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…when he called ketchup a vegetable, and casual drug users “murderers” while sending arms to the contras and South American death squads.
Ok, sorry to pick on Reagan - though I despised him when he was in power and I am disgusted by how the right reveres the man. He was not universally loved in his day.
Ever since "Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_County_v._Southern_Pacific_Railroad) determined that corporations have the same rights as individuals, our real rights have been steadily eroded.
"Remember the Maine?" It’s not so much that our leaders are stupid, but rather that they encourage public fear and ignorance in order to cover up evidence of their crimes.
Those of us who grew up during the Watergate era were fortunate enough to witness how the "press" was supposed to protect us from egregious power grabs. If today’s press had been operating during Watergate, Spiro T. Agnew would have presided over the Bicentennial.
