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I have my issues with health insurance companies. I’ve had battles with them, and I would agree that profits need to be removed from the insurance system as much as possible.
ThackerAgency on July 18, 2009 at 10:13 PM
An average of 3% profit for medical insurance companies annually.
If I ran a business, any business, and made a mere 3%, I’d start looking for or considering another line of work.
I am lucky, but also not crazy enough to even consider Mass atoochits.
The lib one is Harkin the other Grassley. Grassley thinks he can work with the socialists and try to come up with a compromise that is acceptable.
I think he needs to be reminded often of what national health care will do. These clowns have no fear.
I’m buyin ammo and rope! The Senate scum and congress critters need to fear their constituents at least until we can elect real citizens instead of carreer politicians and instill term limits.
The presstitutes responsible for the current stituation need to be hung from the corner lampposts as they are outright liars and an arm of the Democrap Party.
I live in California, and Ann’s posts are typical of my friends & neighbors here.
The first time I could vote was 1972. Here we are in 2009. The ONLY person I voted for president with any enthusiasm in my nearly 55 years was Ronald Reagan.
Remember when he was walking away from his inauguration and some reporter yelled, “Mister President, Mister President–that hostages are released, the hostages are released…!”
that was probably one of the greatest and most historical days I can recall from my younger days.
Based on Reagan’s mentioning of the Forand Bill and the current status of the Kerr-Mills Bill, this was recorded sometime between June and August of 1960.
The heavy hand of government regulation has all but destroyed our health care system. What we’ve had for many years is operated on a fascist economic model. Competition has been removed from the system and therein lies the crux of the problem. The profit motive isn’t the problem, it’s the cure.
If we want to solve the problems in our health care system we need to deregulate it and put competition back in.
Eliminate the price fixing of the government and the AMA so that doctors and hospitals will have to compete for customers.
More government isn’t the solution; too much government is the problem.
Reagan clearly outlined American bravery, American courage–the yearning of freedom, the brotherhood of arms, the effort struggle up the cliff by the Rangers. He paralleled it with the struggle of the day–against the Soviet Union. Utterly timeless.
We don’t need a “new” Reagan…..We just need a good leader. Period.
terryannonline on July 18, 2009 at 11:02 PM
We need a party that speaks to the basics, the fundamentals, the Constitution, and from top to bottom needs to adhere to those same principles. The Denny Hastert’s of the past and the Sanford’s of today…all need to be visibly culled from the ranks of the Party…shamed….mocked by those of principle.
And word sent out that none of the Sanford’s will receive a dime of funding, nor any other support ever.
Then we need to get down to the real work.
When was the last time you wrote to or had a sit-down with your Congressional rep? All of us must do so…even if inconvenient. Too much at stake to wait “for the One we are waiting for.”
I was watching Reagan’s 1980 RNC convention speech the other day. I was little during the Reagan but I am curious where we get the whole “sunny disposition” about Reagan from. In his speech he was quite forceful and not all that “sunny.”
LOL, you’re going to be Allah’s newest favorite person.
Speaking of AP he linked to this blog at The Hill suggesting centrist Dems have:
reached out to Republicans to explore breaking with their party leadership on healthcare and crafting a reform bill with the rival GOP, one congressman claimed Saturday.
Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.) asserted that an “interesting development” is taking place underway that, if true, could effectively remove Democratic leadership from the driver’s seat on healthcare reform legislation in the House.
actually, that is still true — why the donk defections on cap and screw? why the backpedaling on obamacare? as Michelle so eloquently puts it — “melt the phones!”
Generally there was an optimism about him which stood in stark contrast to the gloom of the Carter administration. I was in HS for Carter and a freshman in college when Reagan took office. Even at that age it felt like really things were going to get better.
I miss the man, even though I knew virtually nothing of him until it was too late, and I had the unfortunate luck of only living under his presidency as a one and two year old.
However, reading over his words, and watching videos of him over the years, I have seen the deep and undying love for his country he had in his life.
You could see it in him. It seems to me that it permeated him completely.
