On Mar 12, 6:41 am, "Hägar" <hs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
"Sir Arthur C.B.E. Wholeflaffers A.S.A." <scie...@zzz.com> wrote in messagenews:491e274f-9d30-4869-ba13-1682c64994b7@y4g2000pbt.googlegroups.com...
On Mar 11, 8:22 pm, rwalker <rwal...@despammed.com> wrote:
On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:30:11 -0700, "The Patriot" <xxx...@charter.net>
wrote:
< snip the usual Liberal drivel >
As usual, someone who calls himself a "Patriot" is far-right fascist
scum.
I'd rather be labeled a "far right fascist" than a "Libersl" ... after
all Liberalism is a Mental Disorder ... just look at the piece of shit
you elected ... he's still stroking you and you don't even know it:
www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=qKdScVerrBU&vg=medium
The Patriot is a Traitor.
I label you and the Traitor as nut-cases. CASE CLOSED!
66 Things About Reagan
66 Things To Think About When Flying Into Reagan National Airport
The firing of the air traffic controllers, winnable nuclear war,
recallable nuclear missiles, trees that cause pollution, Elliot Abrams
lying to Congress, ketchup as a vegetable, colluding with Guatemalan
thugs, pardons for F.B.I. lawbreakers, voodoo economics, budget
deficits, toasts to Ferdinand Marcos, public housing cutbacks,
redbaiting the nuclear freeze movement, James Watt.
Getting cozy with Argentine fascist generals, tax credits for
segregated schools, disinformation campaigns, "homeless by choice,"
Manuel Noriega, falling wages, the HUD scandal, air raids on Libya,
"Constructive engagement" with apartheid South Africa, United States
Information Agency blacklists of liberal speakers, attacks on OSHA and
workplace safety, the invasion of Grenada, assassination manuals,
Nancy's astrologer.
Drug tests, lie detector tests, Fawn Hall, female appointees (8
percent), mining harbors, the S & L scandal, 239 dead U.S. troops in
Beirut, Al Haig "in control," silence on AIDS, food-stamp reductions,
Debategate, White House shredding, Jonas Savimbi, tax cuts for the
rich, "mistakes were made."
Michael Deaver's conviction for influence peddling, Lyn Nofziger's
conviction for influence peddling, Casper Weinberger's five-count
indictment, Ed Meese ("You don't have many suspects who are innocent
of a crime"), Donald Regan (women don't "understand throw-weights"),
education cuts, massacres in El Salvador.
"The bombing begins in five minutes," $640 Pentagon toilet seats,
African-American judicial appointees (1.9 percent), Reader's Digest,
C.I.A.-sponsored car-bombing in Lebanon (more than eighty civilians
killed), 200 officials accused of wrongdoing, William Casey, Iran/
Contra.
"Facts are stupid things," three-by-five cards, the MX missile,
Bitburg, S.D.I., Robert Bork, naps, Teflon.
By David Corn from "The Nation" Magazine
Below from "The Washington Spectator"
Ronald Reagan Airport
Without committee hearings that would have given the almost unanimous
opposition in the metropolitan Washington area a chance to be heard -
most of it from local businessmen - both the Senate and the House
rushed through the bill renaming the Washington National Airport the
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
The voting on February 4 gave President Clinton time to quickly sign
the memorial measure into law on February 6, Reagan's 87th birthday.
It was President Reagan, a believer in "local control," who helped
switch management of both Washington National Airport and nearby
Dulles International Airport from federal management to a local
government agency, the authority, which strongly opposed the name
change, debated a court challenge but decided against it.
The Congressional voting was predictable. The Senate first rejected,
62 to 36, a trade-off amendment proposed by Senator Harry Reid (D-NV)
that would have included in the Reagan Airport law the de-naming of
the prison-like F.B.I. headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue. It will
still be the J.Edgar Hoover Building.
The Senate's final vote on the Reagan Airport switch was 76 to 22,
with 22 Democrats voting "yes." It was 240 to 186 in the House, with
18 Democrats joining the overwhelming G.O.P. majority. Only three
Republicans voted no.
In accord with previous edicts, in April Reagan's name will also go on
a new $800 million bureaucratic office building in downtown
Washington, and then on the next Nimitz-class Navy aircraft carrier.
