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Dec. 21, 2005 First Ronald Reagan was the Movie Star with his not quite an Oscar Winner, Bedtime for Bonzo. He certainly did not win a emmy for his role in Rawhide. One must speculate what 20 MULE TEAM® BORAX Laundry Booster, sponsor of the television series, Rawhide thought when Reagan traded the mules for elephants. He should have been a Liberal when he became Union President of Screen Actor's Guild President It was not to be He became the Republican California Governor and eventually Republican United States President. I was introduced to the beginning of Ronald Reagan's political career as a trick or treating youngster. A neighbor was passing out root beer flavored suckers with the message, "Lick Brown! Vote for Reagan!". Last week I was mailing gifts and I notice Ronald Reagan Stamps on the wall. "Do you think the post office would get mad if I drew a mustache on Reagan's face ," I asked the postal clerk. I purchased the stamps, came home and mailed out holiday cards. I am grateful for self-adhesive stamps. Licking a Reagan Stamp would not be as pleasant as licking a Brown Root Beer Sucker. Of course, they can always put Jelly Bean Flavored Glue on the back of the Stamps. I mailed Grumpy, my now ex-husband a Christmas Card with an altered Ronald Reagan Stamp. I knew he would appreciate the humor. When my son, Billy was a youngster, he went to the polls with me. He asked who I voted for. I told him Clinton. "That's not very nice," my son admonished me. "My teacher voted for Bush and you should have too" Billy talked about becoming President when he grew up but after watching what Clinton went through, he changed his mind. When we purchased a pet rat, Billy decided he wanted to name her after a politician. "I can't name him after Bill Clinton because he has the same first name I do," Billy remarked. "How about the name Hillary," I suggested to my son. "I am NOT naming my rat Killery!" my son said with indignation. "Who was President when I was born," Billy asked. "Ronald Reagan," I answered. Billy had decided on the name Ronald Reagan until Grumpy informed my son that if he named the rat Ronald Reagan that his pet would be sleeping outside. The rat finally ended up being named Chelsea and gave birth to 13 baby rats two weeks later. Later on that year, I was responsible for setting up a Parents Without Partner's Regional Children's Conference in Simi Valley, California. We had two choices that were relatively inexpensive. There was the Moorpark College Wild Animal Compound and the Ronald Reagan Library. We chose both. The Ronald Reagan Library had an oval office, ball dresses belonging the first ladies, the Berlin Wall, and a sculpture of Ronald Reagan that was given to him by the current California Governor and California First Lady, Arnold and Maria Schwarzenegger. Afterwards, we went to the Moorpark College, Wild Animal Compound. There was an elephant named Ronnie there. The students made him sleep outside most of the time. The kids speculated if Ronnie had been named after the star of the Presidential Library. When I returned the children to their parents. They were all enthused about their adventures at the Ronald Reagan Library. I told the other officers that I was inspired to register as Republican. They didn't believe me. I am still registered Libertarian. Nevertheless, there is a rumor that the supporting actor for Bedtime for Bronzo also went into politics. The co-star from Texas followed Ronnie's footsteps, and became State Governor and currently United State President He even became Republican. Maybe someday, my grandchild will be drawing mustaches on the postal stamp for Dubya or is it Bronzo. ------------ About the author: Bonijean Isaacs is a freelance writer and Astrologer in West Virginia. Email: inez4liberty@gmail.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com. Please link to this article rather than copying and pasting it onto your site (which would be unauthorized and illegal). |
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