Reagan’s Diaries
Posted by Lance on 02 May 2007 at 10:36 pm | Tagged as: Around the Web
Ronald Reagan diligently , providing an intriguing portrait of the man throughout his Presidency:
In May 1988, he groused privately that “the press have a new one thanks to Don Regan’s book. We make decisions on the basis of going to Astrologers. The media are behaving like kids with a new toy — never mind that there is no truth in it.”
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I remember my GT teacher in 1st or 2nd grade telling me about that astrologer thing. I think she was a weird hippy, but I was too young to realize.
Oh geez, a GT geek, we have enough of those at this site.
I’ll have you know that I was the winner of the 1990 Coastal Bend Regional Science Fair, thank you very much.
Geography fair for me. Finished third in state or something actually. Oh, I also finished high in the state for a science fair project on the Atchafalaya River Basin and its potential to change course. A real environmental activist at the time.
A story for my fellow geeks. I had done a history project on Gettysburg. I had used Avalon Hill’s, The Battle of Gettysburg, to provide a map, show the changes in troop positions, etc. I had this long paper and all kinds of battlefield memorabilia, books, other maps. I get to the fair, they show me the booth and I set up. It is then I notice all the other projects around me, and mine didn’t fit. So I asked around and figured out I had been entered in the Geography category rather than the history category.
I was in full fledged panic, and really embarrassed. At the moment it felt like one of those dreams you have when you are at school and realize you aren’t dressed, or forgot about a test (actually, I did that fairly often.) My mom gave me a good piece of advice. “So talk about the geography.” Luckily, the Avalon Hill map was a detailed topographical map. I went home, re-wrote my presentation and changed a few things in the display. Suddenly the entire presentation was a discussion of the impact of geography on the battle. I discussed the road network, the location of rivers and how that caused the battle to be fought there. Obviously the various ridges and hills which dominated the battle field were discussed, etc. In the end it was a much more sophisticated presentation, though shoehorned into the category. That is how I got my ribbon.
Probably better that you entered geography. I mean, would the Civil War really qualify as “history” during the time of your project in the late 1800s?
Ageism is a sin Chris.
Age is not an accomplishment, and youth is not a sin. - Robert A. Heinlein
Lance, you realize you’re taking credit for your mom being a genius. Bad son, bad!
/peter
I didn’t take credit Pete, I shared it. Another GT geek by the way Chris.
I agree, which doesn’t excuse your snide barbs young man.
As for my age, check out my picture. I age pretty well. Pete has a bit of a baby face himself.