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− | + | The following is a collection of the materials used in creating the third episode of the [CitizenReaganPod|Citizen Reagan podcast] about --the [Reagan Radio Commentaries|Reagan's Radio Commentaries]-- Reagan's speeches given when he was a private citizen. As you listen (and read, when the transcript is available), you understand why I went back to [A Time For Choosing] for a history lesson. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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<blockquote><PRE>We spent $146 billion. With that money, we bought a $2 million yacht for Haile Selassie.</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE> | <blockquote><PRE>We spent $146 billion. With that money, we bought a $2 million yacht for Haile Selassie.</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE> | ||
− | "Why did we buy | + | "Why did we buy [Haile Selassie] a yacht for $2 million?" |
− | When we got home, I began to do internet searches. [[Bobby Baker]] was an assistant to | + | When we got home, I began to do internet searches. [[Bobby Baker]] was an assistant to LBJ starting during his time in the Senate and some might have called him LBJ's bagman. Thanks to records with the St. Louis Federal Reserve, I found that, yes, we'd [balanced our budget run a deficit 28 of those previous 34 years]. Research and research and more research. I found more speeches with more stories and names to investigate, like [[Martin Koszta]]. Koszta, in turn, led to my hobby of digital restoration of old books. If you listened to my [London2|first podcast], Koszta was the subject. |
Today, I'd like to talk a little about that yacht. | Today, I'd like to talk a little about that yacht. | ||
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In 1976, the ship was sold to Ethiopia outright. No information about the price can be found at the moment, but who would not be surprised if we, the American taxpayer, lost out on the deal. | In 1976, the ship was sold to Ethiopia outright. No information about the price can be found at the moment, but who would not be surprised if we, the American taxpayer, lost out on the deal. | ||
− | If you read or listen to Reagan's | + | If you read or listen to Reagan's [A Time for Choosing] speech, in this section, he is speaking about the vast amounts of money involved in foreign spending. He's not so concerned with helping a few friends, but while the United States racks up debt, we are paying millions of dollars to other countries that do not share our ideals, and it is being used for questionable reasons. |
If you’d like to read and/or listen to the speech my wiki, located at [http://www.poorrichardsprintshop.com/wiki poorrichardsprintshop.com/wiki] has a full transcript and a link to the Reagan Foundation's video of the speech on Youtube. | If you’d like to read and/or listen to the speech my wiki, located at [http://www.poorrichardsprintshop.com/wiki poorrichardsprintshop.com/wiki] has a full transcript and a link to the Reagan Foundation's video of the speech on Youtube. | ||
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