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Regean and Gump
I'm here ready to tell my story to the world. Everyone's story is a different story, and mine is no different.Bunnies don't fly and cats don't swim -- very often.
I was thinking about Ronald Regan. It's a sad thought. He was the champion of all I hated when I was in school. He was the guy that thought appearance was everything and thinking about life was a weakness. This is from his biography which has just recently been released. He was the king of the Jocks. He lead the solders. The more I learn about him the more I dislike him.
Regan was a shell of a man fighting for an ideal which was frozen in him when he was young. However, I am beginning to see myself in this same light. My ideal is different than Regan's, but I too have an ideal which was frozen in my soul at an early age.
As I imagine Regan living his life I see Forest Gump tripping through life and always falling the right way. It makes me angry when I think of those guys behind the scenes manipulating the man whose main concern was how many interruptions from applause and standing ovations he received during his speeches. It makes me angry knowing the American people are continuously being duped into voting for the marketing genus and not the diplomatic genus.
From what I've learned, there isn't anything evil about Ronny, just like there wasn't anything evil about Forest Gump. Similarly, Ronny wasn't a hero just like Forest Gump wasn't a hero. Ronny was the guy who wanted to build the appearance of being a hero, without the thought usually required of a hero.
But, what can I say. Ronny was president for eight years and I am an engineer.
Michael Forbush8-8-99
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