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Post #158,728 by bepatient 6/7/04 1:16:20 AM Reply	We outspent them. Best engineers and scientists all dedicated to the military machine that couldn't keep up to ours. If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #158,873 by mmoffitt 6/7/04 6:14:26 PM Reply	And spent ourselves out of existence as well. bcnu, Mikem If you can read this, you are not the President.
Post #158,890 by bepatient 6/7/04 7:29:30 PM Reply	jury still out.. If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #158,904 by Silverlock 6/7/04 8:40:32 PM Reply	A convenient fiction Not the part about the US spending money like a drunken sailor. The part about it's significance in respect to the collapse of the Soviet empire. A factor of course, but not remotely the decisive one. The Beatles had more consequence. ----------------------------------------- It is much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than it is to give them a helping hand. Mike Royko
Post #158,906 by bepatient 6/7/04 8:51:11 PM Reply	RIght. Ringo did it. If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]

Gipper gone - (rcareaga) - (103) - June 5, 2004, 05:04:07 PM EDT

Let us celebrate one of his famous utterances, then: - (Ashton) - (1) - June 5, 2004, 05:14:54 PM EDT

My favorite, Reagan speaking in Berlin in 1987, is: - (a6l6e6x) - June 5, 2004, 08:58:28 PM EDT

Re: Gipper gone - (deSitter) - June 5, 2004, 06:37:36 PM EDT

Unlike the other sentiments expressed - (boxley) - (32) - June 5, 2004, 06:46:17 PM EDT

An America full of hope and vision? - (deSitter) - (2) - June 5, 2004, 07:01:03 PM EDT

Sure...Lots of Hope and Vision - (jb4) - (1) - June 7, 2004, 01:02:02 PM EDT

Keep Kerry's wife out of it :) -NT - (boxley) - June 7, 2004, 03:22:16 PM EDT

Nice sentiments. - (bepatient) - (28) - June 5, 2004, 07:35:42 PM EDT

Re: Nice sentiments. - (deSitter) - (26) - June 5, 2004, 10:00:35 PM EDT

reagan did neither, it was clinton and bush that did both -NT - (boxley) - (25) - June 5, 2004, 10:01:20 PM EDT

He created both trends - (deSitter) - June 5, 2004, 10:15:18 PM EDT

Try some arithmetic. - (mmoffitt) - (11) - June 6, 2004, 01:01:00 PM EDT

But, the Soviet Union came apart at the seams because of him - (a6l6e6x) - (10) - June 6, 2004, 05:14:48 PM EDT

Not true - (deSitter) - (9) - June 6, 2004, 10:35:12 PM EDT

Not that some of what you say about SU wasn't true... - (a6l6e6x) - (5) - June 7, 2004, 01:12:28 AM EDT

We outspent them. - (bepatient) - (4) - June 7, 2004, 01:16:20 AM EDT

And spent ourselves out of existence as well. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (1) - June 7, 2004, 06:14:26 PM EDT

jury still out.. -NT - (bepatient) - June 7, 2004, 07:29:30 PM EDT

A convenient fiction - (Silverlock) - (1) - June 7, 2004, 08:40:32 PM EDT

RIght. - (bepatient) - June 7, 2004, 08:51:11 PM EDT

Blah, blah. blah - (Arkadiy) - (2) - June 7, 2004, 10:48:48 AM EDT

*applause* - (bepatient) - June 7, 2004, 10:55:05 AM EDT

Sorry bud, you weren't here - (deSitter) - June 7, 2004, 08:05:40 PM EDT

How quickly you forget - (ben_tilly) - (11) - June 7, 2004, 12:41:19 AM EDT

Nice try. - (bepatient) - (10) - June 7, 2004, 01:15:17 AM EDT

This is just false - (deSitter) - (4) - June 7, 2004, 01:27:41 AM EDT

Did you respond to the wrong post? - (ben_tilly) - (2) - June 7, 2004, 01:37:14 AM EDT

Oops - had both open - put this under beep "outspent" -NT - (deSitter) - June 7, 2004, 01:41:05 AM EDT

