http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Ronald_Reagan&feed=atom&action=historyRonald Reagan - Revision history2024-03-28T19:48:39ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.34.2http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Ronald_Reagan&diff=54869&oldid=prevJason.Kreitzer at 15:53, 19 October 20212021-10-19T15:53:59Z<p></p>
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</table>Jason.Kreitzerhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Ronald_Reagan&diff=53805&oldid=prevJason.Kreitzer at 19:48, 4 October 20212021-10-04T19:48:54Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Ronald Reagan''' (February 6, 1911- May 5, 2004) served as the 40th [[President of the United States]] from 1981-1989. He had been a Hollywood movie actor before serving as Governor of California from 1967 to 1975.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Ronald Reagan''' (February 6, 1911- May 5, 2004) served as the 40th [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The </ins>President<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|President]] </ins>of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[United States of America|</ins>United States]] from 1981-1989. He had been a Hollywood movie actor before serving as Governor of California from 1967 to 1975.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Jason.Kreitzerhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Ronald_Reagan&diff=47054&oldid=prevJason.Kreitzer at 21:59, 21 July 20212021-07-21T21:59:19Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Ronald Reagan''' (February 6, 1911- May 5, 2004) <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">former </del>Hollywood <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">B-</del>movie actor <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">who was </del>Governor of California from 1967 to 1975<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. He was President of the United States from 1980-1988</del>. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Ronald Reagan''' (February 6, 1911- May 5, 2004) <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">served as the 40th [[President of the United States]] from 1981-1989. He had been </ins>a Hollywood movie actor <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">before serving as </ins>Governor of California from 1967 to 1975.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Reagan administration was also noted for spending millions of dollars on defense, especially against international [[communism]]. During the early 1980s Reagan was both praised and criticized for his aggressive denouncing of the Soviet Union (even calling it ''"the evil empire"'' in 1983). His government ordered several nuclear missiles to be placed in Europe, which lead to large protests in the continent. In 1983 Reagan introduced his [[Star Wars]] defense plan, intended to protect the U.S against possible space missiles. After [[Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev]] became Soviet leader in 1985 Gorbachev and Reagan started more peaceful <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">negotations </del>and signed several treaties decreasing both countries' nuclear arsenals. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and total collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Reagan is often seen as the man who ended the [[Cold War]], even though this honor could also be attributed to Gorbachev. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Reagan administration was also noted for spending millions of dollars on defense, especially against international [[communism]]. During the early 1980s Reagan was both praised and criticized for his aggressive denouncing of the Soviet Union (even calling it ''"the evil empire"'' in 1983). His government ordered several nuclear missiles to be placed in Europe, which lead to large protests in the continent. In 1983 Reagan introduced his [[Star Wars]] defense plan, intended to protect the U.S against possible space missiles. After [[Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev]] became Soviet leader in 1985 Gorbachev and Reagan started more peaceful <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">negotiations </ins>and signed several treaties decreasing both countries' nuclear arsenals. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and total collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Reagan is often seen as the man who ended the [[Cold War]], even though this honor could also be attributed to Gorbachev. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Reagan's foreign policy was criticized for financially supporting several dubious organizations and Presidents in their battle against Communism, including Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden. After a left-wing military coup in Grenada in 1983 Reagan sent troops to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">succesfully </del>restore the old regime. In 1985-1987 Reagan ordered bombings in Libya in reaction to several terrorist attacks supported by [[Muhammar Khadaffi]]. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Reagan's foreign policy was criticized for financially supporting several dubious organizations and Presidents in their battle against Communism, including Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden. After a left-wing military coup in Grenada in 1983 Reagan sent troops to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">successfully </ins>restore the old regime. In 1985-1987 Reagan ordered bombings in Libya in reaction to several terrorist attacks supported by [[Muhammar Khadaffi]]. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1986 the Iran-Contra affair severely damaged President Reagan's believability. He and several other U.S. officials, including [[Oliver North]], [[Ed Meese]], Caspar Weinberger and [[John Poindexter]] secretly <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">faciliated </del>the sale of weapons to Iran in exchange for hostages so that the money could be used to finance the Contra rebels in [[Nicaragua]] who wanted to overthrow the socialist government in Nicaragua. Under the Boland Amendment, further funding of the Contras had been prohibited by the U.S. Congress, making the entire affair illegal. While North, Meese, Weinberger and Poindexter were forced to resign and convicted, it remains unclear how much Reagan knew about these illegal proceedings. The Tower Commission, who investigated the case, could not find direct evidence that he had prior knowledge of the program, but did claim that he as President was responsible and should've informed himself more about these activities.