I was in 5th grade in 1979 and I can remember my teacher asking us who we wanted to win the election; my answer was Ronald Reagan. I’m fairly certain it wasn’t because I was Republican or Conservative, my parents didn’t share their political thoughts with us and I didn’t know what any of that meant. I think I chose Reagan because even at that young age I liked the way he spoke and presented himself. His personality was magnetic and his optimism shined through – even a kid could see it. Fast forward 8 years later and I was a freshman in college. There was a group of unwashed hippies on campus who called themselves the John Lennan Society and the were still bellyaching almost two years after Reagan ordered the bombing of Libya. They posted fliers all over campus Decrying his “oppressive” Persian Gulf policies and staged a sit in in tents in front of our residence hall at some point. My buddies and I decided we didn’t like these dirt bags and created The Ronald Reagan Society. One of our first acts was to create a rebuttal to their fliers and posted them wherever we found their fliers – sometimes next to them sometimes on them, and sometimes we just ripped theirs down and replaced it with ours. When they staged their sit in, we decided to make things exciting for them by firing on them with our long range water balloon slingshots. It was fun until someone called the cops and we got chased, but not caught thankfully since my dad would have made new he’ll for me than the police ever could. God Bless You, President Reagan and Happy Birthday!