His love of country was who he was — that’s something beautiful
The “sunny” derived from his “can do” attitude. He lead…but telling us what we could not do, but suggesting always what we could do, so long as we worked for it and didn’t care who got the credit. The several times he was overseas, he made a point to meet with us, even for a short meet and greet, but if given time, he’d stop and listen, ask us what we needed, and what the stumbling blocks were. When he’d say, “we’ll take care of it” you knew he would…and he did.
From that alone, we knew he had our back, and the sky was the limit.
Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.) asserted that an “interesting development” is taking place underway that, if true, could effectively remove Democratic leadership from the driver’s seat on healthcare reform legislation in the House.
was watching Reagan’s 1980 RNC convention speech the other day. I was little during the Reagan but I am curious where we get the whole “sunny disposition” about Reagan from. In his speech he was quite forceful and not all that “sunny.”
terryannonline on July 18, 2009 at 11:09 PM
He was forceful, but always optimistic. He believed in the American people and took every opportunity to show that — that is the basis for the “sunny disposition” comment. He did not denigrate his constituents or fellow citizens, he didn’t think “they wouldn’t spend their money right” if given a tax cut, he didn’t think a deep malaise had come over the American people. He looked at the American people and both believed and told them that if he took the yoke of government off their backs, he knew that they could achieve great things.
Doesn’t get much more sunny dispositioned than that.
I did a websearch and found that Jawa report had another version of this speech they had posted last year. The date was listed as 1961 on that video.
William Amos on July 18, 2009 at 11:08 PM
Here’s a cached version of an account of the Kerr-Mills bill and a whole lot more. Scroll a little less than half-way down and it says that the bill was signed into law on September 13th, 1960 by President Eisenhower.
Then again, this is from a .gov website so who knows what the real story is. ;)
I remember seeing him walk with the First Lady after he was shot. He had a big smile and joked around a bit. He gave us the feeling that he was going to be okay and that we were going to be okay. The Russians were probably disappointed but it was a great day in America when we saw him feeling better.
I would think Mr. Obama would sign anything–just to get it done. He’s already whored himself out to any bad bill that’ll come across his desk–why not sign a “health care reform” bill–chalk up some cheap political points from the sheeple, most of whom could care less or know better–then move on and claim all the credit.
As part of the plan, doctors’ wives would organize coffee meetings in an attempt to convince acquaintances to write letters to Congress opposing the program. The operation received support from Ronald Reagan, who in 1961 produced the LP record Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine for the AMA
think about how pissed everyone is at zero today. now double it. THAT’S how disliked carter was in 1980 — people CHEERED RWR for saying what anyone with 900+ functioning neurons [i.e. everyone but the belway elites and the media] KNEW to be true about the peanut …
I would think Mr. Obama would sign anything–just to get it done. He’s already whored himself out to any bad bill that’ll come across his desk–why not sign a “health care reform” bill–chalk up some cheap political points from the sheeple, most of whom could care less or know better–then move on and claim all the credit.
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Based on the rhetoric and rantings of the radical moonbats, there would be no cheap political points from them. They smell blood, and will settle for nothing less.
There are many policy examples, but I believe when people think of his courage, they think first of what happened that day in March 1981 when he was shot. He tried to walk into the hospital himself but his knees buckled and he had to be helped. They put him on a gurney, and soon he started the one-liners. Quoting Churchill, he reminded everyone that there’s nothing so exhilarating as to be shot at without effect. To Mrs. Reagan, it was, “Honey, I forgot to duck.” To the doctors, “I just hope you’re Republicans.” To which one doctor replied, “Today Mr. President we’re all Republicans.” Maybe he caught Reagan’s courage too.
Based on the rhetoric and rantings of the radical moonbats, there would be no cheap political points from them. They smell blood, and will settle for nothing less.
ICBM on July 18, 2009 at 11:22 PM
well, if he’s lying with the dogs, then he’s bound to get fleas….
Now that is interesting news. Will Obama sign a Republican authored healthcare law? Or will he veto?
elduende on July 18, 2009 at 11:16 PM
I agree with Ted C. on this. He’ll sign whatever he can get out of this Congress and claim that’s what he intended all along. I think Baucus is really holding out to come up with something bipartisan, he has all the lobbyists parading in and out of his office and he can’t go with a public option. If between the House and the Senate the greater coalition of centrist Dems and Republicans holds together they could get something done. San Fran Nan will blow a gasket if that happens.