I gave you the pictures. -NT - (bepatient) - June 7, 2004, 01:52:52 AM EDT

It is a vast simplification. - (bepatient) - June 7, 2004, 01:59:33 AM EDT

I definitely made a mistake - (ben_tilly) - (2) - June 7, 2004, 01:34:54 AM EDT

Bounced around zero till the oil crisis - (bepatient) - June 7, 2004, 02:00:53 AM EDT

IIRC, we became a debtor nation in 1982. - (mmoffitt) - June 7, 2004, 06:17:21 PM EDT

Actually, trade deficits started before Carter. - (Simon_Jester) - (1) - June 7, 2004, 06:47:39 PM EDT

They bounced a bit early.... - (bepatient) - June 7, 2004, 07:28:14 PM EDT

Nice to see... - (bepatient) - June 6, 2004, 07:23:58 PM EDT

Gone but not forgotten - (orion) - (42) - June 5, 2004, 06:53:54 PM EDT

Re: Gone but not forgotten - (rcareaga) - (41) - June 5, 2004, 07:22:22 PM EDT

Take a breath ferchrissakes. - (bepatient) - (6) - June 5, 2004, 07:40:12 PM EDT

ignore the californicators - (boxley) - (2) - June 5, 2004, 09:55:04 PM EDT

I'll claim them for once - (deSitter) - (1) - June 5, 2004, 10:09:43 PM EDT

Not entirely so odd - (ben_tilly) - June 7, 2004, 12:47:43 AM EDT

missed memo - (rcareaga) - (2) - June 6, 2004, 09:39:08 PM EDT

Love you too, sweetheart. -NT - (bepatient) - (1) - June 6, 2004, 10:07:30 PM EDT

<smoochies> -NT - (rcareaga) - June 6, 2004, 10:29:23 PM EDT

"He expired drooling, incontinent and unsentient." - (mmoffitt) - (33) - June 6, 2004, 01:02:46 PM EDT

This is just plain rude and uncivil. - (Arkadiy) - (32) - June 7, 2004, 10:53:18 AM EDT

No gray. - (bepatient) - (4) - June 7, 2004, 10:58:21 AM EDT

rcareaga. Norm. Uncivil. - (Arkadiy) - (3) - June 7, 2004, 11:08:48 AM EDT

Norm? s/Norm/Mikey -NT - (hnick) - (2) - June 7, 2004, 11:17:23 AM EDT

The RC's reply was to Norm - (Arkadiy) - (1) - June 7, 2004, 11:38:41 AM EDT

I'd missed that. Got it. -NT - (hnick) - June 7, 2004, 11:40:22 AM EDT

what else would you expect from someone who thinks - (boxley) - (5) - June 7, 2004, 11:05:11 AM EDT

Stalin as agrarian reformer? - (rcareaga) - (4) - June 7, 2004, 12:15:12 PM EDT

refering to mikey, not you :0 -NT - (boxley) - (3) - June 7, 2004, 12:18:36 PM EDT

Challenge: Find me saying something nice about Stalin. - (mmoffitt) - (2) - June 7, 2004, 06:19:07 PM EDT

here - (boxley) - (1) - June 7, 2004, 06:40:47 PM EDT

Reading for Comprehension 101. - (mmoffitt) - June 7, 2004, 08:05:58 PM EDT

Sorry. I forgot. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - June 7, 2004, 06:20:06 PM EDT

IIRC... - (Another Scott) - June 7, 2004, 06:24:38 PM EDT

Maybe you're OK with having your country destroyed - (deSitter) - (18) - June 7, 2004, 08:06:45 PM EDT

*** KUDOS *** -NT - (mmoffitt) - June 7, 2004, 08:07:25 PM EDT

Among other things, it's being devoured by the lack of - (Arkadiy) - (16) - June 8, 2004, 10:30:33 AM EDT

Not true - (deSitter) - (1) - June 8, 2004, 10:35:32 AM EDT

A good standing reply to any post, I guess. - (Arkadiy) - June 8, 2004, 10:39:12 AM EDT

Well...since Reagan was a Republican.. - (bepatient) - (13) - June 8, 2004, 10:39:33 AM EDT

