Robert Baer

Introduction Robert Baer’s “Sleeping With The Devil”, is a very interesting book. This book is actually a critique from Baer, who was Central Intelligence Officer (CIA). It describes the relationship that the Americans had with Saudia Arabia. Baer was concerned about how much the relationship between the two was very hypocritical to the American values and that it put the US economy in jeopardy. When it comes to the book’s main theme and points it includes; that America’s corruption on cheap oil

James J. Braddock once said, " I have to believe that once things are bad, I have to change them". The movie Cinderella Man is about Braddock rising from a poor, unsuccessful boxer to the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. The historical background to his life and career was during the same time period as the Great Depression. James Braddock was not always the boxer he is now known to be, in the 1920’s he had lost one third of his fights and people referred to him as a “bum” which is the lowest

Good Morning Dr. Steele, ( Pam)  I hope you are well and had a great weekend.  At long last I was finally able to get through to the right person at the Alabama VA Medical Center. Here is what I learned:   I spoke with Angela Jordan, the Contracting Agent who provided for me the process that they used to purchase the monitors.   Their  respiratory department requested g a quote from Medicomp and then use their credit card to buy them monitors because the purchase was under $3500.    Medicomp

1. I called to make Juanita Buda, aware of my being back in Memphis and my intent to become permanently employed at the Memphis VA, she made the comments: The Memphis VA do not transfer from VA to VA, and perhaps I should seek employment at another VA facility in the surrounding area and the Private sector. I made her aware that the nearest VA was Little Rock and it was 324 miles round trip for me. She led me to believe they where no longer doing Transfers. Junita Buda said, “this VA don’t

Representation of the Great Depression in Cinderella Man The movie Cinderella Man was about life in the Great Depression from a boxer's point of view. The focus of the movie was on the protagonist, James Braddock; a father who had to accept jobs on the docks and become a boxer again so he could earn money to buy food and pay the bills. The movie highlighted the conditions for the homeless, the trough in the economy, and the struggle to support a family. The movie was successful in being a true and

The film Cinderella Man was about a boxer name James Braddock and his struggles through the great depression. Through boxing Braddock gave hope to the people who faced the great depression just as he did. He gave them a type of hope that nurtured them to thinking that they would persevere through the hardship just as he did with his boxing career. From an audience perspective this film earned a 5 out of 5 stars rating because director Ron Howard served his purpose well by not only developing a boxing

More details: Sarah Robinson was arrested Friday by U.S Marshals on a grand jury indictment filed in early July stemming from an alleged incident in eastern Missouri in March 2014.Robinson accused of being in possession of a detectable amount of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it. She was still in Wyandotte County Jail in federal custody Sunday evening and is expected to have her first court appearance Monday. Sarah says “My life had taken a downturn since my husband's sudden death

Cinderella man is about a boxer by the name of Jim Braddock who had a wife called Mae and three kids jay Braddock, Howard Braddock and Rosemary Braddock was wealthy and had a mansion before the great depression. in the great depression between the 1920’s and 1930’s. He had lost all his money from taxies that he had shares with them because everyone used taxies to get around. So, then he had to live in a two-bedroom apartment because they had lost all their money and could only afford the apartment

The film “The Cinderella Man”, directed by Ron Howard, demonstrations the hardships many Americans faced during the Great Depression. Throughout the film, hardships of the Great Depression are present in many aspects. The main plot of “The Cinderella Man” exemplifies the power of determination and perseverance to overcome the lack of money and work. The first of many hardships comes when James Braddock breaks his hand boxing and is forced to quit. As a result he cannot find a stable job and can only

In the United States, there are people from all over the world who come from different backgrounds and have faced horrendous things. Some of these people feel that their race is inferior to others, but deal with it in different ways. Although the tension between whites and minorities was at it’s strongest in the 1950’s, today’s world still deals with racial discrimination. The question “Is one race superior to all others?” Some overcome this by believing one person can change how other races perceive