JOURNALS

Rasputin was a Siberian peasant who claimed to be a holy man. He won the confidence of the czar by seemingly saving his son from a blood disease. He obtained positions for his unqualified friends and ecouraged the czar to ignore demands for reform. He was eventually killed. He was poisoned, it didn’t work. He was shot a dozen times and thrown in a river. He died from drowning.

I would have voted for the resolution. The Nazi’s were against Africans, Jews, and most other races. Many of the people paticipating in the olympics would have been this. Mabey they would not be allowed to come or get killed. I am glad we didn’t participate.

Journal 3-21-99

5 pts from the lecture: 1) That the Third Wave proved that people will go with the flow no matter how bad it is 2) 20 million people were killed by Stalin 3) The Armenians were persecuted by the Muslims 4) Genocide is still current 5) Genocide is the total wipe out of a race of people.

Journal 3-23-99

When asked about the attrocites of the war, many said they didn't know. I don't think it was possible not to know. Of course there will be kids and teens or the oblivious who diddn't know, weren't told, or were oblivious to the fact. But as the masses, I think they deffinetly knew. They just don't want to admit that they didn't do any thing about it. As if they were afraid people would think they were stupid or chicken. They were afraid to admit that they stood by as it happened. 

As many people ask me I think the atomic bomb was one of the biggest decisions for the nation and me. I in many ways regreted doing so. Thousands of innocent people, men, women and children, would be killed in this blast. This would destroy a city and many lives. The moral ethics of it were such a factor as well. However it was an important decision. By dropping the bomb we saved many american lives. We as well, stopped the war and saved all the Jews in the death camps.

Journal 5-11-99

Europe after world war 2 was in a state of dpression in a way. Most of the countries were broke and in ruins. Many countries had suffered a huge loss of money, lives, and land. Russia went into a state of civil war, kind of. They began to argue for either a democratic or communist government.

I think a way to restructure the U.N. to make it work smoother would be to cancel the veto plan they have. They have to much power and don’t get anything done. They should make it like our government. They all take a vote and if two thirds of the countries vote yes or no then the plan is implemented. This would be much better and one specific country won’t mess with the others. To implement it we keep the current permanent members. Second we create a meeting room where they can all meet so they can cast the popular vote. If it comes out as a tie, or there isn’t exactly two thirds or more it passes to the permanent members and is placed on a majority vote.

Journal 5-13-99

They were the trials of the leaders of the Nazi group for their crimes. They were held in the town of Nuremburg Germany. The outcome was 12 out of 22 were put to death. Seven were sentanced to prison. Three were acquitted.

Journal 5-14-99

The reasons NATO and Warsaw were created were to protect their governing areas from war. That was the mission for NATO, War saw was mainly for protection.

Journal 5-17-99