Author: celticpiney26

Open Strong-Celticpiney26

OPENING 1:

One well-placed bullet can change the course of history. On the morning of November 22, 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald changed history with three as he shot President John F. Kennedy as he rode through Dealey Plaza in Dallas Texas. The country was shocked by the question of why someone would want to shoot the President. Unfortunately Oswald was killed just before he could testify, leaving the question as to what the motive was to kill the President of the United States. Also, new questions arose as to why a mobbed-up nightclub owner would put himself in front of the cops and national television just to shoot Oswald. President Kennedy was highly approved of and lead the U.S to make tremendous leaps into progression, he had a dark past and affiliations with organized crime that are believed to be the reason for his early and tragic departure from this world.

OPENING 2:

President John F Kennedy was portrayed to the American public as an outstanding, well-rounded, Irish-catholic man who was a strong leader, but President Kennedy had a deep past associating with some of America’s worst crime figures. Throughout the late 1940’s and early 1950’s, while Havana Cuba was thriving as the gambling capital of the world, Kennedy found himself regularly in the company of known crime bosses such as Santo Trafficante, Sam Giancana, and Carlos “Little Man” Marcello. The then-Senator Kennedy was treated like royalty by these men, receiving gifts and special treatment, all due to their previous relationships with Kennedy’s bootlegger father Joseph P. Kennedy. It is believed that the relationships that JFK made with these men helped put him into the Oval Office; however, it is also speculated that in the long run these men were responsible for taking his life on that sunny November afternoon in Dallas.

 

Missing Dollar-Celticpiney26

The ending of the riddle is misleading. While the riddle is trying to make you multiply 9 by 3 and then add the two dollars in the waiters pocket which would only add up to 29 the real answer is that all the money is all there. There is $25 in the register from the corrected bill, there is $2 in the waiters pocket, and each of the three ladies is given a dollar each which adds up to $30 in total. 25+2+1+1+1=30

CelticPiney’s Proposal

For my research proposal I will be examining the hypothesis of the American Mafia’s involvement in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. While there are many theories to why JFK was assassinated one theory that stands out the most would be the Chicago Family and Santo Trafficante Jr, of the former Havana Mob, ordering the hit as retribution on the Kennedy Brothers crackdown on organized crime

From analyzing events in American history during the 1950’s-60’s there can be evidence collected that would support the motive for why the hit was placed as well as events that took place after the assassination to hide the involvement of organized crime. While it was well known that the Kennedy family was involved with the National Crime syndicate from the days of Joseph P Kennedy’s Bootleg operations, it was John’s own involvement in Cuba and the relationships he made there that would cause his demise. There are many studies into why President Kennedy was assassinated, the theory that organized crime had been involved has the strongest backing and would make for a excellent research topic due to the uncertainty of who really was involved in the assassination of Kennedy.

Sources

Did the Mob Target JFK?

Frank Sinatra, The Kennedys, and the Chicago Mob

Organized Crime Expert Sees Mob Connections

Did the Chicago Mob Send Jack Ruby to Dallas?

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/killing-kennedy/articles/jfks-secret-mafia-history/

https://anthonysummersandrobbynswan.wordpress.com/2013/11/23/the-claims-that-mafia-bosses-trafficante-and-marcello-admitted-involvement-in-assassinating-president-kennedy/amp/

Stone Money Rewrite- CelticPiney26

The Almighty Semi-Ripped Piece of Paper

Since the early days of mankind, humans have traded precious items and commodities for other commodities and services. These items could have ranged from small shells to large stones carved by man. But what made these items valuable was the agreement of the people that these items held value and were worth something. We call these things today money. Today money is a small piece of paper with a portrait of a dead man on it that was a written amount much higher than what that little green piece of paper is actually worth, but where does this value come from? To find out we must look back through the history of currency and monetary systems to figure out why people give objects, like the green crumpled piece of paper, value.