There is also talk among some Republicans of adding Reagan's image to
those of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt on the
Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota.
From: cmynde@raygun.com (Chive Mynde)
Here's the list of Reagan indictees. It's from Elite Deviance,
first edition, 1986 I think, so this is a partial list. This quote
is from a later edition.
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Between 1980 and 1989, some 138 appointees of the Reagan
administration either resigned under an ethical cloud or were
criminally indicted. This marks the largest collection of
political wrongdoers in the nation's history.
--Elite Deviance - David R. Simon & D. Stanley Eitzen
***************************************
Richard V. Allen, White House Rations Security Adviser -
resigned in 1982 after it was disclosed he received $1,000
in cash and three wristwatches from a Japanese newsman.
Frederic Andre, commissioner of the Interstate Commerce
Commission - said in 1982 he saw nothing wrong with trucking
companies conspiring to fix prices or with a convicted
felon's operating a trucking business from jail.
Malcolm Baldridge, Secretary of Commerce - spent $15,272 on
office furnishings.
Donald Bogard, president of the Legal Services Corporation -
contracted for the government to pay for his membership in a
private club and for his trips home to Indianapolis and to
provide him severance pay.
Charles M. Butler III, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
chairman - recused himself from past cases involving former
law clients, but not new cases.
Anne M. Burford, Environmental Protection Agency
administrator - resigned after disclosures that E.P.A.
showed persistent favoritism to industrial polluters.
Robert Burford, director of the Interior Department's Bureau
of Land Management - obtained a waiver from regulations
allowing him to own an interest in grazing land administered
by his bureau.
Carlos C. Campbell, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Economic Development - resigned amid allegations he awarded
grants to firms with questionable credentials, some operated
by personal friends.
Joseph Canzeri, White House assistant to the President -
resigned following disclosures that he had billed both the
government and the Republican National Committee for
expenses and that he had received large loans at favorable
rates to buy a Washington home.
Gerald Carmen, General Services administration - failed to
list a $425,000 low interest government loan on a financial
disclosure form; allegedly placed family members and friends
in government jobs.
William J. Casey, director of the Central Intelligence
Agency - traded oil and computer stocks worth $3 million in
1982 despite his access to sensitive financial
intelligence; refused (until 1983) to place holdings in blind
trust; allegedly (he denied it) handled documents purloined
from Jimmy Carter's White House.
Michael J. Connolly, general counsel, Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission - resigned amid allegations he
conspired to end an E.E.O.C. investigation of a company
represented by his brother.
Michael Deaver, White House deputy chief of staff - used his
White House position to promote a diet book he wrote and
deferred royalty payments to escape provisions of the Ethics
in Government Act. Like Mr. Meese, received a loan arranged
by California accountant John McKean, who won appointment as
a governor of the U.S. Postal Service.
Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor - accused of ties to
union corruption and organized crime; was investigated by a
special prosecutor who found evidence to support the
charges, but not enough to seek an indictment.
Guy W. Fiske, Deputy Secretary of Commerce - resigned in
1983 after allegations he negotiated the sale of weather
satellites to the COMSAT Corporation at the same time he was
seeking a job with COMSAT.
Robert Funkhouser, E.P.A. director of international
activities - resigned after allegations that he helped the Dow
Chemical Company influence trade talks on toxic chemicals.
William Harvey, chairman of Legal Services Corporation -
collected $25,000 in consulting fees from the government
over an eleven-month period.
Reverend Sam Hart, U.S. Civil Rights Commission nominee -
nomination withdrawn after disclosures he failed to pay
local taxes, defaulted on a federal small business loan. and
was delinquent on a state loan repayment.
Arthur Hull Hayes, Food and Drug Administration
administrator - billed the government for trips paid for by
businesses and trade associations, accepted speaking fees
from private groups with interests before the F.D.A.
William S. Heffelfinger, Assistant Secretary of Energy -
accused of falsifying his resume, deceiving federal
investigators, and violating civil service merit protection
regulations.
J. Lynn Helms, Federal Aviation administrator - resigned
after allegations he operated a business that took over
small companies and bled them of assets.
John Hernandez, deputy E.P.A. director - resigned after
allegations he invited Dow Chemical Company to "edit" a
draft of a report on dioxin contamination near the company's
plant in Midland, Michigan.
