I think before Satelliteguys.us helps the mainstream media's propaganda to promote the
lies about who and what Ronald Reagan was and did,
read this artical from beyondchron.org,just for starts,then look at what his administration did
for the people of Central-America,and I mean the
real truth of what took place down there,not the
governments accounts.
Lest We Forget, Reagan Honored Nazis
Randy Shaw
During this week of remembrance and mourning, we must not forget President Reagan's 1985 honoring of Nazi SS soldiers laid to rest in a cemetery in Bitburg, Germany. The SS carried out some of the most horrific atrocities of the Nazi era, and our President---who avoided military service in World War II—ignored the pleadings of Holocaust Survivors and others to pay tribute to these evildoers. This is the real Ronald Reagan, the man for whom we are holding a National Day of Mourning on Friday.
Ronald Reagan's honoring of Nazi murderers was neither an accident nor an aberration in the career of the actor turned politician. Reagan had won an unusually high level of Jewish support in the 1980 race against the born-again Jimmy Carter, but Jews largely supported Democrat Walter Mondale in the1984 race. Reagan saw little political downside in an action that would boost his relationship with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and help strengthen America's role in NATO.
San Francisco's legendary concert promoter Bill Graham was a Holocaust Survivor and mounted a huge campaign against Reagan's planned trip to Bitburg. Elie Wiesel pleaded with the President not to honor those soldiers who had murdered innocent Jews and gentile alike.
But Reagan did not care about this opposition. As many historians have demonstrated, he viewed World War II as a movie. At one point in his Presidency he claimed to have rescued civilians from enemy forces without realizing that he was describing one of his movie roles.
Reagan, like super-patriot John Wayne, built his movie career by avoiding military service. When other actors were overseas fighting for freedom, Reagan and Wayne were in Hollywood getting the prime roles playing characters fighting for freedom.
The two roles easily got confused. Its no wonder the media glorifies his speech on the 40th anniversary of D-Day while ignoring Reagan's unwillingness to fight for his country and his public honoring of Nazi stormtroopers.
Beneath Reagan's friendly exterior was a vicious bully who built his political career on denigrating the poor, people of color, and those fighting for social justice. Reagan's most famous and regularly told anecdote concerned his seeing a "welfare queen" driving up in a Cadillac. Reporters could never verify whether this incident occurred, but it made no difference since Reagan convinced audiences that it had occurred.
When it comes to being delusional, and imagining reality, George W. Bush is not in Ronald Reagan's league.
During the Iran-Contra scandal, Reagan repeatedly claimed not to remember certain key events. Political commentators attributed this to his advanced age, and later the theory developed that Reagan was already being impacted by Alzeimers.
But as Dan Moldea and other investigative reporters discovered, Reagan had used the excuse of memory loss from a young age and throughout his career. And the memories that were lost always seemed to be about events that it was in Reagan's interest not to remember.
Ronald Reagan did not have a bad memory, nor did he "accidentally" confuse reality. Ronald Reagan was simply a serial liar.
In the 1984 Presidential race, Reagan and Mondale held two debates. To the surprise of the pundits, Mondale destroyed the President in the first debate.
In the second debate, the pundits decided beforehand—and made no secret of their analysis-- that as long as Reagan was standing at the end, he would be declared the winner.
Mondale was winning the debate handily when the time came for each to make a final statement. Mondale gave his, and then the President began a long rambling story about driving down the Pacific Coast Highway. Before the point of the story could be made—assuming there was a point—time expired and a confused, befuddled, but still standing President faced the American people.
Did the media declare Mondale the winner? Of course not. The pundits told the American people that by "doing what he had to do," Reagan won the debate.
This is called "letting Reagan be Reagan," a theme that a cowering media promoted for eight long years.
