Ford, why do call Reagan a bad president?

[HELLVIS]

Originally posted by FORD
The billions of dollars wasted on "Star Wars" - which never worked - could have solved the famine in Ethiopia and given a great kickstart to medical research on AIDS, cancer, Alzheimers (there's irony for you) or any number of other things that would have benefitted the planet far more

I really hate it when people equate aids with cancer. Please tell the class how many people die from aids. Now tell the other children how many people die from cancer. Right.......

Also,Billions wouldn't and won't put a dent in african famine. It's sad, but a dead comedian had a better handle on the issue than many college grads I know. It is said, " Give a man a fish and feed him today, but teach a man to fish and you feed him for life." Well, that logic was put to the test many times. Those people have been given farms and seed and irrigation many times, and as soon as the missionaries leave, the let it all go to hell, and fall right back in the shit. They are who they are...who they have been for thousands of years. Sam Kinison may have been joking about U-HAULS, but it's true that the only way to help them is to move them. BUT....they don't want to move! Deal with it.

[ELVIS]

Shut up FORD...

The Russians thought Star Wars worked, that's all that matters, so in a sense, It worked brilliantly...

[FORD]

The Russians had their own problems. Besides Afghnaistan and their tanking economy, they couldn't keep their leaders alive and in office until Gorby came along, and by then the damage was mostly done. And I don't think Gorby was all that concerned with Star Wars, he was trying to save Russia's ass from itself. He thought "glasnost" was the key, but it was too little too late.

[tobinentinc]

Ford, what is your hatred toward republicans?? Were you sexually moletsted by one when you were a child? Did they come into your house and kill your parents? Did they steal your girlfriend?? You are one of the most closed-minded indivduals I have ever come across. You would rather see Karl Marx president than Rudy.

[McCarrens]

Tobinentinc gets five votes from me!

I don't know who you are, but you seem okay to me...