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1986 the Iran-Contra affair severely damaged President Reagan's believability. He and several other U.S. officials, including [[Oliver North]], [[Ed Meese]], Caspar Weinberger and [[John Poindexter]] secretly <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">facilitated </ins>the sale of weapons to Iran in exchange for hostages so that the money could be used to finance the Contra rebels in [[Nicaragua]] who wanted to overthrow the socialist government in Nicaragua. Under the Boland Amendment, further funding of the Contras had been prohibited by the U.S. Congress, making the entire affair illegal. While North, Meese, Weinberger and Poindexter were forced to resign and convicted, it remains unclear how much Reagan knew about these illegal proceedings. The Tower Commission, who investigated the case, could not find direct evidence that he had prior knowledge of the program, but did claim that he as President was responsible and should've informed himself more about these activities.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Reagan also introduced a new economic system, which was criticized for causing huge budget deficits and quadrupling the United States national debt. His political and social views were supported by the religious right, the so-called Moral Majority, which consisted of controversial preachers like [[Pat Robertson]] and [[Jerry Falwell]]. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Reagan also introduced a new economic system, which was criticized for causing huge budget deficits and quadrupling the United States national debt. His political and social views were supported by the religious right, the so-called Moral Majority, which consisted of controversial preachers like [[Pat Robertson]] and [[Jerry Falwell]]. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Zappa had a poster on the wall portraying Ronald Reagan in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">nazi </del>uniform, featuring the words, ''"He has the right to do anything they want"'' written underneath. <ref>https://www.julienslive.com/m/lot-details/index/catalog/211/lot/88350?url=%2Fm%2Fview-auctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F211%3Fpage%3D6</ref> He talked about it during the [[Pulse Interview]], April 1993: "''[[Plastic People]] is especially relevant today in the United States," he says, in reference to a poster on the wall portraying a Hitler-like Ronald Reagan with the words, "He has the right to do anything they want" written underneath. Zappa then recites a few lines from the song: "Take a day and walk around / Watch the Nazis run your town/ Then go home and check yourself/ You think we're singing 'bout someone else?"'</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Zappa had a poster on the wall portraying Ronald Reagan in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Nazi </ins>uniform, featuring the words, ''"He has the right to do anything they want"'' written underneath. <ref>https://www.julienslive.com/m/lot-details/index/catalog/211/lot/88350?url=%2Fm%2Fview-auctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F211%3Fpage%3D6</ref> He talked about it during the [[Pulse Interview]], April 1993: "''[[Plastic People]] is especially relevant today in the United States," he says, in reference to a poster on the wall portraying a Hitler-like Ronald Reagan with the words, "He has the right to do anything they want" written underneath. Zappa then recites a few lines from the song: "Take a day and walk around / Watch the Nazis run your town/ Then go home and check yourself/ You think we're singing 'bout someone else?"'</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During a photo shoot for the cover of ''[[Video From Hell]]'' (also used in a chapter of ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]'') Zappa had a quote from Reagan during the Republican Convention in 1988 written on the wall: ''"Facts are stupid things."''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During a photo shoot for the cover of ''[[Video From Hell]]'' (also used in a chapter of ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]'') Zappa had a quote from Reagan during the Republican Convention in 1988 written on the wall: ''"Facts are stupid things."''</div></td></tr>
</table>PopFanDoughttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Ronald_Reagan&diff=44520&oldid=prevJonnybutter at 21:01, 31 October 20202020-10-31T21:01:18Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Frank Zappa was very critical about the Reagan administration. As early as the 1960s Zappa criticized Reagan, while he was still Governor of California. The liner notes of ''[[We're Only In It For The Money]] (1968)'' mention that the concentration camp in ''[[The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny]]'' is called ''"Camp Reagan".'' The song ''[[Agency Man]]'', performed during the 1968 concert in the Royal Albert Hall in London, was inspired by Reagan. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Frank Zappa was very critical about the Reagan administration. As early as the 1960s Zappa criticized Reagan, while he was still Governor of California. The liner notes of ''[[We're Only In It For The Money]] (1968)'' mention that the concentration camp in ''[[The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny]]'' is called ''"Camp Reagan".'' The song ''[[Agency Man]]'', performed during the 1968 concert in the Royal Albert Hall in London, was inspired by Reagan <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(the give away line is "From the heart of old Death Valley, to the ruling of our land" Reagan hosted a TV show in the early 60s called 'Death Valley Days'. That show is also mentioned in'The Blue Light' which was released just before Reagan took office as president: "Death Valley Days, straight ahead! The future is scary - YES IT SURE IS")</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the 1980s, when Reagan became U.S. President, Zappa targeted his administration very directly. In the music video of ''[[You Are What You Is (The Music Video)|You Are What You Is]] (1981)'' a lookalike of Reagan is featured on the electric chair. Reagan is mentioned in Zappa's songs ''[[The Untouchables]], [[Star Wars Won't Work]], [[Dickie's Such An Asshole]], [[When The Lie's So Big]], [[Reagan At Bitburg]]'', the [[Broadway The Hard Way]] version of [[What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are?]] and ''[[Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk]]''. Reagan is also a character in ''[[Dio Fa]]''. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the 1980s, when Reagan became U.S. President, Zappa targeted his administration very directly. In the music video of ''[[You Are What You Is (The Music Video)|You Are What You Is]] (1981)'' a lookalike of Reagan is featured on the electric chair. Reagan is mentioned in Zappa's songs ''[[The Untouchables]], [[Star Wars Won't Work]], [[Dickie's Such An Asshole]], [[When The Lie's So Big]], [[Reagan At Bitburg]]'', the [[Broadway The Hard Way]] version of [[What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are?]] and ''[[Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk]]''. Reagan is also a character in ''[[Dio Fa]]''. </div></td></tr>
