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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: franksolich on April 08, 2013, 06:59:11 AM
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http://news.sky.com/story/1075292/margaret-thatcher-dies-after-stroke
Margaret Thatcher Dies After Stroke
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RIP iron lady. Hell of a woman. :(
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Baroness Thatcher has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her spokesman Lord Bell has announced.
Lord Bell said: "It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning.
"A further statement will be made later."
Baroness Thatcher, Britain's first and only woman prime minister, had become increasingly frail and was suffering ill health in recent years.
She was admitted to hospital shortly before Christmas where she underwent an operation to remove a growth from her bladder but was allowed to return home before new year.
Baroness Thatcher, who was prime minister between 1979 and 1990, has been credited with transforming a nation in one decade, putting Britain back among the leading industrial nations of the world.....
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A great Lady. RIP. Ronald Reagan greets her with open arms.
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:bawl: :bawl: :bawl:
RIP Baroness Thatcher!!
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The greatest modern Prime Minister we've had.
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Rest in peace, dear lady. You were one of the true giants of the twentieth century.
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http://news.sky.com/story/1075292/margaret-thatcher-dies-after-stroke
RIP Margaret Thatcher.
I doubt that I'll hang around too much today. I already know what DU's reaction will be and I don't care to see it.
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She will be missed. R.I.P.
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God bless the Iron Lady and keep her now.
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I hate it when we lose the Great Ones. Rest In Peace.
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Rest in Peace, Lady Margaret.
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She didn't put up with any shit!!! I love her!! I have always admired her!!
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She didn't put up with any shit!!! I love her!! I have always admired her!!
I remember the story on how she and her aide were on an inspection tour of some SAS base, and played hostages in the training "shoot house" there. Her aide was panicking when the rounds started going off in the dark, and Lady Thatcher just sat there calmly, calmed her aide, and congratulated the shooters on their marksmanship when the session concluded.
When I grow up, I'd love to have balls as big as Lady Thatcher's.
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Hi5 - almost brings a tear to my eye to hear a British leader speak like that. We desperately need another like her.
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A great Lady. RIP. Ronald Reagan greets her with open arms.
I imagine she got quite a warm welcome from Reagan and Pope John Paul II. The champions of the Cold War reunited.
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Any statement yet from the WH? (I'm not holding my breath)
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Any statement yet from the WH? (I'm not holding my breath)
I expect that with Lady Margaret's passing, we'll hear less from the White House - if that were possible - than we did over the death of Chris Kyle.
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Any statement yet from the WH? (I'm not holding my breath)
Yeah, right.
While every other country in the world'll send high-ranking dignitaries to the funeral, I'm sure Massa Barry's just going to send some second-rate hip-hop rap star to represent us.
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It's a great loss for Britain. When she stepped down, the pussified liberals took over.
I'm sure she was ashamed to what has happened to a once proud country.
RIP dear Lady.
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Yeah, right.
While every other country in the world'll send high-ranking dignitaries to the funeral, I'm sure Massa Barry's just going to send some second-rate hip-hop rap star to represent us.
Moochelle and the rug rats.....they haven't been anywhere in the last couple of days.
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The British government says former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher will receive a ceremonial funeral with military honors.
Downing Street says Queen Elizabeth II has authorized a ceremonial funeral - a step short of a state funeral - to be held at St. Paul's Cathedral.
It says the funeral will be attended by a "wide and diverse range of people," and the service will be followed by a private cremation.
It did not provide further details on the timing of the service, saying only that the arrangement are "in line with the wishes" of Thatcher's family.
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This is from George W Bush, the former US president.
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Laura and I are saddened by the death of Baroness Margaret Thatcher.
She was an inspirational leader who stood on principle and guided her nation with confidence and clarity.
Prime Minister Thatcher is a great example of strength and character, and a great ally who strengthened the special relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States.
Laura and I join the people of Great Britain in remembering the life and leadership of this strong woman and friend.
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Here's the tribute from the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Today I mourn the passing of Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher. She was truly a great leader, a woman of principle, of determination, of conviction, of strength; a woman of greatness. She was a staunch friend of Israel and the Jewish people. She inspired a generation of political leaders. I send my most sincere condolences to her family and to the government and people of Great Britain.
