These public figures listed below are not perfect, but their influence on my life has been profound.
Tom Clancy - Tom Clancy was one of the first “Adult” authors that I read. Not only did he instill in me a love of reading, but his analysis and plots always seem to be 3 steps ahead of world events. Rainbow 6 remains my favorite book, and his novel Debt of Honor is eerily similar to 9/11.
Michael Crichton – Michael Crichton is a great author from Andromeda Strain to Jurassic Park, but his unanswered challenges to the global warming myth could be his greatest contribution.
Rush Limbaugh - The Godfather of the conservative movement and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Rush Limbaugh, still remains the leading conservative thinker after 2 decades of work.
Ronald Reagan – The defender of Liberty in the face of tyranny. Defeater of the Evil Empire. The man who showed us America's greatest days are still ahead of her. The conservative base still waits for the “next” Ronald Reagan. We await his return and look to the stars. The mother ship calls us home…
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State of Fear is a glorious book if only for the questions it dares to raise.
So are these people great influences in your life or people who you actually aspire to be like? Also from my Russia and the New States class, I can tell you that the USSR was well on its way downhill. Reagan's main contribution to the Cold War was to raise American morale through his speeches. In addition Reagan was originally a New Deal democrat, so not all the totally conservative. The other thing you might want to look at is how Reagan's economic policies required us to go 2.6 trillion dollars or 41% of the US GDP (in 1988) into debt. Not so hot for a republican who tried to reduce welfare and cut taxes.
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