Reagan Mourned in Former 'Evil Empire'

The Moscow Times ^ | Monday, June 7, 2004. | Vladimir Isachenkov and Jim Heintz

[mylife]

when will the lefties learn that socialism and communism are prisons to those that love freedom.

the truely opressed get it, while comfortable american lefties dont

[dufekin]

I never did hear about the Nobel Peace Prize that Ronald Reagan (at least should have) won. He saved the lives of and granted freedom to hundreds of millions of people (no exaggeration). How could he have been denied?

[BenLurkin]

You are right.

The Nobel Peace Prize really lacks stature, IMHO.

[DoughtyOne]

Heh heh heh, yep Gorby helped end the cold war the same way a football helps kick itself through the uprights.

Thanks Gorby. Mr. President, have you ever heard such nonsense?

[TheOtherOne]

Nobel, Schmobel . . . they gave that thing to Arafat, it ain't worth shit now.

[Torie]

I remember something about some starwars "golden pebbles" or something program, of The Gipper's, that drove the Soviets nuts. I enjoyed them saying it in a Russian accent as their talking heads fulminated. Even if the whole program was ludicrous, the fact that the Soviets thought it might not be - was enough. Maybe it was all yet another brilliant disinformation campaign.

[mylife]

it was no joke. NMD is the present day progression of starwars

[JDoutrider]

I never did hear about the Nobel Peace Prize that Ronald Reagan (at least should have) won. He saved the lives of and granted freedom to hundreds of millions of people (no exaggeration). How could he have been denied?

The NPP being granted to Arafat, Carter, et al, should answer that question...

[microgood]

I find it amazing you can now get more objective reporting about our own President from the Moscow Times than the American press. It shows how significantly Reagan's Presidency changed the entire course of humanity.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

That was Brilliant pebbles. I think that morphed into Low Earth Orbit Satellites which is on the slow road.

[Torie]

Thanks. I was thinking after my post that maybe "shining pebbles" was closer to the actual name, so I was homing into accuracy, albeit slowly. :)

[Stagerite]

The Norwegian Nobel Committee socialists are much like the French and American socialists, they give the Peace prize to people like Yassar Arafat because they don't want to let evil socialist/communist policies to be seen as evil.

[chase19]

Michael Blayhost?sp (a professor at John Hopkins) is just saying to a radio talkshow host about how Ronald Reagan's funeral is like that of a Roman Emperor that "symbolizes sacred figures" and that Reagan has become some kind of Diety - he thinks that even Chris Mathews is gushing too much. This professor goes on to say how the Roman's fell and how alike we are to them. He continues with how the problem with Empires are the need to galvanize people to do things a country we shouldn't do (I guess the Iraqi war). How much we are dependent on the big eagle <---the president, and how weak we are as a country. Then he goes on to talk about the Iran-contra and demonizes Ronald Reagan big time. Guess who he wants to fall?! and he teaches our kids!!! No wonder there's disunity in this country - we got the so-called pessimistic elitists like this dude speaking from his tenured glass tower and then there's the rest of us working slobs who continue to stay focussed and optimistic.

[McGavin999]

When Gorbechev went to the viewing, he leaned over the casket and said something to President Reagan. I wish I knew what he said.

[Torie]

A tenuous and tendentious and superficial, and therefore, quite silly, analogy, in so many ways. For starters, the US spends about 3% of its GNP on "empire building" (I am just being polite in buying into the empire thingie, which in and of itself is also superficial, and a provocative word used in lieu of thought) - Rome spent maybe 50%, and much of that was financed by plunder. I won't go on.

[lonevoice]

I find it amazing you can now get more objective reporting about our own President from the Moscow Times than the American press. It shows how significantly Reagan's Presidency changed the entire course of humanity.

Ping

[lonevoice]

[DoughtyOne]

Was watching Chris Matthews this evening, and he said to one guest that Regan's popularity stopped at our borders.

Honest to God, I pitty someone that stupid.

Nicaragua, El Salvador, Poland & the Eastern Block, Russians, former Russians states who left the U.S.S.R., yep Chris quit school in the fourth grade.

[chase19]

Nobel, Schmobel . . . they gave that thing to Arafat, it ain't worth shit now.


LOL - how right you are - kinda like the French "oscar" - they gave it to Michael Moore, cos they hate us so much, for that reason it's worth shit - not only to Michael Moore - but anyone else ever again.