Well the inconvenient truth of our righties is they are just like "their" righties. The righties on both sides hate each other. Such simple people.
You should seriously consider the fact that you are literally insane. Islam is totally opposed to homosexuality.
This is news to me. Would you care to share with us who you think was the CIC at the time?
"Reagan and the Pope killed Communism." This was an absurd myth, given some token acknowledgement by Democrats who may actually believe part of it, and the total embrace of Republicans who continue to embrace it to enlarge and extend homage to Reagan-as-icon.
Also widely popular is the idea that American defense spending just "caused the Russians to give up."
The USSR collapsed under its own weight. It had been a failing system from before Khrushchev.
The advent of cellphones and PCs had more to do with USSR's collapse than Reagan or the Pope.
Consider that the Old Enemy we're discussing here was a nation-state of "people." "People" figured out that Soviet authoritarianism without free markets was a bad idea; "People" figured out that maintaining a "buffer zone" in a captive Eastern Europe was too costly.
Reagan's brain was firing on three cylinders when he came into office -- a fact which has been clinically established. He may have been a "Great Communicator." But he began with a national debt left by Carter at 29% of GDP, and left after increasing it to 51%. And with Nancy conducting "séances" in the White House to sort out foreign policy, one has to wonder what else was going on. At least he didn't start a war, egged on by a contributor like Ray L. Hunt and Halliburton CEO Dick Cheney.
I give the American electorate a D- for picking shills for energy industrialists at the polls more often than not. If you want a "Gu-rreat Leader," pick someone who isn't in someone else's back pocket.
And . . . "Great Leader." What is the sound of one hand clapping? Obama couldn't even get the post-2010 Congress to accept Republican proposals for legislation.
As for "the price at the pump." Everybody's whining about their little short-run worries. In the long-run, "Maybe" running your air-conditioner will add to climate-change, with the climate-change adding to your need for air-conditioning. And in the long-run, the price at the pump will only go up, even with short-run discoveries of new oil deposits in North Dakota or new drilling in Alaska.
The "price-at-the-pump" doesn't reflect its true future cost, and the PResident doesn't call the shots. Not unless he's got support from the oil-sector.
As a footnote, Romney was going to appoint the former CEO of the American Petroleum Institute as his chief of staff. Golly! The marvelously enlightened electorate made two good choices in a row for a change!
And that's how you rate "history" books, how they treat Reagan.So your opinion is that Reagan had nothing to do with the fall of the USSR. You could have just said that and not bothered with the rest of the rant.
For the record, my opinion is that he had a great deal to do with it, and that most of what you said was spin.
So your opinion is that Reagan had nothing to do with the fall of the USSR. You could have just said that and not bothered with the rest of the rant.
For the record, my opinion is that he had a great deal to do with it, and that most of what you said was spin.
Am I to understand that you're crowing because he didn't turn out to be the worst president ever? That's not a real high bar you've set. I will freely admit that he's spent more money than anyone in the history of ever, so he has that going for him. And since that particular bomb won't explode while he's in office, I guess he did alright.
So your opinion is that Reagan had nothing to do with the fall of the USSR. You could have just said that and not bothered with the rest of the rant.
For the record, my opinion is that he had a great deal to do with it, and that most of what you said was spin.
No. What he wrote made a lot of sesne. Its like saying america beat the nazis when in fact the russians had a major part in making sure that happened.
This is news to me. Would you care to share with us who you think was the CIC at the time?
Nancy's astrologist.
Personally, I'd take a look at some of the figures in your meme again.
For instance, the national debt figure attributed to Bush is given in your meme as $9T. I do believe that's a little low. The actual figure for the national debt at the end of Bush's budgeting was closer to $12T, not $9T.
Why? Bush's last budget was FY '09, which ran from Oct. 2008-Sept. 2009. By the time Obama took office in Jan. 2009, the FY '09 budget was into its second quarter. Hell, at the end of FY '08, the debt was $10T, so where in the heck did you every get $9T as the debt Bush ended his administration upon? Oh, I see.....the $9T was the natl. debt at the end of FY '07. (These are figures from the GAO audits done each year. Here are the 2008 and 2009 GAO audits....take a read.)
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/feddebt/feddebt_ann2008.pdf
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/feddebt/feddebt_ann2009.pdf
It's been accepted for decades upon decades that the outgoing administration is responsible for the first year of a new admin., in respect to spending/budget, since the outgoing admin. already put that budget in motion before the election.
Honestly, it's frankly decent the job that's been done reviving the dead cat world economy after the near worldwide depression of 2007-2008 and beyond. And this doesn't address the cost of the Iraq misadventure coming home to be paid for finally.
That's about as believable as most of the stuff I read here. I expect someone will now come along with expert testimony and a peer reviewed paper conclusively proving the truth of that statement. Then the next two pages of posts will be the needy cheerleaders jumping in with the hope of some form of acceptance from the herd.
I love reading this shit, you guys make me feel downright superior.
Nancy's astrologist.
That's about as believable as most of the stuff I read here. I expect someone will now come along with expert testimony and a peer reviewed paper conclusively proving the truth of that statement. Then the next two pages of posts will be the needy cheerleaders jumping in with the hope of some form of acceptance from the herd.
I love reading this shit, you guys make me feel downright superior.
Don't forget that the need to feel superior and the pleasure such a supposition produces is based on an unconscious feeling that one isn't.
The scary part is it was true.
You're lack of history is the problem.
It has been well documented.
Ain't nothing unconscious about about it my friend, I'm not superior at all. It's just that are a few around here that think the're the worlds greatest experts on pretty much everything. I get a kick out of it.
blah blah blah Reagan didn't end the cold war just like Obama didn't 'get' Bin Laden, that's all I see in this thread.
This is news to me. Would you care to share with us who you think was the CIC at the time?