My thoughts on this great man.
With the perspective lent by the passage of time, Ronald Reagan's presidency casts an ever-larger shadow over his underlings.
Jeff, the light will just be brighter now; just think of all the people who will just be learning about Reagan.
Good thoughts.
The sentiment is lovely, but you spelled his name wrong above the pic.
Also, he was *President* Ronald Reagan and respectfully should be addressed as such.
(In my humble opinion)
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)
The correct flag etiquette for the death of a president or former President is to fly the flag at Half-mast for 30 days.
WFTR
Bill
A fitting tribute Jeff, good on ya for this.
Nicely done, Jeff.
My flag flies on a 6-8 foor pole at an angle from the front of the house and is not adjustable so I had to do a quick reqorking of it since it wasn't set up to fly at half staff. But it is now.
This loss is personal, not the least of which reason is the near despair I felt for my country after the Carter years and the constant diminishment of us, the citizenry, by the person who was supposed to lead. This President did indeed lift us up. Jeff, he gave us back the country we all loved and were losing. What greater gift?
I was ten when he dabated Mondale. I watched it on TV (I started following politics early in life) and I still remember the following one liners:
"There you go again."
"Some people are going to try to make age an issue in this campaign. But I will not hold my oppoonent's youth and inexperience against him."
Viva President Ronald Reagan!
The good that men do lives after them. A wonderful tribute, Jeff. Thank you.
Well done.
Thank you Jeff for that wonderful tribute! I think the photo that you selected truly represents the spirit of the man.
God bless and rest you Ronald Reagan...and God comfort and keep you Nancy.
Amen.
Drive-by mega ping for a very worthy thread.
What a blessing he was to this country, indeed, to this world. He set the bar high and I am grateful that I was alive during his presidency.
We know that it is a blessing that he has been called Home. May he rest in peace and may God comfort his family, his friends and this country as we morn his passing.
Thanks Jeff.