I would just leave the emotional cripples alone who find meaning in attention. No matter if its negative or positive. Its a vampiric impulse to feed on others reactions. By responding you become their food. Frankly I have more interest in scratching my behind.
Ronald Reagan will be known as a Great man. He screwed up in some things as well (Marines being blown up should have caused immediate & brutal retaliation. Not run & cover.) Being human its hard to see how he could not. For the most part though he freed a good portion of the World with the Pope & Thatcher. Its not his fault we have spit on his legacy of small government, with a monster created after.
The government now in existence , is fighting against its own people, as the one here.
Ronald Regan will go down as the last truly majority elected American President, of an now defunct Republic,twisting now into transition as a Imperial Bureaucracy run by Elitist autocrats. All managed by a personality cult figure.
JMO
ET: Why do you say he’s a narcissist? I don’t necessarily disagree, I’m just curious. The creepy Personality Cult is ugly, but has a momentum of it’s own. What do you think of John Kerry, or Bill Clinton?
“Frankly I have more interest in scratching my behind.”
I’ll bet you do that well, especially at work, Rev.
And don’t be saying that the world is run by elitists, because that’s a no-no around here.
Now… repeat after me…
The government doesn’t lie.
Politicians are honest.
SDA is a place where intellectuals gather…
AAAGH! I just can’t do it… I just can’t do it!!!
Highwayman,
Thank you for your contribition to the education of all the readers that pass by this site. The video link is amazing.
Would you mind going out to the sandbox to play?
The grownups have some things they wish to discuss.
I will go even further and be even more accommodating to him.
I don’t think he’s a “capital N” narcissist – although it would be pretty hard in the situation that he’s in, being the subject of continued iconography.
I think he has a great gift for connecting with people, and of course public speaking, the latter polished through attending churches. I think his social activism, shall we call it that, is a little bit borne into the bone, and again polished through rising through various social organizations.
However, I do agree – he’s got the tools to make it to the top – and has – but not necessarily the tools to do the job.
And that is the hard thing – to know you can get there, but avoid trying for it, because once you’ve got the job, doing it ain’t easy.
You get almost as much of a contrast if you pit looooserboy McCain’s speeches against Regan.
That’s why he lost.
What’s The One going to do to “stimulate” the economy? Raise taxes. What are DemocRats in California doing right now, today, to get out of the hole they dug with their own hands? Raising taxes. If they do it you should be able to pick up beach front property in Malibu pretty cheap. Great for a holiday, just don’t try to work there.
What’s Stephen Harper doing? Leaning more toward Regan than Obama. Not nearly far enough, but for small mercies let us give thanks.
To reiterate Kate’s perfect comment, say what you want about Bush and Regan, when they won an election there wasn’t a run on guns and ammunition.
“Thank you for your contribition to the education of all the readers that pass by this site.”
Phantom – well, CA is in a real bind. As I’ve mentioned before, this situation is quite different. It’s not only that housing values have gone down, and the stock market faced a real problem – the American people are broke. So, sure, the Fed can print out a bunch of money – but what about states and counties? How do they keep on running? They are going to have to ticket the heck out of people for minor infractions, raise property taxes (even though house prices have fallen), etc etc etc etc – there are real problems there – and the other thing is that the US populace has no money to pay – most people are broke on a household level.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x59wNGHe6iI&feature=related
President Reagan – Government is the Problem
This little speech defined his core beliefs for government and is a constant thread throughout his tenure. Not only did he believe it, he lived it.
That is what made Reagan great, small ideas lived consistently.
Cheers
Hans-Christian Georg Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”
That’s a good lad. Take the lead that is thrown to you. bbbbutttuttttttt – how’s that for spelling.
I’m not a fascist. I’m not a warmonger. And I’m not a Conservative.
But cretin… maybe I am. But you are the trespasser that demonstrates – so well – all that you rail against.
AND in reading somewhere last week in regards to this financial mess – wait until the commercial real estate markets takes the hit next year.
Like watching a the makings of a huge disaster unfold week after week now.
“Hope and change” indeed.
Phantom – I agree that many of McCain’s speeches really felt flat – when he was trying to mock Obama, and said “O is going to do this or that”, “this isn’t change we can believe in” (wait for applause, assume pinched grin).
It was pretty bad. (And I have tons of respect for that man.)
I think he lost opportunities to come out as a superb speaker – like when that lady was awkwardly trying to say that O was a Muslim – he grabbed the mike and said, no, he’s not, he’s a good family man.
He lost a great opportunity.
He should have said “No ma’am, he said he wasn’t. But that doesn’t matter. We have a number of great Muslims in the United States, great citizens that are continuing to help to build our country”, blah blah blah etc.
(The example of the training ground for US troops in California comes to mind – “fake villages” with ex-pat Iraqis set up to train troops on how to patrol cities and villages) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1624450/posts
I wonder if he’s revisited that answer in his head a few times.
I find the comments from “The One” quite chilling. Having seen what a smarmy snake oil salesman called Blair did to Britain I fear the US is treading the same path. Mind you it took Labour eleven years to wreck Britain. With any luck Obama will be another half-wit one hit wonder like that moronic peanut farmer that Ronzer kicked into touch.
black mamba – I say that Obama is a narcissist based on his behaviour and his speeches.
His focus is on himself; he’s written two autobiographies and yet, he’s only in his 40s, and he hasn’t done anything! Yet he believes there is something unique about himself. His speeches constantly refer to himself.
His time in Senate was only to note that he was ‘present’. No Motions, no policies, no programs. He went along with a certain ‘crowd’, the far left, whom he could use and who could use him.
Yet, he has this ‘grandiose’ sense of himself as special – one example is his linking himself to Lincoln. As well as his arrogance in asserting that HE can bring change, a utopian change, when ‘the oceans will cease to rise’ (my god, he actually said that)..
