"Anonymouse Unbeknownst" > wrote in message
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> Good riddance to bad rubbish.
>

Can you define bad rubbish and show how person is it?

> "Immortalist" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Ronald Reagan
> >
> > At the end of his two terms in office, Ronald Reagan viewed with
> satisfaction the
> > achievements of his innovative program known as the Reagan Revolution,
> which
> > aimed to reinvigorate the American people and reduce their reliance upon
> > Government. He felt he had fulfilled his campaign pledge of 1980 to
> restore "the
> > great, confident roar of American progress and growth and optimism."
> >
> > On February 6, 1911, Ronald Wilson Reagan was born to Nelle and John
> Reagan in
> > Tampico, Illinois. He attended high school in nearby Dixon and then worked
> his
> > way through Eureka College. There, he studied economics and sociology,
> played on
> > the football team, and acted in school plays. Upon graduation, he became a
> radio
> > sports announcer. A screen test in 1937 won him a contract in Hollywood.
> During
> > the next two decades he appeared in 53 films.
> >
> > From his first marriage to actress Jane Wyman, he had two children,
> Maureen and
> > Michael. Maureen passed away in 2001. In 1952 he married Nancy Davis, who
> was
> > also an actress, and they had two children, Patricia Ann and Ronald
> Prescott.
> >
> > As president of the Screen Actors Guild, Reagan became embroiled in
> disputes over
> > the issue of Communism in the film industry; his political views shifted
> from
> > liberal to conservative. He toured the country as a television host,
> becoming a
> > spokesman for conservatism. In 1966 he was elected Governor of California
> by a
> > margin of a million votes; he was re-elected in 1970.
> >
> > Ronald Reagan won the Republican Presidential nomination in 1980 and chose
> as his
> > running mate former Texas Congressman and United Nations Ambassador George
> Bush.
> > Voters troubled by inflation and by the year-long confinement of Americans
> in
> > Iran swept the Republican ticket into office. Reagan won 489 electoral
> votes to
> > 49 for President Jimmy Carter.
> >
> > On January 20, 1981, Reagan took office. Only 69 days later he was shot by
> a
> > would-be assassin, but quickly recovered and returned to duty. His grace
> and wit
> > during the dangerous incident caused his popularity to soar.
> >
> > Dealing skillfully with Congress, Reagan obtained legislation to stimulate
> > economic growth, curb inflation, increase employment, and strengthen
> national
> > defense. He embarked upon a course of cutting taxes and Government
> expenditures,
> > refusing to deviate from it when the strengthening of defense forces led
> to a
> > large deficit.
> >
> > A renewal of national self-confidence by 1984 helped Reagan and Bush win a
> second
> > term with an unprecedented number of electoral votes. Their victory turned
> away
> > Democratic challengers Walter F. Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro.
> >
> > In 1986 Reagan obtained an overhaul of the income tax code, which
> eliminated many
> > deductions and exempted millions of people with low incomes. At the end of
> his
> > administration, the Nation was enjoying its longest recorded period of
> peacetime
> > prosperity without recession or depression.
> >
> > In foreign policy, Reagan sought to achieve "peace through strength."
> During his
> > two terms he increased defense spending 35 percent, but sought to improve
> > relations with the Soviet Union. In dramatic meetings with Soviet leader
> Mikhail
> > Gorbachev, he negotiated a treaty that would eliminate intermediate-range
> nuclear
> > missiles. Reagan declared war against international terrorism, sending
> American
> > bombers against Libya after evidence came out that Libya was involved in
> an
> > attack on American soldiers in a West Berlin nightclub.
> >
> > By ordering naval escorts in the Persian Gulf, he maintained the free flow
> of oil
> > during the Iran-Iraq war. In keeping with the Reagan Doctrine, he gave
> support to
> > anti-Communist insurgencies in Central America, Asia, and Africa.
> >
> > Overall, the Reagan years saw a restoration of prosperity, and the goal of
> peace
> > through strength seemed to be within grasp.
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------
> >
> > For more information about President Reagan, please visit
> > http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/
> >
> > http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/rr40.html
> >
> >
> > > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > __________________________________________________ _______
> > > From: Jonathan Ball >
> > > Newsgroups: talk.politics.animals
> > > Subject: OT: A great one nears the end
> > > Message-ID: et>
> > > Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 18:52:33 GMT
> > >
> > > Reagan was a great president. I do not use "great" to
> > > mean he did much with which I agreed, although I did
> > > agree with much of what Reagan did
> > > ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
> > > or obvious idiocy?
> >
> >
>
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