I guess I was just shocked how he ripped into Carter. I just always hear about the nice and sunny Reagan.
terryannonline on July 18, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Being bright and sunny doesn’t mean not directing whithering criticism at those who deserve it. Carter was the polar opposite of Reagan — a statist who felt he knew best for the country and deeply resented the fact that the American people didn’t respond with the appropriate adulation and that the economy didn’t respond appropriately to his ham-fisted tactics.
If you were young during the Reagan era, that means you have grown up in a generation where authentic debate from conservatives is discouraged and identifies as being hateful and divisive. Thus the linguini-spined RNC of the country-club blue-blood RINOS who would more likely level a devastating attack at a conservative republican than speak a word of mild criticism toward a statist Democrat. Reagan would have nothing to do with that, when he criticized Carter, he attacked policy and results and did so unapologetically.
The operation received support from Ronald Reagan, who in 1961 produced the LP record Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine for the AMA
Well, okay. We have dueling sources. William, my best guess is that Reagan recorded the speech in the summer of 1960, since he mentioned the Kerr-Mills Bill as still being under debate, but that the LP wasn’t released until 1961.
My dad was in the USAF from 80-88 and he always tells me the FANTASTIC feeling of knowing his CoC was a kickass, badass, name taking son of a b*tch named ronald reagan
If you were young during the Reagan era, that means you have grown up in a generation where authentic debate from conservatives is discouraged and identifies as being hateful and divisive. Thus the linguini-spined RNC of the country-club blue-blood RINOS who would more likely level a devastating attack at a conservative republican
True enough. Although W. did have a few moments where he showed backbone. Too few though.
1)I’m going to a Community College to get my GE out of the way
2)Well, I get kind of modest when I say it, but I’m looking into Computer Game Development. It’s something that’s interested me for a long time.
Hmmm, you know this may be a political trap. I think this is all downside for the Republicans, if they come up with ANY plan that raises taxes, adds to the defecit, or creates an entitlement they shoot themselves in the foot for next years midterms.
That’s where my comment regarding the need for another Reagan comes from. We need someone who will not only lead, but who is willing to take the fight to the enemy and not back down because someone’s feelings get hurt. Jindahl or Palin may be that person, but it’s too soon to tell right now. It’s certainly not Guilliani, Mitt, or Huckabee.
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Just remember the Liberal montra’s,
“What about the children” and my
favourite,”Caring and Compassionate
Liberals”!!
canopfor on July 18, 2009 at 10:52 PM
He was one great man.
JellyToast on July 18, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Ronald Reagan slams Obama retroactively
William Amos on July 18, 2009 at 10:53 PM
An average of 3% profit for medical insurance companies annually.
If I ran a business, any business, and made a mere 3%, I’d start looking for or considering another line of work.
coldwarrior on July 18, 2009 at 10:58 PM
If you got facebook, put it up there and urge relatives and friends to listen.
Partisan on July 18, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Obama replies:
If Obamacare had been passed ten years ago, Ronald Reagan would still be alive.
(Just wait, I can almost guarantee Barry’ll say it.)
profitsbeard on July 18, 2009 at 10:58 PM
I am lucky, but also not crazy enough to even consider Mass atoochits.
The lib one is Harkin the other Grassley. Grassley thinks he can work with the socialists and try to come up with a compromise that is acceptable.
I think he needs to be reminded often of what national health care will do. These clowns have no fear.
I’m buyin ammo and rope! The Senate scum and congress critters need to fear their constituents at least until we can elect real citizens instead of carreer politicians and instill term limits.
The presstitutes responsible for the current stituation need to be hung from the corner lampposts as they are outright liars and an arm of the Democrap Party.
dhunter on July 18, 2009 at 11:00 PM
I live in California, and Ann’s posts are typical of my friends & neighbors here.
The first time I could vote was 1972. Here we are in 2009. The ONLY person I voted for president with any enthusiasm in my nearly 55 years was Ronald Reagan.
I miss you, Mister President.
surfhut on July 18, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Interesting juxtaposition on the main page — The Gipper on the right and Duh One on the left.
