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 Posted: 06/12/04 - 00:26 Post subject: Its great to be an American.
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I have been watching the farewell to President Reagan on and off all day, and felt a need to post about him again.
He truly was a great man. I knew he was good, but I didn't have a complete picture of just how great he was, until today. After watching all the specials, and learning many things I didn't know before, I honestly feel he was one of the greatest presidents ever. I think that he is one of those people that the future historians will place right up there with Einstein. There are not many people you can point at, and say they have had more of an effect on the world, and how we live.
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Paden
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Posted: 06/12/04 - 01:06 Post subject:
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Win one for the Gipper!
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Tiluvas
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Posted: 06/12/04 - 01:09 Post subject:
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Good post, Kbarr.
/salute
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wellspoken
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Posted: 06/12/04 - 01:17 Post subject:
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I agree, he accomplished alot of great things for our country.
Also, Tiluvas must you post that huge ass pic in every regan thread? :/
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Confused
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Posted: 06/12/04 - 01:17 Post subject:
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I'm afraid his type is dying. America has replaced what has made it so great in the past in favor of this:
Our nation is beginning its suicide. Americans have been blinded to the concepts driving life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and have supplanted them by gravely wrong notions of justice through equality and unfettered depravity.
The enemy is at our kingdom's gate and it is us.
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Finigan
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Posted: 06/12/04 - 01:30 Post subject:
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That guy on the right looks like a f*****g terrorist.
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wellspoken
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Posted: 06/12/04 - 01:37 Post subject:
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| Finigan wrote: | | Confused wrote: |
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That guy on the right looks like a f*****g terrorist. |
Hes too much of a p***y b***h to show his face.
Hes afraid he might get f****d up if someone recognizes him.
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Nemo
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Posted: 06/12/04 - 01:42 Post subject:
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That is just a f****d up pic....p*****s.
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Posted: 06/12/04 - 01:53 Post subject:
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Just watched the california part again on CNN. When they did the fly over of the missing man formation, I got goose pimples as big as marbles.
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Tura
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Posted: 06/12/04 - 14:01 Post subject:
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I especially thought it was a special scene when the commander of the USS Ronald Reagan handed Nancy the flag.
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Oogie
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Posted: 06/13/04 - 00:30 Post subject:
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Jeez...looks like dying was the best career move for Reagan.
People forget about Reagan's ingenious ability to raise the national debt from $1 trillion to $3.5 trillion in 8 years. The spending habits left by the legact of Regan, has helped in giving the US a staggering $7 trillion national debt. And $318 billion a year in interest on that.
Reagan's obsession with closing mental health centers and reducing mental health program funding. I'm sure the families of the victims of Herb Mullin are thankful for that.
Oh Christ, I could go on and on. Don't want to rain on your parade too much though. All aboard the Reagan Bandwagon, Kbarr's driving!
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Posted: 06/13/04 - 00:37 Post subject:
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| Oogie wrote: | Jeez...looks like dying was the best career move for Reagan.
People forget about Reagan's ingenious ability to raise the national debt from $1 trillion to $3.5 trillion in 8 years. The spending habits left by the legact of Regan, has helped in giving the US a staggering $7 trillion national debt. And $318 billion a year in interest on that.
Reagan's obsession with closing mental health centers and reducing mental health program funding. I'm sure the families of the victims of Herb Mullin are thankful for that.
Oh Christ, I could go on and on. Don't want to rain on your parade too much though. All aboard the Reagan Bandwagon, Kbarr's driving! |
Idiot.
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Yanbik
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Posted: 06/13/04 - 00:47 Post subject:
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Clearly a difference of opinion classifies one as an idiot.
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ATM Banana
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Posted: 06/13/04 - 00:53 Post subject:
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that picture makes the trucked picture seem inifinitesimal.
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Posted: 06/13/04 - 00:59 Post subject:
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| Yanbik wrote: | | Clearly a difference of opinion classifies one as an idiot. |
Incorrect.
Being an idiot classifies one as an idiot.
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Posted: 06/13/04 - 05:44 Post subject:
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He was a good man. Too bad he had to go out the way he did.
Made Bush waffel on his stem cell stance, thank god. It's just too bad it was too late for the gipper.
Bankrupt the commies AND defended his fellow artist from the ass hoels like McCarthy.
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Haphasto
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Posted: 06/13/04 - 06:44 Post subject:
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could be the fact that I was only born in '85, but a whole f*****g week, with a filming of people walking in and out of the wake...i'm sorry but give me a break.
I also like how much respect people showed him to showing up in fubu t-shirts and jeans.
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Posted: 06/13/04 - 11:02 Post subject:
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On my trip so far, I have been staying at lots of youth hostels. I have met, Americans, Brazilians, Australians, English, Irish, Turks, people from all walks of life.
I find that the Americans I meet can be seperated into two categories:
1. The Understanding American: One who is open minded to culture in other country. They are respectful, treat everyone kindly, and attempt participating in various european cultures by using their language, eating national foods, and doing certain cultural practises. I have not met one who has favored bush, nor one who would shed a tear about regans death.
2. The ignorant American: They usually travel in packs. College students traveling with their profs. They are loud, rude, snap their fingers at waitors, get drunk beyond beleif and try to talk to everyone aroundthem in a slured drunken american voice. Many of them don't support bush, and would not shed a tear about regans death.
