Regarding the stupid myth that Reagan brought down the evil Soviet Empire...
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Friday, August 29, 2025 18:07
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Hey, Reagan fans, get this book & educate yer damn selves:
http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Hand-Untold-Dangerous-Legacy/dp/0385524374
Reagan only CONFUSED the Soviet Union with that idiotic SDI program; the USSR fell under the weight of its own mismanagement DESPITE Reagan (& Gorbachev).
The only substantive thing Reagan achieved internationally was destabilizing parts of Central America, and that he did well.
Face it boys, the gipper was just a goofball.
The laughing Chrisisall
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Thank you, thank you...Reagan is held up as some kind of demi-god, when in actuality he did more harm than good to this country, long-term, and he wasn't even in CHARGE toward the end!
"Blaming Reagan for the state of the country is like blaming your bad hamburger on Ronald McDonald"
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"Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall."
PR stunt- or something to make himself feel good.
He got off some good lines at times, though (stolen from Clint Eastwood).
The laughing Chrisisall
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Only if you consider the stupid, funny ones.
He got off some good lines at times, though
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"... and he wasn't even in CHARGE toward the end!"
The person running the country may have been their astrologer.
Ever read "Stranger in a Strange Land" ? With the exception of the technology (which hasn't progressed nearly as rapidly as Heinlein imagined), and well, Martians and stuff --- all the insanity of a country gone amok was pretty accurate. Sad that a full-time cynic and misogynist like Heinlein captured the future so well.
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Originally posted by Niki2:
Only if you consider the stupid, funny ones.
'Course!
The laughing Chrisisall
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Rue: ...well, I WAS going to say "Nan and her astrologist were doing the running", but I thought that was too rude (and would probably start people off railing about each thinks WAS really in charge...
)
Ooops, hope I haven't done just that...
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Bush Sr. was the one in charge.
The laughing Chrisisall
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What killed the Soviets was invading afghanistan and then kowtowing to the military-industrial-complex...
Oh, wait, WHAT ?
FUCK!!!
-F
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