We need a new Reagan, not some pandering linguini spined RINO.
AZfederalist on July 18, 2009 at 11:01 PM
That gave me chills.
And filled me with shame for what our nation is becoming.
Redhead Infidel on July 18, 2009 at 11:01 PM
Ronald Reagan slams….
William Amos on July 18,2009 at 10:53PM.
William Amos: Boy does he ever!!:)
canopfor on July 18, 2009 at 11:01 PM
I miss him! America misses him!
gman43 on July 18, 2009 at 11:01 PM
We don’t need a “new” Reagan…..We just need a good leader. Period.
terryannonline on July 18, 2009 at 11:02 PM
The Obama post has 650+ replies–
This one has only 120
need to fix that
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:04 PM
Reagan acts as an advisory
on ourselves — what we are as humans, and what desires for freedom that come with that humanity
on government — give an inch, it’ll take a foot
so to all the Jeb bushes and meghan mccains of the world
who say ditch Reagan
I politely say
fck no
reagans past words are a guide for us in the future
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:04 PM
Remember when he was walking away from his inauguration and some reporter yelled, “Mister President, Mister President–that hostages are released, the hostages are released…!”
that was probably one of the greatest and most historical days I can recall from my younger days.
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:05 PM
My nephew is based on the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan.
txag92 on July 18,2009 at 10:23PM.
txag92:Your nephew will have some memories plying the waters
on such a noble Aircraft Carrier!
You must be awfully proud.:)
canopfor on July 18, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Based on Reagan’s mentioning of the Forand Bill and the current status of the Kerr-Mills Bill, this was recorded sometime between June and August of 1960.
Tuning Spork on July 18, 2009 at 11:06 PM
God bless Ronald Reagan.
jencab on July 18, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Reagan’s best speech:
June 6, 1984: The Boys of Point Du Hoc.
extraordinary.
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:06 PM
And Christopher Reeve would be running marathons.
jgapinoy on July 18, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Great effin post!!! Thanks.
elduende on July 18, 2009 at 11:07 PM
The heavy hand of government regulation has all but destroyed our health care system. What we’ve had for many years is operated on a fascist economic model. Competition has been removed from the system and therein lies the crux of the problem. The profit motive isn’t the problem, it’s the cure.
If we want to solve the problems in our health care system we need to deregulate it and put competition back in.
Eliminate the price fixing of the government and the AMA so that doctors and hospitals will have to compete for customers.
More government isn’t the solution; too much government is the problem.
single stack on July 18, 2009 at 11:08 PM
June 6, 1984.
Reagan clearly outlined American bravery, American courage–the yearning of freedom, the brotherhood of arms, the effort struggle up the cliff by the Rangers. He paralleled it with the struggle of the day–against the Soviet Union. Utterly timeless.
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:08 PM
We need a party that speaks to the basics, the fundamentals, the Constitution, and from top to bottom needs to adhere to those same principles. The Denny Hastert’s of the past and the Sanford’s of today…all need to be visibly culled from the ranks of the Party…shamed….mocked by those of principle.
And word sent out that none of the Sanford’s will receive a dime of funding, nor any other support ever.
Then we need to get down to the real work.
When was the last time you wrote to or had a sit-down with your Congressional rep? All of us must do so…even if inconvenient. Too much at stake to wait “for the One we are waiting for.”
coldwarrior on July 18, 2009 at 11:08 PM
I did a websearch and found that Jawa report had another version of this speech they had posted last year. The date was listed as 1961 on that video.
William Amos on July 18, 2009 at 11:08 PM
I was watching Reagan’s 1980 RNC convention speech the other day. I was little during the Reagan but I am curious where we get the whole “sunny disposition” about Reagan from. In his speech he was quite forceful and not all that “sunny.”
terryannonline on July 18, 2009 at 11:09 PM
he was probably still an actor and leader of that actor’s union at that time wasn’t he? Or did he give that up in the 50′s?
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:09 PM
reagans past words are a guide for us in the future
blatantblue on July 18,2009 at 11:04PM.
blatantblue:Well said BB,and I hope this evening is finding
you well.:)
canopfor on July 18, 2009 at 11:09 PM
LOL, you’re going to be Allah’s newest favorite person.
