America has never recovered from Ronald Reagan

coldstream

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Ronald Reagan should go down as one of the worst, and certainly the most overrated, Presidents in history. He more or less reconstituted Conservative doctrine to that of NeoConservatism.. which amounts to economic free market liberalism, American global imperialism and social libertarianism.

He might of been just too stupid to be blamed for it, steeped in a world of personal vain glory, movie plot fantasy and utterly in control of his NeoCon American Imperial handlers. Trump has said, somewhat mutedly because of the Reagan worship that enthralls that Republican Party, that he is a complete opponent of Reaganomics.

That is America's only hope, because the NeoCon Republicans and the NeoLib Democrats are following Reagan's economic script to the letter.
 
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Curious Cdn

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...not much on understanding history, or the implements critical to it's unfolding are you?

Not much knowledge, eh? The circulation of illicit material, person-to-person, recorded on compact cassettes ate away at the Soviet bloc regimes. The Czech velvet Revolution was borne on cassettes and Western Rock and Punk circulated all over the Soviet Union.

"When it came to geography, not even the Iron Curtain could stop the flow of cassettes from the West to the East and vice versa. Before the cassette era, anyone in the Socialist Bloc who had a Beatles album enjoyed the status equal to that of the singers whose vinyl he had. With the first cassettes, this monopoly disappeared. The easiness with which cassettes could be copied " one only needed to have a cassette deck " spread capitalist music to the most distant regions of the Soviet Union. It could be said that cassettes made music truly international."


Cassette Revolution: Why 1980s Tape Tech Is Still Making Noise in Our Digital World | Collectors Weekly

Short History of Cassettes
 

White_Unifier

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Ronald Reagan should go down as one of the worst, and certainly the most overrated, Presidents in history. He more or less reconstituted Conservative doctrine to that of NeoConservatism.. which amounts to economic free market liberalism, American global imperialism and social libertarianism.

He might of been just too stupid to be blamed for it, steeped in a world of personal vain glory, movie plot fantasy and utterly in control of his NeoCon American Imperial handlers. Trump has said, somewhat mutedly because of the Reagan worship that enthralls that Republican Party, that he is a complete opponent of Reaganomics.

That is America's only hope, because the NeoCon Republicans and the NeoLib Democrats are following Reagan's economic script to the letter.

Coldstream, was that Walter who gave you a reddie? Hi Walter.
 

Bar Sinister

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It was strikes in coal mines which then spread to industry that triggered the fall if the Soviets.

Why don't you publish a paper on the subject? I'm sure your coal mine theory on the collapse of the USSR will be widely accepted in academic circles.
 

Danbones

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lol...anyone figure out that OS curving bullet story the guv told after JFK was shot yet?
You bitter gun and bible holders all bought that one eh?
;)
..err, are maybe that should be "still buying that one"...eh?
 

TenPenny

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Not much knowledge, eh? The circulation of illicit material, person-to-person, recorded on compact cassettes ate away at the Soviet bloc regimes. The Czech velvet Revolution was borne on cassettes and Western Rock and Punk circulated all over the Soviet Union.

"When it came to geography, not even the Iron Curtain could stop the flow of cassettes from the West to the East and vice versa. Before the cassette era, anyone in the Socialist Bloc who had a Beatles album enjoyed the status equal to that of the singers whose vinyl he had. With the first cassettes, this monopoly disappeared. The easiness with which cassettes could be copied " one only needed to have a cassette deck " spread capitalist music to the most distant regions of the Soviet Union. It could be said that cassettes made music truly international."


Cassette Revolution: Why 1980s Tape Tech Is Still Making Noise in Our Digital World | Collectors Weekly

Short History of Cassettes



Funny, I thought that was lifted directly out of a Ken Follett novel.
 

Danbones

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lol, they passed the info around on the fact :) machines googlie, which is what they are for.
Cassettes were by far second players..maybe they stored some of Reagan's speeches on them.

I suppose getting that info from russians who were there, playin' that game doesn't count eh?

Wait for it!

HEREITCOMESHEREITCOMESHEREITCOMES !

Swell, at least the reddy wasn't your nose...
Till that post made it sound like you got a brownie there instead.
Hah, if puppies ever revolt, that's how they get their info.
 

coldstream

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Coldstream, was that Walter who gave you a reddie? Hi Walter.


Yep. I always take it that a good indicator that i'm on the right track. In this case Walter is part of the Ronald Reagan Appreciation Society, a personality cult of extremely limited intelllectual character. Reagan was a President in the early stages of dimentia at the beginning of his Presidency and increasingly overcome by senility throughout it. He was unable to concentrate or organize his thoughts by its end. Unfortunately that made him little more than a puppet for the NeoCon global free market American imperialists who took over his administration and imposed their economic liberalism and cultural libertarianism on America and the world.