NIXON

 One of the most recognizable and well-known presidents in the history of America was Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon was the president of the U.S.A. from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. Personally, I feel as though Richard Nixon was more negative towards America and it's people, during his presidency. One reason why he was more negative is because of his response to the situation of low American supplies that came from the war in the Arab nations, connected with the oil crisis. Many Americans were angry to see the prices of their everyday natural resources go up, as a result of this. Bread went from 28 cents to 89 cents, and gas went from 25 cents to 65 cents. Nixon was able to relax the tension that the average American citizen felt due to the ongoing Cold War. He did this through establishing a relationship with China, a communist nation. Nixon even referred to China by its real name, a huge step, and also by visiting China. Nixon was able to end the embargo that had been previously been in place between China and America. All in all i believe that ixon was a possitive ad negitive influence on america. i cant choose between either side, so i must stay neutral.

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20 songs about commbat

Beauty Never Fades- Junkie XL Featuring Saffron
Fiddle and the Drum- A Perfect Circle (cover off eMotive)
Thunderstruck- AC/DC
The Negotiation Limerick File- The Beastie Boys
Imagine- The Beatles
All Is Full Of Love- Björk
Green Onions- Booker T and the MG's
Magic Carpet Ride (Remix)- The Crystal Method
Music Sounds Better With You- Daft Punk and Stardust
Lie in Our Graves- Dave Matthews Band
Sweet Lullaby- Deep Forest
Policy Of Truth- Depeche Mode
Here With Me- Dido
Salty Dog- Flogging Molly
Now We Are Free- Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard
Jump Around- House of Pain
The Big Payback- James Brown
Over the Hills And Far Away- Led Zeppelin
Protection- Massive Attack
The Ocean Breathes Salty- Modest Mouse
Pink Moon- Nick Drake
Piggy- NIN
Into the Void- NIN
Born Slippy- Underworld
Cemetary Gates- Pantera
Blood of Eden- Peter Gabriel
Where Is My Mind?- The Pixies
Everything In Its Right Place- Radiohead
Sonne- Rammstein
Breaking the Girl- Red Hot Chili Peppers
Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation)- Rob Dougan
Cupid- Sam Cooke
Waste- Smash Mouth
How Soon is Now- The Smiths
Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago- Soul Coughing
Possession- Sarah McLachlan
Sunday Bloody Sunday- U2
Lateralus- Tool
Learning to Fly- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

scavenger hunt

1. skin-deep, gleaming, acid-folk, warming, dazzling, spaced-cowboy, incredible, trouble-song, loaded, blown, battered, impending, chirpy, disarming, gorgeously.
2. “Yeah, yeah: Everyone's a critic” This phrase is ironic because he is referring to a quote in the song and he is now not only criticizing the album, but now Hermes is criticizing the character in the song for being a critic.
3.  Singer Derek Dole sounds better than ever, something that’s immediately noticeable as the shouts of "These are the restless nights! These are the sleepless nights!"- subject+quote=sentence……"If I had an orchard, I'd work till I'm raw . . . and you would wait tables and soon run the store," he sings in the gorgeously appointed title song. -Quote+prep phrase….."Dazzling Blue" feels just as organic, combining country-folk melodies with South Indian percussion in a love song about driving out to the beach on Long Island.
4. On "The Afterlife," an African-pop-flavored standout from his 12th solo album, Paul Simon describes the wait at the Pearly Gates like it's a trip to traffic court, all long lines, mumbled excuses and jokey asides.
“Simon's first album in five years is full of heavy business: life's meaning, beauty, brutality and brevity.” Hermes’ most profound analysis comes in the first paragraph.
5. a vulture

brands quote

It wasn’t a street fighting contest, but it was a street fighting mentality. And frankly, that’s why the Brands brothers had a bad rap. Nobody could handle the level we competed at. Nobody—except for the people that was on our side

-Tom brands

quote

lyrics

"Lord Give Me A Sign"

[Intro:]
Yeah..Uh
In the name of Jesus
(that's right)
No weapon formed against me shall prosper
(preach)
And every tongue that shall rise against me in judgment thou shalt condemn
(preach)
(Lord give me a sign)
For this is the heritage of the servants of the Lord
(preach)
and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
(preach)
Amen

[Verse 1]
Lord Give me a Sign!
I really need to talk to you Lord
Since the last time we talked the walk has been hard
Now I know you haven't left me
But I feel like I'm alone
I'm a big boy now but I'm still not grown
And I'm still going through it
Pain and the hurt
Soaking up trouble like rain in the dirt
And I know!
Only I can stop the rain
Wit just the mention of my saviors name
IN THE NAME OF JESUS!
Devil I rebuke you for what I go through
And trying make me do what I used to
But all that stops right here
As long as the Lords in my life I will have no fear
I will know no pain from the light to the dark
I will show no shame spit it right from the heart
Cause its right from the start
But you held me down
And ain't nothing they can tell me now
Lord give me a sign!

[Hook:]
Let me know whats on your mind
Let me know what I'm gone find
It's all in time
Show me how to teach the mind
Show me how to reach the blind
Lord give me a sign!

Show me what I got to do
To bring me closer to you
Cause I'm gonna go through
What ever you want me to
Just let me know what to do
Lord give me a sign!

