....LMB: "Ronnie's Last Ride"....

You remember what the biased liberal media has drilled into you. Do you remember 16% interest rates, 14% inflation, 10 % umemployment, and no growth. Do you remember a very powerfull and geo-politically aggressive Soviet Union? Reagan saved this country from the incredibly awfull economic malaise inflicted by liberal politicians/socialists. His policies and leadership started the long economic boom we are still experiencing. He defeated the Soviet Union in the cold war and freed Western Europe. Wake up.

Mike,

If you mean that the liberal (/radical) media that I have to dig up on my own-- Chomsky books, unpopular political mags, activist radio stations, etc.-- drilled Reagan's negative legacy into my head, you might have a point.

If you mean the "liberal media", that CNN and USA Today and the like have been brainwashing me into thinking that Reagan as an evil, union-busting, death-squad supporting despot, then you obviously have fallen through a dimensional portal into Bizzaro World, and we all pray for your safe return.

And hopefully you remember how 70,000+ died of AIDS on his watch while he ignored them. Unforgivable.

Lest we bring up the "war on drugs" he orchestrated and the invasion of Panama.

Unbe-fucking-lievable. 'biased liberal media'?

Once again, label it and then you don't have to examine its contents. You can assume all kinds of things as long as you know going in that something is liberal/conservative, whatever.

Ronald Reagan was a B-movie and television ACTOR (not dissimilar to the current Governator), who was really good at reading the scripts he was handed by the military/corporate junta that hand-picked him to be their candidate. This is the same regime that keeps you hooked on oil and controls your media. Or did I sleep through that free election where we choose Colin Powell's kid to run the FCC?

Most of this current corrupt administration has the same junta-members from Reagan's administration, (the same Rummy who sold Sadaam his WMDs in the first place - you know, the ones he used to 'gas his own people - gasp!') Why wasn't the freaking *biased liberal media* reminding Rummy of that during his press conferences as he treated them with contempt during their run-up to this war? http://www.emjournal.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/a0006.html

Ray-Gun's 'Star Wars' plan to enrich California defense contractors (among others) is still chuging along just fine. Perhaps you've visited the Military Space Command headquarters in San Diego recently?

And I just love how the *liberal* American media and its revisionist historians keep handing Reagan the "Defeator of the Soviet Union and Destroyer of the Berlin Wall" crown. (Ingore the fact that Bush the First was in office when it actually occurred). I don't recall a single American troop in Russia or Berlin spearheading that revolution or 'shock and awe'-ing them into freedom and democracy. I didn't see Ronnie dancing on top of that wall. Our own CIA didn't even see it coming (they are just sooooooooo effective!!) The citizens of those countries were the ones who threw out their own corrupt leadership - Too bad the citizens of the US are too brainwashed, obese and baffled by bullshit to throw out their own corrupt leadership. Baa-baa.

Here, here.

Hope there weren't too many people who get their pay checks in the mail since the post office decided to shut down on Friday. In death, Reagan continues to screw "some" working people over.