It's funny how if you tell a lie to most people long enough that it quickly becomes the truth.A perfect example of this is the belief that Ronald Reagan was one of our greatest presidents.Nothing can be farther from the truth,yet people are saying that the Republicans are turning away from being like Reagan:like this was a BAD thing!Well let me tell ya brother,Ronald Wilson Reagan was closer to his '666' image then he ever could be to his 'St. Ronald'- tell the lie long enough and it becomes the truth-persona.Ronald Reagan SUCKED!
Don't believe me?Mr. Reagan is personally responsible for most of all our major problems today.Let's start at the beginning...
One of the biggest myths about Ronald Reagan was that he ended communism.This is like saying FDR won WWII...but if he only had defeated Germany and then let Japan easily off the hook.While America is now a trading partner with Russia and we are easily kicking Cuba's communist butt,China's communist lead government is sending America a collective bill for almost a trillion dollars.The same dollar that is now at an all time low in Europe,Japan and elsewhere.I am very happy for the people of the United Germany,Poland and the rest of the eastern block....but....
The two reasons that most people give for Reagan causing the downfall of the U.S.S.R. are (1)the escalation of the Star Wars weapons race,and (2)the United States secretly giving the Afghanistan's missile launchers.These two acts,both critics and admirers alike,believe,turned the tide of U.S.S.R. domination.Yes,Reagan's illegal and corrupt practices did nickle and dime the U.S.S.R. out of existence....But...The deeper effects-in America-of Reagan's lousy policies are just now beginning to to be realized.We are now starting to lose our moral,social,economical powers in what some economists are calling the twilight of America.
Thanks to Ronald Reagan.
Reagan's often illegal actions began before he was even president.During the highpoint of the 'Iranian Hostage Crisis',presidential candidate Ronald Reagan virtually hog tied President Jimmy Carter's hands by empathetically stating that 'He' would never negotiate with terrorists'.In a close presidential race,with half the country rooting for the other guy,it would have been political suicide for Jimmy Carter to appear weak on this issue.
Little did he know that the hostages not being released would probably cost him the election.
But this was no accident.Reagan lied.Someone from within his administration-most people believe either Donald Rumsfield or George H.W. Bush-negotiated with Iran.They made an arms deal with Iran on the order that America would sell them guns if they(the Iranians) did not release the American hostages until AFTER Ronald Reagan was sworn in as president...which is what happened.
I think that it is despicable that our fellow Americans were held even a second longer then they had to be.Yet they were held from the November election until Ronald Wilson Reagan came into office in January!That is not only shameful:it is criminal!
But wait!There is more.His administration then took this Iranian money and unConstitutionally gave it to the Contra rebels of Nicaragua.
Let's see,breakers of the law,liars..and this is the same bunch of thugs that are running the place today.Great prez cred so far-top notch guy.
This,in my humble opinion,is Ronald Reagan's legacy:He created modern terrorism.His administration dealt secretly with terrorists,thus,giving terrorists the true idea that the means of terror could get them what they wanted.You must remember that he also dealt with Saddam Hussein;selling him American made weapons of mass destruction.And you also should take note that after arming the Afghan people,Mr.Reagan did not supply any money back into the Afghanistan infrastructure,leaving the young men with no jobs,no means to survive...just guns and an angry attitude against western authorities.
Talk about creating perfect conditions for a religious jihad.Thanks for that,Ron.
Another thing we can thank President Reagan for is the illegal immigrant problem.Wait,stay with me,here.Ask yourself,where is the one place in the blue collar work place where there is never-ever any illegal immigrants working?
Union shops.
Who broke the unions?
Ronald Wilson Reagan.
Mr.Reagan turned what was once one of the most positive things about America:that it had the highest standard of living in the world,into a negative.Of course,he didn't word it that way.He simply implied that union workers were overpaid and under worked.
And then he put his money where his mouth was.He broke the air traffic controller's union,changed labor laws(all against union rights)and replaced the striking workers.The days of having the highest standard of living came to a swift and sudden close.Illegal labor was not far behind.
All of this may have been perfectly understandable if Mr.Reagan's goal was for America to compete more efficiently in the world market place.Mr.Reagan did not care one iota about America.Mr.Reagan cared about big business...and only about big business.
In fact,Ronald Reagan was anti-American.His speeches,his rhetoric made this point perfectly clear.Of course he didn't say it that way.His mantra,'Let's keep big government off big businesses back',explains how he felt perfectly.
Personally,I love not only my country,but my government."I pledge allegience to the flag of the United States of America.And to the republic for which it stands..."
