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Diocletian

2007-05-01T04:59:05Z

American Hero:

Emperor of Rome from A.D. 284-305. He attempted to destroy the Christian faith by burning the scriptures. He also forbade worship and arrested clergy. He insisted on pagan sacrifices. He martyred hundreds of CHristians from Europe to North Africa.<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-05-01&view=View</ref>

Diocletian attempted to save the Roman empire by dividing it into eastern and western regions, with Byzantium as the capital of the East and Rome as the capital of the West. He established the "tetrarchy", or division of power among four rulers in 293 B.C. The tetrarchy included two primary rulers, each with the title "Augustus", who ruled over the eastern and western empires, and two "Caesars" who served under the Augustuses. He imposed economic regulations, some of which seem silly today. For example, Diocletian required farmers to stay with their land and workers to stay on the job for the rest of their lives. He did this to prevent people from leaving their work to avoid taxation. For an empire that embraced slavery, this probably seemed like normal regulations. Diocletian also imposed wage and price controls to halt inflation. That economic regulation, which almost always fails, is still attempted by modern rulers, such as the United States President during World War II and even President Nixon in the early 1970s.

Diocletian also attempted to suppress Christianity by ordering Christians to worship him and brutally persecuting them when they did not. He was the last emperor to do this. Diocletian abdicated (resigned) due to a stomach illness in A.D. 305. He is now burning in Hell.

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2007-05-01T04:58:24Z

American Hero: Added info about how pokemon is dangerous to children

'''Pokémon''' is a highly successful Japanese franchise that was introduced by [[Nintendo]] in the 1990s. The name is a [[portmanteau]] of the "Pocket Monsters", which serves as the Japanese title of the series. It spread to several other countries in a short time.

The video game was the basis for the popular children's television show, Pokémon and helped to spawn a large amount of merchandise and a successful trading card game.</br>
To those unfamiliar with the video games, they basically mix world exploring in a way similar to the "[[Legend of Zelda]]" games (also by [[Nintendo]]), capturing & cataloging wild animals called "Pokemon" that have cutesy species names such as "Wild Rattata", "Wild Pidgey", "Pikachu" & "Nidoran" (among others) in the same way some people collect [[Baseball]] cards or "[[Garbage Pail Kids]]" stickers, using a device called a "Pokeball". Once captured, you can battle them against other Pokemon to either scare them away or weaken them enough to capture them with a Pokeball. The battles are done in a sort of "[[Rock-Paper-Scissors]]" style way, taking it in turns to make a move.

Pokemon is a liberal, athiest show and series of games as it shows monsters "evolving" before young children's eyes. This promotes the idea that life has evolved, not that God created man and pokemon. Young children should not be exposed to it as it promotes evilution, witchcraft, back-talking, and typical liberal hollywood san fransico values. The show and game also promote the [[homosexual agenda]]. It is possible to breed Pokemon in some games although you can not marry them first as God intended.

==Gameplay==
In every version of the handheld Pokemon games, there are eight gym leaders that one must beat to be able to win the game. Also, every different version gives each character an "opponent" or rival that constantly attempts to best you (the main character).
As you move along more Pokemon and harder trainers become present, forcing the main character to quickly adapt and become stronger.

==Games==
So far, there have been eleven games (yellow, red, blue, green (which was only avaliable in Japenese), gold, silver, ruby, saphire, emerald, pearl and diamond).

[[Category:Games]]
[[Category:Broadcasting]]

2007-05-01T04:55:00Z

American Hero:

'''Pokémon''' is a highly successful Japanese franchise that was introduced by [[Nintendo]] in the 1990s. The name is a [[portmanteau]] of the "Pocket Monsters", which serves as the Japanese title of the series. It spread to several other countries in a short time.

The video game was the basis for the popular children's television show, Pokémon and helped to spawn a large amount of merchandise and a successful trading card game.</br>
To those unfamiliar with the video games, they basically mix world exploring in a way similar to the "[[Legend of Zelda]]" games (also by [[Nintendo]]), capturing & cataloging wild animals called "Pokemon" that have cutesy species names such as "Wild Rattata", "Wild Pidgey", "Pikachu" & "Nidoran" (among others) in the same way some people collect [[Baseball]] cards or "[[Garbage Pail Kids]]" stickers, using a device called a "Pokeball". Once captured, you can battle them against other Pokemon to either scare them away or weaken them enough to capture them with a Pokeball. The battles are done in a sort of "[[Rock-Paper-Scissors]]" style way, taking it in turns to make a move.

Pokemon is a liberal, athiest show and series of games as it shows monsters "evolving" before young children's eyes. This promotes the idea that life has evolved, not that God created man and pokemon. Young children should not be exposed to it as it promotes evilution, witchcraft, back-talking, and typical liberal hollywood san fransico values.

==Gameplay==
In every version of the handheld Pokemon games, there are eight gym leaders that one must beat to be able to win the game. Also, every different version gives each character an "opponent" or rival that constantly attempts to best you (the main character).
As you move along more Pokemon and harder trainers become present, forcing the main character to quickly adapt and become stronger.

==Games==
So far, there have been eleven games (yellow, red, blue, green (which was only avaliable in Japenese), gold, silver, ruby, saphire, emerald, pearl and diamond).

[[Category:Games]]
[[Category:Broadcasting]]