Tag: Marshall Plan

  • 29 – The New West

    29 – The New West

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    by ProfDave, ©2022 (Jun. 30, 2022) — Good morning, ladies and gentlemen!  In this unit we are approaching things that are not history to us, but current events.  That can be a little dangerous!  The things that grip us today – emblazoned on every channel of our TV – may not even be mentioned in…

  • When the Giving Tree Stops Giving

    When the Giving Tree Stops Giving

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    “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH” by Linda Goudsmit, ©2018, blogging at Pundicity (Jul. 15, 2018) — The United States of America emerged from World War II as the world’s undisputed superpower economically and militarily. The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative to aid Western Europe that gave over $13 billion (nearly $110 billion in…

  • The Apocalypse is a Reality

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    HAVE AMERICANS BROUGHT ABOUT THE HEAVY HAND OF GOVERNMENT? by One Pissed-off Vietnam Vet, Presidential Candidate (Jan. 25, 2012) — We’ve all read those horror stories when “pet snake eats baby,” where the “pet” was a 16-foot anaconda, and “child bitten on neck by family pet rattler.” Your first thought was, “What were these people…