Notes for "Make it Plain" on 10/18/16

Our next speech shall be on the topic of "Before I die, I want to..."


1:17 - 1:20: Discussed Bruce Springsteen
    Rock & Roll Artist
    From New Jersey
    Came from a broken home
    Father was an alcoholic
    Mother was abused


1:25 - 1:28: Listened to "Born to Run" by Springsteen

1:28 - 1:42: Analyzed lyrics to "Born to Run"
    Don't put yourself where you chase the illusive American Dream
    Working to be set off
    Free from the workplace
    The workplace makes the American Dream not realistic
    Wants to escape the cycle of the workplace

1:42 - 1:45: Danced to "Born to Run"

1:50 - 1:58: Listened to Bruce Springsteen speech
    "We Gotta Get Outta of This Place"
    The Animals
         Who he emulated in every song he's ever written

2:10 - End:
    Discussed LBJ
         Very intelligent, but crude man
         Was not happy being in the VP position
         Priority was to launch a "Poor People Campaign"
         Couldn't follow his priority due to Civil Rights being pushed onto him
         Foreign Agenda - Vietnam
              Was originally colonized by the French
              Was unwinnable (Kobiyashi Maru, for you Star Trek nerds)
         Closest to losing a war was Korean War
              North Korea - Communist
              Demilitarized Zone
              South Korea - Capitalism(edited)

| Extra WWII Info |
    Marshall Plan
         A plan to rebuild the land of those who had been destroyed during the war
    Truman Doctrine
         "Containment"
    Vietnam was a mix of types of warfare
    Vietnam was really started by Kennedy
         LBJ got the blame
         Essentially a war of ideology (Ya know, like all of the wars in history)

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