.Republican Saint Ronald Reagan suffered Alzheimer’s disease for at least a decade before he died.
Ironic, isn’t it? Reagan was the first American president to denounce science and embrace Love-Of-Power (rather than power of love) Jerry Falwell and his religion of hate
…thus denying himself a cure.
The T-shirt above was one of most popular in the 1980’s (not available on the net).
When Reagan slashed lunches for poor kids, the public demanded, “At least give them a vegetable!”
Ron’s reponse: “They have ketchup!”
In 2004 Nancy made a public plea to Dubya to fund embryonic stem cell research to find a cure for her husband- BBC link
3/09/09- FORMER FIRST LADY NANCY REAGAN: “I’m very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. These new rules will now make it possible for scientists to move forward. I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them, and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers. Countless people, suffering from many different diseases, stand to benefit from the answers stem cell research can provide. We owe it to ourselves and to our children to do everything in our power to find cures for these diseases — and soon. As I’ve said before, time is short, and life is precious.
How will the wacky Religious Right react?
.Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
Saint, n. A dead sinner revised and edited.
From The Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce published in 1911…Yes! 98 years ago. Dumb is forever.
I own the 2003 Bloomsbury edition illustrated by the great Ralph Steadman.
Ah, yes. Below is an actual Reagan doodle page with text from history junkies at CA.
Bookmark this page.
Presidential Doodles
Bonzo the chimp upstaged Ronny and his acting career came to a screeching halt.
But, Reagan found a new gig selling corporate snake oil:
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And, finally…THE DIRECT LINK to the Military/Industrial/Mass-Media Complex: Reagan as host of the GE/nuke warhead maker/NBC Theater. Eternal war is good for America’s economy!
THE REAGAN REVOLUTION…
Ronny warned of Democratic tax-and-spend policies and offered a new plan.
A story never covered on GE/NBC, Fox or CNN: Today, we pay $300,000,000 a year in INTEREST on the Reagan borrow-and-spend loans which funded Osama bin Laden while he fought the Russians in Afghanistan and Ron’s great buddy, Saddam fighting Iran in the Middle East.
That’s about $2,500 in taxes from each American head-of-household every damn year to honor the memory of our great relationship with Saddam and Osama!
Can you imagine how much your kids will pay for the Iraq quagmire when the bills come due?
Published by Greg at 07:50 AM on February 24, 2003