Where do republicans get the notion that democrats want government to control every aspect of our lives?

No -- because there aren't enough drills per square mile in that photo.

Well, with both parties taking turns, there are large portions of our national parks that under the control of Mexican drug cartels and have signs warning that the American government cannot protect you on American soil. Maybe an oil field would actually be protected and not left to the murdering scum from down south.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.