What he really was saying was this,"If we get rid of the laws that make wrong actions by big businesses illegal,then they will no longer be illegally.
Duh.
Can you say Enron?Can you say Gen Corp?These are just two examples of ol' Ronnies end product.
Another end product was putting these 'international' cooperation's interests above and before America's interests.Lost taxes.Lost revenue.Lost jobs.No bid government contracts.Leverage buyouts.Hell,they even made it so that a company would not even have to pay their fines.The company fines were contract guaranteed to be paid by us-the government paid the said fines with our tax dollars.
Thus began the Ronald Reagan shell game.Or you could call it what the current Bush administration has made into... it's true art form:doublespeak.
White man speaks with fork tongue.
Thus,of course,Ronald Reagan could speak out against higher taxes,and sing the praises of huge tax cuts...whom better to be stealing dollars from the tax dollar cookie jar than someone that was so anti tax?How about another picnic basket,Boo Boo?
The-still not near to totally functioning today-$tar War$ system did not come cheap.It bankrupted the U.S.S.R.,afterall.Somebody was getting rich some how.Another break for big business...cooperate welfare!
Sssh,don't tell.
Sadly,I've saved the worst for last.The unethical manipulation of constituents.The people that vote for you are supposed to be on your side...
...why manipulate them?Well..OK,that's a no brainer-just part of the shell game.If you preach holiness,holy religious people are going to perceive you,or at the very least,hope you are what you preach.That is the lesson that Ronald Wilson Reagan has taught the conservative party.The 'unrighteous' right.Steal from them,trick them into believing you are for God,and you can get away with almost anything.
Ronald Reagan decieved America on his Christian leanings.Nancy and he ran their lives not through the hope and faith in Jesus and God,but in astrology.They consulted an astrologer daily!They would change their plans if this astrologer told them it was not safe to travel,to do(or not to do)this or that.
I am not talking the daily horoscope,but daily readings of the stars and the cards.This is a major Christian no-no.There are more readings and references against this in the Bible then to either abortion or being gay.
This was putting your faith in something other than God!This was a stoning to death sin in the Old Testament!This was blasphemy!And he did it daily!He did not repent.Did not ask for forgiveness.Did not turn to God.
Yet,Ronald Wilson Reagan(by the way,his name adds up to 666)pretended to lead the Christian right flock.This is,in my opinion,his damnest sin.While preaching holiness he wasn't.
He was a divider.Using hate terms,like,'Liberal' to preach hatred of our American brother and sisters.This is the direct reason there is the Red state hatred for the blue.Why Hillary is hated soo much,and untrue e-mails are sent Carl Rove style against Obama.Robbed elections.Unethical secret transactions.
Thanks to Ronald Reagan,a certain segment of politicans now beleive in misleading rather then leading;hatred rather then unity;stealing rather then buying.
Greatest president ever!?!
Hell NO!
I don't think so.
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I have always cringed at the mention of this, but you know how people get on that bandwagon!! He also conjurs up the image of the doddering old fool who slept at meetings and called his wife mommy.
Wow! You totally nailed this...
Set the groundwork, he did. "He created modern terrorism." Perfect.
Great post!
Mixter
Dear,Mixter and Dharma,thank you both for commenting on this post.It means allot to me.
What is your problem anonymous? You shoot down someone who has an opinion? Why don't you just move to Canada.
Dear, Anonymous #1.No,I don't like it,and I am not moving to Russia.I love America.I love my government.But...I will never blindly follow an elected offical because he /she is just that:elected!
Reagan made people give up on America.He gave them the feeling that coruption is unstoppable.That government is bad.
Great blog! but you left out his biggest crime against America. He invented deficit spending. Because of him our country is in debt and will be forever.
It's kind of funny the guy who called you a retard, admitted he couldn't read the whole thing. That is the people who elected Ronny Ray guns. Yep we can't read but it doesn't stop us from calling you liberals stupid.
Stalker Out!
I did a google search of "Reagan, worst president" and came up with this post. Yes, you are right on the money with your analysis. Although I don't think that Reagan's actions brought down the Soviet Union ... the USSR would have imploded anyway, because their economy was highly inefficient.
But all this contemporary adulation for Reagan is a sign that people are extremely deluded. Reagan took a nation that had an ethic of mutual caring and completely reversed that. He destroyed what was best about this country, the optimism and idealism, and replaced it with cynicism and hostility to community.
Reagan led the charge to dismantle the public sector, and it has never been adequately restored. A complex economy needs a functioning system of regulation, but Reagan's public policy was driven by the tenet that all government functions are evil. He deregulated many arenas: environmental protection, occupational health, and with regard to worker organizing, among others. This was done so that his rich friends could skim the cream off productivity and not pay the environmental and social costs that capitalism always incurs.