One of the earlier accounts of people using money were the people of the island of Yap. The people of this tiny island in the South Pacific Ocean created a monetary system with giant stone wheels called fei. The fei were created by man on an island 400 miles away from Yap, in which crews would have to take a small raft or kayak to this island and quarry the stone and shape it and then transport it back to their home . Once at home these stones where so large and heavy, some of them stayed in place. However everyone knew who owned what fei and who held all the wealth on the island. The stones never moved but the transfer of wealth still occurred. A much similar event happened in the 1930’s between America and France. Due to the looming economic collapse in America, France asked the Federal Reserve to convert dollar assets that it had in the U.S into gold (Friedman). The only thing the Federal Reserve did was take some of the gold, put it in some drawers, and labeled that this gold belongs to France. The U.S gold reserves went down and France’s went up. There was never a physical transfer of gold to France yet people knew and understood that the gold now belongs to France. Today we now have our own drawer of gold called the Bitcoin. The Bitcoin is a digital currency with no central bank and its value is determined by whomever is willing to pay for the bitcoin. As of today 9/13/2016, one Bitcoin is worth 609.10 USD. While once again there is no actual coin the bitcoin is an idea that people have agreed on that holds value, same as the US dollar. in actuality the paper the dollar isn’t even worth the amount printed on it’s face yet people accept and agree that the piece of paper that cost 5.7 cents to make is worth 100 dollars.

Money is nothing more than an idea that people agree upon that regulates the flow of an economy and gives value to commodities and labor. That little green piece of paper in your pocket holds no actual value other than the cost it took to produce it, and yet you will work your whole life just to acquire more of those little green pieces of paper just so you can take them and stick them in a bank. Some people don’t even use physical money anymore and now rely on a electronic pulse sent through a computer to tell them that they have the money in the bank. So just remember the next time you read a bank statement or look at dollar bill that you’re holding an made up value that someone decided to make up. As crazy as it all sounds, that idea has been one of the most important creations in mankind by revolutionizing trade. Just think you could still be having to trade with goods like livestock and produce

WORKS CITED

Friedman, Milton. “The Island of Stone Money.” The Island of Stone Money(1991): 3-7. Web. 13 Sept. 2016.

“The Invention of Stone Money.” 423: The Invention of Stone Money. This Is American Life, WBEZ. Chicago . 7 Jan. 2011. 13 Sept. 2016

Renaut, Anne . “The bubble bursts on e-currency Bitcoin.” Yahoo.com. 13 Apr. 2013. 13 Sept. 2016.

Stone Money-Celticpiney26

Since the early days of mankind, humans have traded precious items and commodities for other commodities and services. These items could have ranged from small shells to large stones carved by man. But what made these items valuable was the agreement of the people that these items held value and were worth something. We call these things today money. One of the earlier accounts of people using money were the people of the island of Yap. The people of this tiny island in the South Pacific Ocean created a monetary system with giant stone wheels called fei. The fei were created by man on an island 400 miles away from Yap, in which crews would have to take a small raft or kayak to this island and quarry the stone and shape it and then transport it back to their home . Once at home these stones where so large and heavy, some of them stayed in place. However everyone knew who owned what fei and who held all the wealth on the island. The stones never moved but the transfer of wealth still occurred. A much similar event happened in the 1930’s between America and France. Due to the looming economic collapse in America, France asked the Federal Reserve to convert dollar assets that it had in the U.S into gold (Friedman). The only thing the Federal Reserve did was take some of the gold, put it in some drawers, and labeled that this gold belongs to France. The U.S gold reserves went down and France’s went up. There was never a physical transfer of gold to France yet people knew and understood that the gold now belongs to France. Today we now have our own drawer of gold called the Bitcoin. The Bitcoin is a digital currency with no central bank and its value is determined by whomever is willing to pay for the bitcoin. As of today 9/13/2016, one Bitcoin is worth 609.10 USD. While once again there is no actual coin the bitcoin is an idea that people have agreed on that holds value, same as the US dollar. in actuality the paper the dollar isn’t even worth the amount printed on it’s face yet people accept and agree that the piece of paper that cost 5.7 cents to make is worth 100 dollars. Money is nothing more than an idea that people agree upon that regulates the flow of an economy and gives value to commodities and labor.

WORKS CITED 

Friedman, Milton. “The Island of Stone Money.” The Island of Stone Money(1991): 3-7. Web. 13 Sept. 2016.

“The Invention of Stone Money.” 423: The Invention of Stone Money. This Is American Life, WBEZ. Chicago . 7 Jan. 2011. 13 Sept. 2016

Renaut, Anne . “The bubble bursts on e-currency Bitcoin.” Yahoo.com. 13 Apr. 2013. 13 Sept. 2016.

Levinson, Doug. “What Gives a Dollar Bill Its Value? – Doug Levinson.” TED-Ed. TED-Ed, 23 Jan. 2014. Web. 13 Sept. 2016.