Ford Torino

Climbing into the cockpit of Shelby American's 50th Anniversary Daytona Coupe is very much like like going back in time. only it's a bit more comfortable. Only, this time it’s a bit more comfortable. The steering wheel has a fat leather rim metal spokes and a metal badge at its center. The dashboard looks like a '60s-era science project with plainly labeled knobs and switches set into a flat black surface. The only clues that this is a modern vehicle and not a 1965 race car are the switches for…

President Richard M. Nixon (1968-1974), by all accounts was one of the most successful champions of the American people. He eventually kept every promise he made to the public. Whereas, in reality President Nixon will forever be remembered as the most corrupt man in charge. Between the scandal of Watergate and its subsequent investigations that ultimately lead to his resignation, and eventual pardon. President Nixon’s contribution shall forever be shadowed. John F. Kennedy, a man, a myth, and…

Preliminary Statement This reflective piece identifies the main source of corruption to be power. The references I have mainly linked this to are the police force and political leaders as they are some of the most powerful and influential people on the planet. The form of writing taken in this paper is an opinion article. I chose this because it 's an interesting form of writing and it allows me to voice my opinion better on this topic. I have used rhetorical questions to make this paper more…

When the year of 1969 approached, the turbulence and tumult of the 1960s began to finally subside. Richard Nixon’s presidency slowly started to regain control in America, as protests, violence, and civil unrest all decreased in the time Nixon was president. Nixon’s fresh new ideas abut running the country primarily stemmed from his “apprenticeship” with former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, although many of Nixon’s policies were revolutionary in their own right. The response of the public to…

Exploitation Leading to a Worse Tomorrow A new president is elected every four years to run our nation, represent the country, and uphold the Constitution of the United States. The President of the United States acts as the most powerful man in the world and therefore, we must place our trust into his hands. When the society discovers that their elected president becomes untrustworthy and secretive , a bond is broken. The Watergate Scandal of Richard Nixon and the most notorious political…

“Ever’body’s askin’ that. What we comin’ to? Seems to me we don’t never come to nothin’. Always on the way. Always goin’ and goin’,” Casy stated in chapter 13 of the Grapes of Wrath. The end of the novel is strange, and incredibly open-ended. It is never revealed what happens to the Joads or who finally makes it in the end. It isn’t even known if the starving man actually survives. The final act and image in the novel is also a bit out there, with Rose of Sharon suckling this grown man to keep…

The US is the most powerful state in the world. Not surprisingly, US foreign policy is influential throughout the world. Political parties, interest groups, the media, and the American public are the four most influential extra-governmental actors in US foreign policy making. In this essay, I will discuss whether political parties, the media, interest groups, or the American public has the greatest impact on US foreign policy. First, I will discuss political parties impact on US foreign policy.…

Speak the words presidential scandal, and what goes through a person’s mind is Watergate. This scandal set a precedent for all other scandals. What started as a promising presidential career for Richard Nixon, quickly turned into the largest and most devastating scandals the United States has ever known. It was June 1972 a five man crew of Cuban descent were apprehended by the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, DC, in the offices of the Democratic National Committee. The report…

What does Zinn mean by “Under Control?” What I believe Zinn means by using the phrase “under control” is that the government had the opposite of over control. It is apparent the government lacked control in just about every aspect during this time. Meaning the system was out of control because there was a lack of control. The first indication that the government was loosing control during this time was found in the view of the United States citizens. People no longer had any trust in or showed…

I am ever so grateful to be promotion to an important investigative position for the FBI, however I must admit I am quite horrified at my first case. President Nixon killed by a reel of recording tape… talk about irony. This is not a time to joke around which is why I’ve been busy investigating several suspects to the murder of Richard Nixon and I am happy to say I have found quite some convincing ones. As you know, there were quite a few clues found in a White House trashcan that was very…