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06-10-2004, 10:02 AM
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This day marks the funarel of the 40th President Ronald Regan.
A Great man how did many great things for this Nation.
And the saddest thing is that he did so much for us and when he got a terrable disease we could do nothing to help him.
I will miss him, as will the entire nastion.
God Be with you Ronny, we will never forget you! v_v
He was the main person that ended the cold war
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yeah good man he will be missed
Can't say that I ever knew much about the guy, but from what I've seen, he's done his share of good and stupid things, as has any world leader. (Stupid: Funding and training Bin Laden, Good: Ending the cold war without actually shooting anyone.)
I myself tend to be a smidgen to the left, but I could respect this guy on the grounds that he at least acted like a real leader instead of pussy-footing around everything or talking out of his ass, like most politicians today do.
Ah, Gorbachev. Now there is a *truly* great man.
I'd also give Lech Walesa some credit for the end of the cold war. He was behind the polish solidarity, which was the first of all the uprisings in Soviet-controlled countries.
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Tank Cop Wrote:And the saddest thing is that he did so much for us and when he got a terrable disease we could do nothing to help him.
Actually, had it not been for Dubya cutting the funding for stem-cell research, it's possible we could have given the Gipper a few more years.
Then again, it is sort of fitting that Reagan died of disease when you consider the fact that his initial refusal to acknowledge the full scope of the AIDS crisis meant that government-funded research into the disease was delayed, and many people died from ignorance.
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hey it's politics what can we say