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Subject: Re: Reagon's mistakes - list wanted
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Date: Thu, 27-Sep-84 08:31:30 EDT
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> 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