From: Adam Watt (adamwatt@mac.com)
Date: Sun Jun 06 2004 - 02:41:45 BST
Is this a joke?
On Sunday, June 6, 2004, at 12:44 am, Ascmjk@aol.com wrote:
> It's easy to forget, even for people who lived through it in their
> younger years, the Cold War. The Soviet Union represented the gravest
> continuous threat to free thought in history. Static Patterns at their
> most deadly. The national mood in the late 1970s wasn't that great,
> especially in the wake of the Iranian hostage crisis. Many felt
> America had lost its ability--indeed its very will--to influence world
> events. The Soviet war machine rolled into Afghanistan and there was
> no end to the Cold War in sight. Ronald Reagan is generally recognized
> as the man most directly responsible for the shameless rebirth of
> American pride and patriotism which unfurled across the United States
> like an enormous flag during the 8 years of his presidency. A former
> lifeguard, Reagan in many ways rescued the nation from a time of
> poisonous self-doubt. We stand safely on shore now, out of harm's
> way...free to think in our own way, free to love in our own way, free
> to lose in our own way...and as the Old Lifeguard swims off into the
> sunset, let us remember how he inspired a nation that needed
> inspiration. Let's go out and win one for the Gipper. He won one for
> the world.
>
> Jon
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