Henry Ford

Meta was sitting on the on the edge of her bed watching and waiting for the clock to turn midnight, so she can begin celebrating her twenty-fourth birthday. While she sat her mind began to reflect back on her life experiences. One particular experience stands out more than all the rest; she recalls an incident when she was eight years and got stitches. Early on a spring day in California in 1999, where the mornings can be cold, by the afternoon it can get really hot. She laughs at herself,…

Each author has a way of expressing their intended purpose to their audience, many do so by using rhetorical strategies. A rhetorical device is a way to convey meaning or to persuade. Rhetorical strategies are found in every piece of writing but we generally do not realize it. In the speeches by Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, they use rhetorical strategies to convey their messages. In Tim O’Brien’s book The Things They Carried, rhetorical devices are found throughout his writing. Between these…

Deception. Deception is everywhere in politics! Throughout history, many people have been using the art of artifice, or deception to try and persuade people to join their side. These people often make up facts within their cause to obtain more followers. In politics, this is everywhere. Politics have been known to be full of lies throughout world history. One would say that artifice is the most important skill to have in the world. This is due to how politics have been corrupted in…

Elizabeth Ann Bloom, known as Betty Ford (1918-2011), was married to America's thirty-eighth and only non-elected President, Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006, Pres. 1974-1977). In the role of First Lady, Mrs. Ford was preceded by Pat Nixon (1912-1993) and succeeded by Rosalynn Carter (1927-). Though an accomplished dancer and independent woman in her own right, Betty dedicated herself to the advancement of her husband's political career, fulfilled the role of Republican Congressional Spouse…

The Supreme Court has made a lot of important decisions that impact the lives of United States citizens every day. If I would have to summarize what I have learned from the United States Government class in very few words, it would have to be that the justice system was built to be fair and just for everyone and that the government structure was framed to be as effective as it can be. Even though history has shown more than once that the system can be exploited and government corrupt, like any…

The film Bad Boys showcases the relationship of two best friends and partners of the narcotics division of Miami Police Department. Working as officers during there are forms of leadership that are displayed in the film. The detectives used integration tactics to bring forth information pertaining to their investigation. Recently, the Miami Police Department narcotics division was able to remove over $100 million dollars’ worth of heroin off the streets of Miami. The removal of heroin was stolen…

On June 17, 1972, several months before President Nixon was reelected, burglars had broken into the Democratic National Committee offices in Washington, D.C. These burglars were traced back to the White House. This seemed like Nixon's aides were trying to spy on the Democrats. However President Nixon said he didn't know anything about the Watergate break-in. Law enforcement agents continued to investigate the case, which led them back to Nixon’s chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman in 1973. Later that…

All through history, people have been overly ambitious in the pursuit of power. However I think that Richard Nixon takes this to a whole new level with his attempts to control the results of the 1972 presidential election, and it eventually led to his downfall both in politics, and the eyes of his fellow Americans. People may say that Watergate wasn’t as it was made out to be, and that the entire thing was overblown, but they are wrong, not only was it as bad as the public originally thought,…

Meaning- “Post-truth” has been named as the word of the year for 2016 by Oxford Dictionaries. It is referred with the meaning as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” According to Oxford Dictionaries, as this word is used as an adjective, it is mainly used in terms of politics and this term is known as “Post-Truth Politics”. HISTORY According to Oxford, it was first used in a…

also mistrust his own people”. This is applicable to the modern era suggesting that everyone and anyone should be under suspicion. Even our own people may be potential enemies or sources of conflict. Additionally under Charles II, John Wildman and Henry Bishop took intelligence to another level and began intercepting the general post office mail in two main ways, either by making specific interception or by a more general rifling of the post. This form of intelligence forced conspirators to use…