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US Crazy 'Americans'66

US Crazy 'Americans'

A few hours ago I was commenting on a Fan Box blog post titled 'Junk Food Causes mental disorders.' My comment: Of course junk food causes mental disorders; look at US Americans, we invented the junk. We are here to show you what not to do. Talk...

1 comment    obama president usa
Johnny of Haunting Song - Part 271

Johnny of Haunting Song - Part 2

The Saturday matinees like to portray the greycoats as dashing, cavalier types with fast horses and with feathers in their hats. Billy Yank was a plodding, coarse fellow, but look at him again, at the man who fought for nothing less than an ideal, and who was disinclined to say much about it afterward.

0 comments    civil war springtime gettysburg
My Family: The Yanks are Coming.78

My Family: The Yanks are Coming.

Memories of the 'Yanks' in the UK in the 1950s.

18 comments    popcorn chevrolet yanks
Silly Superhero Names Of the 1930s And 1940s81

Silly Superhero Names Of the 1930s And 1940s

A look at some very silly comic book superhero names of the 1930s and 1940s. Includes Commando Yank, Doll Man, The Whizzer and More.

24 comments    funny comic silly
Five Interesting Facts About Marilyn Monroe That You Probably Didn't Know83

Five Interesting Facts About Marilyn Monroe That You Probably Didn't Know

A few odd but interesting facts about the woman once known as Norma Jeane Dougherty.

4 comments    yank magazine 1945
AMERICAN PROPAGANDA IN THE 20th and 21st CENTURIES78

AMERICAN PROPAGANDA IN THE 20th and 21st CENTURIES

Standing tall and one person making a difference has been part of the American identity for at least a hundred years. In terms of propaganda within an outside the USA it has been most useful. Do Americans really stand tall and can one person really make a difference? In many propaganda films the USA has been the land of freedom yet how much freedom is there in the USA? Is science respected everywhere in the USA? The Western is at the heart of how Americans see themselves.

0 comments    religion war christianity
BRITISH PROPAGANDA IN THE 20th AND 21st CENTURIES75

BRITISH PROPAGANDA IN THE 20th AND 21st CENTURIES

British Propaganda in the 20th and 21st Centuries is unique. There is the stiff upper lip, the good show and the attempt at fair play. There is the bulldog versus the lightning strike of the Nazi or general rotter.

8 comments    church new york ghosts
OL' MISSISSIP'62

OL' MISSISSIP'

A Tribute to The Mississippi River in verse.

25 comments    history new orleans river
"Goodbye, Ayanna." Saying goodbye to the family you nanny for54

"Goodbye, Ayanna." Saying goodbye to the family you nanny for

When I began working for Ayanna's Mommy and Daddy initially, I worked with a Child Care Facility. Ayanna's Mom forewarned me that she was very particular. Ha, understatement. Not a problem though, not at all. Being a mother twice, I understood...

2 comments    love life advice
What is it with Bumper Stickers ?73

What is it with Bumper Stickers ?

...........being a private person, I really don't understand. Not that I'm antisocial, a hermit, or have anything to hide, just that I don't want to tell complete strangers what I'd rather be doing, where I go to church and if I do, who I vote for,...

13 comments    car freedom private
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