Speaking of AP he linked to this blog at The Hill suggesting centrist Dems have:
msmveritas on July 18, 2009 at 11:09 PM
msmveritas on July 18, 2009 at 11:09 PM
surely you jest..
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:11 PM
ha ha
William Amos on July 18, 2009 at 11:12 PM
“katy on July 18, 2009 at 10:33 PM”
actually, that is still true — why the donk defections on cap and screw? why the backpedaling on obamacare? as Michelle so eloquently puts it — “melt the phones!”
Buckaroo on July 18, 2009 at 11:12 PM
ditto
Laura in Maryland on July 18, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Generally there was an optimism about him which stood in stark contrast to the gloom of the Carter administration. I was in HS for Carter and a freshman in college when Reagan took office. Even at that age it felt like really things were going to get better.
msmveritas on July 18, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Even from the grave, a Leader we can only dream about today.
CapnLarge on July 18, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Totally agreed
I miss the man, even though I knew virtually nothing of him until it was too late, and I had the unfortunate luck of only living under his presidency as a one and two year old.
However, reading over his words, and watching videos of him over the years, I have seen the deep and undying love for his country he had in his life.
You could see it in him. It seems to me that it permeated him completely.
His love of country was who he was — that’s something beautiful
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:12 PM
The “sunny” derived from his “can do” attitude. He lead…but telling us what we could not do, but suggesting always what we could do, so long as we worked for it and didn’t care who got the credit. The several times he was overseas, he made a point to meet with us, even for a short meet and greet, but if given time, he’d stop and listen, ask us what we needed, and what the stumbling blocks were. When he’d say, “we’ll take care of it” you knew he would…and he did.
From that alone, we knew he had our back, and the sky was the limit.
coldwarrior on July 18, 2009 at 11:13 PM
thanks — i hope you are both having nice nights
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:13 PM
come on now–they’re bluffing too
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:13 PM
“racecar05 on July 18, 2009 at 10:51 PM”
w00t! on to the semis!
/feel better now?
:-)
Buckaroo on July 18, 2009 at 11:14 PM
He was forceful, but always optimistic. He believed in the American people and took every opportunity to show that — that is the basis for the “sunny disposition” comment. He did not denigrate his constituents or fellow citizens, he didn’t think “they wouldn’t spend their money right” if given a tax cut, he didn’t think a deep malaise had come over the American people. He looked at the American people and both believed and told them that if he took the yoke of government off their backs, he knew that they could achieve great things.
Doesn’t get much more sunny dispositioned than that.
AZfederalist on July 18, 2009 at 11:15 PM
but not telling us what we could not do…
dammit…eye-hand coordination. Getting old.
coldwarrior on July 18, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Here’s a cached version of an account of the Kerr-Mills bill and a whole lot more. Scroll a little less than half-way down and it says that the bill was signed into law on September 13th, 1960 by President Eisenhower.
Then again, this is from a .gov website so who knows what the real story is. ;)
Tuning Spork on July 18, 2009 at 11:16 PM
I guess I was just shocked how he ripped into Carter. I just always hear about the nice and sunny Reagan.
terryannonline on July 18, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Reagan lifted people up.
He didn’t harp about past transgressions
No undying grievances
He focused on the good of America
The great of it
Made people feel GOOD about being an American
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:16 PM
shoot. forgot the link:
http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:ealnAesVBVoJ:www.ssa.gov/history/corningchap4.html+kerr-mills+bill&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
Tuning Spork on July 18, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Now that is interesting news. Will Obama sign a Republican authored healthcare law? Or will he veto?
elduende on July 18, 2009 at 11:16 PM
I remember seeing him walk with the First Lady after he was shot. He had a big smile and joked around a bit. He gave us the feeling that he was going to be okay and that we were going to be okay. The Russians were probably disappointed but it was a great day in America when we saw him feeling better.
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:17 PM
I am now.
Laura in Maryland on July 18, 2009 at 11:18 PM
“ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:13 PM”
sadly the most likely occurrence — he needs to bring forth the “development” or stfu …
Buckaroo on July 18, 2009 at 11:19 PM
lol only now?
