(np) truly heinous

[kelber at mindspring.com]

I never understood why he was called The Great Communicator - he spoke in dumbed-down platitudes, and his speaking voice was smarmy and unctuous.  Then there was the general press nickname for him, The Teflon President, as they fatuously exclaimed over the fact that nothing negative would stick to him, as if this wasn't a very deliberate choice on their part - the sluts!

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com>
>Sent: Apr 30, 2010 2:17 PM
>To: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
>Cc: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Re: (np) truly heinous
>
>Reagan was a con man. I fail to understand the continuing hero worship
>of this third rate Hollywood actor and stooge for the oligarchy.
>
>On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Michael Bailey
><michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>> more so than popping the real estate bubble, imho,
>> truly heinous was the Reagan Administration's gutting Social Security
>> in order to finance tax cuts and Star Wars
>>
>> Madoff pales before Goldman Sachs, but Reagan et al puts them both in the shade
>>
>> I nominate the robbing of widows and orphans by Reagan as crime of the
>> century. 1900-2000,
>> but nobody has yet set it right; it bids fair to rank among great
>> crimes of this century as well,
>> although people in Iraq and Afghanistan may see that differently
>>
>>
>>
>> But still, civility should be ever and always our hallmark.
>> As Pink Floyd said at the end of Money, "good manners don't cost nothin'"
>>