The Board of Supervisors should adjourn today in honor of those who lost their lives at the hands of Reagan's Central American, Middle Eastern, and domestic policies. And we should all spend Friday not honoring Reagan, but remembering the harm he caused and vowing, "Never Again."
lies about who and what Ronald Reagan was and did,
read this artical from beyondchron.org,just for starts,then look at what his administration did
for the people of Central-America,and I mean the
real truth of what took place down there,not the
governments accounts.
Lest We Forget, Reagan Honored Nazis
Randy Shaw
During this week of remembrance and mourning, we must not forget President Reagan's 1985 honoring of Nazi SS soldiers laid to rest in a cemetery in Bitburg, Germany. The SS carried out some of the most horrific atrocities of the Nazi era, and our President---who avoided military service in World War II—ignored the pleadings of Holocaust Survivors and others to pay tribute to these evildoers. This is the real Ronald Reagan, the man for whom we are holding a National Day of Mourning on Friday.
Ronald Reagan's honoring of Nazi murderers was neither an accident nor an aberration in the career of the actor turned politician. Reagan had won an unusually high level of Jewish support in the 1980 race against the born-again Jimmy Carter, but Jews largely supported Democrat Walter Mondale in the1984 race. Reagan saw little political downside in an action that would boost his relationship with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and help strengthen America's role in NATO.
San Francisco's legendary concert promoter Bill Graham was a Holocaust Survivor and mounted a huge campaign against Reagan's planned trip to Bitburg. Elie Wiesel pleaded with the President not to honor those soldiers who had murdered innocent Jews and gentile alike.
But Reagan did not care about this opposition. As many historians have demonstrated, he viewed World War II as a movie. At one point in his Presidency he claimed to have rescued civilians from enemy forces without realizing that he was describing one of his movie roles.
Reagan, like super-patriot John Wayne, built his movie career by avoiding military service. When other actors were overseas fighting for freedom, Reagan and Wayne were in Hollywood getting the prime roles playing characters fighting for freedom.
The two roles easily got confused. Its no wonder the media glorifies his speech on the 40th anniversary of D-Day while ignoring Reagan's unwillingness to fight for his country and his public honoring of Nazi stormtroopers.
Beneath Reagan's friendly exterior was a vicious bully who built his political career on denigrating the poor, people of color, and those fighting for social justice. Reagan's most famous and regularly told anecdote concerned his seeing a "welfare queen" driving up in a Cadillac. Reporters could never verify whether this incident occurred, but it made no difference since Reagan convinced audiences that it had occurred.
When it comes to being delusional, and imagining reality, George W. Bush is not in Ronald Reagan's league.
During the Iran-Contra scandal, Reagan repeatedly claimed not to remember certain key events. Political commentators attributed this to his advanced age, and later the theory developed that Reagan was already being impacted by Alzeimers.
But as Dan Moldea and other investigative reporters discovered, Reagan had used the excuse of memory loss from a young age and throughout his career. And the memories that were lost always seemed to be about events that it was in Reagan's interest not to remember.
Ronald Reagan did not have a bad memory, nor did he "accidentally" confuse reality. Ronald Reagan was simply a serial liar.
In the 1984 Presidential race, Reagan and Mondale held two debates. To the surprise of the pundits, Mondale destroyed the President in the first debate.
In the second debate, the pundits decided beforehand—and made no secret of their analysis-- that as long as Reagan was standing at the end, he would be declared the winner.
Mondale was winning the debate handily when the time came for each to make a final statement. Mondale gave his, and then the President began a long rambling story about driving down the Pacific Coast Highway. Before the point of the story could be made—assuming there was a point—time expired and a confused, befuddled, but still standing President faced the American people.
Did the media declare Mondale the winner? Of course not. The pundits told the American people that by "doing what he had to do," Reagan won the debate.
This is called "letting Reagan be Reagan," a theme that a cowering media promoted for eight long years.
The Board of Supervisors should adjourn today in honor of those who lost their lives at the hands of Reagan's Central American, Middle Eastern, and domestic policies. And we should all spend Friday not honoring Reagan, but remembering the harm he caused and vowing, "Never Again."
