[Ciaphas Cain]

A few days before Christmas I visited the Nixon Presidential Library. It was an amazing experience. It pulled no punches about his flaws, it practically ASSAULTS you with Watergate. But only the most jaded would not leave there with a sense that Nixon was a good man, whose heart was in the right place and succeeded more often than not.

After leaving Nixon's library, I headed straight to Simi Valley so I could visit the Reagan Presidential Library. I watched his procession to the Capitol in 2004. I witnessed the next to last changing of the guard as he lay in state in the Rotunda. This was my chance to pay my respects to him and Nancy at their final rest.

Again, an amazing experience. One that also remarks upon a man's flaws. Iran-Contra has its exhibit. But you can't but be overwhelmed, to tears, at the magnificence of this humble man and his accomplishments.

I might one day visit the Obama Library. For laughs if nothing else. It isn't often that one sees narcissism that rivals the pharaohs of old.

[rlmorel]

I have never thought Nixon was an evil man, ever. I think he was flawed, but I believe he was a patriot. As a conservative, I disagree with many of his endeavors but I do believe some of them were simply products of the time (such as the EPA) and I understand his rationale about opening up China, but I also think that was somewhat a product of the times.

[bakeneko]

“And on the pedestal these words appear:
‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

[Windflier]

I might one day visit the Obama Library. For laughs if nothing else. It isn't often that one sees narcissism that rivals the pharaohs of old.

I can't wait to see the designs for the Temple of Barack. Given his inflated ego, it will probably rival the palace at Luxor.