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Labour has announced that it will suspend campaigning in the local elections until further notice following Lady Thatcher's death.
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As a small reminder of what one woman can achieve - when she arrived in Downing Street the highest rate of taxation was 98% (top rate on unearned income), when she left it was 40%.
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All sorts of reactions, including twits, and from world leaders and ordinary people, at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2013/apr/08/miliband-clegg-local-elections-cameron-madrid
But nothing from Massa Barry.
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Yeah, right.
While every other country in the world'll send high-ranking dignitaries to the funeral, I'm sure Massa Barry's just going to send some second-rate hip-hop rap star to represent us.
I do not think Baroness Thatcher would want anyone from this current White House to soil her final farewell with their disgusting presence.
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The British government says former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher will receive a ceremonial funeral with military honors.
This is a very significant mark of her greatness - we usually let former Prime Ministers fade into obscurity, and then have private funerals; the only other P.M. to receive this honour was Sir Winston Churchill.
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This is a very significant mark of her greatness - we usually let former Prime Ministers fade into obscurity, and then have private funerals; the only other P.M. to receive this honour was Sir Winston Churchill.
I wonder why it's not a state funeral, which is one rank higher than a ceremonial one, unless the family requested it.
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But nothing from Massa Barry.
Well one President has commented - I'd much rather this than Pres. Obama.
Laura and I [Pres. G.W. Bush] are saddened by the death of Baroness Margaret Thatcher.
She was an inspirational leader who stood on principle and guided her nation with confidence and clarity.
Prime Minister Thatcher is a great example of strength and character, and a great ally who strengthened the special relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States.
Laura and I join the people of Great Britain in remembering the life and leadership of this strong woman and friend.
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I wonder why it's not a state funeral, which is one rank higher than a ceremonial one, unless the family requested it.
The B.B.C. has noted that there will be no laying-in-state at the request of the Thatcher family, so I would assume that the decision to have a ceremonial funeral comes from them.
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RIP Margaret Thatcher.
I doubt that I'll hang around too much today. I already know what DU's reaction will be and I don't care to see it.
I haven't looked yet, but I'm with you, the reaction will be despicable.
RIP to one hell of a woman.
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More, from the link already cited above:
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It was the Russians (a Soviet army newspaper, I think) who dubbed Margaret Thatcher the "Iron Lady" in the 1970s. This is what they are saying about Lady Thatcher in Russia today. It's from my colleague Miriam Elder.
There are few things Russian officialdom respects more than a strong leader and, to them, Margaret Thatcher was it. It was Krasnaya Zvezda, the Red Army’s newspaper, that dubbed her the “Iron Lady†in a 1977 article. The title stuck around. The Soviet Union didn’t.
She forged a warm relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet premier. The 82-year-old Gorbachev said on Monday: “Margaret Thatcher was a big political figure and a bright person. She will remain in our memory and in history.â€
The news of Margaret Thatcher's death is a sad thing. I knew she was seriously ill, the last time we saw each other was several years ago,†he said.
Speaking to the Interfax news agency he said the two leaders’ relations “were difficult at times, not always smooth, but, serious and responsible from both sides.â€
"Personal relations formed gradually and became more and more friendly,†he said. “Eventually, we managed to reach mutual understanding and it was a contribution to changing the atmosphere between our country and the West and to stopping the cold war."
Thatcher was unswerving in her criticism of the “evil empireâ€.
“Until her coming to power, the western establishment thought that the USSR and communism were permanent, so you don’t have to struggle against them, but come to terms with them,†the influential political analyst Stanislav Belkovsky told the Izvestiya newspaper on Monday. “It was Thatcher and then Reagen who brought the totally new idea that communism can be beaten and destroyed. And they did it.â€
It was an unswerving position that elevated her to soaring heights among Russia’s, ironically liberal, classes. Boris Nemtsov, a former Kremlin official turned opposition leader, compared Thatcher to the last Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev: “Neither one nor the other was loved in their motherland, but were respected abroad.â€
Anatoly Adamshin, a deputy foreign minister in the last Soviet cabinet, said: “She is dear to me because from the very beginning, she felt that Gorbachev is the kind of leader that wants to do a lot for his country and supported him from the very beginning.â€
Even Russia’s hardliners found something to respect.
