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The World as a Grade-B Hollywood Shoot ‘Em Up Movie
Back in “Fabulous Fifties” America, a has-been Grade-B Hollywood movie actor named Ronald Reagan revived a floundering acting career by taking a job as corporate spokesman for General Electric, a leader in the burgeoning “Military/Industrial Complex”. Reagan’s Hollywood “Good Guy” image and his ability to read a script from a teleprompter served his new employers well, and enabled Reagan to quickly advance to the top of the ranks of corporate shills.
As 1950’s America sought escape and refuge in the “Never Never Land” of their television sets, they found comfort, reassurance and solace in the feigned sincerity of television actors who sold them various products along with a sanitized, fictional version of American history.
In spite of his growing mental confusion, the increasingly addled Reagan was able to retain his abilty to read a teleprompter convincingly, while remembering the script for the GE public relations speech he was taught. Those skills, along with an aging, grandfatherly image, further endeared Reagan to a brainwashed and ignorant American public, thus adding to his usefulness to his employers. The single most useful trait Reagan possessed was the fact that he actually believed the Good Guy Vs. Bad Guy fairy tales himself.
Reagan is credited with the defeat of the “Evil Empire”, the Soviet Union. Reagan had many friends and helpers in his fight against evil around the world, including Saddam Hussein of Iraq and the fanatical Muslim extremists in Afghanistan that founded the Taliban regime and spawned al-Qaeda terrorism. ( Read more... ) |
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As part of a secret deal to purchase the release of American hostages held in the Middle East, the White House agreed to sell arms to the government of Iran. But that was really just the catalyst for their real objective. The NSC sold Iran weapons, and then funneled some of the proceeds to the Contra insurgency in Nicaragua. This was a blatant and intentional violation of federal law.
While all this was going on, Reagan pretended that there was nothing illegal going on. At one press conference, a journalist addressed the issue point-blank:
REPORTER:
Mr. President, why don’t we openly support those 7,000 guerillas that are in rebellion rather than giving aid through covert activity?
PRESIDENT REAGAN:
Well, because we want to keep on obeying the laws of our country, which we are now obeying.
REPORTER:
Doesn’t the United States want that government replaced?
PRESIDENT REAGAN:
No, because that would be a violation of the law.
After the story broke, the President continued to deny everything. When he was finally forced to discuss the growing scandal in November 1986, Reagan declared:
“In spite of the wildly speculative and false stories of arms for hostages and alleged ransom payments, we did not -- repeat did not -- trade weapons or anything else for hostages; nor will we.”
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Why have we not heard anything about the reality of Reagan?
Everyone (even democrats) has just been gushing about him and his “wonderful presidency” .
It just makes me sick to think that even after his death no one has the balls to tell the trutha about this lame president. Revisionist history! |
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Limbaugh announces end of 10-year marriage,
(Three strikes and he's out!)
JILL BARTON
Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh announced Friday that he and his wife, Marta, were divorcing.
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