Neil wrote:
> It's quaint, but when I heard of the passing of former President Reagan,
> what really came to my mind and my memories was that he was President in
> 1984, when I first heard and saw Cyndi Lauper. That bright orange-red
> hair, that piercing child-like voice, and the gyrations of "Girls Just
> Wanna Have Fun" - it all got me blissfully hooked. We could debate his
> presidency, but Reagan - like Cyndi - is one of those 80's icons who
> defined the decade misfits like me dare to have nostalgia for.
Nostalgia for Reagan? Not! No more than nostagia for
Nixon, Mao, Idi Amin and the Vietnam war.
--
"I was not prepared to shoot my eardrum out with a shotgun
in order to get a deferment. Nor was I willing to go to
Canada. So I chose to better myself and learn to fly airplanes."
- George W. Bush May 1984 to the Houston Chronicle
Cheerful Charlie
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