</table>Jonnybutterhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Ronald_Reagan&diff=44018&oldid=prevSpider of Destiny: /* Zappa and Ronald Reagan */2020-10-12T22:12:06Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Zappa and Ronald Reagan</span></span></p>
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</table>Spider of Destinyhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Ronald_Reagan&diff=43937&oldid=prevSpider of Destiny at 20:40, 9 October 20202020-10-09T20:40:03Z<p></p>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Ronald Reagan''' (February 6, 1911- May 5, 2004) was a former Hollywood B-movie actor who was Governor of California from 1967 to 1975. He was President of the United States from 1980-1988. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Ronald Reagan''' (February 6, 1911- May 5, 2004) was a former Hollywood B-movie actor who was Governor of California from 1967 to 1975. He was President of the United States from 1980-1988. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''"Mount Rushmore should either be replaced or have a companion</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Another part of </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mountain</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">carved up with some heads that had the biggest influence on what America is today</del>. [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Joseph McCarthy|His head</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">should be there. </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">J. Edgar Hoover</del>]]'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">s head should be there</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">s head should be there. And Reagan</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">s head should be there. These people have done more damage to the idea of Democracy than anybody-from another country- could ever imagine."</del>'' <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> (FZ in </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The Lost Interview</del>]], <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">part 1 of 7</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1990) </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Frank Zappa was very critical about the Reagan administration</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">As early as </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1960s Zappa criticized Reagan</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">while he was still Governor of California</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The liner notes of ''</ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">We're Only In It For The Money</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(1968)'' mention that the concentration camp in ''</ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny</ins>]]'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">' is called ''"Camp Reagan"</ins>.'' <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The song </ins>''[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Agency Man</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">performed during the 1968 concert in the Royal Albert Hall in London</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was inspired by Reagan. </ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">After </del>Zappa <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">voiced </del>his <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">intention </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">running for President</del>, a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">journalist asked him what would make him different </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">comparison with other Presidents: </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">During the 1980s, when Reagan became U.S. President, </ins>Zappa <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">targeted </ins>his <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">administration very directly. In the music video </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[[You Are What You Is (The Music Video)|You Are What You Is]] (1981)'' a lookalike of Reagan is featured on the electric chair. Reagan is mentioned in Zappa's songs ''[[The Untouchables]], [[Star Wars Won't Work]], [[Dickie's Such An Asshole]], [[When The Lie's So Big]], [[Reagan At Bitburg]]''</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the [[Broadway The Hard Way]] version of [[What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are?]] and ''[[Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk]]''. Reagan is also </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">character </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[[Dio Fa]]''. </ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''"I work more hours. And I'm awake!" </del>'' (<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">FZ, interview in </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Ein Leben Als Extravaganza </del>- <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Das Genie Frank Zappa</del>]].<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">During the 1984-1985 [[PMRC]] debates Zappa wrote Reagan a letter of protest </ins>''([[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Z-Pack </ins>- <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Letter to the President</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)''. He received no reply</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Frank Zappa|</del>Zappa<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] was very critical about </del>the Reagan <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">administration. As early as </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1960s Zappa criticized Reagan</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">while he was still Governor of California</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The liner notes of </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">We're Only In It For The Money</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(1968) mention that the concentration camp in </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny</del>]] is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">called ''</del>"<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Camp </del>Reagan".''