Perhaps American Patriotism is on a steady decline. With my experiances with Americans abroad, it certainly seems so.
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Posted: 06/13/04 - 11:04 Post subject:
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| Banzai wrote: | | AND defended his fellow artist from the ass hoels like McCarthy. |
actually he didn't. Through out his hollywood career it was well known that he was a staunch supporter of McCarthy and the HUAC.
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Posted: 06/13/04 - 11:44 Post subject:
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| median wrote: | On my trip so far, I have been staying at lots of youth hostels. I have met, Americans, Brazilians, Australians, English, Irish, Turks, people from all walks of life.
I find that the Americans I meet can be seperated into two categories:
1. The Understanding American: One who is open minded to culture in other country. They are respectful, treat everyone kindly, and attempt participating in various european cultures by using their language, eating national foods, and doing certain cultural practises. I have not met one who has favored bush, nor one who would shed a tear about regans death.
2. The ignorant American: They usually travel in packs. College students traveling with their profs. They are loud, rude, snap their fingers at waitors, get drunk beyond beleif and try to talk to everyone aroundthem in a slured drunken american voice. Many of them don't support bush, and would not shed a tear about regans death.
Perhaps American Patriotism is on a steady decline. With my experiances with Americans abroad, it certainly seems so. |
Apparently, if I were to go to Europe, I could encounter at least one Canadian teenager who thinks he has everything figured out.
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Posted: 06/13/04 - 12:17 Post subject:
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| median wrote: | On my trip so far, I have been staying at lots of youth hostels. I have met, Americans, Brazilians, Australians, English, Irish, Turks, people from all walks of life.
I find that the Americans I meet can be seperated into two categories:
1. The Understanding American: One who is open minded to culture in other country. They are respectful, treat everyone kindly, and attempt participating in various european cultures by using their language, eating national foods, and doing certain cultural practises. I have not met one who has favored bush, nor one who would shed a tear about regans death.
2. The ignorant American: They usually travel in packs. College students traveling with their profs. They are loud, rude, snap their fingers at waitors, get drunk beyond beleif and try to talk to everyone aroundthem in a slured drunken american voice. Many of them don't support bush, and would not shed a tear about regans death.
Perhaps American Patriotism is on a steady decline. With my experiances with Americans abroad, it certainly seems so. |
We know American kids are a******s.
Whats your point?
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Posted: 06/13/04 - 12:39 Post subject:
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Reagan was a putz. Anyone who believes he was a great American president is a putz too.
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Posted: 06/13/04 - 12:43 Post subject:
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| Oogie wrote: | | Reagan was a putz. Anyone who believes he was a great American president is a putz too. |
ban plz
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evilution
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Posted: 06/13/04 - 12:55 Post subject:
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regan didnt even realize he was president
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Posted: 06/13/04 - 12:59 Post subject:
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| evilution wrote: | | regan didnt even realize he was president |
you weren't even born when he was elected, how would you know?
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Posted: 06/13/04 - 13:01 Post subject:
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| Paco wrote: | | evilution wrote: | | regan didnt even realize he was president |
you weren't even born when he was elected, how would you know? |
D+ for creativity and correctness of content.
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Posted: 06/13/04 - 13:05 Post subject:
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| evilution wrote: | | Paco wrote: | | evilution wrote: | | regan didnt even realize he was president |
you weren't even born when he was elected, how would you know? |
D+ for creativity and correctness of content. |
And you get an F for lack of original post, sir.
F is for f*g. You fail at life.
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Confused
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Posted: 06/13/04 - 13:34 Post subject:
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| median wrote: | On my trip so far, I have been staying at lots of youth hostels. I have met, Americans, Brazilians, Australians, English, Irish, Turks, people from all walks of life.
I find that the Americans I meet can be seperated into two categories:
1. The Understanding American: One who is open minded to culture in other country. They are respectful, treat everyone kindly, and attempt participating in various european cultures by using their language, eating national foods, and doing certain cultural practises. I have not met one who has favored bush, nor one who would shed a tear about regans death.
2. The ignorant American: They usually travel in packs. College students traveling with their profs. They are loud, rude, snap their fingers at waitors, get drunk beyond beleif and try to talk to everyone aroundthem in a slured drunken american voice. Many of them don't support bush, and would not shed a tear about regans death.
Perhaps American Patriotism is on a steady decline. With my experiances with Americans abroad, it certainly seems so. |
So you're just now meeting people from other walks of life? You just negated any credence on your understanding of world culture.
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Posted: 06/13/04 - 13:56 Post subject:
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| Oogie wrote: | | Reagan was a putz. Anyone who believes he was a great American president is a putz too. |
Be quiet kid.
Go back to the little table.
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Posted: 06/13/04 - 15:43 Post subject:
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I will admit I don't remember anything from when I was alive during his administration, but it was because of his economic programs that my parents where able to buy our house because of low intrests rates. And we got our business started that has supported us for over 20 years now.
that is pretty kick ass in my opinion. Plus he didn't take shit from anybody and made the Iranians give up the hostages the day before he was inaguarated because he was about to put the boot down on their dune coon asses.
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