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:19 PM
I would think Mr. Obama would sign anything–just to get it done. He’s already whored himself out to any bad bill that’ll come across his desk–why not sign a “health care reform” bill–chalk up some cheap political points from the sheeple, most of whom could care less or know better–then move on and claim all the credit.
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Where this came from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Coffee_Cup
William Amos on July 18, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Sorry more info
William Amos on July 18, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Error 404
FontanaConservative on July 18, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Hey blatant. Hows life treating you?
FontanaConservative on July 18, 2009 at 11:21 PM
“terryannonline on July 18, 2009 at 11:16 PM”
think about how pissed everyone is at zero today. now double it. THAT’S how disliked carter was in 1980 — people CHEERED RWR for saying what anyone with 900+ functioning neurons [i.e. everyone but the belway elites and the media] KNEW to be true about the peanut …
Buckaroo on July 18, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Hmm not for me
William Amos on July 18, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Based on the rhetoric and rantings of the radical moonbats, there would be no cheap political points from them. They smell blood, and will settle for nothing less.
ICBM on July 18, 2009 at 11:22 PM
William Amos on July 18, 2009 at 11:20 PM
AP does love Sarah Palin.
Operation Coffee Cup, eh…. that’s got a nice ring to it.
May be a great parallel to a TEA Party–get it–TEA, Coffee…?
This is good, Sarah Palin should go out and reiterate this.
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:22 PM
not too bad, thanks
you?
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Just a reminder of how long and how hard radicals have tried and succeeded in harming America, slowly, deviously, deeply.
Speakup on July 18, 2009 at 11:23 PM
Did all the moonbats get invited to the WH or something?
HornetSting on July 18, 2009 at 11:24 PM
My apologies for quoting Peggy Noonan and PBS:
There are many policy examples, but I believe when people think of his courage, they think first of what happened that day in March 1981 when he was shot. He tried to walk into the hospital himself but his knees buckled and he had to be helped. They put him on a gurney, and soon he started the one-liners. Quoting Churchill, he reminded everyone that there’s nothing so exhilarating as to be shot at without effect. To Mrs. Reagan, it was, “Honey, I forgot to duck.” To the doctors, “I just hope you’re Republicans.” To which one doctor replied, “Today Mr. President we’re all Republicans.” Maybe he caught Reagan’s courage too.
Laura in Maryland on July 18, 2009 at 11:24 PM
well, if he’s lying with the dogs, then he’s bound to get fleas….
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:24 PM
thanks
blatantblue on July 18,2009 at 11:13PM.
blatantblue:———-:)BB,I was twenty in 1980,and I new
Ronald Reagan wore a white hat,and
was on the side of good,and MIGHT
is RIGHT!:)
canopfor on July 18, 2009 at 11:25 PM
I’m doing fine. Getting ready for College. So what does a college man such as yourself do to get around?
FontanaConservative on July 18, 2009 at 11:26 PM
*channeling an old Miracle Whip commercial*
A thread’s not a thread without blantantblue.
Laura in Maryland on July 18, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Well Obama doesn’t have Carter’s approval ratings.
terryannonline on July 18, 2009 at 11:26 PM
I agree with Ted C. on this. He’ll sign whatever he can get out of this Congress and claim that’s what he intended all along. I think Baucus is really holding out to come up with something bipartisan, he has all the lobbyists parading in and out of his office and he can’t go with a public option. If between the House and the Senate the greater coalition of centrist Dems and Republicans holds together they could get something done. San Fran Nan will blow a gasket if that happens.
msmveritas on July 18, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Crapola,second spelling screw-up of new,should be knew!!Ugh.
canopfor on July 18, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Being bright and sunny doesn’t mean not directing whithering criticism at those who deserve it. Carter was the polar opposite of Reagan — a statist who felt he knew best for the country and deeply resented the fact that the American people didn’t respond with the appropriate adulation and that the economy didn’t respond appropriately to his ham-fisted tactics.
If you were young during the Reagan era, that means you have grown up in a generation where authentic debate from conservatives is discouraged and identifies as being hateful and divisive. Thus the linguini-spined RNC of the country-club blue-blood RINOS who would more likely level a devastating attack at a conservative republican than speak a word of mild criticism toward a statist Democrat. Reagan would have nothing to do with that, when he criticized Carter, he attacked policy and results and did so unapologetically.