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Zappa <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">had a poster on </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wall portraying Ronald </ins>Reagan <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in nazi uniform, featuring </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">words</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''"He has the right to do anything they want"'' written underneath. <ref>https://www.julienslive</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">com/m/lot-details/index/catalog/211/lot/88350?url=%2Fm%2Fview-auctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F211%3Fpage%3D6</ref> He talked about it during the </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Pulse Interview</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, April 1993: "''</ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Plastic People</ins>]] is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">especially relevant today in the United States,</ins>" <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">he says, in reference to a poster on the wall portraying a Hitler-like Ronald </ins>Reagan <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">with the words, "He has the right to do anything they want</ins>" <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">written underneath</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Zappa then recites a few lines from the song: "Take a day and walk around / Watch the Nazis run your town/ Then go home and check yourself/ You think we're singing </ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">bout someone else?"</ins>'</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1980s, when </del>Reagan <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">became U.S. President, Zappa targeted his administration very directly </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">interviews and songs</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a photo shoot for </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cover of ''[[Video From Hell]]'' (also used in a chapter of ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]'') Zappa had a quote from </ins>Reagan <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">during the Republican Convention </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1988 written on the wall: ''"Facts are stupid things</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"''</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* During the [[PMRC]] debates </del>Zappa <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wrote </del>Reagan <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a letter of protest ''([[Z-Pack - Letter to the President]])''. He received no reply.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==</ins>Zappa <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">about Ronald </ins>Reagan<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Zappa had </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">poster </del>on the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wall portraying Ronald Reagan in nazi uniform</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">featuring </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">words</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</del>"<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">He </del>has the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">right </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">do anything they want</del>"'' <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">written underneath. (</del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Pulse Interview</del>]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''"The fact of the matter is that if I do an album that has any kind of </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">vocal </ins>on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it from now on, </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">chances are that that vocal is going to be about a sociological or political topic. For example</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">I thought of one that I want to do just </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">other day called "Lie To Me</ins>," <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which would deal with a catalog of everything that the Reagan administration </ins>has <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">been able to get away with for </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">last six years. That would be a worthwhile thing </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">stick in there.</ins>"'' <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">- Frank Zappa in ''</ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Sample This!</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''. </ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Reagan is mentioned in </del>''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[The Untouchables]]</del>, [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Star Wars Won't Work</del>]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Dickie's Such An Asshole</del>]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, [[When The Lie</del>'s <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">So Big]], </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Reagan At Bitburg</del>]]'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">', the [[Broadway The Hard Way]] version of [[What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are?]] and ''[[Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk]]''</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"Mount Rushmore should either be replaced or have a companion. Another part of the mountain</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">carved up with some heads that had the biggest influence on what America is today. </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Joseph McCarthy|His head</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">should be there. </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">J. Edgar Hoover</ins>]]'s <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">head should be there. </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Richard Nixon|Nixon</ins>]]'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">s head should be there</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">And Reagan</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">s