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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Ralph Wiggum on November 23, 2013, 02:24:54 PM
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In my 43+ years, the three events of national magnitude that I remember where I was were President Reagan being shot, the Challenger explosion, and 9/11. The DUmmies, of course, use this thread to crap all over President Reagan's legacy.
itsrobert (9,530 posts)
Where were you when you heard Ronald Reagan was shot? (http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024078555)
I was in a high school English class. I think.
I am in control here.
madinmaryland (54,735 posts)
5. Probably the same place I was when Saddam Hussein tried to kill George HW Bush...
taking a dump.
MrScorpio (57,556 posts)
6. I was working nights at the time
It was all over the TV when I got up that afternoon. I was glued to the coverage all night until I had to go back to work.
newfie11 (4,439 posts)
12. How weird
I can't remember.
Guess it shows how important I thought he was
scarletwoman (25,741 posts)
15. No idea. I don't even remember what year it was when it happened.
I absolutely loathed Reagan. I do remember having the fleeting thought that it was too bad the shot wasn't fatal - although I quickly felt ashamed about thinking such a thing. More substantial was my thought that, "Oh shit, now he'll be elevated to holy victimhood."
The Reagan years were sheer torture to me. Witnessing this bizarre and despical cult lay waste to the entire social contract in every way their evil minds could think of. My main memory of that time was the utter disgust I felt. His being shot was just another layer of disgustingness.
billh58 (3,261 posts)
18. I was on duty
as an air traffic controller in Honolulu TRACON, and it was five months later that the sonofabitch fired me and 14,000 other PATCO brothers and sisters.
Holly_Hobby (2,138 posts)
19. No clue,
I can't even remember what year it was.
tularetom (18,142 posts)
22. I have no effing idea, it just was not that important to me
All I cared about was he wasn't around to **** up CA anymore.
Little did I know.......
bitchkitty (7,108 posts)
29. Who cares? n/t
undeterred (33,521 posts)
31. What I remember best about that day is one of my co-workers saying
the shooter should be given the death penalty for being such a lousy shot.
left on green only (1,200 posts)
56. Damn Straight!.....or not so straight
I remember muttering something about, "Where is the NRA when you really need them?". I remember that at the time I was working for a "defense" contractor who also manufactured TeeVee sets. Coincidentally I was standing around one of their eternally turned on one-eyed boxes that was perched in the company cafeteria, and watching the "pageant" unfold. I didn't stay in either place for very long (my choice).
zbdent (35,241 posts)
32. I think I was in school ...
Ironically, I had suggested a "Death Pool" (long before I ever heard the term) at the time Reagan was elected.
I had been using the idea that the "President elected in a year with a zero die in office", and I was saying that people should contribute a dollar. Guess which month Reagan dies.
Almost immediately, Reagan could have died.
cpwm17 (1,654 posts)
35. I have no idea
I remember the important things like the Challenger disaster, 9-11, and hearing that Phil Mickelson won his first major.
But Reagan getting shot: I can't remember. I couldn't stand him. That's what I remember.
Reagan didn't die, so that might be why it's more difficult to remember.
Our family had no TV in the 1960's and my elementary school didn't mention the news, so I missed all of that era. I was also too young in 1963 to remember JFK.
graywarrior (58,533 posts)
52. I was still hurting from the John Lennon shooting in december
So I didn't care that much...(at all).
sweetloukillbot (909 posts)
55. I was in 5th grade...
The shock is that I distinctly remember another girl in my class saying how she hoped he died because he was so evil. Can't remember Lennon, and probably wouldn't remember Reagan if it weren't for that girl.
GP6971 (740 posts)
57. Who cares?????? n/t
truebluegreen (3,764 posts)
60. Who? the poseur? I forget.
When was that anyway?
Boudica the Lyoness (1,986 posts)
61. I was in a downtown coffee shop ordering coffee. I was on my way to work.
I worked for the state at the time and Reagan had just ended Carter's C.E.T.A. a program that had trained and put to work many people. At work there were sobbing frightened people who didn't know if they were going to be able to find work ever again. Many of the woman were divorcees, in their 50's, who had never worked outside of the home until C.E.T.A. trained them and found them work.
In the coffee shop an air force officer walked in behind me and said "Reagan's been shot"! I said, "Good".
