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Let' s not forget what was going on the world when Reagan "took" the Presidency
« on: January 16, 2008, 11:35:00 PM »
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Let' s not forget what was going on the world when Reagan "took" the Presidency
   
We had just come off of a Carter presidency who tried to wean us off of foreign oil, who tried to get us to conserve, who initiated CAFE standards for automakers. He encouraged people to turn back their thermostats, wear sweaters, and CONSERVE our precious energy and resources. He encouraged us to be good stewards and leave the world better for others. We are all in this together.
Along came Reagan. Undid all of the good things that Carter did. Conservation out the window. Encouraged us to consume as much whenever and wherever we wanted. Use all the oil you can! Drive the biggest car you can! Consume Consume Consume! rang out through the land. Our country turned from shared sacrifice to ME ME ME ME!
I'd like for some stupid ****er to come along and say NOW who was right and who was wrong? *******ed this pisses me off.

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Re: Let' s not forget what was going on the world when Reagan "took" the Preside
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2008, 11:49:15 PM »
Yep. Republicans never win, we just take things.
--seriously, if this were true, why would democrats ever win? We would rule forever!
And I would have a snazzy job as a guard at a Liberal Re-education Camp.
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Re: Let' s not forget what was going on the world when Reagan "took" the Presidency
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2008, 11:56:33 PM »
Damn American's for choosing freedom, prosperity and security over "shared sacrifice". What were we thinking?  ::)
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Re: Let' s not forget what was going on the world when Reagan "took" the Presidency
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2008, 05:16:16 AM »
For all those that weren`t alive or very old during the Carter administration it was one of the darkest times this country has seen in its history.

The dems had destroyed our sense of national pride by losing Vietnam,the USSR was on the move around the world,inflation at double digits,interest rates over 20% unemployment double that of now and a President who was resigned that Americas best days were behind it.

Due to his ineptness Islamofacisim took hold which is his real legacy.
It matters not what DUmmies think of him,history has placed him in the bottom group of Presidents and he will never be removed from that position.
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Re: Let' s not forget what was going on the world when Reagan "took" the Presidency
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2008, 06:44:53 AM »
Even though Carter's actual reason for taking that stance was not his Holy Greenness, but the fact that he had so totally FUBARed our foreign relations with oil-producing states with which we had formerly been on good terms that he had no real choice but to make a virtue of a necessity, even if the necessity was created entirely by his own fundamental incompetence....   
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Re: Let' s not forget what was going on the world when Reagan "took" the Presidency
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2008, 07:04:45 AM »
The only thing Carter was good for was for kids like me who could sell overpriced sodas to people in gas lines (odd and even days - remember that?)
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Re: Let' s not forget what was going on the world when Reagan "took" the Presidency
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2008, 07:08:48 AM »
Carter tried to "wean us off of foreign oil"?

Funny I seem to remember it was because the Saudi's tried to cut our supply off.

The Nameless Horse sure has an odd revisionist view of the 70's.
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Re: Let' s not forget what was going on the world when Reagan "took" the Preside
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2008, 07:33:11 AM »
Carter tried to get rid of his image as a wimp by leaking info on the stealth bomber too. As if he was the one responsible for the project.
Didn't work.
And 444 days, can't forget that.
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Re: Let' s not forget what was going on the world when Reagan "took" the Presidency
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2008, 07:43:30 AM »
Quote from: TheSarge on January 17, 2008, 07:08:48 AM
The Nameless Horse sure has an odd revisionist view of the 70's.

Ms. Ed the unappellated eohippus has odd views about just about everything and anything.

Her views depend upon how she feels about the person.

If Ms. Ed likes the person, no matter what the person did, bad or good, it's all okay with Ms. Ed.

If Ms. Ed dislikes the person, no matter what the person did, bad or good, it's all wrong with Ms. Ed.

I'm really surprised I seem to be the only person who's noticed this about the unappellated eohippus, a practitioner of the cult of personality.
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Re: Let' s not forget what was going on the world when Reagan "took" the Presidency
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2008, 07:54:54 AM »
Carter:  The President of dark street corners and partially lit freeways.  Yes, those were some humbling days for Americans. 
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Re: Let' s not forget what was going on the world when Reagan "took" the Preside
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2008, 08:39:20 AM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on January 17, 2008, 07:54:54 AM
Carter:  The President of dark street corners and partially lit freeways.  Yes, those were some humbling days for Americans. 

And 270 in St. Louis still scares me at night, cause the city never restored the lights on that interstate after that "brilliant" idea.
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Re: Let' s not forget what was going on the world when Reagan "took" the Preside
« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2008, 08:49:34 AM »
Is HWNN positing that election stealing was going on even then??   :mental:

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Re: Let' s not forget what was going on the world when Reagan "took" the Preside
« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2008, 09:17:40 AM »
Quote from: Texacon on January 17, 2008, 08:49:34 AM
Is HWNN positing that election stealing was going on even then??   :mental:

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IMHO there are a certain group of hard core Libtards that believe that ANY election that a Democrat doesn't win is "stolen".
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Re: Let' s not forget what was going on the world when Reagan "took" the Preside
« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2008, 09:26:18 AM »
Quote from: TheSarge on January 17, 2008, 09:17:40 AM
Quote from: Texacon on January 17, 2008, 08:49:34 AM
Is HWNN positing that election stealing was going on even then??   :mental:

KC

IMHO there are a certain group of hard core Libtards that believe that ANY election that a Democrat doesn't win is "stolen".


Which is amazing given the fact they will openly admit that 50% of the nation are idiots.  They just haven't figured out which 50% it is!   :-)

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Re: Let' s not forget what was going on the world when Reagan "took" the Presidency
« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2008, 12:35:49 PM »
I work 16 to 20-hour days and hurt so bad I can only sleep a few hours at a time before my muscles lock-up and wake me from the pain.

There is no end in sight because the so called "precious resources" are massive oceans under my frost-bitten feet and we have more work than we can handle.

Ignorant, fantasizing jag-offs bloviating to puff their egos up so they can feel superior to everyone else.
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Re: Let' s not forget what was going on the world when Reagan "took" the Presidency
« Reply #15 on: January 17, 2008, 12:43:35 PM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on January 17, 2008, 07:54:54 AM
Carter:  The President of dark street corners and partially lit freeways.  Yes, those were some humbling days for Americans. 

Not to forget the drunken brother pissing in an alley on live TV.
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Re: Let' s not forget what was going on the world when Reagan "took" the Presidency
« Reply #16 on: January 17, 2008, 03:12:55 PM »
Didn't he fly around in a invisible plane and have a rope that he could lasso people with and force them to tell the truth? Oh wait sorry, that was Linda Carter... never mind.
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Re: Let' s not forget what was going on the world when Reagan "took" the Preside
« Reply #17 on: January 17, 2008, 03:21:10 PM »
Quote from: redwhit on January 17, 2008, 07:04:45 AM
The only thing Carter was good for was for kids like me who could sell overpriced sodas to people in gas lines (odd and even days - remember that?)

Oh yes I do. My dad owned a gas station and it was my lucky job to do things like check gas gauges and put the "last car" sign on the last car. It was a damn good thing we had a 100+ lb German Shepherd as our watch dog. 
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Re: Let' s not forget what was going on the world when Reagan "took" the Presidency
« Reply #18 on: January 17, 2008, 08:37:51 PM »
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18. Exactly my point as I state in my thread:
 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

The "**** everyone else and **** responsibility! I want mine right now!!! Gimme!"
 


That's what liberalism is, dumbass.
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