Speaking to journalists on Monday, Communist deputy Leonid Kalashnikov said: “She is the greatest woman, the greatest politician – as an opponent, I always respected her.â€
“And how she, with the Americans ‘strangled’ the Soviet Union is also worth quite a lot – because she did it correctly, logically and in their own interests,†he said. “Our men-politicians need to learn from her, how to stand up for the national interests of your country,†he said.
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Any statement yet from the WH? (I'm not holding my breath)
You forget how muslims disrespect women. "No comment" from obama would be expected.
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You forget how muslims disrespect women. "No comment" from obama would be expected.
Well, I'm seeing all sorts of reactions from national leaders, but unless John McCain, Henry Kissinger, and Dean Heller (R-Nevada) "represent" the United States, nothing from Massa Barry.
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Apologies for the source, but it's what the nadin-machine came up with...
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 8, 2013
Statement from the President on the Passing of Baroness Margaret Thatcher
With the passing of Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the world has lost one of the great champions of freedom and liberty, and America has lost a true friend. As a grocer’s daughter who rose to become Britain’s first female prime minister, she stands as an example to our daughters that there is no glass ceiling that can’t be shattered. As prime minister, she helped restore the confidence and pride that has always been the hallmark of Britain at its best. And as an unapologetic supporter of our transatlantic alliance, she knew that with strength and resolve we could win the Cold War and extend freedom’s promise.
Here in America, many of us will never forget her standing shoulder to shoulder with President Reagan, reminding the world that we are not simply carried along by the currents of history—we can shape them with moral conviction, unyielding courage and iron will. Michelle and I send our thoughts to the Thatcher family and all the British people as we carry on the work to which she dedicated her life—free peoples standing together, determined to write our own destiny.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/08/1200059/-President-Obama-s-statement-on-the-passing-of-Baroness-Margaret-Thatcher
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I remember the story on how she and her aide were on an inspection tour of some SAS base, and played hostages in the training "shoot house" there. Her aide was panicking when the rounds started going off in the dark, and Lady Thatcher just sat there calmly, calmed her aide, and congratulated the shooters on their marksmanship when the session concluded.
When I grow up, I'd love to have balls as big as Lady Thatcher's.
For all the bellyaching of the feminuts on du something tells me they loathe this truly strong woman of character and resolve.
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Rest in peace, Iron Lady. Condolences to her family. I fear the world will never see anyone as courageous and steadfast as Margaret Thatcher, President Reagan and Pope John Paul II.
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For all the bellyaching of the feminuts on du something tells me they loathe this truly strong woman of character and resolve.
'course they do. Modern feminism is nothing more than a vehicle for the liberal agenda to piggyback on.
RIP, Mrs. Thatcher.
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Apologies for the source, but it's what the nadin-machine came up with...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/08/1200059/-President-Obama-s-statement-on-the-passing-of-Baroness-Margaret-Thatcher
No prayers - just "thoughts". I am not amazed.
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Sad news but she is at peace and will be missed. RIP and say Hello to President Reagan for us.
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No prayers - just "thoughts". I am not amazed.
Who wants the kind of prayers an acolyte of Reverends Wright, Pfleger, and León has to offer?
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We need a Margaret Thatcher. She and Reagan were the most influential leaders of my time.
Thatcher introduced a series of political and economic initiatives to reverse what she perceived to be Britain's precipitous national decline.(liberalism)[nb 1] Her political philosophy and economic policies emphasised deregulation (particularly of the financial sector), flexible labour markets, the privatisation of state-owned companies, and reducing the power and influence of trade unions.
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Yeah, right.
While every other country in the world'll send high-ranking dignitaries to the funeral, I'm sure Massa Barry's just going to send some second-rate hip-hop rap star to represent us.
Or worse, Joe Biden, Hilary Clinton, and/or John Kerry.
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This is a very significant mark of her greatness - we usually let former Prime Ministers fade into obscurity, and then have private funerals; the only other P.M. to receive this honour was Sir Winston Churchill.
Would her title as Baroness, in addition to her political rank as Prime Minister, have anything to do with the Queen's decision to authorize a ceremonial funeral?
I note with interest that her title of Baroness comes not because she was married to a Baron; she was appointed a peeress in the House of Lords with the title of Baroness.
