History Forum / General / General Topics / July 2004

Why did Germany declare war on U.S. in W.W.II?
Bradwell Jackson

George Walker Bush presides because his parents won the cold war.
Oprah Winfrey presides because her parents were cold.
Why can't we all just get along?
www.star.net/silence

I  was wondering if anyone knew offhand what type of connection, if
any, did Scandinavian culture or ethnicity have with Ireland and the
majority of its people?  I can't help but notice that there are strong
cultural elements of Scandinavian religion in Anglo-Saxon belief (this

The cold war is now over, and the world is arguably a peaceful place for
America. I am of course talking pre 9/11.
"Every gun that is made, every warship
launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft

I've seen movies in which pallbearers have their heads covered by hoods.  Is
this just done for effect or does it have a historical basis?
  Thanks to anyone who answers.

Kerry's title for Boston stirs dispute over history
Some folks are saying the man who wants to be the next Democratic
president of the United States needs a history lesson.
at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040729-121924-5058r.htm

MSNBC said today that Truman founded the CIA.  The first Director of Central
Intelligence was Allen Douglas, a brother of John Foster Dulles's.  John
Foster was Eisenhower's secretary of state, and Eisenhower developed the CIA
on the basis of his relationship with de Gaulle, to ...

George W. Bush is the Congressman son who bragged about not having to go to
the Vietnam when he was in Yale.  He is the President who gives hundreds of
billions of dividend and capital gains tax cuts on our children's expense
while underfunds his own No Child Left Behind Act.  He is ...

There is an essay on www.paxamericana.info that you should check out.
It argues that the United States should pursue a pax americana and
then provides a visionary plan for achieving it--truly global in scope
It'll take about 10-15 minutes of your time to get through, but trust

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5439230
The Associated Press
Updated: 9:58 a.m. ET July 15, 2004
NEW YORK - Time was, you had to go to the movies to see the news. Then

The Tag Team of John Kerry & John Edwards (D-P) WiLL DEFEAT The Tag Team
of Bu$h & Chaney (of the Re-Pubic-Hair Party) "in this Nov., 204, run
for the USA Presidentcy!"
We on the Left "R' more united then ever, to sent The Thief of Texas &

Like a menacing black thunder cloud, the terrible Ernst Zundel has all
of Canada closing shutters and bolting doors.  The 64-year-old German
threatens to bring down the Canadian government, destroy the Canadian
economy, create chaos and anarchy, and rob the Canadians of their

http://www.forbes.com/home/commerce/2004/07/20/cx_da_0720presidents.html
Even an unfair and unbalanced conservative magazine, Forbes, gives the top 3
spots to the Democrats.
Paul Volcker killed the inflation and saved Reagan's a.s, otherwise he would