AZfederalist on July 18, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Well, okay. We have dueling sources. William, my best guess is that Reagan recorded the speech in the summer of 1960, since he mentioned the Kerr-Mills Bill as still being under debate, but that the LP wasn’t released until 1961.
Tuning Spork on July 18, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Wait, you just graduated HS?
A thread is a thread without me, but a hijacked thread is not a hijacked thread without me.
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Must be me then :0)
FontanaConservative on July 18, 2009 at 11:27 PM
“terryannonline on July 18, 2009 at 11:26 PM”
YET.
:-)
Buckaroo on July 18, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Yep :)
FontanaConservative on July 18, 2009 at 11:27 PM
My dad was in the USAF from 80-88 and he always tells me the FANTASTIC feeling of knowing his CoC was a kickass, badass, name taking son of a b*tch named ronald reagan
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Great! Congrats
question time
1) where are you going?
2) what are you going to study?
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:28 PM
That’s my boy!
Laura in Maryland on July 18, 2009 at 11:29 PM
God I miss voting for that man.
-Hank Hill
brak on July 18, 2009 at 11:30 PM
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:28 PM
I remember some tense moments back then…
USS Stark getting missiled by the Iranians (it was the Stark right?)
KAL flight getting shot down by the Russians
F-14s and F-111 bombing Libya in response to the Lockerbie bombing
The Navy Diver that got shot in that hijacked plane and dropped onto the runway
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:30 PM
True enough. Although W. did have a few moments where he showed backbone. Too few though.
terryannonline on July 18, 2009 at 11:30 PM
“blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:28 PM”
nearly EVERY servicemember at the time felt that way — and they’ll tell you that even now …
Buckaroo on July 18, 2009 at 11:31 PM
i always hear the fb 111 stories cause his close buddy went and dropped payload on libya
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:31 PM
1)I’m going to a Community College to get my GE out of the way
2)Well, I get kind of modest when I say it, but I’m looking into Computer Game Development. It’s something that’s interested me for a long time.
FontanaConservative on July 18, 2009 at 11:31 PM
you can call me whatever you’d like
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:32 PM
“ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:30 PM”
er, you’ve got a couple errors there …
Buckaroo on July 18, 2009 at 11:32 PM
HA’s Cabana Boy?
HornetSting on July 18, 2009 at 11:33 PM
I am sorta surprised how fast Obama’s approval have gone down. They are still good approval ratings but not where they were a few months ago.
terryannonline on July 18, 2009 at 11:33 PM
But never “lover”.
FontanaConservative on July 18, 2009 at 11:33 PM
Iraqis.
Bob Stedham…Navy diver. Beirut hijacking.
coldwarrior on July 18, 2009 at 11:33 PM
I wasn’t surprised by his disease.
AnninCA on July 18, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Heaven help you! My dad has “his disease”
and right now I wish I could give it to you
instead.
Please never say anything like this again you
heartless porkulous.
spacewife on July 18, 2009 at 11:33 PM
Hmmm, you know this may be a political trap. I think this is all downside for the Republicans, if they come up with ANY plan that raises taxes, adds to the defecit, or creates an entitlement they shoot themselves in the foot for next years midterms.
elduende on July 18, 2009 at 11:33 PM
That’s where my comment regarding the need for another Reagan comes from. We need someone who will not only lead, but who is willing to take the fight to the enemy and not back down because someone’s feelings get hurt. Jindahl or Palin may be that person, but it’s too soon to tell right now. It’s certainly not Guilliani, Mitt, or Huckabee.
AZfederalist on July 18, 2009 at 11:33 PM
People can’t stay stupid for THAT long. They have to remember to breathe.
HornetSting on July 18, 2009 at 11:34 PM
do I? what are they.. am i engaging in revisionist history?
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:34 PM
Kal flight..
Ted c on July 18,2009 at 11:30PM.
Ted c :We lost a girl from our city,she was on flight 007!:)
canopfor on July 18, 2009 at 11:35 PM
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