Calling all Ronald Reagan Fans!

Off Topic Politics & World Issues
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Wow first off, Reagon had a lot of
coo-coo-nuts in his OWN CABINET!

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/july2006/010706doesnthunt.htm

A highly decorated Vietnom vet (prankster hippy) “colonel” who doubts a couple of cavemen could penetrate the worlds most advanced national security system in the world.

“Half a trillion dollars a year and a bunch of guys over in a cave in Afghanistan were able to penetrate that half a trillion dollar network that’s supposed to provide Americans with national security.”

Obviously the ANSWER IS our entire countries’ post cold-war defensive network was just not simply not capable of defending itself against commercial airliners (perfect record in previous years,) obviously.

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Didn’t Ronald Reagan illegally sell arms to America’s enemies, send the proceeds to a terrorist organization, and then lie about it twice to the American public?

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[quote]Jordan Bell wrote:
Keep history in perspective; the Chinese believe that the last 500 years of domination by the ‘West’ (U.S. and Europe) is but a mere historical hiccup. They have the manpower and brain power to DOMINATE the world’s economy and military. I think many Americans are too friggin’ fat and happy and don’t realize that this freight train called ‘China’ will soon bulldoze over the U.S. (Heck, look at academic performances at ALL the top U.S. universities…it is DOMINATED by Asian students…esp. those of Chinese dissent).

In 50 years, China will again become the dominant civilization of the world (as it was prior to the rebirth of Europe)…[/quote]

Interesting. Why did it lose its dominance in the first place?

HH

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[quote]Moriarty wrote:
Didn’t Ronald Reagan illegally sell arms to America’s enemies, send the proceeds to a terrorist organization, and then lie about it twice to the American public?
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From all evidence, he apparently wasn’t aware of those dealings going on. His administration kept him out of the loop.

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[quote]Headhunter wrote:
Interesting. Why did it lose its dominance in the first place?

HH[/quote]

The Top Ten reason China lost it’s dominance in the first place:

  1. Too much soy in their diet.

  2. Thought the best use for gun powder was fireworks.

  3. Writing war declarations in Kanji takes too damn long.

  4. Outside progress hidden by the Great Wall.

  5. Too busy explaining to foreigner that they’re not Korean, Vietnamese or Japanese.

  6. Serving tea to 1 billion takes all available time.

  7. Mystified by that unpronounceable “R” sound.

  8. Massive armored bicycle army not such a hot idea after all.

  9. Too busy shipping all available crap to Wal-Mart.

  10. State employs 1 billion civil servants to spy on population of… 1 billion. Oops.

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I lived through Carter’s presidency. If you guys could experience it, Reagan was to us, a new beginning. Its hard to articulate but RR was just what we needed. He was like the strong, clean older brother who grabs you by the collar when you’re down, slaps you hard, and says, “Is THIS what you’re made of? Are you a man or a mouse? Remember who you are and how you got here!!” I imagine many people felt that way about FDR. Both men were real men.

HH