge. Long and sleek is cool, linebacker is not.
3. Vibrant make-up. It’s all part of the attitude.

1970’s anchor styles

1. Layered but blown-out hair (not permed) and wide-leg pants.
2. Silky, slinky, shiny fabrics that drape for tops.
3. Boots, boots, boots.
4. Lots of jewelry – but don’t overdo it. Several necklaces or bracelets. Just not everything all at once.
5.  Biker details – especially on boots and jackets. Extra straps and buckles.
6.  Muted colors like bronze, mustard gold, brick red, olive, nauticals like gray blue and silver for spring of course, and (thankfully) purple continues all year.
7.  Fringe bangs

1960’ anchor styles:

1. The Pixie bob. Emma Watson launched this one with her new post-Harry Potter “do”.

2.      Full skirts – more A-line than pencil. Just let it stop above or at the knee. No calf-length, “Little House on the Prairie” A-lines.

3.      Ladylike dresses with the same flowing qualities as the tops listed above.

For those of us who don’t live in London, Paris, Milan, New York or L.A., these runway trends will go to ready-to-wear but won’t actually be worn commonly on the street for a few years. But here, we get the inside scoop and can be a bit ahead of the game.

Happy New Year!

Resources: www.fashionising.com, www.instyle.com, www.beautyhill.com

• 1930s Depression slowed the construction of housing
• 1945, Australia had a shortage of over 350 000 houses
• 1945 Commonwealth State Housing Agreement ensure production of adequate and affordable permanent housing.
• After the war, there was a massive shortage of houses.
• Home ownership increased as the economy and transportation system improved.
• By 1961, 70% people owned their own homes
• Immigrants changed the landscape of Australian home architecture
• 1960 – popular Modernist styles of architecture maintained clean lines, minimal details and attention to design and form.
• 1970s housing poverty afflicted Australia
• Australian Housing Cooperation formed in 1977, formed to help finance community housing (federal Government)
• 1970s – preservation of buildings and city centre.
• 1980s – better housing options include – low income and special needs households
• 1990s – re-evaluation of previous housing policies.

Home Appliances

• Before WWII , housing appliances were purchased only by the rich and middle-class people
• 1946 – only 8% of homes were connected to electricity, 75% did not have  kitchen sink.
• 1980 – estimated that no houses had a vacuum cleaner
• Home appliances have formed part of the modern machinery that made life speed up in the 20th Century

Entertainment

• Technology played a huge part in entertainment after WWII.
• Before 1954, hotels and bars closed before 6pm which led to the phrase “six o’ clock swill”
• Early closing was removed in 1954 in NSW, 1966 Victoria, South Australia 1967, which eventually led to the revival of hotels and bars as places of entertainment.
• Television was introduced in 1956, as a result, cinema audiences halved between 1956 to 1960s.
• 1980s – The introduction  of videos and proliferation of video stores decrease cinema audiences for some time.
• Pay TV and DVDs were introduced in 1996
• Late 1950s – young people formed bands in their garage
• Clubs of all sorts were important venues of a broad range of entertainment.
• Pubs were important venues for new bands.
• 1990s – gentrification and laws controlling noise meant a decrease in live band performances
• Pokies became legal after 50 years of illegal operation in 1956.
• Pokies were legalised throughout Australia by 1990s when State governments saw it as a lucrative source of revenue

Transport

• Today over 90% have access to one car.
• 1950s – only 20% of families had access to a car.
• 1956 – one third of Australia’s 2.3 million registered motor vehicles were used commercially.
• After WWII majority of drivers were men
• Women now account for half of the country’s motor vehicle drivers.
• Tramways were in the late 19th and early twentieth century were the main forms of transport
• 1960s – tramways closed across the continent
• Rise of motor vehicles was the demise of tramways in Australia.
• Motor vehicles led to the decentralising of jobs and places of work.
• Motor vehicles allowed many families to take holidays and take weekend drives.
• Motels flourished from the late 1950s and 1960s.
• Number of internal passenger flights increased from the 1950s.

Communication

• In the 1950s there were two types of communication, telegram and telephone.
• In recent we have seen the development of digital cultures and virtual communities.
• Private forms of communication are telephones, mobiles, pagers and snail mail.
• Public forms include radio and television.
• Communication are part of the country’s economic infrastructure.

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