Re: GIVE REAGAN HIS DUE

Proof that there are a lot of people in America full of sh...


On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 03:14:33 +0200 (CEST), starwars
<nobody@tatooine.homelinux.net> wrote:

> GIVE REAGAN HIS DUE
> 6/28/2004
>
> Whew! I'm suffering from Reagan exhaustion!
>
> Greek gods did not get the glorification that Ronald Reagan has been
>getting since his death. He's already gotten a king-like, seven-day funeral
>and a tsunami of worshipful media coverage. And now the full deification of
>The Gipper is proceeding apace with Republican politicos openly engaged in
>idolatry.
>
> Believe it or not, they are pushing to have Ronnie's face carved into
>Mt. Rushmore, to off Alexander Hamilton from the $10 bill and replace him
>with Reagan's likeness, to name still more big-government facilities in
>Washington after him, to make his birthday a national holiday, and to name
>at least one thing after Reagan in every one of America's 3,067 counties.
>
> A little perspective, please! It would be appropriate, for example, to
>erect a statue on The Mall and inscribe it, "Ronald Reagan: The man who gave
>us Saddam Hussein." Yes, for five years, Reagan provided aid and all sorts
>of weaponry to build-up Saddam and his military might, arming the Iraqi thug
>for his war against Iran.
>
> And, yes, that's the same Iran that Ronnie's White House basement
>troll, Ollie North, sold arms to in order to finance Reagan's secret,
>illegal war against Nicaragua's elected governmenta criminal misadventure
>that led to 11 top Reagan officials being convicted.
>
> Just for old-times sake, here are a few more golden chestnuts from
>Ronnie's tenure: James Watt, ketchup as a vegetable, Star Wars, a tax credit
>for segregated Bob Jones University, The S & L Scandal, trees cause
>pollution, Grenada, William Casey, union busting, trickle-down economics,
>CIA sponsorship of Muslim radicals in Afghanistan (including one Osama bin
>Laden), Ed Meese, extensive cuts in programs serving poor people, Robert
>Bork, and the tripling of the national debt.
>
> Let's give Reagan his due. All of it.
>
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> "An Economic Legend." The New York Times, June 11, 2004.
> "Fans Aim to Put Reagan's Face Across Nation." Austin
>American-Statesman, June 11, 2004.
> "66 Things to Think About When Flying Into Reagan National Airport."
>By David Corn, The Nation, March 2, 1988.
> "Pitts: After the adulation, a word of dissent on Ronald Reagan." by
>Leonard Pitts, The Miami Herald, June 14, 2004.
> "Legacy's Darker Side: Reagan tributes largely ignore controversies of
>his presidency." By Eric Planin and Thomas B. Edsall, The Washington Post,
>June 11, 2004.