His inability to accept criticism, his hostility to criticism and to people who criticize him, as shown by his constant references to Hannity, to Limbaugh who critique him.
This behavioural trait can come to rule the person, and I suggest this is the case with Obama, where he will, more and more, attempt to control other people. IF they cannot be run by him, then, he will drop them completely.
And, his need for control shows in his constant call for bipartisanship, which is not about dialogue, collaboration, working together. Not at all. It’s about the Republicans or anyone who might criticize him..stopping such behaviour and going along with what he wants.
Those are a few of the reason why I define him as having a Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Well, Mikey-boy, I’m going to do you a courtesy I really don’t think any of you morons deserve, but I’ll be straight for you for this time, and this time only, and we’ll see how gracious YOU can be, in the face of all the peer pressure, here.
I’m not a Liberal, and I’ve mentioned that many times on this blog, but, you see, there is a certain mentality, here, that doesn’t allow for any diverse opinion. You go with the flow, or else. That is SDA in a nutshell. In fact, it’s that way with most of your partisan sites, Liberal included.
Honestly, I tried, once, to debate in a mature and democratic way, but the goons that run roughshod over this blog wouldn’t have that, so when you encounter stupidity of such a magnitude, you respond in kind. You give the fools what they deserve.
There isn’t any desire to know anything but what’s established rhetoric, around here, so I thought I’d just use a little humor and satire to level the playing field a little. The small minds can’t comprehend that, I know, but that’s life.
Reagan, to me, did nothing that ANY president won’t do for his hidden bosses, but that doesn’t negate the fact that he did what he did, and many underlings took the fall for him, just like with the last president.
Of course, you won’t agree with that, but it had to be said. The day’s coming that I and my ilk will be muzzled, completely, and if you don’t think that’s true, you try and question the status quo in those times.
Enjoy your freedom while you have it, it isn’t going to last. But, you can rest assured that whatever does happen, will happen in the interest of “national security.”
Be proud, then, because you’ll have had a part in enabling it.
Highway and Pill – The two of you have once again demonstrated the hate that lives in the heart of leftards. You are obviously overjoyed in the election of the Marxist Obama. Your savior is finally here to drag America’s society down to the level of hateful folks like you. That what your politics are: All down to the lowest common denominator. You want everyone to wallow in pig slop with you.
To say that you have no class is to state the obvious. Also obvious is your inability to look past your ultra liberal ideology and see that RR was indeed a great President.
When I read comments like yours I know that I associate my ideology with folks far more intelligent than the crowd you run with. There just aren’t enough words available to adequately describe my utter disgust and contempt for you.
Re my comments on another thread about Malcolm Muggeridge and other 20th century Christian prophets, who would not be at all surprised by the rise of the Obamanation: I’ve just watched a video of Muggeridge, who realized, long before he was Christian, that GOVERNMENTS AND POWER—TOGETHER—are the enemy of the good and the people. He was well acquainted with both communism and fascism and stated, unequivocally, that he hated power and especially government power: the more there was, the more he hated it.
So why, now that most Westerners aren’t Christian, like Muggeridge wasn’t, do they get sucked in by the magic thinking of the left? Unlike today’s kids, Muggeridge received a fine education—at state schools. Our state educat. . . .—whoops, I mean propaganda machines—are teaching our children to trust and be swayed by empty rhetoric and schmaltzy feelings: ’like the fox talking nice to the Gingerbread Man. (We know what happened to him.)
I agree with ET altogether, that Obama’s a narcissist. I believe he knows full well that he’s fooling the people—the sinking realization of how many and for how long is just beginning to close in on him, I think. (In the wee small hours of the morning, I’ll bet he even admits to himself what an empty suit he is: he looks haunted.)
Reagan was far from perfect. But he was a real leader. Obama’s a hollow man and a phony: a very dangerous combination because he’s going to feel threatened—a lot. He’ll be right to feel that way. But, being the immature tyrant he is, the results are likely to be very ugly.
Obama is a marxist and from an early age. His father was. His father-figure mentor pedophile Frank Marshall Davis was a marxist. He’s pointed out that when he went to the university he sought out all the marxist professors and “structural feminists”, etc. All his language is marxist. Believe it: He’s a marxist. Let’s not engage in sophistry arguing about whether or not he really really “believes” in socialism.
Did the Soviet Communists really “believe” in the “brotherhood of man”; that the proletariat would really rule; that the state would wither and die (and therefore leave them powerless).
Of course not. Obama is a marxist and he believes in it in the key way: that in a unprecendeted crisis which sadly most people believe was the fault of the free market, marxism would be the route to power.
Do all those marxist profs “believe” in marxism? Do they “believe” that the people would be better off with socialism. Of course not. They believe in socialism out of a quest for power — and envy for not doing as well as they believe they deserved to do.
Did George W Bush “believe” in free markets? I mean does a man who says “I set aside free market rules to save the free market” really believe in capitalism?
Does an NDP voter who owns businesses and apartment blocks, for example, “believe” in socialism.
Didn’t free market enthusiast GWB — to use Michell Malkin’s phrase — pre-socialize the US for Obama?
See, Mikey? Different Bob’s comment about proves my point. They don’t listen, nor do they wish to. They’re only here to fight. They’re low-brow idiots.
Any questions?
Hans: “President Reagan – Government is the Problem”.
Muggeridge’s thesis too. Wasn’t it Reagan who said, “If the government says, ‘I’m here to help you’, you’re in BIG trouble.”!!
And… Different Bob?
Kiss my ass!
