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6.12.2004ray charles 32 reaganomics 0
hey, everyone... did you know that ronald reagan died? i am just curious if anyone knew, because it's only been all over television, and radio, and print media for the past five days.
i don't get it. even if it was a former president i liked (clinton being the only one in my lifetime) i wouldn't need to hear about it for several days. it was interesting to find out that ronald reagan started out as a sportscaster, doing recreations on the radio. for those who don't know, way way way back in the day before radio stations broadcast live baseball games, they used to recreate them. so reagan was that guy, who sat in a small booth, using fake noises and real statistics to make it sound like a real baseball game. that was a fun little fact that i found out on the day that reagan died. in the several days since, i haven't learned anything about the man that i give a crap about. isn't it time to move on? i don't think i'm being insensitive here. i mean, yes, after someone close to us dies, there is a period of mourning and remembrance that lasts for a while. it could be days, weeks, months... of course. death is the single most difficult thing to deal with in our lives. it's understandable what we go through when hit with something so tragic. but is our nation really in mourning? has reagan's death made the average american weep silently in their homes? i'm guessing probably not. i was more upset when i found out that ray charles died. he was a true living legend. he had three #1 chart toppers, and all those really funny diet pepsi commercials. "you got the right one baby, uh huh!" ok, maybe it's better to forget about the commercials. but i don't get it about reagan. it's not like he was the current president when he died. i mean, he hasn't even been in the public eye. i forgot he was even alive until i found out he was dead. grant it, ray charles hasn't exactly been in the spotlight lately, but at least when i heard he died i was like, "aw, that sucks." i know reagan was a great speaker. shit, he was an actor. he should be a great speaker. and he used that talent to "stand up to communism" and all of that crap. yeah. whatever. it's the same exact thing that bush is doing now. this time, though, we don't have the threat of nuclear war looming over our heads, and people are FINALLY starting to realize how much bush sucks. the bottom line is that reagan was a mediocre president who gave the middle finger to the middle class, and he did everything but tell the poor and jobless to go screw themselves. oh, and remember that silly little iran contra thing? you know, the one where he secretly sold our weapons to iran? apparently, bush's hard on for iraq goes all the way back. so, let's see... number of hit singles for ray charles? 32. number of middle and lower class families helped out by trickle down economics? 0. looks like a blowout to me. so please, enough about reagan. |
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