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Antigen:
I won't miss the Reagans at all. I'm not in mourning over his passing. If you want to take a day off, shut down your private business or whatever, feel free. That would be your choice. I resent being forced to pay for an extra vacation day for government employees and an entire week off for Congress w/o even having been asked. Do you have any idea the impact on the economy of shutting down mail deliveries and customer service for a day?

I remember the Reagan years. I remember the massive downsizing of full time employment. I remember the advent of property forfeiture, the doubling of the Federal budget and redoubling of all aspects of the drug war. Remember Iran Contra? No? Reagan was no hero. He was a dolt at best and a war criminal at worst.
He who laughs lasts
--Crazy Mac
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Deborah:
I too am mourning- for all those who suffered and/or died on his watch. For many, he was not a hero.

Anonymous:
This week long tribute is not just an exercise in nostaglia, it is an exercise in respect.  Respect for the office of the president and as it turns out, a man who in spite of leaving office 15 years ago, still evokes strong feelings of patriotism.  

Why?

Because RR was no hero.  He was an ordinary man who gave this country the best he had to give in 16 years of public service (8 as Governor, 8 as President).  

Now, 15 long years after he left office with the highest approval rating (over 60%) of any other president, he is receiving the state funeral every president deserves and is entitled to.

For those who are interested in expressing their opinion (good, bad or indifferent), I invite you to visit the official Ronald Reagan website and exercise your right as an American to speak your mind, or not.

http://www.ronaldreagan.com

 :smokin:

Deborah:
Received this email this morning:

There's a thread on this ... yet again... example of the way corporations are controlling and censoring free speech, at

http://www.smirkingchimp.com
This next part is making the email rounds, please pass it on.

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This sort of thing shows you how ugly things have gotten: members of the rightwing website "Freerepublic" banded together to rat out an NPR employee who expressed distain and contempt for Reagan in his off time on the website Democratic Underground.

I suggest at the very least you call your local NPR station and voice your disapproval. I just retracted my pledge for q3. How they think this is acceptable behavior to take marching orders from a right wingnut web site is beyond the pale IMO.

Review this thread:
http://tinyurl.com/33qxr

Mike Hickerson
http://www.peopleforchange.net

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I would like to add a couple of comments on this.  First, don't retract your pledge to NPR.  While they have been drifting to the right, they are still a long way from Clear Channel.  We need to keep them on the air, and keep the
pressure on them to keep them from caving into the right wing.

I've written this up on Daily Kos
(http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/6/11/165747/479).  I would encourage you to write it up in other blogs.  I've sent an email to Jeff Stoll, GM for WHIL.  I am including this below.

It is interesting to note that Free Republic has deleted the thread about this.  I think we are getting to them.

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Mr. Stoll,

The unfortunate dismissal of a DJ at WHIL who was discussing informally with friends what he should do in response to station directive he disagreed with is beginning to rapidly circulate around the Internet.  Your name is specifically mentioned, and I feel that I should bring this to your attention.

While we all know that we cannot believe everything we read on the Internet, the whole discussion does make you look at best somewhat silly and more likely unethical, or perhaps participating in an illegal termination.

I would encourage you to read my more detailed recounting of the events as I ¹ve found them on the Internet at DailyKOS,
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/6/11/165747/479  I would be very interested hearing any response you have to offer.
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Antigen:

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This week long tribute is not just an exercise in nostaglia, it is an exercise in respect. Respect for the office of the president and as it turns out, a man who in spite of leaving office 15 years ago, still evokes strong feelings of patriotism.


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I see it as a disgusting reminder of the same type of cronyism that gave us Betty Sembler's birthday as a state holiday in Florida, just after she helped purchase the governor's office for Brother Jeb.

I don't believe that anywhere near half of Americans (who are footing the bill for all this extravagance) think Reagan earned a week long wake. In fact, all I'm reading (except from the extreme right) indicates that the majority of us would be right down w/ commemorating his life by pouring a pint of the finest whiskey on his grave, after first running it through our own systems to ensure quality.


The weavers of linen and hempen cloth, ... may exercise their trades without paying any fine.
-- Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations (chapter X, part II) notes:

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