I’d be inclined to entertain Highwayman’s ideas if there were any attempt to be civil. There isn’t, so I’m not.
lookout:
The ten most dangerous words in the English language are “Hi, I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”
o Remarks to Future Farmers of America (1988-07-28)
Pride in our country, respect for our armed services, a healthy appreciation for the dangers beyond our borders, an insistence that there was no easy equivalence between East and West- in all this I had no quarrel with Reagan. And when the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, I had to give the old man his due, even if I never gave him my vote.
* Barack Obama. Quoted in “The Audacity of Hope” – Page 289 – by Barack Obama
This puts Highwayman’s nonsense into perspective, when even political opponents acknowledge that Reagan was a great president.
Cheers
Hans-Christian Georg Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”
Civility runs both ways, Lookout.
That is one interesting take on life that you emote. I doubt that there are enough visitors here to thank you enough for your one attempt at civility.
I have enjoyed freedom for many, many years.
Freedom is found in the strength to make mistakes and profit from them.
Freedom is not being bound by the rules of others.
Freedom is not for the weak of spirit, heart or thought.
Freedom is for those who take it. Not those who think they are entitled to it or can inherit the freedom bought in blood by their predecessors.
And you can whine about it all you like, as I don’t care if you are a Liberal, a Communist or someone that can’t look at the mirror without seeing perfection.
And as you don’t have any more answers than the republican presidents that you mentioned, the conspiracy theories and your anger do not contribute to the message you are trying to formulate. You are educating people as to what happens when emotions rule thought. Thank you for that.
ET: You make good points. I’ve always found him extaordinarily cold and haughty, and if I were a shrink I’d probably point out that his childhood seems to have been unstable: No father, moving around from one family to another etc. But who knows – maybe he’s just an arrogant, manipulative politician. I think Michelle’s the one to keep an eye on.
“This puts Highwayman’s nonsense into perspective, when even political opponents acknowledge that Reagan was a great president.”
Well, Gruppenfuhrer, there wasn’t any shortage of detractors while he was alive. You seem proud of your title, although I’m ex-military, and I’ve never heard of it. But, being the general you say you are doesn’t exactly engender any trust in me toward your martial view of things.
Everyone’s a great person when they’re dead. That’s a sick habit society has for treating those that can’t appreciate the homage, but they’ll treat them like shit while they’re alive…
A tad hypocritical… wouldn’t you say… sir?
Hans (I used to really enjoy reading your full title), at least I got the gist of Reagan’s quote correct: his own way of saying it was much more punchy and fun!
God bless Ronald Reagan. Like you, MND, I loved him.(And, yes, God bless Obama too. But I’m afraid my enthusiasm for the latter blessing is less than it should be.)
me no dhimmi – I’m not convinced that Obama is a Marxist. My reason for this is because in order go be such, he’d have to believe in various theories, policies and programs and I don’t get the sense that he has any interest whatsoever in those things. None. He’s never focused on theory, history, economics, ..only on one thing.
I think he has one focus only, himself. He’s a narcissist, focused on receiving accolades and on controlling people around him to ensure that he is treated in such a manner. I think he’s found that this psychological need works when he’s encased within the Democratic party. This party is indeed socialist, in both theory and policies and I’m sure there are a lot of Marxists in their ranks as well.
So, the two are networked. Obama acts as the Utopian Messiah, the Saviour, and the Democrats provide the money and the policies and programs.
If the Americans had any integrity left , they would be chiseling Reagan’s face into a South Dacota mountain at this moment.
I agree, ET. I think Obama’s the front man–of a thuggish, Mafia-like cabal of grifters (who probably make the Liberals look like Shirley Temple).
Good Lord, deliver us.
“And as you don’t have any more answers than the republican presidents that you mentioned, the conspiracy theories and your anger do not contribute to the message you are trying to formulate. You are educating people as to what happens when emotions rule thought. Thank you for that.”
Mikey… apply that rule of skepticism and apprehension to whatever your beloved status-quo preaches to you, and maybe you’ll do alright.
Well Highwayman considering that your moniker is that of thief, one wouldn’t want to appear hypocritical hurling about the title “Gruppenfuhrer”.
Highwaymen often lay in wait on the main roads radiating from London. They usually chose lonely areas of heathland or woodland. Hounslow Heath was a favorite haunt: it was crossed by the roads to Bath and Exeter.[11] Bagshot Heath in Surrey was another dangerous place on the road to Exeter. One of the most notorious places in England was Shooter’s Hill on the Great Dover Road. Finchley Common, on the Great North Road, was very nearly as bad.[12] Many other places could be mentioned.
Executions
The penalty for robbery with violence was hanging, and most notorious highwaymen ended on the gallows. The chief place of execution for London and Middlesex was Tyburn. Famous highwaymen who ended their lives there included Claude Du Vall, James MacLaine, and Sixteen-string Jack. Highwaymen who could go to the gallows laughing and joking, or at least showing no fear, are said to have been admired by many of the people who came to watch.[13]
But to humour you, you can have my full online title. Descended from the dreaded HUNS old chap, but never had any family members with the title you’ve alluded to.
But considering Obama recently got his budget passed without anyone reading it, to the tune of $787 Billion one could probably make the allegation that this is similar to highwaymen; as we’ve discussed in a previous thread.
Hailing Jesse, hailing Jesse, Jesse James!
In any case “Ronnie Ray Gun”, as he is affectionately recalled, is credited with overcoming communism without firing a single shot.
H/T to Maggie Thatcher. RR will remain a great president whether he has Highwayman’s approval or disagreement.
Keep laughing chum! I recommend “Bedtime with Bonzo.” for your viewing pleasure.
Cheers
Hans-Christian Georg Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
Frankenstein Battalion
2nd Squadron: Ulanen-(Lancers) Regiment Großherzog Friedrich von Baden(Rheinisches) Nr.7(Saarbrucken)
Knecht Rupprecht Division
Hans Corps
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”
Ober Kommando der “Land of Many Nations”
The biggest difference I see between the Obama and the Reagan is that Obama is reaching all the wrong answers based on all the wrong reasons. Reagan reached the right answers using all the wrong reasons. The best thing Reagan had going for him was Carter and Gorbachev.
