5555 Lara Ave.

Zanesville, OH 43701

January 21st, 2013

Ms. Jessica Musterman

President, Musterman Financial Inc.

525 Newrich Rd.

New York, NY 11218

Dear Ms. Musterman:

Working as an independent chemical expert at Dimensional Labs I recently made a very important discovery that will revolutionize the way we all use fire. I am looking for a responsible and reliable co-owner and partner of my new company to finance the production of a very unique chemical compound. Your financial company was recommended to me by my financial adviser Mr.Lange, who works in your company as CEO.

In my recent studies I discovered a chemical substance that will make it possible to produce fire that will not develop any heat. The formula for this substance is patented in my name and I am searching for an investor to finance my new product. The new substance is registered under the name “Cold Fire Impact”. In fact this substance produces fire that is cold. There will be various uses for my discovery. People literally will be able to stand in fire that will not harm them in any way. Cold Fire Impact does not develop any pollution nor smoke. It can be used to produce candles for Christmas trees. Hollywood will use it for special effects in movies. People will use it in their homes, beautifying their living rooms with open fireplaces. Another great feature of my substance is the possibility to change the color of fire.

In this letter I want to ask for your financial assistance to create a new laboratory. My aim is to produce the substance Cold Fire Impact on a larger industrial scale. There will be great demand for this substance to prevent destructive fires. Co-ownership in the new laboratory will promise investors great financial future gains.

Attached to this letter you will find my business card that contains the substance Cold Fire Impact. To start the cold fire please ignite the card with a traditional household lighter. To extinct the fire just cover the card with both your hands.

I am looking forward for your response.

Sincerely,

Abigail Warner

Abigail Warner

CEO, A. Warner Inventions Inc.

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business card

(names and places are fictive)

A Fictive Letter from a soldier in the Civil War

August 21, 1864

around Petersburg, Virginia

Regiment XYZ

      Dearest Father and Mother,

         I sincerely apologize for not having written you a letter for so long. Let me tell you about my whereabouts and my doings since.

         Unable to pay a commutation fee of $300 and hiring a substitute for $1,000, I was drafted and am now a soldier of the Union. I know about two persons who were willing to fight on my behalf, an African who called himself Joe, and an Irish who just arrived from Ireland. They needed the money and were willing to take my place. As you know Irish immigrants are not well liked in Ohio, they even put up signs in shops not to hire any.

         Most of the other soldiers are volunteering in this war. I don't understand their reasons why they fight. Some say they want to fight the South because of the pay and regular food, some others say they want to see more of the United States. They probably think it is an adventure to be a soldier.

Some of the soldiers try to desert. There are quite many who succeed. They don't like the harsh conditions, like marching for days, or sometimes being very thirsty.

        They treat me fairly in my regiment. The pay could be better and I receive $16 every month, so at least they say. I haven't seen any pay for the last three months,but my captain says it will be paid later. I am planning to send some of this money to you, so you can invest in the farm and buy some new tools.

Sometimes I imagine being a Lieutenant General, like Ulysses S. Grant. They receive $748 each month and their pay is for sure.

I was told that negro soldiers are paid less than $16. I guess I am still lucky. Africans are also in separate regiments than the whites. I have seen some passing, and I am astonished how well organized and disciplined they are. I noticed that they have white officers only.

        You may wonder what foods we eat. We get some green coffee beans that we roast. They provide us with salted pork, a bread we call hardtack, beans and dried fruits and rice. I like to make a soup and crumble my hardtack in it. To be honest, I don't like the bread, but I love the coffee.

        I started to like my new life as a soldier because I made so many new friends. Still it doesn't make much sense to me why we are fighting to free the slaves in the South. After all, aren't we whites superior to the Africans? Even Mr.Lincoln prohibits our generals to free slaves in the territories we capture. He also said in Columbus Ohio,on September 16, 1859 that he was not advocating negro freedom. He said these words “I will say here, while upon this subject, that I have no purpose directly indirectly to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and the black races. I, as well as Judge Douglas, am in favor of the race to which I belong, having the superior position. ”

        Some soldiers in my regiment think, that Mr.Lincoln just wants to give the negros their freedom because he wants them to fight on his side so he will be the only president in the United States. I hope Mr.Lincoln will prove them wrong once this war is won. They fight as good as we do in this war. They earned my respect. When I think about it we may be wrong thinking that the negros are inferior. Maybe it is a just cause to fight for their freedom as well.

        The captain in my regiment said, that hundred thousands of Ohioans are fighting on my side in this war. He also said that we get a lot of beans from Ohio and also pork. Maybe it comes from your farm, he says. He also thinks that some of the rifles we carry are made in Ohio. We wear blue uniforms, and I think some of them may be made in Ohio as well.

