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Postby Frau_Blucher » Sat Jun 05, 2004 7:29 am

I remember being a crass young man in high school when Reagan got shot. A bunch of us cheered, we got in big trouble, we couldn't have given less of a rat's ass. Hey, can anyone get me a copy of Ronnies Song just for the memories???
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Postby ExRat » Sat Jun 05, 2004 7:51 am

Sorry if I sound "hateful" (see the Sinéad thread) but I could care less. The man lived to be 93. Too bad that so many AIDS patients didn't have that privelege (thanks to him).
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Postby Otters Walk Among Us » Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:19 am

well, his body may have lived until 93, but he sure didn't.
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Postby golfer » Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:25 am

What a shame it wasn't George W....Ronny was a joke. Goerge IS serious trouble!!![;)]
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Postby Jimbo » Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:56 am

Yawn... [|)]
You do sound hateful ExRat, so I can see your admiration for weird bald chicks that get famous for a song she did not even write.
Considering that Reagan has been out of office for 16 years and we still have not cured AIDS yet, I don't thin
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Postby Frau_Blucher » Sat Jun 05, 2004 9:38 am

ExRat might sound hateful, but Reagan WAS pretty hated, revisionist history aside. It was love/hate and little inbetween back then. And AIDS in fact CAN be controlled now - Reagen could have helped get that on track a few years and few thousand lives earl
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Postby Frau_Blucher » Sat Jun 05, 2004 9:40 am

OH OH OH!!! This just sparked another memory. Was there some song with the lyrics or a dropin that went "kill the brain and you kill the ghoul, if he's not dead then you're a fool" or some like that?!!! I think it's an early punk classic or maybe just a m
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Postby oneno » Sat Jun 05, 2004 10:16 am

I was on my way back from a wedding in northern Illinois and was driving through Reagans boyhood town of Dixon Illinois and there were literaly dozens of major news crews around his childhood home. It was a sad moment for America.I'm not a registered vote
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Postby Grunch » Sat Jun 05, 2004 10:45 am

All the comments remind me how easy it is to loose track of what actually happened. Like him or not, a person has died. He didn;t ask to live to 93, none of us know our number, and hopefully when we pass on, negative comments won't bubble to the surface a
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Postby ghosty » Sat Jun 05, 2004 10:58 am

Well said.
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Postby Frau_Blucher » Sat Jun 05, 2004 11:24 am

Where has all the irreverance gone? [:(]
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Postby fritzb » Sat Jun 05, 2004 11:27 am

I agree...

Love him or hate him, Reagan was a huge part of the 80s. His passing is worthy of reflection.

I know a few people of both parties who had the privilage of meeting Reagan while he was in office. All agree that he was a kind and thoughtfu
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Postby Jimbo » Sat Jun 05, 2004 11:33 am

[quote]Originally posted by myirwin
[br]Where has all the irreverance gone? [:(]
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Postby Ollie Stench » Sat Jun 05, 2004 11:35 am

The man declared Katsup a vegetable. Nothing more needs to be said!
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Postby schwenko » Sat Jun 05, 2004 11:40 am

[quote]Originally posted by Ollie Stench
[br]The man declared Katsup a vegetable. Nothing more needs to be said!
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