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Friday, January 22, 2016

Perhaps President Obama would choose libraries instead of a mausoleum. | Reclaim Reform

Perhaps President Obama would choose libraries instead of a mausoleum. | Reclaim Reform:

Perhaps President Obama would choose libraries instead of a mausoleum.

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Libraries for the living seem much more valuable than a mausoleum for one past political leader.
The Pyramid at Giza is indeed impressive. The dead guy who was in there must have been pretty important in his day.
The President Ronald Reagan Library continues the tradition of burying a VIP’s favorite items along with the personal doodads of the dead leader. Air Force One (a big airplane), his helicopter, his armored limousine, a few extraneous police-type vehicles and other stuff loom inside and above the heads of lunchroom diners and gift shop souvenir vendors. Lots and lots of big kind of important (to him) things abound. There is no mention of the Iran/Contra Scandal, the secret swap of weapons to Iran and those who used the weapons to shoot American troops. Lest anyone think this is merely some anti-republican rant, the President Lyndon Baines Johnson Library has incredible photos and oversized quotations about the war in Vietnam and cute gift shop items. Upon examining these, it appears that Perhaps President Obama would choose libraries instead of a mausoleum. | Reclaim Reform: