Reagan on the dime? - Page 3

sawdust restaurants · 12-06-2003, 04:59 PM

Reagan's foreign policy was a joke. I get a huge chuckle out of anybody who gives him sole credit for the end of the Cold War. If anything, Nixon deserves more credit than he gets, Reagan a lot less than he gets. Certainly the Reagan administration's exorbitant spending didn't slow down the end of conflict, but the mechanisms were already in motion when he came into office, and it's just woefully silly to ignore the Soviet end of it as conservatives always seem to do.

Oh, and don't even talk about the crack epidemic. The government blew that stuff up so ridiculously it wasn't even funny. Bush the First's "historic" speech on TV where he held up the bag of drugs and said it was found across the street from the White House was prefabricated. They couldn't find any drug dealers there, so they had to call up a known dealer and set up a bust in order for the speech to have any semblance of truth.

Tessellation · 12-06-2003, 06:07 PM

this is why I truly hate America

mxzombie · 06:34 PM

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Originally posted by PhantomFM

PUT HIM ON THA BENJAMINZ! we can call them REAGAMENZ!

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Mason R Butler · 12-06-2003, 07:15 PM

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Originally posted by Tessellation
this is why I truly hate America

Aww.

Tessellation · 12-06-2003, 07:21 PM

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Originally posted by Mason R Butler

Aww.

you never seem capable of posting much more than cute, snide little comments that are quickly forgotten, do you?

Toast · 12-06-2003, 07:22 PM

The Reagan coin must be minted while Reagan is still with us, so that he may bless every coin with the power to warn off Indian curses. Maybe Gypsy curses too.

Tessellation · 12-06-2003, 07:22 PM

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Originally posted by sawdust restaurants
Reagan's foreign policy was a joke. I get a huge chuckle out of anybody who gives him sole credit for the end of the Cold War. If anything, Nixon deserves more credit than he gets, Reagan a lot less than he gets. Certainly the Reagan administration's exorbitant spending didn't slow down the end of conflict, but the mechanisms were already in motion when he came into office, and it's just woefully silly to ignore the Soviet end of it as conservatives always seem to do.

Oh, and don't even talk about the crack epidemic. The government blew that stuff up so ridiculously it wasn't even funny. Bush the First's "historic" speech on TV where he held up the bag of drugs and said it was found across the street from the White House was prefabricated. They couldn't find any drug dealers there, so they had to call up a known dealer and set up a bust in order for the speech to have any semblance of truth.

the people of Nicaragua are greatly indebted to the U.S. for starting an unncessary secret war there in the 80's, I'm sure.

Tessellation · 12-06-2003, 07:24 PM

can you imagine how much better things would be today if Reagan cared about AIDS more than the fucking Meese Commission?

mpp · 12-07-2003, 12:53 AM

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Originally posted by sawdust restaurants
Reagan's foreign policy was a joke. I get a huge chuckle out of anybody who gives him sole credit for the end of the Cold War. If anything, Nixon deserves more credit than he gets, Reagan a lot less than he gets. .

bonsor · 12-07-2003, 01:12 AM

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Originally posted by Tessellation
you never seem capable of posting much more than cute, snide little comments that are quickly forgotten, do you?

i think it's pretty obvious that whoever's face is on our currency is one of the least of our problems.

12-07-2003, 12:30 PM

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Originally posted by killtheyouth

don't be fucking ridiculous. America still has the best chance at actually getting civilization "right", or as right as it can be. While there are certainly class differences, there aren't centuries of extreme class stratification that you get in most European industrialized countries. Our plethora of natural resources and the current base of our economy gives us the best probability of devising an equitable capitalist/socialist mix (dont bitch, conservatives, we already are one.) that allows both for great wealth generation and great wealth distribution. You can be pissed about the current state of our country and culture. I sure as hell am. But to say you "truly hate America" is fucking retarded and you sound like a ridiculous 13 year old who just discovered shallow left-wing politics. And you add fuel to the fire for conservatives who will use it to stoke the flames against liberals because most rational people realize what an enormous amount of potential this government and country still has. Real progressives don't need or want people like you.

So in summation: Get the fuck off of my cause.

Amen.

sawdust restaurants · 12-07-2003, 12:56 PM

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Originally posted by killtheyouth
rant

That was all true and accurate and even inspiring and I commend you for it, but you realize you spent all that time telling off Beamish, right?

12-07-2003, 01:25 PM

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Originally posted by sawdust restaurants

That was all true and accurate and even inspiring and I commend you for it, but you realize you spent all that time telling off Beamish, right?

Don't discourage him. I like it when he posts.

sawdust restaurants · 12-07-2003, 01:41 PM

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Don't discourage him. I like it when he posts.

I want him to post more, too. It's just a shame that it takes a Tessellation rant to get him in here.

machinaddict · 12-07-2003, 06:19 PM

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Originally posted by killtheyouth
America still has the best chance at actually getting civilization "right", or as right as it can be.

ahahahahahahaha

gurr8 · 12-07-2003, 07:38 PM

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Originally posted by machinaddict

ahahahahahahaha

You'd better start doing penance right now, else you're going to go to hell along with the Soviets, Osama Bin Laden, and the people that call Soccer "Football"

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12-06-2003, 04:59 PM	#61
sawdust restaurants Fucking Creep Location: On the East Coast Posts: 5,992	Reagan's foreign policy was a joke. I get a huge chuckle out of anybody who gives him sole credit for the end of the Cold War. If anything, Nixon deserves more credit than he gets, Reagan a lot less than he gets. Certainly the Reagan administration's exorbitant spending didn't slow down the end of conflict, but the mechanisms were already in motion when he came into office, and it's just woefully silly to ignore the Soviet end of it as conservatives always seem to do. Oh, and don't even talk about the crack epidemic. The government blew that stuff up so ridiculously it wasn't even funny. Bush the First's "historic" speech on TV where he held up the bag of drugs and said it was found across the street from the White House was prefabricated. They couldn't find any drug dealers there, so they had to call up a known dealer and set up a bust in order for the speech to have any semblance of truth.

12-06-2003, 06:07 PM	#62
Tessellation Apocalyptic Poster Location: your local library Posts: 4,422	this is why I truly hate America

12-06-2003, 07:22 PM	#66
Toast Apocalyptic Poster Location: Woodinville, Wa. Posts: 3,193	The Reagan coin must be minted while Reagan is still with us, so that he may bless every coin with the power to warn off Indian curses. Maybe Gypsy curses too.

12-06-2003, 07:24 PM	#68
Tessellation Apocalyptic Poster Location: your local library Posts: 4,422	can you imagine how much better things would be today if Reagan cared about AIDS more than the fucking Meese Commission?