Anyone baiting thingee owes Kate for bandwidth.
This thread is about the man that beat the greatest threat to individual freedoms that modern man has known vs a “do nothing” mouthpiece.
You intervene rudely on people that you don’t agree with and when spanked, you speculate?
I am not a skeptic. My statements were not apprehensive. AND…..
You don’t know if I have a status quo or if I wish to hang on to it. You don’t know whether or not I’ve done alright, am doing alright or will do alright. It seems that there is very little that you do know. Back to my first statement.
mamba,
noted. donation on it’s way.
True enough, Gruppenfuhrer, highwaymen were often revered by the common folk, and they were often opposers of tyranny and grasping nobility. I chose my moniker carefully, knowing that I would be considered an outcast taking on the views and beliefs that I have. If I say so, myself, it takes guts to buck the system… most don’t have the intestinal fortitude, which is why we have the world that we do.
“Ronnie” (don’t be disrespectful, now!) can’t take credit for anything, because he, like all the others, only followed orders. You know about following orders, right, General? Yes, even presidents have to hop to the tune of the “establishment”, which many famous statesmen have referred to in hushed tones. You’d know that, of course, if you’d risen to any appreciable level in the command structure. I seriously doubt that you have, as you wouldn’t be hanging at this particular blog, conversing with lil’ ol insignificant me!
Nonetheless, you’re definitely a product of your trade, and you’d be one of the last to convert to anything less than the martial attitude that you exude. Lord knows it took me long enough. When you’re trained to react and not think, it’s hard to transition to any paradigm not requiring a swift and retaliatory response.
I’d suggest you take in a few episodes of M*A*S*H*, where you might identify with Colonel Flagg, the ever-patriotic, yet slightly psychotic CID officer.
If you want me, I’ll be over in the Swamp. Ask for Hawkeye.
😉
Owesy reminds me of the highschool class president always on top of the social scene.
He’ll need tons of help to make it to 4yr/limping
“You intervene rudely on people that you don’t agree with and when spanked, you speculate?”
You… spank me?
HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!
Don’t flatter yourself, Mikey. You’re not that good.
And, you haven’t heard a word I’ve said.
The thing you need to remember about Reagan is that he was the primary leader of the conservative movement before he became president. And after he was sworn in, he continued to be a conservative leader.
The only other major politician who has been a leader in the conservative movement that I can think of off the top of my head is Newt Gingrich. And probably most of you realize that in the US, the Speaker of the House is often about as powerful a position as the presidency.
Obama was basically elected on the basis of being a rock star with a fan club made up of mainstream journalists.
He went to Harvard, became a community activist, and then became a state senator with the help of a lot of juice from the Combine (the coalition of politicians, the church, and the Outfit that basically runs Chicago). When he ran for senator, he had no Republican opponent, and as a consequence the Republicans dragged in Allen Keyes from another state to run against him, with a predictable outcome.
So actually, the only thing Obama ever had going for him in lieu of experience and a track record was the ability to read good speeches and get the support of most of the MSM. It’s a cult of personality.
You know, JFK Jr started George magazine. It basically treated politicians and show business personalities in the same way, as his perspective as someone who grew up around politicians made him understand they live the same dynamic. So Obama is just a rock star and that was enough.
For whatever it’s worth, Obama is galvanizing the conservative movement in a very forceful way. In 2010 we will have Congressional elections, and our hope is to elect conservatives to put a major crimp in the Obama juggernaut.
This “stimulus” bill that just passed is the largest and most expensive piece of legislation in history. And the Democrats did not even give Congress time to read it. Republicans voted against it to a man. For Democrats to arrange for no Congressmen to read this legislation is just a form of totalitarianism.
Well, I guess it’s been as futile as ever, visiting this blog. Maybe I’ll come back another day… maybe not. Kate will be pissed you rapped with me, but I don’t have to care, where you do.
I’m a highwayman… I can go where I please.
Serfs can’t.
Later… maybe!
Donation made. But all the time I was gone, I could hear the call of the common loon in the background. Thought it was my imagination. Only in Canada, eh!
For those feeding the trolls…we are all big kids here. Once I see who has posted I scroll right past.
They aren’t wasting my time, but Kate’s bandwith is wasted.
Meant to add: Joe, thanks for the great vid. It is a history lesson in itself.
America got duped. Their ears were tickled.
Can’t say they weren’t warned.
“What does he actually seek to accomplish after he’s done turning back the waters and healing the planet?…(He will)…make government bigger, take more of your money and give you more orders from Washington and (to) reduce the strength of America in a dangerous world.”
Gov. Sarah Palin, Sept. 3, 2008
Oh, wait:
bet they are still waiting for the water to be turned back.
For whatever reason, Reagan was still the one holding the reins when the USSR became the former Soviet Union. America’s biggest threat of the day was marginalized.
Obama has yet to accomplish anything of note and while I can always choose to be optimistic, the words and actions of their chosen one give any thinking person great cause for concern.
Is it a good thing or a bad thing that he booked the weekend, given recent events?
A good video.
Revnant Dream at February 16, 2009 2:50 PM
We see in the rise of The Obamocrats, all Yale and Harvard educated, and very wealthy, working on behalf of the “people”, while in fact holding them in great disdain, (fly-iover country and red-knecks) is exactly the Platonic form of government, where the philosopher kings know best for the masses.
There are only two forms of government, Platonic or Libertarian, which is, politically, Conservative, small-government.
Don’t feed the trolls.
Excellent video. Reagan is a hero the Big O is a zero.
It’s time to say once again, DO NOT feed the trolls.
