So long as
there is one man willing to work
but unable to find employment,
the hours of work are too long.
Abraham Lincoln
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This is America. There is no “them”.
There is only us!
William Jefferson Clinton
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| RONALD
WILSON
REAGAN Born: 6 February 1911 – Died at 93: 4 June 2004 Served as President of the Screen Actors Guild: 1947-1952 and 1959-1960 Elected Governor of California in 1966 — Reëlected Governor of California in 1970 1980: Elected President of the United States of America by every California County except San Francisco and Alameda 1984: Reëlected President of the USA by every California County except San Francisco, Alameda, and Marín “The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.”— Shakespeare |
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Ronald Reagan will be remembered for: Being, per Clark Cifford, “an amiable dunce” Ordering National Guard troops to spread tear gas over the Berkeley campus of the University of California resulting in the shooting, and death, of a student protestor Closing California's mental hospitals thus creating “the homless problem” Firing Air Traffic Controllers Ordering drug testing of Federal employees Advocating unconstitutional prayer in public schools Allowing AIDS to become pandemic, killing thousands, by ignoring the facts for longer than five years Refusing to allow Federal funds to be used to treat AIDS patients even after recognicing that it exists Engaging in military actions in Nicaragua and El Salvador in violation of the United States Congress' orders Paying an official visit to a Nazi cemetery in Bitburg, Germany Having his veto of sanctions against apartheid South Africa overridden by Congress Stealing from Mikhail Gorbachev credit for peacefully ending the Cold War Boring actress Jane Wyman, his first wife, to divorce Creating the myth of the “Welfare Queen” Invading Grenada Opposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Opposing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Opposing the Fair Housing Act of 1968 Causing “an across-the-board breakdown in the machinery constructed by six previous administrations to protect civil rights.” according to the Citizens Commission on Civil Rights Being ranked second-worst President for Civil Rights by the Encyclopædia of African-American Politics Supporting military dictatorships in Guatemala: 440 villages destroyed Supporting military dictatorship in El Salvador Creating more than a million refugees fleeing El Salvador and Guatemala Supporting opponents of the Sandinistas who ousted the hated Somoza dictatorship of Nicaragua with funds earned by treasonously selling armaments to Iran Deregulating the Savings & Loan industry resulting in a $350 billion taxpayer bailout Almost to tripling the national debt by reducing taxes and increasing spending Taking tax revenue from the poor to give to the rich Testifying before the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities ——————————————————————————————— Being “the Great Communicator” Co-starring with a chimpanzee in Bedtime for Bonzo Signing more than thirty bills adding 10.6 million acres to the National Wilderness Preservation System Marrying Nancy Davis Signing Martin Luther King holiday into law Stopping Federally-proposed dams on California's Feather and Eel rivers Stopping a Federal freeway through the Sierra Nevada Appointing first woman, Sandra Day O'Connor, to the Supreme Court of the United States Working to improve wages, benefits, and working conditions of actors while serving, 1947-1952 and 1959-1960, as President of the Screen Actors Guild Saying “Mister Gorbachev: Tear down this wall!” |
| Reagan Administration PROGRAM CUTS
(Millions
of dollars) |
1981 |
1988 |
| Training and Employment |
$9,107 |
$2,888 |
| Energy Assistance |
1,850 |
1,162 |
| Health Services (Community
Health Centers; Care for the Homeless} |
856 |
814 |
| Legal Services |
320 |
233 |
| Compensatory Education |
3,545 |
3,291 |
| Housing Assistance for the
Elderly |
797 |
422 |
| Community Services Block Grants
(Anti-poverty agencies) |
525 |
290 |
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From: Roger B. (rcblinn@*.net) Icono Clast wrote... > Remembering Ronald Reagan: Let Us Remember Lest We Forget > http://oocities.com/iconoc/Articles/rReagan.html#t While remembering Regan, shall
we also remember Regan's Secretary of the Interior, James G. Watt? From High
Country News —
On September 20, 1983, the Senate voted 63-33 to deny Watt the power to lease coal at his discretion, to forbid the leasing of certain key off-shore oil and gas tracts, to forbid drilling in Wilderness, and so on. The bill also ordered Watt to do something he'd sworn he wouldn't do — buy additional National Parks land. 1984 was to be his big year. He was going to lease (strip-mine) coal adjacent to Bryce Canyon National Park. [R] ———————— James G Watt: "I have a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple. And we have talent." (a reference to his staff) — to the US Chamber of Commerce, September 21, 1983. |
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MY OPINION CANNOT BE WRONG
Icono Clast
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If I were to praise
everything
upon which I report, my opinion would have no value. If I were to
criticize
everything upon which I report, my opinion would have no
value.
I hope that some of you hold the opinion that my reports are
well-founded
and trustworthy.
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MMMMMWhen my fingers flog the keyboard preparing a report for your con- sideration, I try to get the facts straight and welcome corrections. MMMMMWhen I present my observations, they're as accurate and objective as it's possible for me to make them. They're what I think I saw and heard and not necessarily what someone else saw and heard. Such observations are often inaccurate which is proved thousands of times daily in court rooms around the world. But I believe mine to be true, accurate, and objective. MMMMMWhen I express an opinion, it is only my opinion. My opinion cannot be wrong. My opinion cannot be right. It is but an opinion. It is you, who might agree, argue, or disagree with me, who colors my opinion one way, some way, or another way. I have allowed my opinion to be subjected to your power to confirm, dismiss, dispute, contradict, or ignore. ICONO CLAST: A San Franciscan in 47.335² mile San Francisco. MMMMM MMMMM eMail from an attorney: Well said. MMMMM eMail: respondent@isp.net wrote: Icono Clast wrote: When I present my observations, they're as accurate and objective as it's possible for me to make them. MMMMM One thing I've always admired about your well-written posts is that they are based on your personal knowledge of an event, situation or person. Too often people comment at length about people they've never met or places they've never been; I've always believed in the primacy of direct personal observation as a source of knowledge. MMMMM From: Neal <neal@*.com Date: 1999/11/12: I have always found your posts to be well written & fair. You are one of the few people who's opinion I respect on this board. As well as being one of the more knowledgeable people who post here. MMMMM Icono Clast responded to Steve Mueller who wrote: Well, that depends how you define "opinion". For example, if you're color-blind, you might say red and green look the same. That is a fact from your perspective, but could also be considered an opinion. MMMMM Precisely why my remarks included "Such observations are often inaccurate which is proved thousands of times daily in court rooms around the world." MMMMM Pedantically yours, Steve MMMMM Well, yes, but see above. |