2naSalit (2,619 posts)
63. I was driving a semi somewhere in Wisconsin
or Illinois. I had to look up the date but I do recall watching the news showing it that evening and I thought, "Here we go again." I would gladly have traded him for Lennon.
Comrade Grumpy (5,597 posts)
65. I dunno. Not a defining moment in my life.
prairierose (1,808 posts)
66. I really have no idea....
I hated him so apparently, I did not bother to remember much about it. I felt bad about Brady but didn't care if raygun survived....
chillfactor (759 posts)
77. I do not remember...
probably because he was such a horrible man and president.....but i do remember crying for days upon hearing about JFK, MLK, and Bobby.....I can tell you what I was wearing at the time and what I was doing...
pansypoo53219 (9,634 posts)
83. PAROCHIAL middle school + the class cheered. (lutheran)
Blue_In_AK (39,107 posts)
90. I barely remember.
I think I was at home doing something, but I honestly can't remember what.
Funny, I remember exactly where I was when I learned that JFK, RFK, Martin Luther King, and John Lennon were shot, but Reagan, not so much. I do remember thinking (god, if there is a god, forgive me), why did THIS one have to live.
Scootaloo (8,559 posts)
92. Wasn't born
My parents recall changing the channel "because **** that asshole."
kydo (1,005 posts)
94. Don't remember
Other then I was in High School. And honestly, I really didn't care about the raygun, but I remember being more concerned for Brady.
99Forever (6,726 posts)
97. Don't remember, don't care.
Ronnie Rayguns was an evil POS, however, I still didn't advocate the violence of a gunhumper on him. I only wish that he had never held the reins of power, the damage that jerk caused to this nation might never be repaired. He makes me wish there were an afterlife so he could be burning in Hell for all eternity.
BeyondGeography (22,609 posts)
106. A bar in Paris; the guy next to me said, "Better luck next time."
He was funny.
Thirties Child (44 posts)
112. I have no idea
I can tell you where I was when JFK and MLK were shot, even know where I was when I heard FDR died - I was 10, walking to the store, heard about it from people standing on their porches, crying. But no idea about Reagan. I do remember crying the night he was elected - knew we were on a downward slide.
gopiscrap (10,715 posts)
113. Who cares, it was Ronald Reagan
Lots of revisionist history here, especially with all this "concern" for James Brady. Brady only came out prominently for gun-control after the shooting, not before.
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Love that liberal tolerance. Wish they'd kick off their rebellion against the Teabaggers already...
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They sure are an evil bunch. Maybe their Karma is why they have such miserable lives.
billh58 (3,261 posts)
18. I was on duty
as an air traffic controller in Honolulu TRACON, and it was five months later that the sonofabitch fired me and 14,000 other PATCO brothers and sisters.
As someone who lives near LAX, that made me happy. I stood up and applauded when I heard it.
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They sure are an evil bunch. Maybe their Karma is why they have such miserable lives.
I couldn't have said it better myself.
Such hate can only come from a truly evil soul.
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newfie11 (4,439 posts)
12. How weird
I can't remember.
Guess it shows how important I thought he was
So you were even out of touch back then.
http://youtu.be/anHno8E4lGQ?t=3m44s
As Miller said, "Mondale only had 3 more electoral votes than I had and I didn't even run."
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DUmmie mentioned the "social contract": That's DUmmieese for, "I'm so lazy, I vote for democrat politicians to do the stealing for me."
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The DUchebags never fail to disappoint me.
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Where's this 'social contract'? My copy must have gotten lost in the mail.
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Where's this 'social contract'? My copy must have gotten lost in the mail.
You don't get the contract, just the bill.
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Nice group of psychopaths you have over there, Skinner.
Proud of your little flock?
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Nice group of psychopaths you have over there, Skinner.
Proud of your little flock?
I think he despises them as much as we do.
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I think he despises them as much as we do.
I agree, but as long as he can keep fleecing them for money he'll hold his nose and keep at it.
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I'd say a good 85% of that thread is either exaggerated or outright lies.
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Witnessing this bizarre and despical cult lay waste to the entire social contract in every way their evil minds could think of.
Well, I'm glad you brought that up, retarded, non-spelling piece of shit. Just what "social contract" was lain waste?
I would really love to know what sweeping government programs were "lain waste" you mouth-breathing half-wit.
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I'd say a good 85% of that thread is either exaggerated or outright lies.
