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Most of the mainstream media in the United States is participating
in a despicable display of blatant, state sanctioned propaganda. I am
insulted every time I turn on the television. The lies and sanctification
of the criminal Ronald Reagan is sickening. The constant repetition of
"The King is Dead, Long Live the King" is frightening in the extreme.
What has happened to our country?
His policies maintained a system of rich & poor, black & white. He
assaulted affirmative action and social welfare programs while
distributing crack cocaine into our inner cities to fund his illegal war
on a democratically elected government in Nicaragua. This was one of the
darkest, most evil episodes of American history. The involvement of
Reagan and his criminal enterprise in the crack cocaine assault on our
people is very well-documented although it is rigorously kept out of the
media. The advent of the crack cocaine "epidemic" has damaged many
children's lives. Tens of thousands, maybe even millions of young dreams
& lives vanquished, futures destroyed. There aren't words to articulate
the depth of Reagans depravity.
How many innocents did he send to their deaths with his support of
death squads in Latin America? For his actions in Latin America alone, he
should have been tried and hung. He perpetrated atrocities there.
His friends and officials stole millions from taxpayers which
should have helped house the poorest of the poor.
Trillions lost in S&L scandals (of which GW Bush took part in) when
he slashed regulations & removed oversight protections. His policies let
criminals run amok costing working people trillions.
While he waged war on the poor he was spending $640 on toilet
seats & $1200 on Mr. Coffee machines.
He hurt many at risk kids with his assault on Head Start. He cut
WIC & undermined education. Particularly obscene was his assertion that
poor kids should get ketchup and relish as vegetables. Just look at the
condition of our schools & the horrific undereducation of our children
today to see what he did to the US.
And lest we forget, this is the man who created the FEMA
concentration camps, along with that ultra-criminal, Oliver North, which
he earmarked for " commie dissenters", American citizens who disagreed
with his evil view of the world.
Most hideous of all, this was a man who was blessed with God-given
talents, that if used in the pursuit of justice and peace, could have
made this world a far better place for all human beings. The fact that he
used those talents to harm and oppress those less fortunate than him is a
grave, unforgivable sin against God. If there is a God in heaven, if
there is any justice in the universe, Ronald Reagan is getting his just
deserts. And I sure wouldn't want to be him!
