Posted on 06/05/2004 2:41:33 PM PDT by freedom44
In honor of the greatest President of the 20th century, we proudly present the award winning President Reagan Information Page! In the spirit of "Winning one for the Gipper" we bring you the truth about the Reagan Era. The President Reagan Information Page is celebrating a decade online! We are proud to have been a source of inspiration and education for people all over the world and look forward to the next decade of inspiration and education.
This home page is dedicated to the winning of Cold War and the resulting freedom for hundreds of millions of people; to the revival of the American Spirit from a point of near-surrender to one of unparalleled greatness; and to the Reagan Era expansionone that would grow to become the greatest peace-time expansion in U.S. history. The Reagan Era was a time in which every income quintile saw gains in overall wealth and income, a time in which the middle class gained the most and our economy grew by a third.
Ronald Reagan championed four "Pillars of Freedom": individual liberty, economic opportunity, global democracy and national pride. With this site we hope to educate people throughout the world about his achievements.
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds -- and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of -- wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue,
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew.
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
--John Gillespie Magee, Jr. (1922-1941)
Ronald Reagan believed we could bring down the Iron Curtain when few others had the courage or the faith. President Bush says we can eliminate Islamic terrorism and establish free markets across the world instead of fascism or communism. Today, I think we should each commit ourselves to having faith in President Bush's vision. If we could tear down the Berlin Wall in two generations, we can crush the Islamic and communist totalitarianism all across the world, and we can get it done in one generation or less. The alternative is too dark to consider. This is our challenge, and we must answer it together.
Let's roll!
Yes, there are parallels to the character and single-mindedness of President Reagan in President Bush.And also in the vilification both endured, although that directed at Bush is unprecedented.
Salute.
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...In a time of American despair long ago...
...thanks in full measure to the Presidency of one JIMMY CARTER...
...RONNIE REAGAN set the example for the American People to overcome all obstacles in our way no matter what...
...simply by being our own Loving selves.
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Praise GOD that...
President BUSH has promised...
During a BUSH Presidency...
FREEDOM's Return to:
Communist Vietnam
Communist North Korea
Communist Cuba
..as well as...
FREEDOM's Arrival to:
All the Countries of the Middle East
...as our own best Self-Protection...
...against future Terrorist Attacks...
...here at Home
Indeed. Thankyou for the ping. And thankyou for the memories.
Everyone is mourning today, and I've shed a few tears myself. But I think it's a good thing that all across the Anglosphere we're talking about President Reagan's accomplishments, and not just his life. We're talking about what changed in the world and why -- because of him. Because of Ronald Reagan and his allies like Maggie Thatcher believed and accordingly did, we are free.
I know President Bush and all patriotic members of the free world (that's all of us) are thinking about the next challenges and how to handle them. Let's hope we're half as faithful and staunch as they were!
You said it well - so well I have nothing more to add. With tears in my eyes for Ronald Reagan, I look forward to the world he created for us. Cheers.
"government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." (Ronald Reagan, 1981)
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