I would just leave the emotional cripples alone who find meaning in attention. No matter if its negative or positive. Its a vampiric impulse to feed on others reactions. By responding you become their food. Frankly I have more interest in scratching my behind.
Ronald Reagan will be known as a Great man. He screwed up in some things as well (Marines being blown up should have caused immediate & brutal retaliation. Not run & cover.) Being human its hard to see how he could not. For the most part though he freed a good portion of the World with the Pope & Thatcher. Its not his fault we have spit on his legacy of small government, with a monster created after.
The government now in existence , is fighting against its own people, as the one here.
Ronald Regan will go down as the last truly majority elected American President, of an now defunct Republic,twisting now into transition as a Imperial Bureaucracy run by Elitist autocrats. All managed by a personality cult figure.
JMO
ET: Why do you say he’s a narcissist? I don’t necessarily disagree, I’m just curious. The creepy Personality Cult is ugly, but has a momentum of it’s own. What do you think of John Kerry, or Bill Clinton?
“Frankly I have more interest in scratching my behind.”
I’ll bet you do that well, especially at work, Rev.
And don’t be saying that the world is run by elitists, because that’s a no-no around here.
Now… repeat after me…
The government doesn’t lie.
Politicians are honest.
SDA is a place where intellectuals gather…
AAAGH! I just can’t do it… I just can’t do it!!!
Highwayman,
Thank you for your contribition to the education of all the readers that pass by this site. The video link is amazing.
Would you mind going out to the sandbox to play?
The grownups have some things they wish to discuss.
I will go even further and be even more accommodating to him.
I don’t think he’s a “capital N” narcissist – although it would be pretty hard in the situation that he’s in, being the subject of continued iconography.
I think he has a great gift for connecting with people, and of course public speaking, the latter polished through attending churches. I think his social activism, shall we call it that, is a little bit borne into the bone, and again polished through rising through various social organizations.
However, I do agree – he’s got the tools to make it to the top – and has – but not necessarily the tools to do the job.
And that is the hard thing – to know you can get there, but avoid trying for it, because once you’ve got the job, doing it ain’t easy.
You get almost as much of a contrast if you pit looooserboy McCain’s speeches against Regan.
That’s why he lost.
What’s The One going to do to “stimulate” the economy? Raise taxes. What are DemocRats in California doing right now, today, to get out of the hole they dug with their own hands? Raising taxes. If they do it you should be able to pick up beach front property in Malibu pretty cheap. Great for a holiday, just don’t try to work there.
What’s Stephen Harper doing? Leaning more toward Regan than Obama. Not nearly far enough, but for small mercies let us give thanks.
To reiterate Kate’s perfect comment, say what you want about Bush and Regan, when they won an election there wasn’t a run on guns and ammunition.
“Thank you for your contribition to the education of all the readers that pass by this site.”
Phantom – well, CA is in a real bind. As I’ve mentioned before, this situation is quite different. It’s not only that housing values have gone down, and the stock market faced a real problem – the American people are broke. So, sure, the Fed can print out a bunch of money – but what about states and counties? How do they keep on running? They are going to have to ticket the heck out of people for minor infractions, raise property taxes (even though house prices have fallen), etc etc etc etc – there are real problems there – and the other thing is that the US populace has no money to pay – most people are broke on a household level.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x59wNGHe6iI&feature=related
President Reagan – Government is the Problem
This little speech defined his core beliefs for government and is a constant thread throughout his tenure. Not only did he believe it, he lived it.
That is what made Reagan great, small ideas lived consistently.
Cheers
Hans-Christian Georg Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”
That’s a good lad. Take the lead that is thrown to you. bbbbutttuttttttt – how’s that for spelling.
I’m not a fascist. I’m not a warmonger. And I’m not a Conservative.
But cretin… maybe I am. But you are the trespasser that demonstrates – so well – all that you rail against.
AND in reading somewhere last week in regards to this financial mess – wait until the commercial real estate markets takes the hit next year.
Like watching a the makings of a huge disaster unfold week after week now.
“Hope and change” indeed.
Phantom – I agree that many of McCain’s speeches really felt flat – when he was trying to mock Obama, and said “O is going to do this or that”, “this isn’t change we can believe in” (wait for applause, assume pinched grin).
It was pretty bad. (And I have tons of respect for that man.)
I think he lost opportunities to come out as a superb speaker – like when that lady was awkwardly trying to say that O was a Muslim – he grabbed the mike and said, no, he’s not, he’s a good family man.
He lost a great opportunity.
He should have said “No ma’am, he said he wasn’t. But that doesn’t matter. We have a number of great Muslims in the United States, great citizens that are continuing to help to build our country”, blah blah blah etc.
(The example of the training ground for US troops in California comes to mind – “fake villages” with ex-pat Iraqis set up to train troops on how to patrol cities and villages)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1624450/posts
I wonder if he’s revisited that answer in his head a few times.
I find the comments from “The One” quite chilling. Having seen what a smarmy snake oil salesman called Blair did to Britain I fear the US is treading the same path. Mind you it took Labour eleven years to wreck Britain. With any luck Obama will be another half-wit one hit wonder like that moronic peanut farmer that Ronzer kicked into touch.
black mamba – I say that Obama is a narcissist based on his behaviour and his speeches.
His focus is on himself; he’s written two autobiographies and yet, he’s only in his 40s, and he hasn’t done anything! Yet he believes there is something unique about himself. His speeches constantly refer to himself.
His time in Senate was only to note that he was ‘present’. No Motions, no policies, no programs. He went along with a certain ‘crowd’, the far left, whom he could use and who could use him.
Yet, he has this ‘grandiose’ sense of himself as special – one example is his linking himself to Lincoln. As well as his arrogance in asserting that HE can bring change, a utopian change, when ‘the oceans will cease to rise’ (my god, he actually said that)..
