Reagan Was the Corporate Puppet Who is Still Paying Dividends: GE Knows

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Reagan Was the Corporate Puppet Who is Still Paying Dividends: GE Knows
Submitted by mark karlin on Sun, 02/06/2011 - 8:39am.

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MARK KARLIN, BUZZFLASH EDITOR FOR TRUTHOUT

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What did Ronald Reagan ever do for non-wealthy Americans beyond becoming the symbol of a belief that being born white and in the U.S. makes one exceptional? Indeed, his game-changing accomplishment - using carefully crafted scripts and symbols developed by aides - was bestowing an acceptance of the inevitability of corporate governance.

As most people know, Reagan was a "B" movie star until General Electric hired him to both host a GE television series and become a corporate spokesperson around the nation. Reagan was so successful as a corporate pitchman that a group of extremely conservative and wealthy backers put up the money to position him as a political candidate who would espouse the corporate ethos.

General Electric is so proud of their role in launching Reagan that they are now advertising an Internet tribute to him, "Rendezvous With Destiny: Reagan's journey from GE to the White House." In fact GE describes the film as depicting "how he rose from GE brand ambassador to 40th president of the United States."
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The trajectory that GE began when Reagan became its corporate carnival barker is now accepted by both parties: the American government has become a virtual subsidiary of international corporations who just happen to be headquartered in the U.S.

more:
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/12314

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1. The tradition continues

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2. "Rendezvous With Destiny"

They stole that from the 101st Airborne Division...it's the Division Motto.

The 101st Airborne Division was activated August 16, 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. On 19 August 1942, its first commander, Major General William C. Lee, promised his new recruits that the 101st had "no history but had a rendezvous with destiny."

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