Reply #67: The seeds of this poisonous fruit came from Nixon vine and flourished during the Reagan years.

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Nixon believed that not for the press, he would have gotten away with all of it. As he flew away in disgrace, the Nixon youth and their Brooks Brothers storm troopers began plotting their return to power. The unthinkable happened when Jimmy Carter was elected POTUS. The country developed a conscience and began to question American dependence on foreign oil, the escalating Cold War, and humanity's negative impact on our fragile planet. When Carter told the country we needed a massive change in direction, 76 percent of the country was ready to follow. Unfortunately the Texas/American Petroleum Mafia along with their collaborators and partners the Saudis, decided that a greener, petroleum-leaner America was not in their best interests. Whispered deals were made and petroleum pandemonium created the "gas crisis." Other whispered deals were made and the American hostages in Iran were used to influence an election. Come-from-behind Ronnie Raygun was elected POTUS and we were all told it was a "new morning in America." Immediately the shadow powers began consolidating their hold on governmental infrastructure. The eight year political performance art piece also known as the Reagan Presidency saw the beginning of the dismantling of the government of the people, and the foundation laid for a corporate nation-state. Laws and policies were installed to precede the transfer of the nation's collective wealth from the hands of the many citizens to the hands of the few. The most ominous and far-reaching actions of the Reagan years was the planning and preparation to facilitate the consolidation of the American main stream media into biased hands, effectively eliminating a neutral and independent press.