Caspar Weinberger, who served in both the Reagan and Nixon Administrations, has died from complications of pneumonia. He was 88 years old.

Interestingly, his two roles were quite different. In 1981 Mr. Weinberger joined the Reagan administration and presided over a period of massive military spending. However, in his earlier service in Washington, he managed the federal budget for President Nixon, during which he earned the nickname "Cap the Knife" for pushing through a series of spending cuts.

A man much given to public service. RIP sir.

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Eudaimonia

A dedicated public servant! rip

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

A name well known.

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Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating

"The wind doth smell of bittersweet,
Like jasper wine and sugar,
I wonder if it's blown thru other's feet,
Like those of Casper Weinberger"

- Berke Breathed, "Bloom County"

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Plug me into somethin'

If the theory does not conform to the facts, then the facts must be discarded.

No good deed ever goes unpunished

Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, & beat you with experience.

And so ends the Casper and Olie show.

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