Posted on 06/11/2004 3:22:10 PM PDT by Dog
Edited on 06/11/2004 3:43:21 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
What a beautiful moment/picture..he was by her side all week..and could just tell that she needed a friend at that very moment.
And then after they are done vomiting up and out their putrid cancer born of Satan himself, they have the utter audacity and gall to claim that it's Republicans and conservatives who are mean spirited and hate filled.
I would have never guessed it was that much! It's very handsome..
A scout troupe salutes the hearse carrying Ronald Reagan (news - web sites)'s casket as it travels up the hill to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., for internment ceremonies, Friday, June 11, 2004. (AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta
Arnold looks like he's ready to cry. So does Margaret Thatcher. I know I'm on my last box of kleenex after this week. It never entered my mind that I would react like this to RR's passing like this.
ROFLOL -- I have been drinking Coke all evening -- should have had Caffeine Free because I am not the least bit tired!
President Bush said, in opening his address, "Mrs. Reagan, Patti, Michael and Ron..."
Ladies first, rules after.. just thought I'd mention I noticed, in the CSPAN replay.
I thought about that, but it seems like the stonework is very finely laid with no obvious cracks. As I recall computer room floors could be lifted with special suction cups. This wouldn't work with stone. This guy's blog makes it sound like there might be a hidden entrance. I believe Nancy is supposed to be interred in the same tomb so there must be a way to reopen it at a later date. One question is whether the tomb is beneath the stone circle or in the wall behind.
I hope you're right. It's amazing how money and politics can bring out the worst in people...
Thanks! I don't remember seeing in the AF until the Vietnam War. There is a beautiful memorial to the Missing Man at the AF Museum at Wright-Patt. First time I saw it at Wright-Patt, it was to honor those that were killed in Vietnam along with the MIA's at an air show and I remember the pilot pealing off and heading into the clouds as they had the words to High Flight broadcast on the speakers.
I had been to airshows before that but it wasn't done then.
Glad to know the history.
Whatever you think of FDR, I do remember a pic of a black soldier in a uniform playing an accordian (I think) at a service when Roosevelt died, with tears streaming down his face.
You are obviously better than I, for I am having a very hard time dealng with the fact my President is gone. Maybe, with time, the grief will subside, but I shed fewer tears for my own brother than I have for the man that affected me so.
I was wondering today if Jimmy Carter would opt for a funeral like this or just do as Nixon did and have a service at his library.
Great Pics!
THank you so much for the pictures. The one of the Marine crying has got me going again. *sigh* TO crack that facade is a real tribute to our beloved president.
I don't drink -- used to but I got really sick one time -- that did it for me -- been drinking Coke ever since. I don't like the taste of beer and mixed drinks make me ill so soft drinks it is. I will have a small glass of wine occasionally but that is it.
Tonight I wish I did because I might be asleep instead of wide awake!
I tried to remember the last time I cried this much -- been a really long time.
Here's that picture of Clinton and Kerry
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040611/capt.zeb12306111719.ronald_reagan_zeb123.jpg
That's when it popped in my head that Kerry was saying introduce to foreign leaders! YUCK -- what a horrible duo!
Well it sounds like if all else fails, someone can ask the blog guy.
...In some ways I wonder in the back of my mind if perhaps he intended this state funeral to be a form of evangelism...
He sure managed to arrange a beautiful portrait for us. The majesty, the flag, the hymns, the purely religious service and the dignity of our fine military men.
And, it was really a wonderful display of God's word and His invitation to man.
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