In 1992, Thatcher left the House of Commons. She was appointed a peeress in the House of Lords with the title of Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven and continued giving speeches and lectures across the world. She also founded the Thatcher Foundation, which aimed to advance the cause of political and economic freedom, particularly in the newly liberated countries of central and eastern Europe. In 1995 she became a member of the Order of the Garter, the highest order of knighthood in England.
After a series of minor strokes, Baroness Thatcher retired from public speaking in 2002.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/people/margaret_thatcher
Rest in Peace, Maggie. God broke the mold when he made you.
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The world is a better place because of her. Thank you for all you have done for the free world Lady Thatcher.
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Margaret Thatcher > Quotes
http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/198468.Margaret_Thatcher
My favorite (as with most here):
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.â€
― Margaret Thatcher
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A true leader and cold warrior along with Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II.
Rest In Peace Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher.
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Michelle and I send our thoughts to the Thatcher family and all the British people as we carry on the work to which she dedicated her life—free peoples standing together, determined to write our own destiny.
Somehow he turns it to be about himself. Slugs look down and shit on this man he's so low.
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Somehow he turns it to be about himself. Slugs look down and shit on this man he's so low.
He's got a lot of ****ing nerve, he is actively dismantling all the work that people like her, and Reagan did. :banghead:
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Greatness stands out because it is so rare. God bless you, Mrs Thatcher. Thank you for being that rare flower .
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As a grocer’s daughter who rose to become Britain’s first female prime minister, she stands as an example to our daughters that there is no glass ceiling that can’t be shattered.
A grocer’s daughter.
It's kind of funny when I look back at Sarah Palin during a debate with a DUmmie, I told him we needed a leader like her that came from an "average background". His response was; "an average person would not make a good leader".
I never knew Thatcher was a "grocer’s daughter", it would have been an excellent come-back. :thatsright:
BTW: Reagan and Thatcher, the greatest duo ever. :-)
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Well done Iron Lady, well done. I hope President Reagan has tea waiting for you in heaven.
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To hell with the feminists like Fonda and Steinam. Thanks to Maggie, I didn't want to burn my bra or attend some dumbass sit-in, I wanted to be the badass boss in charge. May she rest in blessed, eternal peace.
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Never knew much about her but now I want to know more
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^ I knew some, but know a lot more because of this thread. The world lost a great soul. Rest in Peace, "Iron" Lady Thatcher.
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Never knew much about her but now I want to know more
Please do. Much like the great Winston Churchill, Thatcher stands tall and proud as a defender of freedom and capitalism. The left hates her (still) with a passion, which is a very good indicator she was good for her country and western civilization.
RIP Mrs Thatcher. Say hello to your partners JPII and the Gipper in Heaven for us. We miss you all. Badly
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Unfortunately just look at the Thatcher thread on DU. I feel like either throwing up, or going homicidal on leftist freaks. Why'd I look at that?
They simply don't have souls. :argh:
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Unfortunately just look at the Thatcher thread on DU. I feel like either throwing up, or going homicidal on leftist freaks. Why'd I look at that?
They simply don't have souls. :argh:
Oh, don't worry. They and their political masters are busily trying to launch a second American civil war. There are days, I actually hope they succeed, because there are a whole piss pot full of 'em that I'd like to put into oxygen withdrawals.
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Oh, don't worry. They and their political masters are busily trying to launch a second American civil war. There are days, I actually hope they succeed, because there are a whole piss pot full of 'em that I'd like to put into oxygen withdrawals.
DUmmies breathing.....biggest producers of global warming CO2.
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RIP Mrs Thatcher. May you find peace and happiness on the other side. You will be missed :heart:
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What a great lady and leader.
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Watching the coverage of her funeral now - even the B.B.C. is being decent and respectful.
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At 3:47am?!? Damn, you're dedicated. Hats off to you, sir.
RIP Margaret Thatcher.
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At 3:47am?!? Damn, you're dedicated. Hats off to you, sir.
RIP Margaret Thatcher.
He's in England.
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He's in England.
I was wondering whether honesty would require me to point that out...
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I was wondering whether honesty would require me to point that out...
Ha. :-)
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I was wondering whether honesty would require me to point that out...
LOL! You're still amazing! :-)