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who are these people? Marcel Broodthaers and Edward Said appeared incredibly smart in those chat logs. And Ronald Reagan? would it be politically incorrect to s

by lubos 16y ago

who are these people? Marcel Broodthaers and Edward Said appeared incredibly smart in those chat logs. And Ronald Reagan? would it be politically incorrect to say that he sounded like a close-minded, conservative, ignorant prick? how this guy ever became a president? I wonder...

protomyth 16y ago
I am still wondering about some verification on identities. [edit: I guess zwischenzug found the hoax link] Ronald Reagan was probably the last President who wrote long form letters often. There are several collections of his speeches and letters in various places. The writings tell a much different story than the media soundbites. The speech that probably got him the Presidency was one he did for Barry Goldwater's Presidential campaign. The speech was called "A Time for Choosing" text: http://www.nationalcenter.org/ReaganChoosing1964.html http://www.nationalcenter.org/ReaganChoosing1964.html This was a refined version of the speech he had been giving for a number of years. I dearly wished the Presidents after him wrote as much (from a historical record), but it seems like we will have to wait for someone with a blogger's mentality to win.
IvarTJ 16y ago
There are Wikipedia articles dedicated to them. Marcel was Belgian while Edward was Palestinian-American.
rbanffy 16y ago
> how this guy ever became a president? Democracy ensures a people gets the leader is deserves. And, before you shoot me, remember I am from Brazil and we just had 8 years of Lula. Yes, we got what we deserved too ;-) As far as Reagan is concerned, he was not the worse Americans did to themselves, by far. Could have been, but he got incredibly lucky.
- protomyth 16y ago
  Compared to The Carter, Ford, Nixon sequence; Reagan was a lot better for America. At least they stopped writing those "Do we need a new form of government / Is the Presidency obsolete" editorials.
ditojim 16y ago
i think he came across as a patriot and presidential. after reading this, i am not surprised he went on to become president of our nation. and we are better off because of it.

by lubos 16y ago

protomyth 16y ago

I am still wondering about some verification on identities. [edit: I guess zwischenzug found the hoax link] Ronald Reagan was probably the last President who wrote long form letters often. There are several collections of his speeches and letters in various places. The writings tell a much different story than the media soundbites. The speech that probably got him the Presidency was one he did for Barry Goldwater's Presidential campaign. The speech was called "A Time for Choosing" text: http://www.nationalcenter.org/ReaganChoosing1964.html http://www.nationalcenter.org/ReaganChoosing1964.html This was a refined version of the speech he had been giving for a number of years. I dearly wished the Presidents after him wrote as much (from a historical record), but it seems like we will have to wait for someone with a blogger's mentality to win.

IvarTJ 16y ago

There are Wikipedia articles dedicated to them. Marcel was Belgian while Edward was Palestinian-American.

rbanffy 16y ago

> how this guy ever became a president? Democracy ensures a people gets the leader is deserves. And, before you shoot me, remember I am from Brazil and we just had 8 years of Lula. Yes, we got what we deserved too ;-) As far as Reagan is concerned, he was not the worse Americans did to themselves, by far. Could have been, but he got incredibly lucky.

protomyth 16y ago
Compared to The Carter, Ford, Nixon sequence; Reagan was a lot better for America. At least they stopped writing those "Do we need a new form of government / Is the Presidency obsolete" editorials.

ditojim 16y ago

i think he came across as a patriot and presidential. after reading this, i am not surprised he went on to become president of our nation. and we are better off because of it.