tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post7477633509155757008..comments2024-03-28T15:39:28.239-04:00Comments on Vital Remnants: How I just missed Ronald Reagan's birthday partyMartin Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-63701107785949003572011-02-09T07:22:28.382-05:002011-02-09T07:22:28.382-05:00'The two are related.'
They certainly ar...'The two are related.' <br /><br />They certainly are. But you give the refutation to your own argument within your post:<br /><br />'The US economy was robust enough to handle this spending (and in fact in some ways benefited from it, as military related spending often produced a lot of high paying jobs). The Soviet economy wasn't.'<br /><br />This is true, but it is of Singringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180277470418724600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-67016797397043752842011-02-09T05:49:38.230-05:002011-02-09T05:49:38.230-05:00Singring,
You really are a predictable thinker. ...Singring,<br /><br />You really are a predictable thinker. Notice I didn't say consistent, but predictable. <br /><br />"Of course not. What a ridiculous statement. As if the collapse of the USSR had anything to do with military pressure. It was economic collapse."<br /><br />The two are related. The economic collapse had much to do with the amount of military spending that the Steve Billingsleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-56167326448958699352011-02-08T18:35:20.542-05:002011-02-08T18:35:20.542-05:00> "Principles and substantive policy presc...> "Principles and substantive policy prescriptions"? Reagan's enduring legacy is and will be his "discovery" that a politician can buy political power in the here and now with our childrens' money.<br /><br />In that case, you must really dislike Obama, with his trillion dollar deficits.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974887002402743628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-78961150039392162772011-02-08T18:30:28.922-05:002011-02-08T18:30:28.922-05:00I divide politicians into two groups: Machiavellia...<i>I divide politicians into two groups: Machiavellians and Ciceronians. The Machiavellian politician is exemplified by Bill Clinton. Like Machiavelli himself, these kind of politicians are amoral in their politics. Their chief concern is the acquisition and maintenance of power, and the political positions they take are subordinate to that purpose. Pollsters and focus groups characterize the Arthttp://www.aghunt.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-39163064894135024072011-02-08T15:48:05.467-05:002011-02-08T15:48:05.467-05:00'The US had plenty of nuclear submarines and e...'The US had plenty of nuclear submarines and enough ICBMs to blow up the world 10 times over, even if you think that nuclear armament was a reason for the USSR to collapse.'<br /><br />Was trying to say: Even if you think that nuclear weapons were responsible in some way for ending the cold war, there was no requirement for stationing Pershings in Germany as the US had enough nuclear Singringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180277470418724600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-58540521532653304542011-02-08T15:35:42.727-05:002011-02-08T15:35:42.727-05:00'As a German would you prefer to have the Berl...'As a German would you prefer to have the Berlin Wall back?'<br /><br />Of course not. What a ridiculous statement. As if teh collapse of the USSR had anything to do with military pressure. It was economic collapse.<br /><br />The US had plenty of nuclear submarines and enough ICBMs to blow up the world 10 times over, even if you think that nuclear armament was a reason for the USSR to Singringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180277470418724600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-87142622066784423142011-02-08T15:18:06.403-05:002011-02-08T15:18:06.403-05:00As I said, I didn't entertain much hope of you...As I said, I didn't entertain much hope of you taking this seriously. <br /><br />I don't view Reagan as a perfect leader and he certainly made many mistakes (including Iran Contra). <br /><br />But his Presidency was significant and accomplished a great deal of good. <br /><br />President Obama obviously considers him significant and not just in a bad way. <br /><br />I will ask you Steve Billingsleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-42068099505268292512011-02-08T13:36:00.160-05:002011-02-08T13:36:00.160-05:00The end of that URL is:
limbaugh_and_conservative...The end of that URL is:<br /><br />limbaugh_and_conservative_delu.phpJoe_Agnosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01527451040606921115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-39007294711837132122011-02-08T13:34:56.886-05:002011-02-08T13:34:56.886-05:00Sugar coating the Reagan era seems to be a popular...Sugar coating the Reagan era seems to be a popular pastime among conservatives these days... here's an article on this very subject:<br /><br />http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2011/02/limbaugh_and_conservative_delu.phpJoe_Agnosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01527451040606921115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-14031178339505406852011-02-08T12:07:03.110-05:002011-02-08T12:07:03.110-05:00You are right. I won't take seriously any adul...You are right. I won't take seriously any adulation of anyone that speaks in glowing terms of Mother Teresa, the woman who said that the greatest evils in the world were not poverty, not famine, not war, not HIV - but contraception and abortion. That paragraph alone tells me that I cannot take anything Ms. Elliot says seriously, because she abandons her capacity for critical thinking the Singringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180277470418724600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-79399230779501363002011-02-08T11:00:02.940-05:002011-02-08T11:00:02.940-05:00Singring,
Below is a link to the perspective of a...Singring,<br /><br />Below is a link to the perspective of a woman who worked with President Reagan. Not that I hold out much hope that you would take this seriously, as your response is as predictable as it is ignorant. But it would be worth your time to read.<br /><br />http://www.imaginativeconservative.org/2011/02/remembering-ronald-reagan.html#moreSteve Billingsleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-40511424887723981362011-02-08T08:54:11.399-05:002011-02-08T08:54:11.399-05:00If I were Obama, I'd be furious to be compared...If I were Obama, I'd be furious to be compared to a guy who negotiated with terrorists secretly to sell weapons to Iran and said such monumentally stupid and dangerous things as:<br /><br />'Within the covers of the Bible are all the answers for all the problems men face.'<br /><br />Because we all know that it says in the Bible how to make Alzheimer medication or how to build Singringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180277470418724600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-16862081935367335862011-02-08T08:29:02.012-05:002011-02-08T08:29:02.012-05:00Have you noticed, since the recent elections, that...Have you noticed, since the recent elections, that the media is using the word "Reaganesque" to describe Obama, and that Newsweek even put Reagan and Obama on their cover as if they were old buds?<br /><br />I guess if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974887002402743628noreply@blogger.com