Reagan Stamp

I was having a conversation with friends about last year's Ronald Reagan stamp. One friend was sent the stamp on a SASE and, despising Reagan, was horrified at having to use it, but not so horrified as to spend 39 cents on another stamp. After all, it's just a stamp.

Another friend said he liked the stamp. He also thought Reagan sucked, but liked the idea that a machine would be pounding into his face, smearing it with ink as the stamp as cancelled.

Another potential view, I remarked, although impolite, might be to recall that by federal law, no stamp or coin can bear the likeness of anyone still alive -- a law, by the way, which I think has been violated by the Ohio state quarter, since no one can honestly argue, I think, that the "astronaut" on the back is not simply John Glenn -- anyhow, one might recall that law and look upon the Reagan stamp and look at it as reassurance that "that f**ker's finally DEAD."