[geeks] RIP, Ronald Reagan

Sat Jun 5 17:40:50 CDT 2004

On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 05:56:03PM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> Most of you must have heard by now that former US President Roland Reagan
> passed away today at the age of '93.  He was the first President that I
> remember (or cared about); I was born in '74.

I remember living in Canada and how he set off the peaceniks and the
"twig boy" types with talk of SDI ("star wars") and so forth.  It was
fun to watch, and an education in how folks without factually-based
arguments tend to stoop to personal attacks.

MSNBC doesn't even seem to know his middle initial isn't "W" - check

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3294076/

Of course, you can chalk that up to MS' influence if you want :-)

--Patrick