Post #158,567
6/5/04 6:53:54 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
While I didn't agree with his economics theory, and some of the things he did, he did have my respect. I got to admit, he was a likable character, like he was an old friend of ours.
He just rode off into the sunset, like he said he would. Nothing more I can say.
"What's the use of saving life when you see what you do with it?" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"
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Post #158,574
6/5/04 7:22:22 PM
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Re: Gone but not forgotten
No, he didn't ride off into the fucking sunset you insufferable twit, he expired drooling, incontinent and unsentient. Jesus H. Christ, Norm, get a brain!
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Post #158,577
6/5/04 7:40:12 PM
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Take a breath ferchrissakes.
Or is this "read everthing literally" day and I missed the damned memo?
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #158,588
6/5/04 9:55:04 PM
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ignore the californicators
remember to them he was guvner raygun who passed the first anti gun legislation when black folk toted their huntin rifles to the capitol.
thanx,
bill
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Post #158,593
6/5/04 10:09:43 PM
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I'll claim them for once
Reagan completed the destruction of the office begun by Nixon. Oddly it was a Republican - Eisenhower - who warned about the dangers of the unholy marriage of military and industry. Reagan wiped his ass on this principle.
Result - since MILIND needs to consume fear and convert it into targets, when the targets are all taken we go looking for new targets. So we manufacture struggles like Vietnam and Iraq out of whole cloth, and wonder why things go wrong. Either that, or beat the shit out of Panama or Grenada. No Hilters are left to actually fight, and freedom is not at stake (unless you live here), so imaginary crises must be constantly stirred up to justify the spending. Who cares if the Bosnians and Serbs savage each other? It's just a body count.
Consequence - instead of cementing a relationship with the former Soviet Union and eastern bloc, we gloat - GLOAT - about how noble was our purpose and keep stirring shit everywhere instead of actually trying to make peace and freedom work.
-drl
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Post #158,723
6/7/04 12:47:43 AM
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Not entirely so odd
The Civil Rights movement in the 60's took the Democrats away from their political roots, which was exploited by the Republicans starting with Nixon. The result over the following generation was almost a complete switch in the two parties.
Once this is understood, other odd things are then explained. Like why it is that lots of people who hate the North for the Civil War now vote for the party that lead the North into that war.
Cheers,
Ben
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Post #158,687
6/6/04 9:39:08 PM
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missed memo
From what I've seen of your posts the past eighteen months, you've missed every single memo since 1980.
cordially,
Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist.
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Post #158,688
6/6/04 10:07:30 PM
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Love you too, sweetheart.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #158,692
6/6/04 10:29:23 PM
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<smoochies>
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Post #158,641
6/6/04 1:02:46 PM
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"He expired drooling, incontinent and unsentient."
Just as he served as President.
bcnu,
Mikem
If you can read this, you are not the President.
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Post #158,788
6/7/04 10:51:16 AM
6/7/04 10:53:18 AM
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This is just plain rude and uncivil.
I sure hope you feel better on your deathbed.
(Edit: read rcareaga post - I guess I should have been angry at him. Then again, to be angry at someone responding to Norm is a bit hard. Thus the shades of gray overtake us)
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Buy high, sell sober.
Edited by Arkadiy
June 7, 2004, 10:53:18 AM EDT
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Post #158,792
6/7/04 10:58:21 AM
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No gray.
It was uncivil. Period.
Not warranted. At all.
"Riding off into the sunset" is hollywood slang for kicking the bucket...I guess its just not highbrow enough to register with some...deciding on the more terse description.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #158,798
6/7/04 11:08:48 AM
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rcareaga. Norm. Uncivil.
What else is new?
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Post #158,803
6/7/04 11:17:23 AM
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Norm? s/Norm/Mikey
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Post #158,805
6/7/04 11:38:41 AM
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The RC's reply was to Norm
RC is normally exquisitely civil. But something about Norm just makes him see red.
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Post #158,808
6/7/04 11:40:22 AM
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I'd missed that. Got it.
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Post #158,796
6/7/04 11:05:11 AM
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what else would you expect from someone who thinks
Stalin was an agrarian reformer?
thanx,
bill
Anchorage AK: House for sale 3 bed 1 bath 1440 sq feet huge lot near Cheney Lake 175K FSBO 813.273.3518
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Post #158,812
6/7/04 12:15:12 PM
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Stalin as agrarian reformer?
Oh, come now. You will search my utterances here in vain, mein Box, for any such characterization of the old monster.
cordially,
Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist.
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Post #158,814
6/7/04 12:18:36 PM
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refering to mikey, not you :0
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Post #158,876
6/7/04 6:19:07 PM
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Challenge: Find me saying something nice about Stalin.
And sarcasm doesn't count.
bcnu,
Mikem
If you can read this, you are not the President.