He opposed expanding our citizen democracy and wanted to see the average person less powerful, not more so.
Many of the problems in our society today are a result of the Reagan philosophy. It is so sad that Americans were duped by this actor. I guess that people are easily taken-in by charm, even if the charmer is screwing you over. I hope that Obama will restore some of the legitimate functions of government, and a sense of community in this nation that we haven't seen since pre-Reagan.
Susan Nunn, Pennsylvannia
You say you trust and believe in our gov. Please google Lindsey Williams or Alex Jones, youtube fema camps. It is important that you have strong faith in God, because it has started the signs are all around us. God Bless you all!
Typical of our friend "anonymous" when you no longer have answers or ground to stand on, go ahead and turn to your imaginary friend in the sky for legitimacy.
I don't have a problem with people who have faith, but do try to have some intelligent thought or at thoughtful critique before attempting to tear down such a well crafted post.
Now go clutch your bible and grab your guns and ammo, and hide in your bunker.
While your hiding in there and listening to Rush and Bill'O, make sure not to let the hatch door to your pillbox hit you in the ass on the way down.
kk thx bai
-Frederick
Excellent read!! I agree and appreciate you for writing this blog!!! Kudos!!
Don't worry the rest of the world believes you. You expressed a common feeling amongst a lot of people around the world. Reagan was a non-world leader. Republicans are like rare earth magnets once polarized they always stay polarized.
Part of the Republican ethos, is to "forget about it", "lets move on", big business needs to rob the next generation. Just remember republicanism is bringing back slavery by supporting a global economy (outsourcing, etc), increased education costs, and the removal of any government power to set minimum standards.
They issued a record number of National Security media block orders during Both Reagan Bush and Bush Admins. Its almost as though the world isn't allow to see how big a failure they really are.
Interesting blog. About the only things that truly make this from being a really good blog is the numerous writing errors and the lack of some type of sourcing to back up your statements. The inclusion of these, with the reduction of opinions can strengthen your argument. I will continue to research this topic though. I am neither conservative or liberal, but as a result of my American History classes, I quickly developed a dislike for what Reagan did, and feel as if he is the biggest factor for many of the things I dislike most about our nation today. In fact, so far in my research I find myself very impressed by one of our most notorious President Nixon. Goes to show you how impact media is.
Anonymous..thank you for your kind words.If you are applying for the job of volunteer editor,write to me.But my writting errors-numerous or not-are what you get on my blog.These errors,are somewhat a proof signature that shows that the blog is written by me.
My opinion.My Writings.My blog.It is what it is.
I sometimes post my sourcing.I do not always feel that it is my job to do so.This is a blog.If what I say peeks your interest,don't be lazy,do your own research.Find your own voice.Process your own thoughts.Believe what you want to believe.
You missed so much... His deregulation of industry made lapdog out of watchdogs.
America was the worlds leading creditor nation when he took office, and it was the worlds leading credit nation when he left.
He ran up the debt to twice what it had ever been before (two trillion).
He actively supported murderous dictaotors and death squads in South america.
He cut funding for and forced the release of most of the insane from asylumns, with no support of followup, only to have them incarcerated in our prison systems soon thereafter.
He made greed fashionable and encouraged the ugliest side of capitalism by allowing corporations to be raided, assets sold, jobs cut or offshored and the health of companies squeezed out into hands of the take over.
He reversed all the efforts Carter had made to getting us to energy independance. He even championed big oil and manipulated prices to subsidize the oil industry.
Reagan stifled heath in a number of areas including family planning and medical research.
He plunged us into a resession while he wasted money on starwars and military buildups, blatant give aways to corporations whther the military whanted or not.
In a twist of divine justice RayGun was well into his Altzhimers disease half way through his second term. Ironic because Altzhimers was one of the very reseachs he stifled.
Personally I dont think he ever had an original thought. He had one skill and one skill only and that was telling a story. He did it and his handlers wrote the script.
I remember what he did and no amount of drivel from the pathetic remnants of a emasculated US media will make me forget.
I guess my failure to proof read my post will reduce the legitimacy of the post in many readers eyes. Of course, most of those wouldn't research what I posted to find out if it was true anyway. They already have their opinion much as I already have mine.
Reagan was a symptom of the dumbing down of America.
Reagan did perpetuate the myth that Republicans hate big government. Republicans actually LOVE big government -- big government in the form of UNLIMITED MILITARY SPENDING!
One thing touched on in this article is the puppet president becoming a tool of interest groups. This problem is rampant in today's politics. Good article well done
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