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In reply to the discussion: How Ronald Reagan's minions referred to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [View all]MinM
(2,650 posts)33. Edwin Meese is still in place too...
The 5 creepiest things about how the Koch brothers engineered the shutdown
This weekend, The New York Times revealed how the Koch Brothers and [font color=red]Reagan Attorney General Ed Meese[/font] engineered this here shutdown were dealing with right now, and how theyd been planning it ever since Obama was reelected. I wasnt especially shocked by it, myself. Hell, half of the Tea Party people in the House actually campaigned on it. Which is why I have been annoyed as hell with the whole Oh, well, its really both parties at fault here! line of reasoning that some people have been trying to take...
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/207311/the-5-creepiest-things-about-how-the-koch-brothers-engineered-the-shutdown/
This weekend, The New York Times revealed how the Koch Brothers and [font color=red]Reagan Attorney General Ed Meese[/font] engineered this here shutdown were dealing with right now, and how theyd been planning it ever since Obama was reelected. I wasnt especially shocked by it, myself. Hell, half of the Tea Party people in the House actually campaigned on it. Which is why I have been annoyed as hell with the whole Oh, well, its really both parties at fault here! line of reasoning that some people have been trying to take...
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/207311/the-5-creepiest-things-about-how-the-koch-brothers-engineered-the-shutdown/
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3821590
Why Was EDWIN MEESE Hired By The Koch Brothers To Be A Tea Party STRATEGIST?
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Don't like bringing this up, but it's important to show why things are so messed up today.
Octafish
Jan 2014
#3
Good luck with that one. The guy was investigated from October Surprise to Wedtech.
Octafish
Jan 2014
#7
Reagan declared his candidacy in Philadelphia, Mississippi, where 3 Civil Rights marchers murdered.
Octafish
Jan 2014
#12
Disgusting. But credit where it's due to Reagan for signing the MLK holiday into law,
Nye Bevan
Jan 2014
#11
he was on the cutting edge of saying n####r without actually saying it.
arely staircase
Jan 2014
#17
Check out the code sprinkled throughout his announcement at Philadelphia, Mississippi...
Octafish
Jan 2014
#18
yeah I think in 1980 he was the first major political candidate in almost a generation
arely staircase
Jan 2014
#19
NO!!! Reagan was a racist pig. He was forced to sign it into law by veto proof majority vote of
Zorra
Jan 2014
#15
He had to, any veto would have been over-ridden by Congress, they had the votes to do it.
Ikonoklast
Jan 2014
#22
Yet, the deification of Saint Ronnie proceeds post-haste like: what a swell fella
indepat
Jan 2014
#25
Sitting next to the guy who's son Neil was scheduled to have dinner with Hinckley's brother Scott
Ikonoklast
Jan 2014
#23
Funny how that DOE inquiry into crude oil price manipulation the Hinckley family-owned Vanderbilt
Ikonoklast
Jan 2014
#27
Even people who've followed the case for decades are shocked to learn about that one...
Octafish
Jan 2014
#36
holy crap. but this is grotesque. Ed Meese was a special kind of demon.
nashville_brook
Jan 2014
#31