Reagan Dead.

Ronald Reagan died.

yaaaaaaaay

need to crack open a bottle for that one………

can't be long till maggie kick's it either…………i feel the need to get on a plane and dance on her grave when she does finally croak……………

anyone ever note the irony in naming National airport after him? (he fired a zillion air traffic controllers.)

Originally posted by Sugartastic Tee Silk:
anyone ever note the irony in naming National airport after him? (he fired a zillion air traffic controllers.)

Of course, he also opposed imposing federal expenses on states, and VA had quite a bit of expense in changing over signage, official materials, etc.

You'll notice there are quite a few people who still call it National.

The saddest part about Reagan's death for me is that now we have to hear about him constantly for days and weeks and the tributes and the t.v. coverage and….cripes.

Originally posted by Bagalicious Tangster:


The saddest part about Reagan's death for me is that now we have to hear about him constantly for days and weeks and the tributes and the t.v. coverage and….cripes.

Wait until they start talking about replacing Jackson on the $20 bill with Reagan, or putting his face on Mt. Rushmore.

Originally posted by Bagalicious Tangster:

Originally posted by Sugartastic Tee Silk:
anyone ever note the irony in naming National airport after him? (he fired a zillion air traffic controllers.)

Of course,
You'll notice there are quite a few people who still call it National.

What? The airport has another name? ;)

Originally posted by poorlulu:
yaaaaaaaay

need to crack open a bottle for that one………

can't be long till maggie kick's it either…………i feel the need to get on a plane and dance on her grave when she does finally croak……………

Who is Maggie :o ?

on R not L…

:o ? [/QB]

Originally posted by Bagalicious Tangster:
You'll notice there are quite a few people who still call it National.

I'm one of them!

Always knew it as National (after moving to D.C. in 1992) - have not made the switch to the "full" name and will not do so. ;)

I completely disagree with nearly all of the policies/presidency of Ronald Reagan (and don't believe he deserved ANY accolades or things named after him - buildings/airports/airforce carries - yikes!) - I think he set this country back tons - but he was the first U.S. president I was exposed to, after moving to this country in 1981.

I knew so many people who revered him, and even had/have pictures up of him in their house.

It's a shame his death occured *now* - takes away from D-Day quite a bit …

Ack.

Cheers

DJ Medusa.

Originally posted by Bagalicious Tangster:
You'll notice there are quite a few people who still call it National.

Yes, considering the name change (Reagan in front of Washington wtf!?!) came about without approval from the county board or input from arlingtonians.

Why don't you losers have some respect for the guy?

He didn't put his dick down any intern's throat, and he didn't start any wars.

Alzheimer's is definitely a shitty way to go.

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:

Alzheimer's is definitely a shitty way to go.

The joke about his alzheimer's is that when he got it how could they tell?

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Why don't you losers have some respect for the guy?

He didn't put his dick down any intern's throat, and he didn't start any wars.

Alzheimer's is definitely a shitty way to go.

Oops. I sized down on my original post. Originally I wrote that it is sad that he died. And it is very unfortunate that he suffered so long with a horrible illness. As a kid, I remember being sad when he was shot. Sorry I didn't include these statements. That aside, in regard to his political role, policies and ironies, people have their opinions. You might not agree with them, but I don't think it's disrespectful to discuss [here].

i was born in his last year in office(88). so i won't judge him. those news specials were annoying as hell. i wanted to hear about iraq… :roll:

bush killed him to take eyes off the war (and get a couple more votes….)

Originally posted by palahniukkubrick:

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:

Alzheimer's is definitely a shitty way to go.

The joke about his alzheimer's is that when he got it how could they tell?

A few years ago someone I know died of Alzheimer's. We were told at the time that it cannot be diagnosed for certain until an autopsy (on the brain) is performed. I don't know if that is still true. (sorry to turn all serious).

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Why don't you losers have some respect for the guy?

He didn't put his dick down any intern's throat, and he didn't start any wars.

Alzheimer's is definitely a shitty way to go.

Do you really care if a president has sexual relationships with an intern? Who cares about that? What should worry you are the human atrocities Reagan did in Central America against innocent civilians in Nicaragua or El Salvador.

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
He didn't put his dick down any intern's throat, and he didn't start any wars.

Umm,

well he was a part of the end of the cold war, but his legacy to me revolves around the Iran-contra affair. Where is Oliver North right now? Oh, and what happened to Grenada?

Ronnie was OK and he did a lot of good things, but it was not he should get credit for the cold war ending. In fact other president of 'my generation' (had to get the music reference in) were much better. RMN was a far better pres. Too bad he screwed up on CREEP. It was RMN who shold be credited with the ending of the cold war. It was his actions in earlier days that made Ronnie's actions even possible. The big screw up for Ronnie and his boys was their arms for hostages. It not only broke major laws but also HELPED lead to where we are now with terror. So nope Ronnie should not be on money, on a mountain, or have anything named after him. Thats my opinion and I'm sticking to it.

Originally posted by Barcelona:
Do you really care if a president has sexual relationships with an intern? Who cares about that?

I can only hope that one day i will have a good enough job to need interns, and they will give me oral pleasure. isnt THAT the American dream after all?

e gads… now keeping the crazy fascists from renaming every post office, school, street, and lamp pole after him will be a full-time job.