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filthy
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 Posted - 11/22/2003 : 03:17:37
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Watching the Reagan show.
I'm not going to see the Ragan show as my new TV isn't hooked up cable and I'd have to go over to my son-in-law's house for it. It's not worth driving 20+ miles. But that's ok. I was paying attention during Ronnie's rather somulent tenure, and I don't think I'd see much of anything new.
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Ronald Reagan's Legacy
11/05/2003 @ 4:53pm
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66 Things to Think About When We Watch The Reagans on Showtime.
As anyone reading today's papers knows, CBS (I hereby rename it the Craven Broadcasting System) announced yesterday that it had yanked "The Reagans" from its November lineup after being inundated with accusations from conservatives, led by Nancy Reagan, that it had done a hatchet job on the former president. (Click here to read Matt Bivens' survey of events leading to the docu-drama's cancellation.)
This latest media flap reminds me of the last time Reagan's name generated major controversy--back in 1998 when Washington DC's National Airport was renamed in honor of our 40th president. The Nation's Washington editor, David Corn, was inspired to publish a funny and enlightening editorial, which we've reprinted below.
http://www.thenation.com/edcut/index.mhtml?bid=7&pid=1051
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Edited by - filthy on 11/22/2003 03:20:21
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