Mark your calendars

MANIFESTO

I see that BO today will

sign the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act—a bill that creates a commission to plan and coordinate activities that will honor former president Ronald Reagan on the anniversary of his 100th birthday.

While too many people look upon Ronnie Ray Gun as a paragon of executive expertise, I prefer to think of him as someone who cuddled up with fascistic and anti-Semitic juntas, who caused horrendous deficits through his blind devotion to the half fast theories of Arthur Laffer, who was actively hostile to unions, who led an administration where nearly 200 government officials faced investigation and prosecution, and who essentially tried to bankrupt the government, pressuring it to reduce spending and thereby justifying draconian cuts in social programs.

Call me cynical, but I don't think such a man deserves any honor—especially since the commission that will plan and coordinate his encomia is sure to expend money the government doesn't have.

The big day is February 6, 2011. That'll be a Sunday, so the holy rollers can all pray for his soul while they attend church.