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Originally posted by Doran:
I am never suprised to see you here, Ghoul, towing the heavy liberal, communist, socialist, or left view. It's not worth my time to rebutt you anymore.. I disagree with you; I disagree with you; I disagree with you.

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Originally posted by Ghoulman:
^^^
I gots man parts. Wanna see 'em?

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Originally posted by SouthernMerc:
It's not that cursing is considered childish, GM. It's that your last few posts have been little more than "well, YOU'RE A (insert random expletive here)!" Name calling is not the way to convince others of your position, it is the last resort of those who have no real argument, just the need for attention. I was genuinely concerned, as several of your previous posts were quite thought provoking. I honestly thought someone had been using your account without your knowledge.

BTW, of the 66 items listed, I found few, very few, that were actually credible and not just nit-picking and edited for support. There are a few, namely the whole Contra thing, as well as a couple others that simply don't spring to mind at the moment, that are valid points. There are a quite a few, however, that don't make sense.

Teflon. Whats the story behind that? I'm really in the dark behind that bit, can you shed some light?

Three-by-five cards. I guess those are notecards for speeches, but I'm not sure. More info please?

Air raids on Lybia. What, the ones that brought the terrorists in who were trying to sneak out of Lybia, or the ones that told Lybia to quit taking (or threatening to take) pot-shots at American ships? Been a while, but I remember the whole bit about international waters and his wanting to claim them.

Falling wages. If you are talking about the whole wages vs. inflation bit, I think we broke even (barely). I remember getting pay raises regularly then.

Teflon. I'm not kidding. I'm scratching my head for the reference here. It's gonna plague me for the whole weekend.

For the record, for those of you who didn't live (at least, weren't a sheltered child) during those times, I remember going to bed afraid someone would screw up and start tossin' nukes about. We (the human race) could, at one point, destroy every living thing on planet Earth FIFTY TIMES OVER. We could reduce this planet to a smoldering cinder, where maybe, JUST maybe, cockroaches and a few folks living in the absolute boondocks would survive. Ever see the Mad Max movies? The game Twilight 2000? The post-apocalyptic theme ran strong in those times. When RR finally brokered a peace with USSR, when the Berlin wall came down, when Glasnost kicked into gear, there was a collective sigh of relief heard throughout the world. No, he wasn't responsible for all of it, or even most of it. Or even 90% or 95% of it. But he was there to oversee the END of it, and did help it along. And that's something.

Was he a saint? No.
Was he charismatic? Yes.
Did he have Alzeimer's? Yes.
Did Nancy consult an astrologer? Who cares, really?
He did more in his two terms in office than most presidents did, bad and especially good. That is what I remember about him.

P.S.
Teflon...please help! WHAT'S WRONG WITH TEFLON???


Jayne: "You got yourself lookin' mighty hideous!"

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The "Teflon" thing refers to RRs magic ability to get away with things. As for your opinions about RRs success as a President... well, I don't agree but at least you didn't call me names and answered with insight.

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