        In September of last year I fought in a horrible battle under Major General William Rosecrans, the Battle of Chickamauga in Tennessee. We lost that fight, and thousand of my fellow soldiers died, but we were able to regroup after. I was grazed by a bullet and lost a lot of blood, but I am fit again for duty thanks to the food they provide. I had some beef roast twice, regenerating from this battle. Four of my best friends were killed in this battle. After the battle I was very angry with Rosecrans, but then I noticed that it wasn't his fault that so many soldiers died. He tried his best, and the situation on the battlefield turned out of control. There is no order in war once you fight on the battlefield.

       I put my hope in general Ulysses S. Grant, our new commanding general after Rosecrans was relieved of duty. Grant has won so many battles and is advancing into enemy territory. Sometimes I wish more soldiers would fight on Grant's side. The war would be over soon when Grant would command more troops. Right now we fight around Petersburg in Virginia. Grant told us to dig some more trenches and fight from there, because the Confederates defend this city pretty well. Being a fellow Ohioan we understand his way to fight. I think we will capture Petersburg very soon.

      You may ask how I feel right now. I am tired of marching long distances and digging out trenches. When it wouldn't be for my friends and General Grant I probably would have given up and deserted too, maybe fleeing to Canada or to the South. I have seen so many soldiers on both sides die in battle and with disease, that I pray to God that this war is over better today than tomorrow.

      Tell my sister Penelope that the war will be over soon and that I will return to work on the farm again. I am looking forward to plant beans and corn. I promise to write more often,

Yours truly,

John Doe

Famous Immigrants

Social Studies

Für Social Studies in der Schule ist mein Nachwuchs angehalten, einen Aufsatz über einen berühmten Einwanderer zu schreiben.
Der Aufsatz wird stark bewertet, d.h. eine gute Note in social studies im ersten halben Schuljahr 2012/2013 hängt von diesem Aufsatz ab.
Um dem herrkömmlichen Helden-Trara in meiner neuen Heimat zu begegnen, werde ich dem Nachwuchs als Elternteil folgendes zum Denkanstoß geben:



Wernher Magnus Maximilian, Freiherr von Braun - Berühmter Einwanderer mit einer moralisch nicht einwandfreien Vergangenheit?

Welcher US-Amerikaner ist nicht stolz auf das Raumfahrtprogramm, welches den ersten US-Amerikaner auf den Mond brachte?
Ohne Werner von Braun (geb.1912-gest.1977) und dessem Raketenprogramm wäre dieser Schritt in die Zukunft nicht für die Amerikaner möglich gewesen.
Unter welchen Umständen gelangte der Deutsche Wernher von Braun in die USA, und warum wurde er US-Staatsbürger?
Fakt ist, daß der Wissenschaftler von Braun verantwortlich für die Entwicklung der V2-Rakete im Zweiten Weltkrieg war.
Nach dem Krieg wurde er mit anderen Wissenschaftlern mittels des US-Programmes "Operation Paperclip" für die USA angeheuert.
Die US-Regierung drückte beide Augen wegen von Brauns Nazi-Vergangenheit zu und ermöglichte ihm den Heldenruf in den USA.
 

Von Braun war Parteimitglied der NSDAP. Er war ebenso Mitglied der SS. Unter seinem V2-Programm wurden Zwangsarbeiter beschäftigt, welche aus Konzentrationslagern den Raketenfabriken zugeordnet wurden. Von Braun setzte sich niemals für die Lebensrechte der Zwangsarbeiter, welche ihm unterstanden, ein. Es starben mehr Zwangsarbeiter an der Entwicklung der V2-Rakete, als an deren Einsatz. 
Wie ist es also möglich, daß Wernher von Braun in den USA leben und arbeiten durfte?  Laut NASA ist von Braun der größte Raketenwissenschaftler in der Geschichte der Menschheit.

Ich erkläre es mir dieser Art:
Den USA ist zwangsweise als Ganzes nicht an der moralischen Integrität eines Menschen gelegen, sondern an dessen Leistung, welche es für den Ruf des Landes und dessen Macht zu nutzen versucht.
Um das Land in eine neue Zukunft, der Neuen Weltordnung, voranzubringen, bedarf es des Übersehens von moralisch-menschlicher Fehlbarkeit bei denjenigen, die intellektuell hervorstechen. Intelligenztest sind z.B. eine amerikanische Erfindung des Ersten Weltkrieges.
Während man unbedeutenden Menschen einer nichtamerikanischen Abstammung moralische Fehlbarkeit vorwirft, so duldet man diese dennoch bei denjenigen, die politisch dem amerikanischen Land durch ihren Intellekt nutzen. Ich möchte an dieser Stelle anführen, daß diese Duldung nur zustande kommen kann, wenn der neue Bürger sich den Regeln der US-amerikanischen Gesellschaft unterwirft. Das Streben nach moralischer Einwandfreiheit unterliegt diesem Gesellschaftsanspruch, auch wenn der US-amerikanische Zeitgeist der US-Bürger dies allzu oft verhindert und das Gegenteil zum Vorschein bringt.

Wernher von Braun wurde 1955 US-Staatsbürger.