His inability to accept criticism, his hostility to criticism and to people who criticize him, as shown by his constant references to Hannity, to Limbaugh who critique him.
This behavioural trait can come to rule the person, and I suggest this is the case with Obama, where he will, more and more, attempt to control other people. IF they cannot be run by him, then, he will drop them completely.
And, his need for control shows in his constant call for bipartisanship, which is not about dialogue, collaboration, working together. Not at all. It’s about the Republicans or anyone who might criticize him..stopping such behaviour and going along with what he wants.
Those are a few of the reason why I define him as having a Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Well, Mikey-boy, I’m going to do you a courtesy I really don’t think any of you morons deserve, but I’ll be straight for you for this time, and this time only, and we’ll see how gracious YOU can be, in the face of all the peer pressure, here.
I’m not a Liberal, and I’ve mentioned that many times on this blog, but, you see, there is a certain mentality, here, that doesn’t allow for any diverse opinion. You go with the flow, or else. That is SDA in a nutshell. In fact, it’s that way with most of your partisan sites, Liberal included.
Honestly, I tried, once, to debate in a mature and democratic way, but the goons that run roughshod over this blog wouldn’t have that, so when you encounter stupidity of such a magnitude, you respond in kind. You give the fools what they deserve.
There isn’t any desire to know anything but what’s established rhetoric, around here, so I thought I’d just use a little humor and satire to level the playing field a little. The small minds can’t comprehend that, I know, but that’s life.
Reagan, to me, did nothing that ANY president won’t do for his hidden bosses, but that doesn’t negate the fact that he did what he did, and many underlings took the fall for him, just like with the last president.
Of course, you won’t agree with that, but it had to be said. The day’s coming that I and my ilk will be muzzled, completely, and if you don’t think that’s true, you try and question the status quo in those times.
Enjoy your freedom while you have it, it isn’t going to last. But, you can rest assured that whatever does happen, will happen in the interest of “national security.”
Be proud, then, because you’ll have had a part in enabling it.
Highway and Pill – The two of you have once again demonstrated the hate that lives in the heart of leftards. You are obviously overjoyed in the election of the Marxist Obama. Your savior is finally here to drag America’s society down to the level of hateful folks like you. That what your politics are: All down to the lowest common denominator. You want everyone to wallow in pig slop with you.
To say that you have no class is to state the obvious. Also obvious is your inability to look past your ultra liberal ideology and see that RR was indeed a great President.
When I read comments like yours I know that I associate my ideology with folks far more intelligent than the crowd you run with. There just aren’t enough words available to adequately describe my utter disgust and contempt for you.
Re my comments on another thread about Malcolm Muggeridge and other 20th century Christian prophets, who would not be at all surprised by the rise of the Obamanation: I’ve just watched a video of Muggeridge, who realized, long before he was Christian, that GOVERNMENTS AND POWER—TOGETHER—are the enemy of the good and the people. He was well acquainted with both communism and fascism and stated, unequivocally, that he hated power and especially government power: the more there was, the more he hated it.
So why, now that most Westerners aren’t Christian, like Muggeridge wasn’t, do they get sucked in by the magic thinking of the left? Unlike today’s kids, Muggeridge received a fine education—at state schools. Our state educat. . . .—whoops, I mean propaganda machines—are teaching our children to trust and be swayed by empty rhetoric and schmaltzy feelings: ’like the fox talking nice to the Gingerbread Man. (We know what happened to him.)
I agree with ET altogether, that Obama’s a narcissist. I believe he knows full well that he’s fooling the people—the sinking realization of how many and for how long is just beginning to close in on him, I think. (In the wee small hours of the morning, I’ll bet he even admits to himself what an empty suit he is: he looks haunted.)
Reagan was far from perfect. But he was a real leader. Obama’s a hollow man and a phony: a very dangerous combination because he’s going to feel threatened—a lot. He’ll be right to feel that way. But, being the immature tyrant he is, the results are likely to be very ugly.
Obama is a marxist and from an early age. His father was. His father-figure mentor pedophile Frank Marshall Davis was a marxist. He’s pointed out that when he went to the university he sought out all the marxist professors and “structural feminists”, etc. All his language is marxist. Believe it: He’s a marxist. Let’s not engage in sophistry arguing about whether or not he really really “believes” in socialism.
Did the Soviet Communists really “believe” in the “brotherhood of man”; that the proletariat would really rule; that the state would wither and die (and therefore leave them powerless).
Of course not. Obama is a marxist and he believes in it in the key way: that in a unprecendeted crisis which sadly most people believe was the fault of the free market, marxism would be the route to power.
Do all those marxist profs “believe” in marxism? Do they “believe” that the people would be better off with socialism. Of course not. They believe in socialism out of a quest for power — and envy for not doing as well as they believe they deserved to do.
Did George W Bush “believe” in free markets? I mean does a man who says “I set aside free market rules to save the free market” really believe in capitalism?
Does an NDP voter who owns businesses and apartment blocks, for example, “believe” in socialism.
Didn’t free market enthusiast GWB — to use Michell Malkin’s phrase — pre-socialize the US for Obama?
See, Mikey? Different Bob’s comment about proves my point. They don’t listen, nor do they wish to. They’re only here to fight. They’re low-brow idiots.
Any questions?
Hans: “President Reagan – Government is the Problem”.
Muggeridge’s thesis too. Wasn’t it Reagan who said, “If the government says, ‘I’m here to help you’, you’re in BIG trouble.”!!
And… Different Bob?
Kiss my ass!
