The+1970's+&+1980's

John Hospers was the first Libertarian to run in the 1972 electoral map seen below.

See a portion of a documentary on Nixon's monumental trip to China in 1972: media type="youtube" key="3yW3CAX0RJo" height="344" width="425"

See clips of our "most athletic president" tripping on national television: media type="youtube" key="jlz0he9rtKw" height="344" width="425" “If your government is big enough to give you everything you want, it is big enough to take away from you everything you have.” //Gerald Ford//

1970s Music and commercials Here is a picture of Lynette Fromme one of two women who tried to assassinate President Ford. She was also a member of the famous 60's "Manson Family".

Here is a recent cartoon about former President Jimmy Carter:

media type="custom" key="18901892" Go here to watch a short documentary on the Americans taken hostage by the Iranians in 1979: []

Click on this link to read about former President Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize: []

1980's Music and Culture President Ronald Reagan: "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem" 1/20/80 Ronald Reagan deals with a heckler during a campaign stop: media type="youtube" key="tmfkYu4m2jA" height="344" width="425" Assassination attempt on President Reagan, March 30, 1981.media type="youtube" key="s6CNRlQG0mg" height="360" width="480" The movie that inspired John Hinckley, Jr. [|Honey I forgot to duck] Ronald Reagan talks about the assassination attempt: media type="youtube" key="bTEi27JpwBY" height="344" width="425" See the famous "Tear down this wall" speech: media type="youtube" key="YtYdjbpBk6A" height="344" width="425"

President Reagan notes here:

Go here to read about the execution of one of Saddam Hussain's henchman for gas warfare used against the Kurds in 1988: [|Chemical Ali]

See short video about an East German woman who escaped through Hungary media type="custom" key="17941268" November 9th, 1989 media type="custom" key="9707042" media type="youtube" key="wnYXbJ_bcLc&hl=en" height="344" width="425" The Berlin Wall Comes Down and the end of Communism in Eastern Europe