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To: Grainne who wrote (22787)	6/7/1998 5:48:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Respond to of 108807

Another Margaret Thatcher Joke 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 improved the US economy," replied Reagan, "and brought the godless Soviet Union to its collective knees." "Excellent, my son! Come up and sit beside me at my right hand until Charlton Heston arrives." And so Reagan sat at his right. God then called forth Gorbachev. "Mikhail, my son, what have you to say for yourself?" "I tried my best to out negotiate Ronald and keep communism in place," replied Gorbachev. God frowned. "I'm afraid it's the other side of the door for you!" And Gorbachev was led away screaming to the pit. God then called up Thatcher. "Margaret, my daughter, thank goodness you're here. You never compromised your principles and you held the course despite ALL temptations. You have done well. I've been keeping this seat warm for you! Enjoy. You're in charge now, I'm off on vacation." And with that the new God-dess took her rightful throne. Father Terrence

To: Grainne who wrote (22787)	6/7/1998 7:59:00 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

>>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. Seems some of them tried to blow her up a couple of times and succeeded in killing her best friend and political right hand man. 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. Maggie served longer than any PM this century and never lost an election. She is probably the greatest female leader in history. She lost power due to her long tenure and her stand against political union with Europe. The long knives were out but she chose her successor, defeating her enemies one last time. Unemployment doubled during her first term in office. Due to the failure of socialism. Blair knows that and even gives Thatcher and her policies credit for Britain's economy, unlike Clinton who has had no positive effect on the US economy yet claims credit at every turn. Good thing people don't believe him in any measure. >> and I am so very, very happy that a modern leader like Tony Blair came along who could lead England into the future So are most. Blair is the first modern Labour leader because he adopted Thatcherism wholesale and is building on her reforms, not retreating back to the darkness of Labour past. Thatcher did what most great leaders do - just as she changed her party, bending it to her will, she also changed the opposition, making Blair possible. By any standard, Thatcher modernized British politics and with the US showed the way for the entire World. A great and grand lady, Lady Thatcher.