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This is not 'Speaking Ill of the Dead' only to repeat what I had said some twenty odd years ago. I said then that much of the nation were displaying a shallowness and falling for the razzle dazzle of the Reagan showmanship, that we were being distracted with comedy and sports and the wave of self adulation by patting ourselves on the back and chanting" We Are No.1- We Are No.1" (remember?) while the Nation was being plundered for the benefit of the few. I am sure that those not asleep or of the simple minded will remember that period. Yes, it was a time of greed to a new level when those insiders with a smirk flaunted their cooperate welfare paid for by the workers. Now some twenty years later we have a similiarity, but in the form of a more viscious and brazen imitator / pretender, one that tries to speak and with the look and glance a la Reagan.(watch) Remind me of a young teenager imitating Humphrey Bogart in one of his tough guy role. How depressing to observe how little we have advanced in intellect and reason, we are in large part very much the same 'kill em and control em type.' Then again that's nothing new, it's been our history, our calling card, our identity, from the day the first Illegal Immigrant Pilgrims Outlaws landed on the American Shores. I also did say that when history is reviewed in it's true light it will be seen that Reagan is far from what he is dished up to be. Leslie Lowe --- Edward Kent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ||||||ANNOUNCEMENTS and ARTICLES: > http://pnews.org/art/art.shtml > |But one can separate the person from his influence > on his society. > > Ronald Reagan, as President of the U.S., set the > pattern of 'greed takes > it all'. Lest we forget, the savings and loan and > junk bond debacles > occurred during his term in office -- the pattern of > corruption that > prevails in even larger measure under Bush. Cut > taxes of the wealthy > and corporations, allow huge barely taxed > compensation for not > particularly efficient or productive and often > criminal leadership of > business enterprises -- while simultaneously > slashing support systems > for those most in need of them -- the > under-educated, unemployed, the > underpaid, the severely ill and disabled, our > children. > > I recall Lou Henkin (University Professor Emeritus > and Special Service > Professor Chairman of the Directorate, Center for > the Study of Human > Rights, Columbia) noting during Reagan's reign that > the only human > public support bills that could be passed were those > that benefited a > majority -- not those most in need of public > support. > > And so things have been going. Reagan well nigh > bankrupted this country > with his huge budget gaps, thanks to reduced taxes > for the rich combined > with massive excessive military outlays -- the Star > Wars nonsense that > mounted his massive $4.5 trillion deficit. > > Nations that put all their efforts into military > expenditures and stint > on the basics such as education of their children do > not compete well > with others or prosper over the long run. Reagan > launched us on this > unholy road to self-destruction, undermined any > sense of shared > community and destiny, divided us between rich and > poor, and initiated a > program of greed of the majority. > > I can not join this week's adulation. This man may > turn out to have > been the most destructive of all our presidents. > -- > "A war is just if there is no alternative, and the > resort > to arms is legitimate if they represent your last > hope." (Livy) > -- > Ed Kent 718-951-5324 (voice mail only) [blind > copies] > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CollegeConversation > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PeaceEfforts > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EndingPoverty > > --- > / o o \ PNEWS Topic Specific Portals (Vortals) > ===OO=====OO================================================= > http://pnews.org/vortal/ New World disOrder and > Myth Busters > http://g0lem.net/vortal/ Insane Planet and Wacko > World > http://g0lem.net/portal/ Bad-Ass Truth and > TheGolemsPortal > http://pnews.org/portal/ Naked Truth and PNEWS > Portal > ============================================================= > \_/ \_/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --- / o o \ PNEWS Topic Specific Portals (Vortals) ===OO=====OO================================================= http://pnews.org/vortal/ New World disOrder and Myth Busters http://g0lem.net/vortal/ Insane Planet and Wacko World http://g0lem.net/portal/ Bad-Ass Truth and TheGolemsPortal http://pnews.org/portal/ Naked Truth and PNEWS Portal ============================================================= \_/ \_/
