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To: Zoltan! who wrote (22767)	6/6/1998 1:39:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Respond to of 108807

Zoltan!: Ye gods! Margaret Thatcher -- realist/capitalist/libertarian/freedomfighter; too bad she's English because she would've made a great President of the USA -- perhaps better than R. Reagan. (Guess that makes 5.) Thanks for the correction, FT

To: Zoltan! who wrote (22767)	6/7/1998 5:08:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Duncan, Maggie Thatcher did start a long overdue process towards economic health in Britain. However, I think almost any other conservative would have been able to do the same thing in a more humane way, because the time was right for reform. She is actually one of the few politicians I have very strong feelings about, because of her inability to negotiate, compromise, or show any softness or empathy whatsoever. This lack of humanity resulted in the deaths of ten Irish hunger strikers, and untold human tragedy among the miners, who really had no other realistic job opportunities. My husband lived in England at the time, and remembers lots of miner suicides because of despair. She is one of those women with no nurturing qualities about her at all. I don't know if you remember that her downfall started with a plan for a poll tax which was regressive against the poor, which resulted in a protest riot of over 100,000 people. Unemployment doubled during her first term in office. Many also blame the Falklands War on her. She was simply brutal against the Catholics in Northern Ireland, polarizing the situation and creating more violence, and I am so very, very happy that a modern leader like Tony Blair came along who could lead England into the future through negotiation and compromise instead of calculated and savage bullying. netsrq.com larkspirit.com caliach.com Here are a couple of Thatcher jokes: Through some cosmic fluke, Reagan, Thatcher, and Gorbachev all died on the same day. Off they went to the gates of Heaven. Peter, seeing that these were all VIPs, sent them straight off to the Almighty. God, sitting on his throne, called up Reagan. "Ronald, my son, what have you to say for yourself?" "I tried to improve the US economy," replied Reagan, "and I did my best to benefit the nation." "Very well, my son, come up and sit beside me at my right hand." And so Reagan sat at his right. God then called up Gorbachev. "Mikhail, my son, what have you to say for yourself?" "I tried to make Soviet society more open," replied Gorbachev, "and I did my best to improve the Soviet economy." "Very well, my son, come up and sit beside me at my left hand." And so Gorbachev sat at his left. God then called up Thatcher. "Margaret, my daughter, what have you to say for yourself?" "Only two things," replied Thatcher. "First of all, I'm not your daughter. Secondly, get out of my chair!" ************************************ MARGARET THATCHER DIES ************************************ Margaret Thatcher dies and strolls up the pearly staircase to the pearly gates, where she is confronted by St. Peter, brandishing a clipboard. "Name" says St. Peter. "Margaret Thatcher" she replies. Peter checks through all the lists on his clipboard but cannot find the name of our illustrious leader. "I'm sorry" he says,"you can't come in. Your place is downstairs, in hell. Mrs T. turns and walks down the stairs. A short time later the phone rings. St. Peter answers it and a voice says: "Hello Pete, It's the Devil speaking. You'll have to take that bloody woman after all - she's only been here 10 minutes and she's closed half the furnaces to reduce capacity"