The facts speak for themselves - (deSitter) - (9) - June 8, 2004, 10:44:17 AM EDT

So that speaks for Clinton. - (bepatient) - (8) - June 8, 2004, 10:52:00 AM EDT

Worse than Reagan, tied with Bush 1 - (deSitter) - June 8, 2004, 10:55:58 AM EDT

From the UK... - (pwhysall) - (6) - June 8, 2004, 01:20:59 PM EDT

does margaret wank? - (boxley) - (5) - June 8, 2004, 02:09:39 PM EDT

We do? - (pwhysall) - (4) - June 8, 2004, 02:18:24 PM EDT

Johnson presided over civil rights - (boxley) - June 8, 2004, 02:39:10 PM EDT

ICLRPD - (jb4) - (2) - June 9, 2004, 11:54:43 AM EDT

Blasted checkboxes.....**mumble** -NT - (jb4) - (1) - June 9, 2004, 11:55:26 AM EDT

You see? LRPD defends itself; enforces polito-prohibition! -NT - (CRConrad) - June 10, 2004, 12:22:08 PM EDT

Who is underestimating it? - (mmoffitt) - June 8, 2004, 10:50:21 AM EDT

Re: Even current Democrats recognize this. - (a6l6e6x) - June 8, 2004, 04:49:56 PM EDT

Well, we agree on this one thing: - (jb4) - June 9, 2004, 11:52:04 AM EDT

He's probably with Princess, uh, David.. um, Princess Diane. -NT - (Meerkat) - June 5, 2004, 08:08:23 PM EDT

Shrub speaks - (rcareaga) - (8) - June 5, 2004, 08:15:53 PM EDT

Re: "TIE-ran-ee." - (a6l6e6x) - June 5, 2004, 09:04:06 PM EDT

Somebody needs a hug. - (marlowe) - (6) - June 9, 2004, 11:02:19 AM EDT

Image hosted by Angelfire. <- YUO = TEH SUKC. -NT - (pwhysall) - (5) - June 9, 2004, 12:07:12 PM EDT

Er, Peter... - (inthane-chan) - (4) - June 9, 2004, 01:02:37 PM EDT

You fail. - (pwhysall) - (3) - June 9, 2004, 01:06:09 PM EDT

Yup, we don't keep up with lusers. Nor do we care. -NT - (ben_tilly) - (2) - June 9, 2004, 02:48:51 PM EDT

Clearly you do :) -NT - (pwhysall) - (1) - June 9, 2004, 03:32:11 PM EDT

No. I just haven't classified you as a luser. Yet. -NT - (ben_tilly) - June 9, 2004, 04:29:23 PM EDT

I often quote him - (broomberg) - (7) - June 5, 2004, 09:42:20 PM EDT

well having met you I can understand the lying - (boxley) - June 5, 2004, 09:57:03 PM EDT

Borrowed from the Russ, of course - (Ashton) - (5) - June 6, 2004, 03:50:56 AM EDT

I disagree - (broomberg) - (4) - June 6, 2004, 10:53:59 PM EDT

He was an emotional moron - (deSitter) - (3) - June 6, 2004, 11:23:48 PM EDT

His first wife, - (Ashton) - (2) - June 7, 2004, 05:01:54 AM EDT

Re: His first wife, - (deSitter) - (1) - June 7, 2004, 04:46:24 AM EDT

Checkout my Edit, above _____:-\ufffd - (Ashton) - June 7, 2004, 05:11:52 AM EDT

Re: Gipper gone - (inthane-chan) - June 6, 2004, 01:36:16 AM EDT

The Good, they do die young... -NT - (hnick) - June 6, 2004, 10:00:55 AM EDT

Tis only today I twigged. Ifn u'd said Teflon, Ida known who - (dmarker) - (2) - June 7, 2004, 06:21:23 AM EDT

Perhaps a bit TOO kindly... - (jb4) - (1) - June 7, 2004, 01:17:21 PM EDT

..perhaps on the new Rationing Stamps? -NT - (Ashton) - June 7, 2004, 07:29:15 PM EDT

Damning w/ faint praise, are we? -NT - (jb4) - June 7, 2004, 12:58:20 PM EDT

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