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shti thisafksldfj ;gets me mad, i had a post written but i'm not that mean.
RIP Mr. President, to the haters, go [censored] on someone elses parade. this one is deserved.
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Originally posted by RGSOUNDF:
The fall of comunism had practically nothing to do with him though...
Well, here's a couple of people who tend to think otherwise:
"He is the one who allowed the breakup of the Soviet Union. May God rest his soul," said Bogdan Chireac, a foreign affairs analyst for the Romanian newspaper Adevarul.
"During his administration, U.S. citizens at all levels and of all walks of life - politicians, senators, journalists, academics - systematically and repeatedly were visiting Czechoslovakia and other communist countries, meeting the dissidents and the opposition," former Czech dissident Jiri Dienstbier told AP.
"Their open support was very important for our safety and for our position in society," he said.
"Mr. Reagan, along with Pope John Paul II, was one of the architects who dismantled communism in eastern Europe and stopped the expansion of the Soviet Union," said Ivo Samson, an analyst with the Slovak Foreign Policy Association.
"The fact that today Bulgaria is a member of NATO could happen only after the efforts of this great American president. His name will forever remain in history," said Petko Bocharov, a prominent Bulgarian journalist.
But his speeches, which so often sought to encourage the oppressed while taking aim at their oppressors, stirred a generation.
"For us, Reagan was important because we knew he was really anti-communist, emotionally anti-communist," said Zdenek Kosina, 65, a Czech computer specialist.
"For us, he was a symbol of the United States' genuine determination to bring communism to an end."
Hmmm...
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I may have only been about 10 when Regan became President, but I remember ALL of his time in office pretty much. I remember that time being cool. I loved it. Not just because he was president, but the US, and the world were actually happier places. Yes, there were still problems, but there wasn't all this violence and stuff there is going on now. Even the music was much more FUN to listen to back then.
None of the grunge crap, people singing about being losers and "why don't you kill me".
The military absolutely LOVED Regan too. My dad served under him, and he thinks Regan was the BEST president ever. He will be missed.
As for the people coming in and "dissing" Regan, well, you are always going to have that. Unfortunately, Wellington, or whatever his name is, chose the wrong time to do it. It's the same though like when I announced I was pregnant. There were two jerks that posted really rude messages about it, for no reason, all because it was ME.
I think everyone should live by the saying "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all"
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First of all, I didn't say he was a bad president. Sorry I didn't say RIP, but Mr. Reagan RIP.
I do believe that Reagan had something to do with the Soviet bloc falling. Reagan increased military spending and outspent the Soviets. And yes his economic policy did work, at some point. But Iran-Contra and Lebanon are some of the bad things. To me it was so-so.
And Devo I happen to know what I am talking about.
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Originally posted by Renee:
I think everyone should live by the saying "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all"
What is the point in that?
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Originally posted by gSto:
Originally posted by gwellington:
He changed America in the early 80's. After the true Christian guidance Jimmy Carter provided Americans on moral and human rights issues during his Administration, Ronald Reagan taught us that all that was wrong. He taught us that it was okay to be rich. He taught us it was okay to ignore, even hate, the disadvantaged. He taught us it was okay to think only of ourselves. He taught us that human rights was a joke, and that being a Christian meant being wholly un-Christ-like in our thoughts and deeds. For that he will truly be remembered.
yeah, who pissed in your post-toasties?
RIP Mr. Reagan.
i liked this quote:
Quote:
Government is not the solution to the problem; government IS the problem.
-or something to that effect.
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R.I.P. Mr. President.
Irregardless of one's political views, people should respect the office of the President.
Bless our servicemen & women overseas.
L.Cpl Ian Malone, 1st Battalion Irish Guards, R.I.P.
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Originally posted by RT and his SE:
Originally posted by Trapps:
Originally posted by gwellington:
He changed America in the early 80's. After the true Christian guidance Jimmy Carter provided Americans on moral and human rights issues during his Administration, Ronald Reagan taught us that all that was wrong. He taught us that it was okay to be rich. He taught us it was okay to ignore, even hate, the disadvantaged. He taught us it was okay to think only of ourselves. He taught us that human rights was a joke, and that being a Christian meant being wholly un-Christ-like in our thoughts and deeds. For that he will truly be remembered.
Often I have read your political remarks and considered them in having some value; I even conceded some as valid and questioned my own views. Today, Mr. Wellington, I find none of these attributes in your comments. To suggest for one minute that the 'us' you refer to as being the collective citizenship of the united states of America were taught solely by one man, President or not, was to 'hate', 'ignore', and strive for a better life at the expense of others for ourselves sickens me.
General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.
We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much.
Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.
I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, windswept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here. That's how I saw it, and see it still. -- Ronald Reagan
And how stands the city on this winter night? More prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was 8 years ago. But more than that: After 200 years, two centuries, she still stands strong and true on the granite ridge, and her glow has held steady no matter what storm. And she's still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home." -- Ronald Reagan
Show some respect for a man who did more for this country than you will ever even dream about. Voice your opinion, you're free to do so.
Sorry Trapps but these are just words written for a man who use to be an actor and using them to taught his greatness says nothing for him. They are just parrots, a figure head or focal point for the parties they represent. I was never a Ronald Regan guy but I mourn his passing as I would any other.
Should I apply this thinking then to all dialogue offererd up by polititians? How do you know Reagan didn't write what he spoke? Also, before losing my cmposure, are you calling President Reagan a parrot? Even Figuratively?
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Originally posted by MarkO:
R.I.P. Mr. President.
Irregardless of one's political views, people should respect the office of the President.
this is very true... somebody starts a thread about a President to R.I.P. and people come in and bash on a dead guy. Have some respect for him and his family.
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Originally posted by Static:
this is very true... somebody starts a thread about a President to R.I.P. and people come in and bash on a dead guy. Have some respect for him and his family.
Yes. If you don't like the guy, so be it. But, it's not very polite to talk bad about the dead, so drop the bickering.
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