You cannot credit Reagan with BOTH (a) ending communism and (b) creating a good economy. The story about (a) is that he created an arms race which caused the USSR to go bankrupt and also caused our last recession -- the one before the current one, which was caused by Bush (Reagan's economic protege). Thus, if he gets credit for (a) he can't get credit for (b). If the recession wasn't Reagan's fault it is hard to see how he gets credit for (a).<div>
<br></div><div>It is a shame when education gives way to ideology.</div><div><br></div><div>Best, Joe<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 5:48 AM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">"We
are a Christian nation founded on Christian principles. The way I evaluate
history textbooks is first I see how they cover Christianity and Israel. Then I
see how they treat Ronald Reagan -- he needs to get credit for saving the world
from communism and for the good economy over the last 20 years because he
lowered taxes."</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">- Dr.
Don McLeroy, chairman of the Texas Board of Education, which recently approved
a controversial new school curriculum</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/Don-McLeroy-TBOE" target="_blank">http://www.tinyurl.com/Don-McLeroy-TBOE</a></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Courtesy
of “The Bible Also Says” at</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.thebiblealsosays.com/" target="_blank">http://www.thebiblealsosays.com</a></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Seeya
round town, Moscow.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Tom
Hansen</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Moscow</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">, Idaho</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">"Going
to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes
you a mechanic."</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></font></p>
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