LOL! No, President Reagan never admitted to lying, ever, (because he didn't!) Typical "Progressive/Revisionist/Anti-American" history!
On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 9:31 AM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > he was a liar and he admitted it under oath. > > On Friday, November 13, 2015 at 8:15:31 AM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: >> >> No lies there, and actually, a piss poor attempt at trying to brand the >> greatest President in your lifetime, "A Liar" >> >> Shame on you! >> >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 8:57 AM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> President Reagan's record does speak for itself. >> --- >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGdWIwiVMF4 >> >> >> On Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 9:24:31 PM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: >> >> LOL! This article is so biased, non-sensical, lacking in the total, >> complete facts, and asinine, that all I can do is laugh! >> >> You're correct however, President Reagan's record does speak for itself. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 9:41 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> his record speaks for itself >> --- >> >> In fact, Reagan’s presidency was marked by a record-setting number of >> scandals and crimes. >> 10Throwing Mental Patients Onto The Streets >> >> [image: ronmentalhealth] >> >> Reagan’s mass purging of mental health hospitals first began when he was >> the governor of California. As governor, Reagan threw more than half of the >> state’s mental health patients out of hospitals and onto the streets. He >> abolished >> <http://www.povertyinsights.org/2013/10/14/did-reagans-crazy-mental-health-policies-cause-todays-homelessness/> >> the >> hospitals’ ability to institutionalize patients with severe mental illness. >> With nowhere else for these mental patients to go—most with disabilities >> that prevented them from working—they simply became homeless. >> >> As a result of the actions of Ronald Reagan and others like him, >> America’s mental health system as a whole deteriorated >> <http://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/30/science/how-release-of-mental-patients-began.html> >> so >> much that Congress was compelled to act. President Jimmy Carter signed into >> law the Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 >> <http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=32339>. The legislation sought >> to reform and rebuild America’s mental health system by developing >> community mental health programs and provide mental health services for >> Americans suffering from chronic mental illnesses. >> >> Curiously enough, one of the first major legislative actions Reagan >> undertook as president was to repeal this reform of America’s mental health >> system and slash federal funding for mental health care by 30 percent. As >> his presidency progressed, Reagan continued his former practice of throwing >> patients out of mental health hospitals, albeit on a much grander scale >> than what he undertook as California’s governor. During his presidency in >> the 1980s, some 40,000 beds >> <http://www.salon.com/2013/09/29/ronald_reagans_shameful_legacy_violence_the_homeless_mental_illness/> >> in >> state mental hospitals were eliminated. >> >> During the aftermath in 1988, the National Institute of Mental Health >> estimated that 125,000–300,000 >> <http://www.salon.com/2013/09/29/ronald_reagans_shameful_legacy_violence_the_homeless_mental_illness/> >> mental >> patients with chronic mental illness were homeless. >> >> As a result of Reagan’s actions, America’s mental health care system >> remains debilitated. Despite lawsuits, states like Nevada continue to >> illegally empty their mental hospitals and place their mental patients on >> buses thattake them out of state >> <http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/09/10/nevada-pushes-back-against-san-francisco-patient-dumping-claims/>, >> thus avoiding the bill. >> >> 9Supporting And Creating Islamic Terrorists >> >> [image: ronosamabinladen] >> >> At over 13 years in length, the War in Afghanistan is the longest war >> that America has ever fought. Over those 13 years, the United States has >> spent as much as $4 trillion, lost the lives of 3,500 troops, and injured >> another 23,000 fighting the Taliban >> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/study-iraq-afghan-war-costs-to-top-4-trillion/2013/03/28/b82a5dce-97ed-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html>. >> But amid all of this protracted chaos, we seem to have forgotten how >> Afghanistan got into such dire straights. >> >> Before Reagan, Afghanistan more closely resembled Ohio than a Stone Age >> war zone. In 1978, the Saur Revolution saw the Middle Eastern country turn >> from an Islamic monarchy into the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. The >> new DRA government modernized