I’d be inclined to entertain Highwayman’s ideas if there were any attempt to be civil. There isn’t, so I’m not.
lookout:
The ten most dangerous words in the English language are “Hi, I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”
o Remarks to Future Farmers of America (1988-07-28)
Pride in our country, respect for our armed services, a healthy appreciation for the dangers beyond our borders, an insistence that there was no easy equivalence between East and West- in all this I had no quarrel with Reagan. And when the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, I had to give the old man his due, even if I never gave him my vote.
* Barack Obama. Quoted in “The Audacity of Hope” – Page 289 – by Barack Obama
This puts Highwayman’s nonsense into perspective, when even political opponents acknowledge that Reagan was a great president.
Cheers
Hans-Christian Georg Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”
Civility runs both ways, Lookout.
That is one interesting take on life that you emote. I doubt that there are enough visitors here to thank you enough for your one attempt at civility.
I have enjoyed freedom for many, many years.
Freedom is found in the strength to make mistakes and profit from them.
Freedom is not being bound by the rules of others.
Freedom is not for the weak of spirit, heart or thought.
Freedom is for those who take it. Not those who think they are entitled to it or can inherit the freedom bought in blood by their predecessors.
And you can whine about it all you like, as I don’t care if you are a Liberal, a Communist or someone that can’t look at the mirror without seeing perfection.
And as you don’t have any more answers than the republican presidents that you mentioned, the conspiracy theories and your anger do not contribute to the message you are trying to formulate. You are educating people as to what happens when emotions rule thought. Thank you for that.
ET: You make good points. I’ve always found him extaordinarily cold and haughty, and if I were a shrink I’d probably point out that his childhood seems to have been unstable: No father, moving around from one family to another etc. But who knows – maybe he’s just an arrogant, manipulative politician. I think Michelle’s the one to keep an eye on.
“This puts Highwayman’s nonsense into perspective, when even political opponents acknowledge that Reagan was a great president.”
Well, Gruppenfuhrer, there wasn’t any shortage of detractors while he was alive. You seem proud of your title, although I’m ex-military, and I’ve never heard of it. But, being the general you say you are doesn’t exactly engender any trust in me toward your martial view of things.
Everyone’s a great person when they’re dead. That’s a sick habit society has for treating those that can’t appreciate the homage, but they’ll treat them like shit while they’re alive…
A tad hypocritical… wouldn’t you say… sir?
Hans (I used to really enjoy reading your full title), at least I got the gist of Reagan’s quote correct: his own way of saying it was much more punchy and fun!
God bless Ronald Reagan. Like you, MND, I loved him.(And, yes, God bless Obama too. But I’m afraid my enthusiasm for the latter blessing is less than it should be.)
me no dhimmi – I’m not convinced that Obama is a Marxist. My reason for this is because in order go be such, he’d have to believe in various theories, policies and programs and I don’t get the sense that he has any interest whatsoever in those things. None. He’s never focused on theory, history, economics, ..only on one thing.
I think he has one focus only, himself. He’s a narcissist, focused on receiving accolades and on controlling people around him to ensure that he is treated in such a manner. I think he’s found that this psychological need works when he’s encased within the Democratic party. This party is indeed socialist, in both theory and policies and I’m sure there are a lot of Marxists in their ranks as well.
So, the two are networked. Obama acts as the Utopian Messiah, the Saviour, and the Democrats provide the money and the policies and programs.
If the Americans had any integrity left , they would be chiseling Reagan’s face into a South Dacota mountain at this moment.
I agree, ET. I think Obama’s the front man–of a thuggish, Mafia-like cabal of grifters (who probably make the Liberals look like Shirley Temple).
Good Lord, deliver us.
“And as you don’t have any more answers than the republican presidents that you mentioned, the conspiracy theories and your anger do not contribute to the message you are trying to formulate. You are educating people as to what happens when emotions rule thought. Thank you for that.”
Mikey… apply that rule of skepticism and apprehension to whatever your beloved status-quo preaches to you, and maybe you’ll do alright.
Well Highwayman considering that your moniker is that of thief, one wouldn’t want to appear hypocritical hurling about the title “Gruppenfuhrer”.
Highwaymen often lay in wait on the main roads radiating from London. They usually chose lonely areas of heathland or woodland. Hounslow Heath was a favorite haunt: it was crossed by the roads to Bath and Exeter.[11] Bagshot Heath in Surrey was another dangerous place on the road to Exeter. One of the most notorious places in England was Shooter’s Hill on the Great Dover Road. Finchley Common, on the Great North Road, was very nearly as bad.[12] Many other places could be mentioned.
Executions
The penalty for robbery with violence was hanging, and most notorious highwaymen ended on the gallows. The chief place of execution for London and Middlesex was Tyburn. Famous highwaymen who ended their lives there included Claude Du Vall, James MacLaine, and Sixteen-string Jack. Highwaymen who could go to the gallows laughing and joking, or at least showing no fear, are said to have been admired by many of the people who came to watch.[13]
But to humour you, you can have my full online title. Descended from the dreaded HUNS old chap, but never had any family members with the title you’ve alluded to.
But considering Obama recently got his budget passed without anyone reading it, to the tune of $787 Billion one could probably make the allegation that this is similar to highwaymen; as we’ve discussed in a previous thread.
Hailing Jesse, hailing Jesse, Jesse James!
In any case “Ronnie Ray Gun”, as he is affectionately recalled, is credited with overcoming communism without firing a single shot.
H/T to Maggie Thatcher. RR will remain a great president whether he has Highwayman’s approval or disagreement.
Keep laughing chum! I recommend “Bedtime with Bonzo.” for your viewing pleasure.
Cheers
Hans-Christian Georg Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
Frankenstein Battalion
2nd Squadron: Ulanen-(Lancers) Regiment Großherzog Friedrich von Baden(Rheinisches) Nr.7(Saarbrucken)
Knecht Rupprecht Division
Hans Corps
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”
Ober Kommando der “Land of Many Nations”
The biggest difference I see between the Obama and the Reagan is that Obama is reaching all the wrong answers based on all the wrong reasons. Reagan reached the right answers using all the wrong reasons. The best thing Reagan had going for him was Carter and Gorbachev.
