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Tuesday 2 October 2012

Public Resource: Longines Chronoscope- Former Progressive Party Presidential Candidate Henry Wallace: From 1952

Source:Public Resource- Progressive Party candidate Henry A. Wallace: on The Longines Chronoscope in 1952.
Source:FreeState MD

"LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH HENRY A. WALLACE - National Archives and Records Administration 1951-12-28 - ARC Identifier 95964 / Local Identifier LW-LW-409 - TELEVISION INTERVIEW: Col. Ansel E. Talbert and William Bradford Huie talk with Wallace, former Vice President of the United States and former Secretary of Agriculture, on critical areas of concern in the world, displaced Arabs in Middle East, economic "peace" assistance, aid federal spending. DVD copied by IASL Master Scanner Katie Filbert."

From Public Resource

Henry Wallace, ran for President in 1948, when the United States essentially had four major presidential contenders: Democratic President Harry Truman, Republican Governor Tom Dewey, Dixiecrat Governor Strom Thurmond and Progressive Henry Wallace. And apparently President Truman a Democrat, even though he advocated what was called the Fair Deal, which was to build on the New Deal from the 1930s, wasn’t left-wing enough for Henry Wallace. So Wallace, ran for the Progressive Party. Henry Wallace was a Social Democrat t, or Democratic Socialist, Social Democrat and I mean small d when it comes to Democrat. Someone who believed in democracy obviously, but a certain type of democracy.

Henry Wallace, believed in democratic socialism or social democracy. Thats common in Europe and wanted to expand on the New Deal and go even further in guaranteeing health insurance and health care. To use as examples, college as well and using the Federal Government heavily, to produce an economy that was as strong and as fair as possible. Investing heavily in public infrastructure, Federal aid to Education, that sort of thing. And combined his economic socialism with social liberalism. Big believer in civil rights and equal rights for all. Way ahead of the Democratic Party in the 1940s and deserves a lot of credit for that.

I think what really separates Henry Wallace from mainstream Progressive Democrats like Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Hubert Humphrey, has to do with foreign policy and national security. That would be the negative side, where I don’t believe Wallace took the threat of the Soviet Union and communism around the world seriously enough and perhaps even sided with them on some things.

Wallace's positive aspect and I believe the best part of Wallace’s political legacy and what he had in common with Hubert Humphrey and where he separated from Roosevelt and Truman, had to do with civil rights and equal rights. Wallace and Humphrey, supported what became the 1964 Civil Rights Act that was finally passed by Congress and singed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. And Henry Wallace, deserves a lot of credit for that

Viking Books: Stacey London: 'The Truth About Style - Book Trailer'


Source:Viking Books- fashion consultant Stacy London.

"In her new book The Truth About Style, available on 10/2/12, Stacy London shares her philosophy of the healing power of personal style -- illustrating it with a series of detailed "startovers" with eight real women, demonstrating how personal style helps them overcome the emotional obstacles we all face." 

From Viking Books 

If you ever watched more than a few episodes of TLC's What Not To Wear, then you should have an excellent idea of who Stacy London actually is. (Unless you were drunk or high when watching those shows) If you were drunk and high watching those WNTW episodes, I can see why, because that might be the only way you could've gotten through it. 

I think you really need to be a reality TV addict, who loves watching people beat the hell out of other people verbally, especially people who blindside complete strangers in public to tell them how bad they are, at least when it comes to fashion, to be a true fan of WNTW. But that's what Stacy London did, at least when she was on that show.