Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site SCIRTP.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!mcnc!rti-sel!SCIRTP!todd From: todd@SCIRTP.UUCP (Todd Jones) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.flame Subject: Re: We've GOT to do somethin' for Peace Dept. Message-ID: <304@SCIRTP.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 12:32:45 EDT Article-I.D.: SCIRTP.304 Posted: Tue Aug 13 12:32:45 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 06:11:25 EDT References: <3459@decwrl.UUCP> <392@ihlpm.UUCP>, <1605@ihuxl.UUCP> <430@petfe.UUCP> Organization: SCI Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 23 Xref: linus net.politics:9789 net.flame:10654 > Comment was made that Pres Reagan's joke that 'We start bombing Russia in > 5 minutes' was out of place and not funny because he was the President, and > he could do it. > > My opinion about the joke was that it was really kinda funny. I bet the Russians got a good laugh out of it. In fact it was probably as good a laugh as you would have gotten if Gorbachev had said the same about the USA. > I enjoyed it. > If I had said it, it certainly wouldn;t have been funny. It's funny 'cause > Ronnie has the ability to do it. The ability to tell the joke or start bombing? > --Evan Marcus The reason it's not funny is because Ronnie talks so tough, I have good reason to believe he might actually attempt a strike on Russia. -todd jones