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Offline Brett

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Win one for the Gipper this November
« on: September 30, 2010, 05:42:29 PM »
"Socialism only works
in two places:
Heaven where they don't
need it and hell where they already have it."
-Ronald Reagan

'Here's my strategy on
the Cold War:
We win, they lose.'
- Ronald Reagan


'The most terrifying words
in the English language are:
I'm from the government
and I'm here to help.'
-Ronald Reagan


'The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.'
-Ronald Reagan


'Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the  U.S.  was too strong.
- Ronald Reagan


'I have wondered at
times about what the
Ten Commandments would
have looked like if Moses
had run them through
the  U.S.  Congress..
-Ronald Reagan


'The taxpayer:
That's someone who works
for the federal government
but doesn't have to take the
civil service examination.'
- Ronald Reagan


'Government is like a baby:
An alimentary canal with a
big appetite at one end and
no sense of responsibility
at the other'
- Ronald Reagan


'The nearest thing to eternal
life we will ever see on
this earth is a
government program.'
- Ronald Reagan


'It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession.
I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first'
- Ronald Reagan


'Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases:
If it moves, tax it.
If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving,
subsidize it'
- Ronald Reagan


'Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed,
there are many rewards;
if you disgrace yourself,
you can always write a book.'
- Ronald Reagan


'No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.'- Ronald Reagan


'If we ever forget that we're one nation under GOD, then we will be a nation gone under.'-Ronald Reagan
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Offline powderman

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Re: Win one for the Gipper this November
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2010, 06:19:36 PM »
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'If we ever forget that we're one nation under GOD, then we will be a nation gone under.'-Ronald Reagan



That is what is wrong with America today, the libs are proof of it. POWDERMAN.  :( :(
Mr. Charles Glenn “Charlie” Nelson, age 73, of Payneville, KY passed away Thursday, October 14, 2021 at his residence. RIP Charlie, we'll will all miss you. GB

Only half the people leave an abortion clinic alive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAiOEV0v2RM
What part of ILLEGAL is so hard to understand???
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Re: Win one for the Gipper this November
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2010, 04:09:24 AM »
I don't know if all those gems of wisdom were Ronald Reagan originals, but he said them and I believe he tried to live up to them.  I have to wonder what sayings the present occupant of the White House will be remembered for. 

"We are the ones we've waited for."  Nothing else comes to mind right now and it isn't worth any further thought.
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Re: Win one for the Gipper this November
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2010, 04:15:51 AM »
Reagan had lots of sayings.  I used to listen to his 2 minute or 5 minute comments on the radio back in th 70's.  This was before talk radio.  He would tell a little story and relate it to politics, and have one of these sayings.  He was originally an FDR democrat, but in his traveling around the country, talking to moms and pops in hotels, restaurants, gas stations, etc, he converted to conservativism. 

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Re: Win one for the Gipper this November
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2010, 05:38:59 AM »
Lets remember a few things about how Reagan did things. I think many current conservatives would blast a democrat and possibly a republican if they interacted with Gorbachev the way Reagan did. Remember that Reagan took a very firm stance against the USSR but interacted in a very friendly way with Gorbachev. Reagan said "Gorbachev is a man I can deal with" or something like that. It was kind of like hate the sin but love the sinner. That may have been a big part of his success. Reagan was very diplomatic and did stand firm on his core beliefs but always had an ear for other opinions and would negotiate and compromise at times. I also believe that current conservatives would have blasted Nixon for opening relations with China.
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Re: Win one for the Gipper this November
« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2010, 07:12:06 AM »
I don't know if they would blast Nixon or not.  I am extremely conservative.  However, I wouldn't mind talking with leaders of foreign nations, but I wouldn't give the country away for doing it.  Not many people know this, but the reason Nixon went to China was to nip a potential war between Russia and China that would have involved nuclear weapons.  China was claiming Russian territory in Siberia and had moved troops to the border.  Russia turned 1/4 of their nuclear missles toward China.  Russia could not have fought a conventional war with them, not enough troops.  China moved all their nuclear facilities from Outer Mongolia to Tibet.  Both were massing troops, weapons, and having border clashes.  So, Nixon made the trip to China to open relations.  Somehow this calmed China down and they quit demanding Russian Territory.  Some on Nixons staff said that if they had a nuclear exchange, the fallout would reach the US via the jet stream.  He didn't want this to happen.