At a minimum.
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billh58 (3,261 posts)
18. I was on duty
as an air traffic controller in Honolulu TRACON, and it was five months later that the sonofabitch fired me and 14,000 other PATCO brothers and sisters.
Tough shit. I refused to work for the FAA. I was ATC, too, and knew full well what a bunch of backstabbing slimebags they are.
I can assure you that I was far more proficient than you.
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I agree, but as long as he can keep fleecing them for money he'll hold his nose and keep at it.
Shoot Chuck... only thing that pisses me off is I wish I would have thought of it first!!!! I get fleeced by the libs every paycheck so that would have been some payback.
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Shoot Chuck... only thing that pisses me off is I wish I would have thought of it first!!!! I get fleeced by the libs every paycheck so that would have been some payback.
Me too. It was a brilliant move. Hind sight is 20/20.
Speaking of brilliant moves, a couple of years back someone started building a small grocery store here that was right next to one of the housing projects. As my wife and I rode by the place, I told her it was a brilliant idea. She asked why. I told her that I would just about bet that the first sign that goes up in front of the store will be "We accept EBT". She wanted to know why that mattered. I told her that I would imagine that most of the people living in the housing project received EBT benefits and that when the economy had her and me so broke that we couldn't afford to buy groceries the people living right next door to his store would still be making purchases.
The first sign to go up in front of the store was indeed "We accept EBT." The store appears to be doing well despite the economy.
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I saw a survey the other day and Kennedy was listed as the #1 President, Reagan was #2. Jimmy Carter must be happy because Obama will go down in history as the worst President!
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billh58 (3,261 posts)
18. I was on duty
as an air traffic controller in Honolulu TRACON, and it was five months later that the sonofabitch fired me and 14,000 other PATCO brothers and sisters.
You were fired, DUmbass billhbob, along with 14,000 of your MORON brothers and sisters, because you went on strike, AGAINST YOUR CONTRACT AND FEDERAL LAW!
You were told by the fedgov if you went on strike, you would be fired.
Guess what? You went on strike, and you were fired.
Go F*** yourself! :bigbird:
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You were fired, DUmbass billhbob, along with 14,000 of your MORON brothers and sisters, because you went on strike, AGAINST YOUR CONTRACT AND FEDERAL LAW!
You were told by the fedgov if you went on strike, you would be fired.
Guess what? You went on strike, and you were fired.
I remember that strike and the warnings from Reagan, but at the time it was unthinkable that Reagan would make good on the threat. Organized labor in 1981 vastly more powerful than it is today.
Reagan was a new president, mocked by the liberal press (the only kind that existed) as a shallow Hollywood actor. The country hadn't yet emerged from its Jimmeh Carter pussification.
When Reagan actually pulled the trigger, it was astonishing, unbelievable, exhilarating.
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I'd say a good 85% of that thread is either exaggerated or outright lies.
My thoughts too. Lots of mini bouncies.
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My thoughts too. Lots of mini bouncies.
Do ten minor bouncies add up to one full-blown bouncy?
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I remember that strike and the warnings from Reagan, but at the time it was unthinkable that Reagan would make good on the threat. Organized labor in 1981 vastly more powerful than it is today.
Reagan was a new president, mocked by the liberal press (the only kind that existed) as a shallow Hollywood actor. The country hadn't yet emerged from its Jimmeh Carter pussification.
When Reagan actually pulled the trigger, it was astonishing, unbelievable, exhilarating.
I wish I'd been alive and old enough to have seen that. I bet the liberal and proto-primitive wailing and gnashing of teeth was glorious.
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They are still bitter about Reagan. Good grief! :mental:
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I wish I'd been alive and old enough to have seen that. I bet the liberal and proto-primitive wailing and gnashing of teeth was glorious.
Here you go:
http://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/aug-1981-air-traffic-controllers-strike-10541485 :popcorn:
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They are still bitter about Reagan. Good grief! :mental:
Wow. That's gotta be some kind of record; living rent free in so many heads 10 years after you've died and moved on to your eternal reward.
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Here you go:
http://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/aug-1981-air-traffic-controllers-strike-10541485 :popcorn:
H5
Those idiots got exactly what they deserved. That's why I'd have such a hard time in a union. If I have a job, I'm there to work. Why would I cut my own throat by not making money and supporting my family?