Silver Anniversaries

I was seventeen years old when the hostages were released and Reagan sworn in on the same day. I experienced a palpable sense of a bright future that day, a far different feeling from the national loser feeling that Jimmy Carter bequeathed the nation. The Kinks' song Catch Me Now I'm Falling summed up the Carter Era as well as anything else:

I remember, when you were down
And you needed a helping hand
I came to feed you
But now that I need you
You won't give me a second glance
Now I'm calling all citizens from all over the world
This is Captain America calling
I bailed you out when you were down on your knees
So will you catch me now I'm falling

Help me now I'm calling you
Catch me now I'm falling
I'm in your hands, it's up to you
Catch me now I'm falling

I remember when you were down
You would always come running to me
I never denied you and I would guide you
Through all of your difficulties
Now I'm calling all citizens from all over the world
This is Captain America calling
I bailed you out when you were down on your knees
So will you catch me now I'm falling

Help me now I'm calling you
Catch me now I'm falling
I'm in your hands, it's up to you
Catch me now I'm falling

When you were broke you would come to me
And I would always pull you round
Now I call your office on the telephone
And your secretary tells me that she's sorry,
But, you've gone out of town.

This is Captain America calling
This is Captain America calling

Help me now I'm calling you
Catch me now I'm falling
I'm in your hands, it's up to you
Catch me now I'm falling

Catch me now I'm falling
Catch me now I'm falling
Catch me now I'm falling
Catch me now I'm falling

I stood by you through all of your depressions
And I lifted you when you were down
Now it's your chance to do the same for me
I call your office and your secretary tells me
That you've gone out of town

This is Captain America calling
This is Captain America calling

Catch me now I'm falling
Catch me now I'm falling

I was the one who always bailed you out
Of your depressions and your difficulties
I never thought that you would let me down
But the next time you're in trouble
Better not come running to me

Now I'm calling all citizens from all over the world
This is Captain America calling
I bailed you out when you were down on your knees
So will you catch me now I'm falling
Catch me now I'm falling

Catch me now I'm falling
Catch me now I'm falling
Catch me now I'm falling
Catch me now I'm falling

Reagan's inauguration said "Captain America is back - now you all better mind your p's and q's". No more whining, no more malaise, no more excuses. The release of the hostages that same day provided a wonderful exclamation point, and served as a symbol of the renewed sense that America wasn't taking this shit anymore. Sadly, JC's bequest also included the Islamic Republic of Iran; for that smacked behind to have the gall to say anything critical about any of his successors in the arena of public affairs is yet more evidence of his misguided self-regard - and that he gets a platform from which to air it at all bespeaks the cluelessness of the MSM.

It's sad that the fecklessness of this loser 25 years after he left office endangers the entire world's future, and it's hard to believe that he is afforded any respect, rather than be treated as the architect of the regime that may lead us into a full-scare global shooting war with nukes. Thanks, Jimmy!