Anyone baiting thingee owes Kate for bandwidth.
This thread is about the man that beat the greatest threat to individual freedoms that modern man has known vs a “do nothing” mouthpiece.
You intervene rudely on people that you don’t agree with and when spanked, you speculate?
I am not a skeptic. My statements were not apprehensive. AND…..
You don’t know if I have a status quo or if I wish to hang on to it. You don’t know whether or not I’ve done alright, am doing alright or will do alright. It seems that there is very little that you do know. Back to my first statement.
mamba,
noted. donation on it’s way.
True enough, Gruppenfuhrer, highwaymen were often revered by the common folk, and they were often opposers of tyranny and grasping nobility. I chose my moniker carefully, knowing that I would be considered an outcast taking on the views and beliefs that I have. If I say so, myself, it takes guts to buck the system… most don’t have the intestinal fortitude, which is why we have the world that we do.
“Ronnie” (don’t be disrespectful, now!) can’t take credit for anything, because he, like all the others, only followed orders. You know about following orders, right, General? Yes, even presidents have to hop to the tune of the “establishment”, which many famous statesmen have referred to in hushed tones. You’d know that, of course, if you’d risen to any appreciable level in the command structure. I seriously doubt that you have, as you wouldn’t be hanging at this particular blog, conversing with lil’ ol insignificant me!
Nonetheless, you’re definitely a product of your trade, and you’d be one of the last to convert to anything less than the martial attitude that you exude. Lord knows it took me long enough. When you’re trained to react and not think, it’s hard to transition to any paradigm not requiring a swift and retaliatory response.
I’d suggest you take in a few episodes of M*A*S*H*, where you might identify with Colonel Flagg, the ever-patriotic, yet slightly psychotic CID officer.
If you want me, I’ll be over in the Swamp. Ask for Hawkeye.
😉
Owesy reminds me of the highschool class president always on top of the social scene.
He’ll need tons of help to make it to 4yr/limping
“You intervene rudely on people that you don’t agree with and when spanked, you speculate?”
You… spank me?
HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!
Don’t flatter yourself, Mikey. You’re not that good.
And, you haven’t heard a word I’ve said.
The thing you need to remember about Reagan is that he was the primary leader of the conservative movement before he became president. And after he was sworn in, he continued to be a conservative leader.
The only other major politician who has been a leader in the conservative movement that I can think of off the top of my head is Newt Gingrich. And probably most of you realize that in the US, the Speaker of the House is often about as powerful a position as the presidency.
Obama was basically elected on the basis of being a rock star with a fan club made up of mainstream journalists.
He went to Harvard, became a community activist, and then became a state senator with the help of a lot of juice from the Combine (the coalition of politicians, the church, and the Outfit that basically runs Chicago). When he ran for senator, he had no Republican opponent, and as a consequence the Republicans dragged in Allen Keyes from another state to run against him, with a predictable outcome.
So actually, the only thing Obama ever had going for him in lieu of experience and a track record was the ability to read good speeches and get the support of most of the MSM. It’s a cult of personality.
You know, JFK Jr started George magazine. It basically treated politicians and show business personalities in the same way, as his perspective as someone who grew up around politicians made him understand they live the same dynamic. So Obama is just a rock star and that was enough.
For whatever it’s worth, Obama is galvanizing the conservative movement in a very forceful way. In 2010 we will have Congressional elections, and our hope is to elect conservatives to put a major crimp in the Obama juggernaut.
This “stimulus” bill that just passed is the largest and most expensive piece of legislation in history. And the Democrats did not even give Congress time to read it. Republicans voted against it to a man. For Democrats to arrange for no Congressmen to read this legislation is just a form of totalitarianism.
Well, I guess it’s been as futile as ever, visiting this blog. Maybe I’ll come back another day… maybe not. Kate will be pissed you rapped with me, but I don’t have to care, where you do.
I’m a highwayman… I can go where I please.
Serfs can’t.
Later… maybe!
Donation made. But all the time I was gone, I could hear the call of the common loon in the background. Thought it was my imagination. Only in Canada, eh!
For those feeding the trolls…we are all big kids here. Once I see who has posted I scroll right past.
They aren’t wasting my time, but Kate’s bandwith is wasted.
Meant to add: Joe, thanks for the great vid. It is a history lesson in itself.
America got duped. Their ears were tickled.
Can’t say they weren’t warned.
“What does he actually seek to accomplish after he’s done turning back the waters and healing the planet?…(He will)…make government bigger, take more of your money and give you more orders from Washington and (to) reduce the strength of America in a dangerous world.”
Gov. Sarah Palin, Sept. 3, 2008
Oh, wait:
bet they are still waiting for the water to be turned back.
For whatever reason, Reagan was still the one holding the reins when the USSR became the former Soviet Union. America’s biggest threat of the day was marginalized.
Obama has yet to accomplish anything of note and while I can always choose to be optimistic, the words and actions of their chosen one give any thinking person great cause for concern.
Is it a good thing or a bad thing that he booked the weekend, given recent events?
A good video.
Revnant Dream at February 16, 2009 2:50 PM
We see in the rise of The Obamocrats, all Yale and Harvard educated, and very wealthy, working on behalf of the “people”, while in fact holding them in great disdain, (fly-iover country and red-knecks) is exactly the Platonic form of government, where the philosopher kings know best for the masses.
There are only two forms of government, Platonic or Libertarian, which is, politically, Conservative, small-government.
Don’t feed the trolls.
Excellent video. Reagan is a hero the Big O is a zero.
It’s time to say once again, DO NOT feed the trolls.