I didn't forget the others. The thread was started with a Regan quote and a notion that those were "the good ole days". People have a thing for the hagiography of Saint Ronnie. When that happens, I'll step in to remind them of the historical truth instead of the Norman Rockwell version. My problems with other Presidents come up in other threads :)
Judah On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 7:05 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "And let us remember that Ronald Regan was a fucking jerk who did more to > harm this country than anyone in a long long time. " > > Wow. > > You forget LBJ? Not a large amount of time since his last term and > Reagen's first. > > Why not mention our current President. > > You can throw Bush Jr in if you want. > > J > > - > > This civil rights program about which you have heard so much is a farce and > a sham--an effort to set up a police state in the guise of liberty. I am > opposed to that program. I fought it in the Congress. It is the province of > the state to run its own elections. I am opposed to the anti-lynching bill > because the Federal Government has no business enacting a law against one > kind of murder than another...(And) if a man can tell you who you must > hire, he can tell you who not to employ. I have met this head on. - Lyndon > B Johnson > > These Negroes, theyre getting pretty uppity these days and thats a > problem for us since theyve got something now they never had before, the > political pull to back up their uppityness. Now weve got to do something > about this, weve got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet > them down, not enough to make a difference. - Senator Lyndon B John > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347202 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
