Ronald Goldman

Eventually, the students agreed to let the hostages go on January 19, 1981 if Iran gained 8 billion dollars in its own frozen assets and the embargo was removed. They were not released until January 20, President Ronald Reagan's inauguration day. Some people believe that Iran waited to release the hostages as a punishment to Jimmy Carter for his support of the Shah, and others believe in the October Surprise Conspiracy Theory. An October Surprise is a political incident that is arranged before…

At this point in time, Republican and Democratic parties began campaigning for the upcoming 1964 election. The Republican nominee opposing Lyndon B. Johnson was past 5 term senator Barry Goldwater. As part of Goldwater’s campaign, future president Ronald Reagan gave a speech on national television that raised over 8 million dollars. This would come to be Reagan’s iconic speech named, “A Time for Choosing.” This speech went on to mark the beginning of Reagan’s success in the political world and…

No Turning Back When Nada (Roddy Piper) discovers a pair of powerful sunglasses that shows the way things really are, there is no way of turning back. In the 1988 movie, They Live, we see a man fighting to free humanity from the mind-controlling aliens. During the 1980’s, it was a difficult time for many people living in the United States. Some examples of ongoing situation during that time were: the cold war and consequences of the regean economics. They live, was one of the first movies to…

peacekeeping abroad is able to express the values of their country. Through the years in past recognition, Lester B. Pearson was a well-known advocator in the promotion of peace and security during the Suez Crisis in 1956. Canada’s political views were greatly dominated by Great Britain, but in the event of the Suez Crisis, Pearson allowed Canada’s views to undergo a transition that was promoting the interests of Canada and our urge to act on the international scale (Carroll, 2009). Through…

In 1980 Republican candidate Ronald Reagan assumed the highest office in government, that of the presidency, defeating incumbent president Jimmy Carter in a decisive victory that saw him win in forty-four of the nation’s fifty states. Reagan secured 51% of the popular vote, and 489 electoral votes, making it abundantly clear that the populist New Right movement that propelled his ascension in politics would usher in a new age of conservatism for the troubled nation. Reagan’s victory in the…

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (a job held, coincidentally, by another Roosevelt with executive experience, Teddy) to the 44th Governor of New York and finally to the 32nd President of the United States. Mr. Roosevelt just happened to be the choice of Ronald Reagan in the elections of 1932, ’36, ’40, and ’44. Reagan, a descendant from a poor family in Illinois, was born on February 6th, 1911. He would grow up to first, become an actor as well as a military man, and later tried his hand in the…

Ronald Reagan and the People Imagine living in an America in which people had safety protocols for a nuclear weapon strike. Imagine living with the thought of nuclear attack always on the back of everyone’s mind. These were the thoughts of many American’s before Ronald Reagan took office. “When Ronald Reagan took over the White House, the end of the Cold War not only seemed a very long way off—nobody in fact thought in such terms at the time—but in many respects it actually looked as if the USSR…

known for his fictional espionage and military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. He worked as a stockbroker until 1984 when he published his first book The Hunt for Red October. The novel immediately became a hit and even president Ronald Reagan openly praised it. His popular and realistic military novels earned him liking within the U.S Military. He dined with many generals and even presidents who gave him tours and access to military equipment like aircrafts, submarines and…

My Responsibilities to America “America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” Harry S. Truman penned these words. We all have jobs, or responsibilities as American citizens. As Americans we have a responsibility to be an informed voter, a responsibility to support the Constitution, a responsibility to put America first, just to name a few. Responsibilities should not be mistaken for rights. All Americans have…

Political turmoil and reconstruction of the Republican Party was prominent throughout the Reagan Revolution. Although the “new age” conservative ideas gained immense support during the years of the Reagan Revolution, the foundation for the "reinvented conservative platform" were actually paved by previous iconic conservatives, Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon. President Reagan’s idea of the breaking the dependence of the citizens of the United States on the Government could be seen throughout…