I feel communication, organizational skills,self confidence, can handle a crisis if it arises, and great management skills.

I researched quite a few presidents before Ronald Reagan. When I first starting paying attention to the president, therefore it was Ronald Reagan I grew up with.First, I looked at FDR, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Franklin D Roosevelt was one of the best presidents American was fortunate to of had. He was a Democrat. He got Poliomyelitis at 39 yrs old.. He was confined to a wheelchair. He was elected in Nov. 1932.  He is the only president to serve four terms, as you all should know now after this class Presidents only serve two terms. FDR. dealt with economic issues of the Great Depression. He made the New Deal to help Americans get on their feet. FDR established the T.V.A. ( Tennessee Valley Authority). On December 7th, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The following year FDR approved the Manhattan Project on December 28, 1942. A little over a year after Pearl Harbor. He died suddenly on April 12, 1945.
This leads me to the next president Harry S. Truman who was vice-president when FDR passed making next up for president. Harry served in France during World War I.as a captain in Field Artillery. He was a Democrat as well as FDR. When Truman received the news that the Manhattan project was a success, Truman was then faced with a tough decision. What to do with the Atomic Bomb? The first one nicknamed " Little Boy" after FDR was dropped on Hiroshima. The second nicknames "Fat Boy" after Winston Churchill Englands Prime Minister was dropped three days later on Nagasaki. In case you don't know Oak Ridge, Tennessee had a big part in this bomb. Everything was hush, hush. My granddaddy worked there. Whenever they showed the films after the bombing my grandfather became very ill. He spent the next 2 years of his life at Eastern State Mental Hospital. He lived with us until I was 16. He was never right again after that.

Last but not least would be Ronald Reagan. He served two years in office. He survived a failed assassination attempt. Reagan changed taxes to help the poor people. Reagan negotiated a treaty with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that eliminated intermediate range nuclear missiles.Reagan ordered Naval escorts in the Persian Gulf which maintained free flow of oil from Iran- Iraq war.
Overall, Reagan years sought to restore prosperity and his goal of peace through strength seemed to be within grasp.(White House .gov)

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 This blog couldn't of came at a better time. Did you vote on november the 4th? I did and I am pleased to learn all our representatives got re-elected. Our senators are Lamar Alexander and Robert "Bob" Corker. Our congressman is John "Jimmy" Duncan. Bill Haslam is our Govenor. Lamar and Jimmy have been in office since my teenage years or shortly after. Ha I am telling my old age.

 I agreed with the representatives on Immigration. it is a problem that had turned into a huge dilimea. The legislators have made laws guarding our border. Why does the federal government not uphold the law. Well, I learned about a group called the "Minuteman Project", which consists of citizens survelliuance of our mexican border for illegal immigrants. I personally am against my hard earned money going to someone who isn't an American citizen and is in our country illegal. I as an American citizen don't get any of those benefits. The representatives also voted English the language. Well, duh it is America we sure aren't in Mexico.

 The thing I disagreed with is Homeland Security. The Transportation Security, and The Federal Air Marshall program. I started looking into the Air Marshals and it was disturbing what I found! Before 9/11 there was 33 federal air marshals. Today, it is between 3,000 and 4,000. The actual amount is classified imagine that. There have been 36 Federal Air Marshals arrested since 9/11.  The charges consisted of DUI, Domestic Violence, discharging a firearm at a bar during a fight, Drug smuggling, and possession of stolen government property. Some had felonies and were hired anyway. Really, come on this how the terrorists got in the country to begin with. Does that make you safe people? I knew there was a reason my feet don't leave the ground!



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