For the Sake of Science

Thought of the day

6 Responses

1. 

   Nate, on March 25, 2011 at 11:35 am said:

   It never ceases to amaze me how people think Obama is a great president.

   He isn’t.
2. 

   Michael Hawkins, on March 25, 2011 at 12:16 pm said:

   Who thinks that? What myth machine has fundamentally redefined his presidency?
3. 

   NewEnglandBob, on March 25, 2011 at 12:27 pm said:

   Reagan was just a lump of protoplasm who was manipulated by his handlers. That scenario was not seen again until Dumbya and his handler, Cheney.
4. 

   Michael Hawkins, on March 25, 2011 at 12:30 pm said:

   I don’t think Reagan was a horrible president. He wasn’t good, but he wasn’t horrible. He did set back minorities – especially blacks – and he did create what will eventually become an unsustainable income gap, but he did make some correct decisions. (Such as raising taxes, as it did quite often. Specifically, he prolonged Social Security by increasing taxes for it. Currently President Obama is making the mistake of lowering taxes there.)
5. 

   Nate, on March 25, 2011 at 12:37 pm said:

   SSI should be ditched and we should go to personal retirement accounts. It’s worked great in Australia.
6. 

   Dan Trabue, on March 25, 2011 at 5:14 pm said:

   I’d have to agree: He wasn’t a great president.

   He got the US convicted of war crimes, for starters. Engaged in support of many thugs and terrorists (some of which continue to haunt us to this day). His administration was generally wrong on environmental issues (at some point SOMEONE is going to have to start weaning us off fossil fuels!).

   The main good that came during his presidency was the fall of the soviet union, but I think those who credit that to Reagan are ignoring too much of history. He basically engaged in a spending war with the Soviets and they went bankrupt before we did.

   It’s like playing russian roulette: You don’t call the “winner” a genius.