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From: eric@chronon.UUCP (Eric Black)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Air raid on Libya (really Reagan jokes)
Message-ID: <254@chronon.chronon.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-May-86 15:28:57 EDT
Article-I.D.: chronon.254
Posted: Thu May  8 15:28:57 1986
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Reply-To: eric@chronon.UUCP (Eric Black)
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In article <765@kontron.UUCP> cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes:
>> In article <776@mmm.UUCP> mkr@mmm.UUCP (MKR) writes:
>> >	Those are *movies*, buddy. Get real. I don't know about you, but
>> >most Americans can tell the difference between reality and a movie
>> >fantasy.
>> 
>> I don't know if I agree.  I seem to remember Reagan at various
>> times identifying with Dirty Harry and Rambo.  I even remember him
>> saying once in a previous "crisis" that "I saw "Rambo" last night
>> and I know just what to do" (yes, this is a paraphrase but I
>> distinctly remember him saying something to that effect).  I 
>> REALLY hope he never sees "Dr. Strangelove". (:^))
>> 
>
>He was making a joke.  During the microphone test before one of his
>speeches, he said, "I know how to solve the problem in Beirut.  I'm
>sending Rambo over immediately." or words to that effect.  It was a
>joke.  I agree some of the things he has said during microphone tests
>are best not said by the guy with his finger on the button, but they
>ARE jokes.
>

'Nuther Reagan joke?  So the Soviet Union is outlawed & has been bombed,
and now Rambo is on his way to Beirut.  Hmmm...

I wish I could more confidently believe that Reagan has a firm grip
on what *I* consider to be reality, and can tell the difference between
a movie script and the real world...  His sense of humor is perceived
as rather strange by much of the world, including myself.

-- 
Eric Black   "Garbage In, Gospel Out"
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