RIP Ronald Reagan - Page 6

Radar · 06-07-2004, 04:59 PM

These two nearly made me vomit.

"For decades, we have piled deficit upon deficit, mortgaging our future and our children's future for the temporary convenience of the present. To continue this long trend is to guarantee tremendous social, cultural, political, and economic upheavals.
You and I, as individuals, can, by borrowing, live beyond our means, but for only a limited period of time. Why, then, should we think that collectively, as a nation, we are not bound by that same limitation?"
—Inaugural address, Jan. 20, 1981

"An almost unbroken 50 years of deficit spending has finally brought us to a time of reckoning. We have come to a turning point, a moment for hard decisions. I have asked the Cabinet and my staff a question, and now I put the same question to all of you: If not us, who? And if not now, when? It must be done by all of us going forward with a program aimed at reaching a balanced budget. We can then begin reducing the national debt."
—Second inaugural address, Jan. 21, 1985

Reagan is the single worst deficit spender in world history (followed closely by GWB). The unmitigated gall of this scumbag to speak out against it is enough to make me puke.

lookout123 · 06-07-2004, 07:00 PM

i forget, which date on the calendar did the world cease to exist because of reagan's deficit spending?

06-07-2004, 07:01 PM

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Originally posted by Radar

I tend to lean toward Buddhism and certain sects of buddhist believe EVERYONE goes to hell until they work off all the bad things they've done. If this is true, Reagan will be in hell for a bit less than Hitler and more than Clinton. Bush will be there for about the same length of time as Hitler.

Radar appears to be making Buddism up as he goes along. I don't know of ANY Buddhist sect that believes this. The Tibetans have entities which they call "hell-beings," but these creatures were demons all along. Just setting the record straight for everyone else since Radar doesn't read my posts.

OnyxCougar · 06-07-2004, 07:06 PM

Radar makes everything up as he goes along. Either you believe in hell or you don't. If you believe in a different form of hell than biblical hell, you should call it something different. (Like all them big multiexcessive consonant words mari uses.) He's being obfuscative.

lumberjim · 06-07-2004, 07:07 PM

After my initial post in this thread, i kind of got behind. I have skimmed it briefly, and would just like to clarify something:

RIP stands for Rest In Peace.

it would seem as though some of us were under the impression that this was a thread intended to rip ( ie criticize ) Ronald Reagan.

as I said, I was politically unaware of his doings, but i don't see the value in defaming the dead. Even if he was your mortal enemy......what good does bashing him do? If you disliked him so much, you should have said so when he was alive. It's too late now. knock it off.

lookout123 · 06-07-2004, 07:09 PM

well put, LJ.

OnyxCougar · 06-07-2004, 07:10 PM

It comes down to respect. Some people have it, some don't.

You don't have to like someone's actions to respect them as a human being.

lumberjim · 06-07-2004, 07:12 PM

so you respect radar as a human being, then?

-just wanted to make sure you knew i could still be a dick

OnyxCougar · 06-07-2004, 07:14 PM

Let's just say I won't say mean shit about him when he's dead, out of respect for the dead.

And I'm still well aware you can be a dick. Never fear.

06-07-2004, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by OnyxCougar
Radar makes everything up as he goes along. Either you believe in hell or you don't. If you believe in a different form of hell than biblical hell, you should call it something different. (Like all them big multiexcessive consonant words mari uses.) He's being obfuscative.

Wow! I use big multiexcessive consonant words? Really? Do they make any sense? Just curious.

OnyxCougar · 06-07-2004, 07:17 PM

YOu know, them words like bodhatasysasuysskjkdfkdfhahdsfa.

06-07-2004, 07:21 PM

Oh, that. Well, it looked good at the time, what can I say?

OnyxCougar · 06-07-2004, 07:24 PM

[North Carolina accent]Hey! Aint you sposed to be writing sumpin, Miss Thang? G'on now...[/North Carolina Accent]

ladysycamore · 06-07-2004, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Yelof
Thanks for helping me make me think I'd never live out my teen years

Good point. I spent a lot of the eighties thinking that someone was going to set off the "big one". I remember my best friend, her brother and I went on local television to speak against nuclear war. It was very emotional.

*peeks at the website provided* Christ, what a reminder. And then we saw "The Day After" in Social Studies class...scary.

Happy Monkey · 06-07-2004, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by lookout123
i forget, which date on the calendar did the world cease to exist because of reagan's deficit spending?

Reagan: He didn't cause the world to cease to exist.

06-07-2004, 04:59 PM	#76
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	These two nearly made me vomit. "For decades, we have piled deficit upon deficit, mortgaging our future and our children's future for the temporary convenience of the present. To continue this long trend is to guarantee tremendous social, cultural, political, and economic upheavals. You and I, as individuals, can, by borrowing, live beyond our means, but for only a limited period of time. Why, then, should we think that collectively, as a nation, we are not bound by that same limitation?" —Inaugural address, Jan. 20, 1981 "An almost unbroken 50 years of deficit spending has finally brought us to a time of reckoning. We have come to a turning point, a moment for hard decisions. I have asked the Cabinet and my staff a question, and now I put the same question to all of you: If not us, who? And if not now, when? It must be done by all of us going forward with a program aimed at reaching a balanced budget. We can then begin reducing the national debt." —Second inaugural address, Jan. 21, 1985 Reagan is the single worst deficit spender in world history (followed closely by GWB). The unmitigated gall of this scumbag to speak out against it is enough to make me puke. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

06-07-2004, 07:00 PM	#77
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	i forget, which date on the calendar did the world cease to exist because of reagan's deficit spending? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

06-07-2004, 07:06 PM	#79
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	Radar makes everything up as he goes along. Either you believe in hell or you don't. If you believe in a different form of hell than biblical hell, you should call it something different. (Like all them big multiexcessive consonant words mari uses.) He's being obfuscative. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

06-07-2004, 07:07 PM	#80
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	After my initial post in this thread, i kind of got behind. I have skimmed it briefly, and would just like to clarify something: RIP stands for Rest In Peace. it would seem as though some of us were under the impression that this was a thread intended to rip ( ie criticize ) Ronald Reagan. as I said, I was politically unaware of his doings, but i don't see the value in defaming the dead. Even if he was your mortal enemy......what good does bashing him do? If you disliked him so much, you should have said so when he was alive. It's too late now. knock it off. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-07-2004, 07:09 PM	#81
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	well put, LJ. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

06-07-2004, 07:10 PM	#82
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	It comes down to respect. Some people have it, some don't. You don't have to like someone's actions to respect them as a human being. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

06-07-2004, 07:12 PM	#83
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	so you respect radar as a human being, then? -just wanted to make sure you knew i could still be a dick __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-07-2004, 07:14 PM	#84
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	Let's just say I won't say mean shit about him when he's dead, out of respect for the dead. And I'm still well aware you can be a dick. Never fear. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

06-07-2004, 07:17 PM	#86
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	YOu know, them words like bodhatasysasuysskjkdfkdfhahdsfa. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

06-07-2004, 07:21 PM	#87
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Oh, that. Well, it looked good at the time, what can I say?

06-07-2004, 07:24 PM	#88
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	[North Carolina accent]Hey! Aint you sposed to be writing sumpin, Miss Thang? G'on now...[/North Carolina Accent] __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

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