Posted on 06/05/2004 1:46:20 PM PDT by dogbyte12
On 8 February 1984, New Jersey fired almost 300 shells at Druze and Syrian positions in the Bekka Valley east of Beirut. Some 30 of these massive projectiles rained down on a Syrian command post, killing the general commanding Syrian forces in Lebanon and several other senior officers. This was the heaviest shore bombardment since the Korean
Wow, this makes Reagan the only American president, so far, to kill a Syrian general. COOL !
The liberal/democrats/vegitarians (yes vegitarians) are falling all over themselves trying to say that Reagan was not responsible for the fall of the USSR.
They forget Gorbachev came to power for the USSR to counter Reagan's charm. (remember the charm offensive) They assume the USSR voluntarily collapsed and released their satelite nations. Poland won its freedom by random chance? They ignore Rekyvick, the Pershing II missiles in Germany.
The left is truly delusional.
If Gorbachev comes to the service, who will the American left honor more ?
Thank God for Newt Gingrich, he is on the phone right now talking on C-Span. Hopefully, he will counter the left that has gone wild with nasty remarks at at time like this, may they be shamed.
If Gorbachev comes, the left will hope its a sign the USSR was just hiding from Reagan and will now be comming back.
Gorbachev has been trying to rehabilitate communism via the envirowacko group. I don't believe it would be right for him to be there.
I imagine the left will say much the same when Newt's day comes. They are truly wretched people and they deserve to be as unhappy as they sound.
C-Span is being overun by left wing wackos spouting DNC talking points. There is some english guy blaming REAGAN for the "lunatic you have in office now". Geez.
Common talking points:
Homeless people were EVERYWHERE
NOBODY had a job.
It was all for CORPORATIONS
Cut AIDS funding! (waaaay wrong BTW)
Reagan caused Iraq.
He was stupid and let everone else do the thinking.
The WORKERS paid the price for Reaganomics. (translation: as a commie Reagan upset me.)
We wrote a bit about Rather and CBS's coverage of Reagan both yesterday and over his entire presidency. He payed some respect to RR as a person but not to any of his policies.
http://ratherbiased.com/news/content/view/108/2/
That was my first year to do so as well. In my home state, if you didn't write in a party affiliation (I stupidly did not), they automatically registered you as a dem. So, when the primaries came around, I could only vote as a dem. I voted for Kennedy against Carter. Then I voted for Reagan in the general. Four years later, I was able to vote for Reagan in the primaries.
Does anyone know if it is true an episcopal priest is going to preside over the DC funeral?
If I hear one more media type say, "We need stem cell research because Nancy wants it," I'm going to go postal.
The union activists are out in force too. They are bitter over teh fact that Unions have faded in importance. There were even a few quips about the air traffic controllers. The unions did not expect reagan to DO what he said he would do.
The union phone trees must be going on this.
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If you want to send cards, flowers, etc., this is the place.
The sacred fire of freedom still burns thanks to your leadership.
We salute you. Our grandchildren and their children's children will sing your praises and teach their children the lessons you have taught to us.
The dream of freedom is eternal, residing in the hearts of achievers and the courageous. While the dream is eternal, the reality of freedom is not. Those who seek power are would-be tyrannts and those who seek safety or prefer security to liberty pose and even greater threat to freedom. Power seekers and security seekers are natural allies. Those who seek security will find themselves to be surfs and slaves.
Mr. President, since you vanquished the Soviet Union, the Democratic Party, by imposing socialism on Americans, has become the greatest threat to the freedom of the American people. Freedom is the right of each individual to make his or her own choices. By making socialism mandatory, Democrats took away the power of individuals to make their own choices. And sadly, things have gotten worse since you first warned us in 1964:
"This is the issue of this election: Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves. You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man's age-old dream-the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. Regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would sacrifice freedom for security have embarked on this downward path. Plutarch warned, "The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits."
"The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose. So we have come to a time for choosing."
Ronald Reagan, given as a stump speech on a memorable night in 1964
Mr. President, your defeat of the Soviet Union and your determination to rein in our own government forcing it to live within the constraints of the Constitution and within the God given rights outlined in the Declaration of Independence set the stage for an American Renaissance. That renaissance has been short circuited and is now threatened by a looming socialistic catastrophe that lies just over the horizon when the baby boomers become eligible for Social Security and Medicare. Socialism and freedom are incompatible.
If we are to realize the benefits of the Reagan Renaissance, America must turn away from socialism before it is too late. Our current laws mandate an ever increasing level of socialism. Socialism is a cancer and if we do nothing, when the baby boomers become eligible for Social Security and Medicare, socialism is going to kill the United States. There are few among us who would not like to take back our freedom or to take back our country from the socialists in the Democratic Party. Many feel that there is little or nothing that we can do as individuals or even as members of what many perceive to be a minority group. President Reagan told us that freedom is a choice. America's patriots purchased our freedom with their blood. President Reagan also warned us of the consequences of not making the correct choices. What choice are you going to make? Freedom or socialism? Ash-heap or Renaissance?
Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.
Ronald Reagan
October 27, 1964
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That's one of his best quotes.
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I wholeheartedly agree...........
FRegards,
His public service has blessed all of us for many generations. God bless him and his family, and may he rest in peace.
"I was watching the re-runs of his speeches on FOX and C-SPAN and I had forgotten how optimistic he made one feel when he spoke."
I was listening to some of those speeches too. And the thought that kept popping into my head was "can you imagine what Pres. Reagan could have done for the GOP in the Clinton years with speeches and his eternal optimism and clear vision for the country?"
I mean I feel sure that Bush 41 and Pres. Bush 43 would have sought out his advice.
His speeches that motivated me as a teenager still inspire me today.
You are forgiven. Now go forth and sin no more.
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