[Verse 2:]
Please show me something
I'm tired of talking to him
Knowing he fronting
Crying bout life ain't nothing
But you either be the one mad cause you trapped, or the one hunting
Trapped in your own mind waiting on the Lord
Or hunting wit the word that cuts like a sword
The spoken word is stronger than the strongest man
Carries the whole world like the strongest hand
Through the trials and tribulations you never let us down
JESUS!
I know your here with us now
JESUS!
I know your still wit us now
Keep it real wit us now
I wanna feel show me how
Let me take your hand, guide me
Ill walk slow but stay right beside me
Devil's tryna find me
Hide me, hold up I take that back
Protect me and give me the strength to fight back!

[Hook:]
Let me know whats on your mind
Let me know what I'm gone find
It's all in time
Show me how to teach the mind
Show me how to reach the blind
Lord give me a sign!

Show me what I got to do
To bring me closer to you
Cause I'm gonna go through
What ever you want me to
Just let me know what to do
Lord give me a sign!

[Verse 3:]
Life or death
Live or die
I will never live a lie
I'm going there cause I try
I wont quit until I die
I'm gone make it wrong or right
Make it through the darkest night
When the morning comes you'll see
All I have is God in me
(Lord give me a sign!)

[Outro:]
No weapon formed against me shall prosper
For this is the heritage of the servants of the Lord
In the name of Jesus
Lord give me a sign
Amen lyrics

quote

quote

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
Vince Lombardi

the combat-- poem

the general dispatch

"General"

there was a decorated general with
a heart of gold, that likened him to
all the stories he told
of past battles, won and lost, and
legends of old a seasoned veteran in
his own time

on the battlefield, he gained
respectful fame with many medals
of bravery and stripes to his name
he grew a beard as soon as he could
to cover the scars on his face
and always urged his men on

but on the eve of a great battle
with the infantry in dream
the old general tossed in his sleep
and wrestled with its meaning
he awoke from the night
just to tell what he had seen
and walked slowly out of his tent

all the men held tall with their
chests in the air, with courage in
their blood and a fire in their stare
it was a grey morning and they all
wondered how they would fare
till the old general told them to go home

[CHORUS:]
He said: I have seen the others
and I have discovered
that this fight is not worth fighting
I have seen their mothers
and I will no other
to follow me where I'm going

So,take a shower, shine your shoes
you got no time to lose
you are young men you must be living
Take a shower, shine your shoes
you got no time to lose
you are young men you must be living
go now you are forgiven

but the men stood fast with their
guns on their shoulders not knowing
what to do with the contradicting orders
the general said he would do his own
duty but would extend it no further
the men could go as they pleased

but not a man moved, their eyes gazed straight ahead
till one by one
they stepped back and not a word was said
and the old general was left with his
own words echoing in his head
he then prepared to fight

[CHORUS]

go now you are forgiven

You can’t be so prissy

                                You’re acting like a sissy

You look like the cookie monster

                                You hair looks like crap, go to the barber

an empty city

forgot to post: my bad

It is three a.m. and the city is dark and still. Even the sirens are quiet ion the distance. The mass ruins that line the deserted and empty Street seem to be holding up the sky, which hangs low over the city like a heavy shroud, black and eyeless. But the silence holds expectation, and makes me shiver with dread in the heat. This city once lived; this city was once bustling, once thrived, and once dreamed when it slept. It's almost a relief now when the air is broken by an occasional scream or broken whiskey bottle tossed out of a tenement window. At least then I know I’m not alone in this empty town

This sense of foreboding has been with me for a month. I never sleep anymore, except for an hour or two at odd times of the day when I finally force my head to the pillow, because my sleep is filled with tension and terrible terrors. So I sit and wait, staring into the murky night, sweating, my heart pounding, the quiet and the darkness pressing in on me, waiting.

Several powerful blasts shake the ground. They are distant, but have a force beyond sound; I feel them internally, resonating in my chest. I am gripped by terror, a premonition of physical mutilation, like a horrible slashing of my internal organs. The feeling that doesn’t go away, it shakes you to your core and leaves a lasting impression in your mind.

I come to a church. It is more of a meeting hall than a church really. It is a simple wood frame structure with rough wood benches. There are a few people present. They are sitting, staring straight ahead, their faces like stone, terrifying to look at. They are all sick. Some of them are already dead. In a blind panic I run toward the front of the church, tripping over the benches, knocking them over, scraping my shins, hurting myself, not caring, scrambling over dying bodies. I sit down, exhausted, sweating. It is so quiet. No one moves. No one talks. No one cries. Just dead silence, utter stillness, as if a morgue held this ceremony.

I sit trembling in horror, not believing that this could be happening. I know now that there is no future. This is the end. I can't move my legs. I feel like I have been drugged. My mind is slipping away. A heavy blackness washes over me sweeping me off my feet and into a vision.

Everything is white. I am trudging through deep sand, delirious, struggling in the swirling heat. I tell my feet to move but the ground holds on to them after every step I feel weaker. The sun blazes down from a white sky, baking my skin, sucking out my strength. In my mouth there is the taste of sand and ashes.

Where did all the people go, or were there ever any people? Was the world always a desert? Is this after the war, or before? I try to remember the past, but I cannot; the past no longer exits. I am lured on by the shining towers of a white city shimmering in the distance, but I know it is only a mirage. Still, in spite of thirst and suffering, I stagger forward, undeterred by lack of purpose or destination.