Number of the Beast - Subtract 50

Newly decipherable manuscripts seem to confirm that the "number of the beast" is 616, not 666. See also here (National Geographic), here (MTV), and here (Ace of Spades blog).

Funny. I remember that while visiting the NYC back in junior high (around 1986 or so), I saw where some nut had written graffiti equating President Reagan to the beast of Revelation - in a UN restroom, of all places. It said something like this, in big bold letters:

Ronald Wilson Reagan
--- 6 ------ 6 ------- 6 ---

Apparently, the bathroom "artist" isn't the only loser to find hidden meaning in Reagan's name...check out the results of a Google search on "Ronald Wilson Reagan" and "666." Guess they'll all have to reevaluate things now, huh.

And, we think George W. has it bad.