Difference between revisions of "Margaret Thatcher"
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| − | + | '''Margaret Thatcher''' (1925-2013) was Prime Minster of Great Britain from 1979 until 1990. She was the first woman in a Western country to be elected Prime Minister. | |
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| + | ==Frank Zappa== | ||
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| + | In ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]'' (1989), Zappa wrote: ''"Zero Tolerance? The new drug law that mandates the death penalty and confiscation of property connected with any drugtrafficking operation could lead to some intriguing conversations with Mrs. Thatcher. British offshore banking policy allows -- even promotes -- practices which assist in the laundering of drug money. Of all foreign governments involved in the current epidemic of LBOs and purchases of American assets -including the Arabs, the Germans and the Japanese -- Britain (or unknown entities acting through British banking agents) has grabbed the most. In many respects, the U.K. is well on its way to becoming a Third World nation -- where the fuck are they getting all the cash to buy us up? Is it an act of war to buy somebody's country out from underneath him? If somebody offers to buy your country (or what amounts to economic control of your country), and you sell it to him, does that mean your country plans to go into 'retirement'? What are we gonna do? Take the cash and move to [[Switzerland]]?"'' | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Ronald Reagan]] | ||
| + | * [[Yuppies]] | ||
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| + | ==External links== | ||
| + | * [[Wikipedia:Margaret Thatcher]] | ||
[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Thatcher, Margaret]] | [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Thatcher, Margaret]] | ||
[[Category:Politicians|Thatcher]] | [[Category:Politicians|Thatcher]] | ||
Revision as of 14:28, 9 August 2026
Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013) was Prime Minster of Great Britain from 1979 until 1990. She was the first woman in a Western country to be elected Prime Minister.
Frank Zappa
In The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989), Zappa wrote: "Zero Tolerance? The new drug law that mandates the death penalty and confiscation of property connected with any drugtrafficking operation could lead to some intriguing conversations with Mrs. Thatcher. British offshore banking policy allows -- even promotes -- practices which assist in the laundering of drug money. Of all foreign governments involved in the current epidemic of LBOs and purchases of American assets -including the Arabs, the Germans and the Japanese -- Britain (or unknown entities acting through British banking agents) has grabbed the most. In many respects, the U.K. is well on its way to becoming a Third World nation -- where the fuck are they getting all the cash to buy us up? Is it an act of war to buy somebody's country out from underneath him? If somebody offers to buy your country (or what amounts to economic control of your country), and you sell it to him, does that mean your country plans to go into 'retirement'? What are we gonna do? Take the cash and move to Switzerland?"
