I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.
- Ronald Wilson Reagan
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I am a strong supporter of privacy and civil liberties. But I confess I don't get the opposition to this rule, just promulgated by FDA on an expedited basis, without going through public comment:
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I miss Reagan's gentle humor. He was so charming that we could, for a brief moment in our lives, forget about the Salvadoran body count, the massive deficit spending, the unholy foreign alliances with terrorist nations and the erosion of the wall between church and state.