I guess a lot of people in California remember what he did to the state. Some of the things that were done were purely political power moves that hurt more than helped. Others were done just because they could.
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > I will, if you give me a few years to get my notes in order. The only thing > that scares me worse than his policies is the fact that I was sufficiently > young, dumb and full of male sex fluids to have campaigned twice for him, > and registered my first ever vote in his name. > > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 6:25 AM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> There's a lot of stuff that should have been blamed on Regan but I won't >> go down that road. >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> If Reagan hadn't wasted billions on SDI, there'd be railguns in the field >>> now. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> There had been talk about it. I think they decided to go with the >>>> railgun program. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Martin Baxter >>>> <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I just read a report on the laser-based 747. As long as they don't >>>>> waste money trying to reinvigorate SDI, I'm good. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Yea, they have been using lasers to mark targets since the 70s. 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