head should </ins>be <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">there</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">These people have done more damage </ins>to the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">idea </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Democracy than anybody-from another country- could ever imagine</ins>."'' <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> (FZ in </ins>[[The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Lost Interview</ins>]], <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">part 1 of 7, 1990) </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* In the interview </del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'[[Sample This!]]'' Zappa talked about the following project: ''"The fact of the matter is that if I do an album that has any kind of a vocal on it from now on, the chances are that that vocal is going to </del>be <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">about a sociological or political topic</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">For example, I thought of one that I want </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">do just </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">other day called "Lie To Me," which would deal with a catalog </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">everything that the Reagan administration has been able to get away with for the last six years. That would be a worthwhile thing to stick in there</del>."''</div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Ronald Reagan was also mentioned </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the liner notes of </del>''[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The MOFO Project/Object</del>]]'' <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(2006</del>) <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">album. <ref>http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">After Zappa voiced his intention of running for President, a journalist asked him what would make him different in comparison with other Presidents: ''"I work more hours. And I'm awake!" '' (FZ, interview </ins>in ''[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Ein Leben Als Extravaganza - Das Genie Frank Zappa</ins>]]''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</ins>)</div></td></tr>
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</table>Spider of Destinyhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Ronald_Reagan&diff=41091&oldid=prevSpider of Destiny: Added more info, with sources.2019-08-19T05:47:10Z<p>Added more info, with sources.</p>
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</table>Spider of Destinyhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Ronald_Reagan&diff=37687&oldid=prevSpider of Destiny at 13:18, 23 January 20122012-01-23T13:18:41Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Reagan's foreign policy was criticized for financially supporting several dubious organizations and Presidents in their battle against Communism, including Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden. After a left-wing military coup in Grenada in 1983 Reagan sent troops to succesfully restore the old regime. In 1985-1987 Reagan ordered bombings in Libya in reaction to several terrorist attacks supported by [[Muhammar Khadaffi]]. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Reagan's foreign policy was criticized for financially supporting several dubious organizations and Presidents in their battle against Communism, including Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden. After a left-wing military coup in Grenada in 1983 Reagan sent troops to succesfully restore the old regime. In 1985-1987 Reagan ordered bombings in Libya in reaction to several terrorist attacks supported by [[Muhammar Khadaffi]]. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1986 the Iran-Contra affair severely damaged President Reagan's believability. He and several other U.S. officials, including [[Oliver North]], [[Ed Meese]], Caspar Weinberger and [[John Poindexter]] secretly faciliated the sale of weapons to Iran in exchange for hostages so that the money could be used to finance the Contra rebels in Nicaragua who wanted to overthrow the socialist government in Nicaragua. Under the Boland Amendment, further funding of the Contras had been prohibited by the U.S. Congress, making the entire affair illegal. While North, Meese, Weinberger and Poindexter were forced to resign and convicted, it remains unclear how much Reagan knew about these illegal proceedings. The Tower Commission, who investigated the case, could not find direct evidence that he had prior knowledge of the program, but did claim that he as President was responsible and should've informed himself more about these activities.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1986 the Iran-Contra affair severely damaged President Reagan's believability. He and several other U.S. officials, including [[Oliver North]], [[Ed Meese]], Caspar Weinberger and [[John Poindexter]] secretly faciliated the sale of weapons to Iran in exchange for hostages so that the money could be used to finance the Contra rebels in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Nicaragua<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>who wanted to overthrow the socialist government in Nicaragua. Under the Boland Amendment, further funding of the Contras had been prohibited by the U.S. Congress, making the entire affair illegal. While North, Meese, Weinberger and Poindexter were forced to resign and convicted, it remains unclear how much Reagan knew about these illegal proceedings. The Tower Commission, who investigated the case, could not find direct evidence that he had prior knowledge of the program, but did claim that he as President was responsible and should've informed himself more about these activities.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Reagan also introduced a new economic system, which was criticized for causing huge budget deficits and quadrupling the United States national debt. His political and social views were supported by the religious right, the so-called Moral Majority, which consisted of controversial preachers like [[Pat Robertson]] and [[Jerry Falwell]]. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Reagan also introduced a new economic system, which was criticized for causing huge budget deficits and quadrupling the United States national debt. His political and social views were supported by the religious right, the so-called Moral Majority, which consisted of controversial preachers like [[Pat Robertson]] and [[Jerry Falwell]]. </div></td></tr>
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