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Ronald Reagan RIP
Belmont Club ^
| June 5, 2004
| Wretchard
Posted on 06/05/2004 5:09:02 PM PDT by billorites
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Saturday, June 05, 2004
Ronald Reagan RIP
| The man who won Cold War died today. He couldn't take it with him, but left his legacy to billions of human beings. He was characterized as an idiot, an automaton and charlatan by many of his critics. Yet none of his detractors, however polished and poised, have changed the world so profoundly as this one man. When the oldest cask is opened,
And the largest lamp is lit;
When the chestnuts glow in the embers,
And the kid turns on the spit;
When young and old in circle
Around the firebrands close;
When the girls are weaving baskets,
And the lads are shaping bows; When the goodman mends his armour,
And trims his helmet’s plume;
When the goodwife’s shuttle merrily
Goes flashing through the loom;
With weeping and with laughter
Still is the story told,
How well Horatius kept the bridge
In the brave days of old. |
posted by wretchard | Permalink: 11:57 PM Zulu
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: belmontclub; ronaldreagan
To: billorites; wretchard
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posted on
06/05/2004 5:11:40 PM PDT
by
MEG33
(John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security)
To: billorites
Don't know about anyone else, but I consider "RIP" to be disrespectful.
To: StolarStorm
>>Don't know about anyone else, but I consider "RIP" to be disrespectful.
Take the time to lear about what it represents...it's most fitting.
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posted on
06/05/2004 5:13:15 PM PDT
by
Keith in Iowa
(Reagan defeated communism while Kerry was kissing its arse.)
To: billorites
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posted on
06/05/2004 5:14:01 PM PDT
by
alpha-8-25-02
(saved by GRACE and GRACE alone)
Main Entry: RIP
Function: abbreviation
Latin requiescat in pace may he rest in peace, may she rest in peace; [Latin requiescant in pace] may they rest in peace
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posted on
06/05/2004 5:15:00 PM PDT
by
Keith in Iowa
(Reagan defeated communism while Kerry was kissing its arse.)
To: Keith in Iowa
It's outrageous how the presswhores over at CBS and NBC decided that a freakin horse race, a paid commercial and a hockey game were more important than Reagan's passing! I am ticked off a the literal bias the clymers have shown so far! When Kennedy Jr. was killed it was 7/24 NON-STOP talk on the tube! From the moment his plane went missing till the day they buried them! ONE OF THE GREATEST PRESIDENTS has expired and the pressWHORES don't give a S***! What a disgrace!
To: StolarStorm
"Don't know about anyone else, but I consider "RIP" to be disrespectful."I feel sure that was not the sentiment Wretchard meant to convey.
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posted on
06/05/2004 5:36:24 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: billorites
Don't allow the media to spin Reagans death as they did his life. Go to the FR Reagan Vigils post and pledge to organize or attend a vigil in your area.
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posted on
06/05/2004 5:37:32 PM PDT
by
Bob J
(freerepublic.net/ radiofreerepublic.com/rightalk.com...check them out!)
To: billorites
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posted on
06/05/2004 5:38:58 PM PDT
by
PsyOp
(Post one for the Gipper... may he rest in peace.)
To: billorites
May his vision for America live on...
May Nancy be guided through this time...
To: billorites
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posted on
06/05/2004 5:41:32 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: RoseofTexas
As a lifelong lover of horses, I bet President Reagan would be appalled at the very idea of the Belmont not airing because of his passing. He was the essence of humility, which is why he was so easily underestimated by so many.
Too bad Smarty couldn't win one for the Gipper. Godspeed, Mr. President.
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posted on
06/05/2004 5:44:24 PM PDT
by
grellis
(What's a rooster and mashed potatos have to do with being a pirate?)
To: billorites
Rest in peace, Ronnie. And thanks!
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posted on
06/05/2004 5:50:07 PM PDT
by
Huck
(The corporation I work for spends big bucks each year on taglines.)
To: billorites
The Reagan era certainly left it's mark on the world..Thank God for a truly wonderful one of a kind president! He is one whom I will always remember...I had just turned 18 when he first ran for president and was so excited to be able to vote for him...
I pray that America will be all that Ronald Reagan had hoped it would.
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posted on
06/05/2004 5:50:50 PM PDT
by
hope
(How far will your passion take you?)
To: Squantos; wretchard; ALOHA RONNIE; Travis McGee
LXX
- When the goodman mends his armor,
- And trims his helmet's plume;
- When the goodwife's shuttle merrily
- Goes flashing through the loom;
- With weeping and with laughter
- Still is the story told,
- How well Horatius kept the bridge
- In the brave days of old.
- And how can man die better
- Than facing fearful odds,
- For the ashes of his fathers,
- And the temples of his gods.
Horatius by Thomas Babbington Macaulay
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posted on
06/05/2004 5:54:49 PM PDT
by
risk
To: Keith in Iowa
I know what it means, it just seems to me that abbreviating "Rest in peace"" reduces it and the person it is directed toward.
To: StolarStorm
Sorry for being prickly over something so minor. Reagan had a special place in my heart and I'm a bit melancholy about his passing.
To: billorites
He couldn't take it with him He would not have wanted to. He left that legacy for us and for our posterity.
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posted on
06/05/2004 11:01:55 PM PDT
by
El Gato
(Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
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