Get real people, Reagan was a lousy president. He ACTED the whole part and did a fair job. As for him singlehandedly ending the Cold War, that is so much horse sh*t it isn't even funny. He JUST HAPPENED to be in the Oval Office at the right time in history. Outspending the Russians and sending this country into a record deficit ended the Cold War against a country with one tenth our GNP. Thanks for nothing Ronnie, you started the modern Neoconservative movement that has continued with the moron in the Oval Office today.

Why does no one remember Iran Contra and the Sandanistas murderous rampages on thousands of innocents? Does it too closely resemble the slaughter and torture of the innocents under GWB?

Say something good about the dead? Good, he's dead.

"Say something good about the dead? Good, he's dead."

Typical liberal, can't have respect for someone in death, can't tolerate conservatives but yet claim we're the ones who are intolerant (amazing irony), and can't act with any sense of common decency. He died a very slow, miserable death of Alzheimer's. I certainly hope that when you die no one says something as disrespectful and hurtful and mean-spirited as your above quote. Of course, being as venemous as you are, I wouldn't be surprised by that at all because you certainly would deserve no better.

Reagain was a symbol of American strength and most importantly American pride. He was the strongest force behind the fall of the USSR and then end of the Cold War, even the most liberal of historians have said as much. This is a very sad loss for America and the world.

Please check out the current home page of Young America's Foundation [YAF.org]... I went to that site on Saturday night, and they had already set up a new website in remembrance of President Reagan:
http://www.rememberronaldreagan.com

Thank you again for putting together this information. Keep up the good work.

As for Mr. Reagan himself? While smiling and joking his way into the history books, his actual legacy is this: He was anti-labor. The biggest deficit spender in history (until our present fiasco of a president). Originator of the Big Lie. Hypocrite.

Mr. Reagan oversaw the beginnings of the dismantling of American manufacturing and sourcing jobs overseas. He turned his back on the laws regarding corporate mergers, creating fertile ground in our move towards the United States of Corporate America.

He was the originator of Justified Meanness: The idea that it was OK for someone to feel good that they had an obscene amount of money while others starved. After all: you earned it. You deserved it. The other guy has nothing? That's his fault.

Reagan originated the "trickle down" economic theory, a continuing fallacy still practiced by the our modern day liar of a president.

Iran-Contra. Lies. The Sandinistas. More lies. Dismantling of America's system for treatment of the mentally ill.

I could go on but you get my drift. I hope history judges this man by his record and not by Propaganda.

Good-bye Ron. You've created one hell of a mess.

Written in memory of “The Great Communicator” Ronald Wilson Reagan
1911-2004

And he paused before entering the stars. And an angel, seeing who he was, said to him,
“Is there anything you’d like to say to them before you enter?” And he turned, looked
upon the fields of the earth and spoke…

Some future day, when the game seems too tough
And the field that’s before you seems jagged and rough
See if the boys will still stand and be winners
And go in there and win just one more for the Gipper

Try and see what you are and what you can be
“For G-d and Country” still hold the most sacred of dreams
“Tear down that wall” grasp America’s hand
Hold Freedom’s Lamp upon Liberty’s Land

You must believe in a cause and believe in a way
And believe,
That the fields filled with honor and the goal can sustain…
Those times when you carry the ball your own
For leadership and life are not perfections in stone

For I made mistakes on my run as I strode for the peaks
There were times I had doubt, but never was weak
With any great change you must speak what’s inside
And find a team, such as mine, who will stand by your side

My truest teammate was my hope and my life
She was more than a friend; she was my essence and light
She believed in the cause no matter the pain
And never wavered or doubted when the breaks came our way

Because the games never over, for its values play on
Just as freedom and honor need a team who stands strong
Who believe that challenge is one they can meet
By winning with strength, great love and new peace

For the games only won by those paying the price
Who understand commitment and faith and pride’s sacrifice
Who stand tall through the shouts when things aren’t going their way
Who know,
They may change it around with the very next play

So believe in yourself, remember the dream
Then victory’s yours and the touchdown achieved
And when you strive for this challenge and unite as Hope’s winners
I don’t know where I’ll be, but that’ll be one for the Gipper

So I hope that you’ll play under Liberty’s Will
And remember,
We’ll pass someday on “that shining city on the hill”
For I leave behind a life fully lived
It’s your turn to run, to score and to give

So years from now when you’ve forgotten my name
There will be a time when its rough and you’ll feel beat in the game
But go out there; stand tall, with ALL that you are
And that’ll be one for the Gip, as I look down from the stars
And that’ll be one for the Gip, as I look down from the stars

In Lasting Name and Memory,

Eric S. Kingston
http://www.unitedpeacecouncil.org

Copyright 2004 esk

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