and secularized Afghanistan in a way no other >> Middle Eastern government had in history. One of the most noticeable of >> these revolutionary reforms was a massive leap forward in women’s rights >> that has yet to be matched in the region, let alone Afghanistan. Needless >> to say, these reforms were not without their detractors, which included the >> odd alliance of both Islamic extremists and United States President Ronald >> Reagan. >> >> It just so happens that the Soviet Union supported these advances. >> Therefore, the Reagan Administration sought to overthrow the DRA >> government. Publicly and privately, Reagan and the CIA began to support, >> fund, and even arm a series of jihadist militants in Afghanistan, loosely >> known as mujahideen. Reagan was so fond of these Islamic jihadists that >> after arming and funding them with almost $5 billion of taxpayer money >> <http://books.google.com/books?id=meihAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=reagan+mujahideen+$630+million&source=bl&ots=GImNDEEqQW&sig=7094UD9lHgXG58u9YTtx21EKIRI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8nJ1VPvFN6a1sQTRnoGYAw&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=reagan%20mujahideen%20%24630%20million&f=false>, >> he invited them into the White House and called them “freedom fighters.” >> >> With the blessing of Reagan, the mujahideen militants violently overthrew >> the DRA government and instituted a repressive Islamic state in its place. >> They removed all advances in women’s rights, economic reforms, and >> education reforms. >> >> However, the mujahideen would soon fracture. Some of the mujahideen >> forces became the Taliban, which the United States has spent countless >> dollars and American lives fighting. Others worked with Osama bin Laden and >> became Al-Qaeda, which carried out a litany of terrorist attacks including >> those of September 11. Perhaps one of the most notable figures supported >> and paid by the Reagan Administration and CIA was Ayman al-Zawahiri, whose >> group of jihadist fighters received a portion of the $500 million >> <http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jan/17/yemen.islam> that the CIA >> sent to Afghanistan. Al-Zawahiri was closely associated with Osama bin >> Laden and orchestrated a variety of terrorist attacks >> <http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/people/shows/zawahiri/profile.html>, >> earning him the title of “terror mastermind.” After September 11, the State >> Department placed a bounty on his head, offering $25 million for any >> information leading to his capture. >> >> One of the mujahideen fighters was even Osama bin Laden >> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/155236.stm> himself. In fact, bin >> Laden got his start in the terrorism game by joining the mujahideen >> bolstered by Reagan and the CIA. Before joining the mujahideen, bin Laden >> wasn’t even ensconced in terrorism or Islamic radicalism; he was studying >> to get a degree in economics and business administration at a Saudi Arabian >> college before he abandoned his education to join the mujahideen in 1979. >> >> Controversy remains to this day as to whether or not Reagan and the CIA >> directly funded bin Laden himself, particularly because bin Laden was >> fighting with the mujahideen based in Pakistan, while the initial >> mujahideen forces bolstered by Reagan were based in Afghanistan. In 2004, >> the BBC claimed that bin Laden himself was not just supported by, but given >> military >> training <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1670089.stm> from >> Reagan’s CIA. Others have corroborated the claims, includingBritish >> government officials >> <http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jul/08/july7.development> and an FBI >> whistle-blower >> <http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dr-nafeez-mosaddeq-ahmed/whistleblower-alqaeda-chi_b_3305954.html>. >> Unsurprisingly, United States government officials have denied >> <http://www.newrepublic.com/article/back-front> the reports. >> 8Involvement With McCarthyism >> >> [image: rondaltontrumbo] >> >> Before he entered into politics, Ronald Reagan was your average B-list >> actor. However, it was recently discovered that Ronald Reagan led a double >> life at that time as an informant >> <http://www.salon.com/2012/08/19/ronald_reagan_informant/> for the FBI. >> >> Even more interesting is whom Reagan was spying on. They included fellow >> actors, writers, and directors in Hollywood who held what he and other >> right-wing politicians suspected were “un-American” views. Reagan was >> contracted by the FBI to spy on actors and filmmakers as part of Joseph >> McCarthy’s House Un-American Activities Committee. >> >> Reagan used his position as president of the Screen Actors Guild to >> invade the privacy of other actors, writers, and directors whom he thought >> had un-American views >> <http://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/108/110880/ch26_a5_d1.pdf> and >> labeled them as budding communists to the FBI and Un-American Activities >> Committee. >> >> As a result of Reagan’s snitching and the House Un-American Activities >> Committee witch hunt, a series of artists were blacklisted and prevented >> from working in the industry again. Some were even imprisoned merely for >> the political beliefs they held. Targets of the committee ranged from >> Spartacus and The Brave One screenwriter Dalton Trumbo >> <http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/dalton-trumbo-a-list-blacklist-article-1.294499> >> to On the Waterfront director Elia Kazan >> <http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/the_browser/1999/01/blacklist_and_backstory.html>, >> to Shampoo actress Lee Grant >> <http://www.cbsnews.com/news/lee-grant-on-life-beyond-the-hollywood-blacklist/>, >> all Academy Award winners. >> >> The blacklist not only marked one of the most shameful moments in >> American history, but it also demonstrated a flagrant disregard for the >> First Amendment and the freedom of speech in America by Reagan and those >> like him. >> 7The Grant-Rigging Scandal >> >> [image: ronhudgrnat] >> >> You may have heard of the Savings and Loan Scandal >> <http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/26/news/economy/where_bailout_stands/?postversion=2008112615>, >> which occurred when President Reagan began to deregulate the banking >> industry. Soon after 747 financial institutions failed as a result of the >> deregulation, they were bailed out with $160 billion of taxpayer money. >> Among others, five sitting senators—the Keating Five >> <http://content.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1848150,00.html>—were >> investigated for corruption following the bailout to institutions they had >> close ties to. However, a lesser-known case study in corruption happened >> around the same time with closer ties to President Reagan: the HUD Grant >> Rigging Scandal. >> >> The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Reagan >> Administration hatched a scheme to funnel money to contributors to Reagan’s >> campaign by rigging housing bids >> <http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/14/us/hud-grants-under-reagan-a-case-study-in-connections.html> >> in >> their favor. Grants for low-income housing were rigged so that Republican >> lobbyists and contributors to Reagan’s campaign received them over other >> bidders who were otherwise more qualified to receive them. >> >> The HUD scandal wasn’t uncovered until Reagan left office, but when it >> was, it saw the convictions of 16 players in the Reagan Administration and >> Department of Housing and Urban Development. Reagan’s Secretary of the >> Interior, James Watt >> <http://articles.latimes.com/1996-01-03/news/mn-20444_1_grand-jury>, was >> indicted on 24 felony counts. Watt pleaded guilty to only one of the >> charges and was sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay a >> $5,000 fine. High-ranking HUD officials testified that Samuel Pierce, >> Reagan’s HUD secretary, was “intimately involved in decisions to award >> contracts >> <http://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/19/opinion/the-hud-scandal-widening.html> to >> personal or political friends.” Pierce admitted responsibility for the >> corruption as the head of the department, but the prosecutor in the case >> never >> charged <http://articles.latimes.com/2000/nov/04/local/me-47066> him >> with a crime, citing Pierce’s poor health. >> 6The Office Of Public Diplomacy >> >> In the middle of his presidency, Ronald Reagan created a secret agency >> known as the Office of Public Diplomacy (OPD) with one nefarious purpose in >> mind: propaganda. This was no ordinary propaganda. It was deemed “white >> propaganda,” designed to be used on the American people. >> >> The Office of Public Diplomacy began a widespread and sophisticated >> propaganda campaign both in and out of the United States with a special >> focus on manipulating politics in South America. >> >> One of its specialties was manipulating the media. They planted fake news >> stories throughout newspapers about the right-wing Contra terrorists Reagan >> was arming to try to overthrow the Nicaraguan government. >> >> Some “white propaganda” by the agency ran in newspapers ranging from theWall >> Street Journal to the Washington Post to the New York Times. The Office >> of Public Diplomacy created a widespread media tour for the Contra >> terrorists and even created a fake news segment that aired on the NBC >> Nightly News after sending NBC reporter Fred Francis >> <http://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/05/world/state-dept-linked-to-contra-publicity.html> >> on >> a fake trip to see the Contras (who were really actors coached by the >> Reagan Administration.) >> >> The OPD also surveiled, harassed, and intimidated >> <http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-05-09/news/0105090043_1_latin-america-otto-j-reich-helms-burton-act> >> journalists >> who were not reporting what the Reagan Administration wanted. Employees in >> the OPD would routinely show up to major newspaper and TV news offices to >> bully reporters and editors into changing their news coverage into what the >> Reagan Administration wanted. When reporters and editors didn’t follow the >> orders of the Reagan Administration, the OPD waged their own war on the >> non-compliant journalists. They planted fabricated stories that claimed the >> anti-Contra journalists received sexual favors from male and female >> prostitutes paid for by the Nicaraguan government the Reagan Administration >> was trying to overthrow. >> >> The OPD’s activities were uncovered by the Comptroller General—a >> Republican appointee—in September 1987 and declared illegal >> <http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB40/> soon after. In his >> report on the illegal propaganda agency, the Comptroller General claimed >> the Office of Public Diplomacy engaged in “prohibited, covert propaganda >> activities” which were “beyond the range of acceptable agency public >> information activities.” >> >> 5Using Taxpayer Money To Influence Election Outcomes >> >> [image: rontoxicwaste] >> >> Under the Reagan Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency and >> its Reagan-appointed employees became embroiled in a host of scandals >> <http://books.google.com/books?id=NUZ1AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT108&lpg=PT108&dq=reagan+twenty+high+level+epa&source=bl&ots=kauODcHj4p&sig=SBW2MYAqClxY_-omCkoPGX2-Txc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vGZ2VL2tBtffsATauILICw&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=reagan%20twenty%20high%20level%20epa&f=false>. >> In Reagan’s first three years as president, over 20 high-ranking EPA >> employees were removed from their positions and in some cases imprisoned. >> Perhaps the most roundly illegal of these scandals was a scheme to fix >> elections with taxpayer money, otherwise known as “Sewergate.” >> >> The scheme was principally orchestrated by Rita Lavelle, a >> Reagan-appointed EPA administrator who began to tap into the EPA’s >> “Superfund” for quite nefarious purposes. The EPA’s Superfund is designed >> to be used to help clean up environmental disasters, but instead Reagan’s >> EPA administrators began to divert the fund >> <http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1697&dat=19830520&id=FzUqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RUcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5155,4006054> >> into >> the campaigns of Republican candidates for state-level elections. >> >> An investigation began into Lavelle and the EPA after an EPA >> whistle-blower brought forward evidence that Lavelle had misused Superfund >> monies. The roughly $1.6 billion in Superfund monies were supposed to be >> used to clean up toxic waste dumps, but that didn’t quite happen. The >> cleanup efforts were used as opportunities to announce grants in Republican >> districts right before reelections >> <http://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/18/us/trial-is-started-for-ex-epa-aide.html> >> while >> Democratic districts were ignored. Allegations were made that the money had >> acquired a political tinge. Lavelle was convicted of lying to Congress >> during the investigation and was stripped of her position, then convicted >> of perjury >> <http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-7563-how-reagan-and-the-largest-epa-scandal-in-history-may-explain-why-valmont-butte-is-still-contaminated.html>. >> She was sentenced to six months in prison and fined $10,000. >> >> Lavelle wasn’t the only Reagan confidant in the EPA who was penalized for >> the scandal. Another employee of the Reagan-era EPA named Anna Burford >> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3418-2004Jul21.html>refused >> to turn over the records of the Superfund during a Congressional >> investigation into their scheme. She cited “Executive Privilege” as her >> reason for refusing to turn over the criminal evidence, suggesting the >> Executive branch directly dirtied its hands with the criminal activity. She >> was found in contempt for refusing to turn over the evidence, and resigned >> her position in the EPA. >> 4Selling Illegal Arms To Iran >> >> [image: Oliver_North_mug_shot] >> >> After Congress passed a law making it illegal for Reagan to fund >> right-wing terrorists known as the Contras in South America, the Reagan >> Administration attempted to work around the law. They hatched a series of >> schemes to launder money to the Contras in a way that would be untraceable >> to the prying eyes of the American public. One of these schemes involved >> illegally selling weapons to Iran for a profit while Iran was holding >> American citizens hostage. >> >> ... > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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