Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I guess my biggest annoyance about him as president is that, like Rush Limbaugh, Reagan (or his writers) simply made up crap and presented it to the public, and the public believed it! I'm not talking about mildly tweaking the truth or using hyperbole, I'm talking about inflating stuff to 20 times more than it actually was. I also got tired of hearing the dubious anecdotes of the black person who is on welfare, drives a Cadillac, and buys booze with food stamps. But that was what America (at least white conservative America) wanted to hear. It also helped that he followed Carter who invited all of Cuba's mentally ill and criminal folks to come live the good life in the US. I don't think Reagan was mean-spirited. He was a bit shallow, remembered when minorities had no privileges, and longed for the good old days. He sounded like many 70-year-old affluent white males I know. Jeffery At 08:16 AM 6/10/2004, you wrote: >One thing I remember about Reagan the most. He spent more of our money than >ever on stupid ass nuclear weapons to show off to the Soviets. Then the >Soviets would show off their nuke's. Then Reagan would show more, over and >over again! Where did this lame ass game get us? Nowhere. > >Now into the new century, we learn that the CIA knew that the former USSR >was as broke as hell during the "Cold War" and could barely get nuclear subs >out of their harbours. But yet we had to keep on building millions of tons >of radioactive waste for all us younger generations to bath in. > >Great game to play for so-called "civilized nations". > >Chris > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jim Hemenway" >Subject: Re: [Leica] Remembering the Reagan years > > > > Under Reagan: > > > > Double digit inflation in the 80s, > > 3 trillion dollar deficit, > > Iran-Contra conspiracy... Poindexter and Liddy. > > > > Not too mention his abysmal treatment of students in the 60s... > > helicopters dropping enough CS gas to make everyone projectile vomit. > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information