Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site whuxl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!whuxl!orb From: orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Reagon's mistakes - list wanted Message-ID: <255@whuxl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Sep-84 08:31:30 EDT Article-I.D.: whuxl.255 Posted: Thu Sep 27 08:31:30 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Sep-84 06:06:40 EDT References: <5218@nlm-mcs.ARPA> Distribution: net.flame Organization: Bell Labs Lines: 34 > I know Reagon's said a lot of dumb things in his time, such as his > infamous comment about trees causing pollution. What I'd like is a > list of such comments, along with where and when he said them. I'd > like what Reagon said, not the administration remarks (such as ketchup > being a vegetable). Thanks! > > - rene Not only is there a list, there is a whole book devoted exclusively to Ronald Reagan's past distortions, gaffes and outright lies. It is called "Ronald Reagan's Reign of Error" and lists Reagan's past statements aong with the facts and references that show those statements to be distortions or lies. Besides his famous remark about "trees causing pollution" he also claimed there were more forests now in America than during the 13 colonies. The National Park Service reported this was far from true. But one could go on and on...... The latest distortion by Ronald Reagan is the attempt to blame the Beirut bombing on Carter (!!???). Carter, he said, weakened our intelligence apparatus by not allowing spying to proceed and reducing intelligence staffing. Certainly Carter tried to stop such noxious CIA activities as overthrowing democratically elected governments (like Chile) and mining other nations harbors (like Nicaragua) To my knowledge he never fired or laid off ANY intelligence personnel. Actually the classification of ketchup as a vegetable was not promoted by the Reagan administration. There are distortions on both sides-- but Ronald Reagan's "reign of error" is monumental in proportion. In fact,Mark Green, the author of "Ronald Reagan's Reign of Error" just recently said Reagan had made yet another preposterous error in taking his book to apply to Carter--he said, Reagan may get away with distorting others statements or turning them to his purposes but he was not going to allow that to happen to his book! for truth, justice and the American way, Tim Sevener