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Post #158,882
6/7/04 6:40:47 PM
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here
[link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=31340|http://z.iwethey.org...w?contentid=31340] where you surmise as one of his leutenants
thanx,
bill
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Post #158,897
6/7/04 8:05:58 PM
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Reading for Comprehension 101.
"You can still find some apologists for Stalin who..."
is hardly an example.
bcnu,
Mikem
If you can read this, you are not the President.
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Post #158,877
6/7/04 6:20:06 PM
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Sorry. I forgot.
Nancy told him, "Tell them we're doing the best we can do." And he repeated the line exquisitely. :-p
bcnu,
Mikem
If you can read this, you are not the President.
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Post #158,879
6/7/04 6:24:38 PM
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IIRC...
It was, "We're doing everything we can."
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #158,898
6/7/04 8:06:45 PM
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Maybe you're OK with having your country destroyed
We're not.
-drl
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Post #158,899
6/7/04 8:07:25 PM
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*** KUDOS ***
bcnu,
Mikem
If you can read this, you are not the President.
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Post #158,971
6/8/04 10:30:33 AM
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Among other things, it's being devoured by the lack of
civility.
And, reminding someone that his country was destroyed is just more of the same. Not that I give a damn - it was not _my_ country.
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Buy high, sell sober.
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Post #158,975
6/8/04 10:35:32 AM
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Not true
The right-wing cannot be appeased. Every real patriot despises these people. They are NOT America.
-drl
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Post #158,977
6/8/04 10:39:12 AM
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A good standing reply to any post, I guess.
No brain work required.
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Buy high, sell sober.
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Post #158,978
6/8/04 10:39:33 AM
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Well...since Reagan was a Republican..
...and not a true Goldwater Republican (due to an out of control legislature and an understanding the the country actually does have a judeo-christian ethic)...Ross will have nothing nice to say in this thread.
Reagan's impact on this country cannot be understated. Even current Democrats recognize this.
Still, I don't expect alot of recognition of these facts from this crowd. Too busy trying to invent conspiricies.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #158,981
6/8/04 10:44:17 AM
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The facts speak for themselves
Government by illusion always fails.
-drl
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Post #158,985
6/8/04 10:52:00 AM
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So that speaks for Clinton.
I thought we were on the gipper
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #158,987
6/8/04 10:55:58 AM
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Worse than Reagan, tied with Bush 1
And yes, he also was a master illusionist. America at present has no effective government because the People are too stupid, lazy, and venal to give a shit about their history. All government, Dem and Repo, is cast in the illusionist mold - thanks to Reagan and his damnable ilk.
-drl
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Post #159,019
6/8/04 1:20:59 PM
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From the UK...
...it looks like your past 4 presidents have been useless wankers of the first water, without exception.
Peter
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Post #159,025
6/8/04 2:09:39 PM
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does margaret wank?
You lot seemed to keep electing her.
thanx,
bill
Anchorage AK: House for sale 3 bed 1 bath 1440 sq feet huge lot near Cheney Lake 175K FSBO 813.273.3518
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Post #159,029
6/8/04 2:18:24 PM
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We do?
Funny, that. I thought we elected a Labour government in 1997 (sheesh, only 7 years ago) which has maintained a decent economic record, a reasonable social justice record, and which has an irrational love of speed cameras.
You KEEP ELECTING fuckwits term in, term out; in fact, I'd go so far to say you've not had a president worthy of the name since Kennedy.
Peter
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Post #159,036
6/8/04 2:39:10 PM
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Johnson presided over civil rights
Nixon broke bread with china, Reagan assisted in the breakup of the USSR. Carter got the camp david accords going and yer right about the rest.
thanx.
bill
Anchorage AK: House for sale 3 bed 1 bath 1440 sq feet huge lot near Cheney Lake 175K FSBO 813.273.3518
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Post #159,193
6/9/04 11:54:43 AM
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ICLRPD
I thought we elected a Labour government in 1997 (sheesh, only 7 years ago) which has maintained a decent economic record, a reasonable social justice record, and which has an irrational love of speed cameras. Damn the prohibition on political LRPDs. This one trancends politics, and deserves its rightful place... jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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Post #159,194
6/9/04 11:55:26 AM
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Blasted checkboxes.....**mumble**
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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Post #159,355
6/10/04 12:22:08 PM
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You see? LRPD defends itself; enforces polito-prohibition!
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Post #158,983
6/8/04 10:50:21 AM
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Who is underestimating it?
Did I above point out the he spent two superpowers out of existence?
bcnu,
Mikem
If you can read this, you are not the President.
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Post #159,062
6/8/04 4:49:56 PM
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Re: Even current Democrats recognize this.
Kerry will be paying a visit to Reagan Library this afternoon.
Alex
Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost. -- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German philosopher
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Post #159,192
6/9/04 11:52:04 AM
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Well, we agree on this one thing:
Reagan's impact on this country cannot be understated. Even current Democrats recognize this. Quite right. Sorta like the impact of a Mohammed Ali uppercut on Sonny Liston's jaw... jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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