Donald Horde, Undersecretary of Housing and Urban
Development - took trips to Puerto Rico and Italy paid for
by builders and realtors, repaid $3,000 after charges he
used government chauffeurs for private travel.
Man C. Hugel, Deputy Director, C.l.A. - resigned after
allegations he engaged in fraudulent stock dealings before
taking office.
Rita Lavelle, chief of toxic waste cleanup, E.P.A. - fired
after allegations of favoritism to polluters, convicted of
perjury before Congress.
Dennis E. LeBlanc, associate administrator of the Commerce
Department's National Telecommunications and Information
Administration - took $58,500 annual government salary on
"detail" to the President's California ranch to chop wood
and clear brush.
Leslie Lenkowski, nominated to be deputy director of U.S.
Information Agency - accused in Congressional staff report
of lying to Congress about responsibility for a "blacklist"
of persons barred from speaking abroad for U.S.I.A.
John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy - accused of failing to
fully divest himself of his defense consulting firm, the
Abingdon Corporation.
James L. Malone, Assistant Secretary of State - accused by
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee of lobbying for a
former client, the Taiwan Power Company, before the
Export-Import Bank.
William E. McCann, ambassador to Ireland - nomination
withdrawn after allegations he was involved in shady
business deals and had connections to organized crime.
John McElderry, Denver regional administrator, Department of
Health and Human Services - resigned after allegations he used
his federal position to promote and sell Amway products.
Robert Nimmo, administrator of the Veterans Administration -
resigned after disclosures he spent $54,183 redecorating his
office, misused charter aircraft, and used government cars
for personal affairs.
William Olsen, board member of the Legal Services
Corporation - collected $19,721 in consulting fees in 1982.
Richard N. Perle, Assistant Secretary of Defense - urged the
Secretary of the Army in 1982 to buy weapons from an Israeli
firm that had paid him $50,000 in consulting fees prior to
his joining the government.
Thomas Reed, Deputy National Security Adviser - resigned after
disclosures that he engaged in insider stock trading.
Armand Reiser, counselor to the Department of Energy -
resigned after disclosures he failed to reveal $106,000 in
earnings from five energy-related companies.
James W. Sanderson, nominated as assistant administrator at
E.P.A. - nomination withdrawn after disclosures he
represented companies regulated by E.P.A. while consulting
for the agency.
Emanuel J. Savas, Assistant Secretary of HUD - resigned after
allegations he used HUD employees to work on a private book
and charged the government for private travel.
Bill J. Sloan, California regional director, HUD -
reprimanded and forced to pay back $6,800 he charged the
government for private travel and meals.
William French Smith, Attorney General - took advantage of
an impermissible tax shelter after being nominated and
accepted $50,000 severance pay from a company on whose board
he served.
Nancy H. Stoats, chairman, Consumer Product Safety
Commission - spent $10,000 in government funds to redecorate
her office.
Paul Thayer, Deputy Secretary of Defense - resigned amid
S.E.C. charges he leaked inside stock information while
serving on boards of three corporations.
James Watt, Secretary of the Interior - resigned after
uttering slurs against minorities and the handicapped and
after offending even conservative environmental groups with
his favoritism toward energy interests.
Charles Z. Wick, director of the U.S.I.A. - secretly taped
telephone conversations and lied to reporters about doing
so, gave jobs to eight children and other relatives and
friends of high-ranking Administration officials, was forced
to pay back the government for security devices installed in
his private home.
On Reagan
REP JOHN DINGELL STATEMENT - As someone who served with President
Reagan, and in the interest of historical accuracy, please allow me to
share with you some of my recollections of the Reagan years that I
hope will make it into the final cut of the mini-series: $640 Pentagon
toilets seats; ketchup as a vegetable; union busting; firing striking
air traffic controllers; Iran-Contra; selling arms to terrorist
nations; trading arms for hostages; retreating from terrorists in
Beirut; lying to Congress; financing an illegal war in Nicaragua;
visiting Bitburg cemetery; a cozy relationship with Saddam Hussein;
shredding documents; Ed Meese; Fawn Hall; Oliver North; James Watt;
apartheid apologia; the savings and loan scandal; voodoo economics;
record budget deficits; double digit unemployment; farm bankruptcies;
trade deficits; astrologers in the White House; Star Wars; and
influence peddling