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(Walesa) In Solidarity: The Polish people, hungry for justice, preferred "cowboys" over Communists
Wall Street Journal Editorial Page (Opinion Journal) ^
| June 11, 2004
| Lech Walesa
Posted on 06/10/2004 9:20:55 PM PDT by Tamzee
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posted on
06/10/2004 9:20:55 PM PDT
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Tamzee
To: Mrs Zip
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posted on
06/10/2004 9:25:09 PM PDT
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zip
(Remember: DimocRat lies told often enough became truth to 42% of americans)
To: Tamsey
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posted on
06/10/2004 9:26:17 PM PDT
by
NautiNurse
(Missing Iraqi botulinum toxin? Look at John Kerry's face)
To: Howlin; Mo1; doodlelady; onyx; PhiKapMom; My2Cents; BigSkyFreeper; Texasforever; hchutch; ...
Lech Walesa speaks of freedom and cowboys...
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posted on
06/10/2004 9:29:24 PM PDT
by
Tamzee
(Noonan on Reagan, "...his leadership changed the world... As president, he was a giant.")
To: NautiNurse
Oh, thank you! That's an incredible picture to post along with his tribute to President Reagan...
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posted on
06/10/2004 9:30:38 PM PDT
by
Tamzee
(Noonan on Reagan, "...his leadership changed the world... As president, he was a giant.")
To: Tamsey
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posted on
06/10/2004 9:39:57 PM PDT
by
T. Buzzard Trueblood
("I stood up and fought against Ronald Reagan's illegal war in Central America." -John Kerry)
To: NautiNurse
You are a true statesman Lech Walesa. The U.S. didn't have to shed blood to free you, but unlike the Frogs, you showed up when it counted. You showed you, and the Frogs were shown up!
Once more, I have another occasion to think you're a class act.
To: Tamsey; rintense; MJY1288; RedBloodedAmerican; twyn1; kitkat; justshe; ladyinred; lonestar; ...
When talking about Ronald Reagan, I have to be personal. We in Poland took him so personally. Why? Because we owe him our liberty. This can't be said often enough by people who lived under oppression for half a century, until communism fell in 1989. President Reagan had a powerful impact, not only in American .. but all around the world
God Bless You President Reagan
And as you said in your final speech to the nation before leaving office
Not bad .. Not bad at all
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posted on
06/10/2004 9:47:10 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(That's right Old Media .... WE LOVED PRESIDENT REAGAN)
To: Tamsey
Great article Tamsey! It was also a touching moment to see Lech Walesa pay tribute to his dear friend Ronald Reagan at the Capitol.
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posted on
06/10/2004 9:47:16 PM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(John Kerry: An old creep, with gray hair, trying to look like he's 30 years old.)
To: Matthew Paul; SAMWolf
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posted on
06/10/2004 9:50:31 PM PDT
by
Soaring Feather
(~The Dragon Flies' Lair~ Poetry and Prose~)
To: Mo1
Reagan was definately a giant, and when you're a giant, you can see further beyond the horizon than most. This is what symbolizes Reagan the best, he knew what laid ahead for the rest of us, even if the media thought Reagan didn't know what he was doing. I believe history will look back on Bush in the same way.
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06/10/2004 9:50:53 PM PDT
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BigSkyFreeper
(John Kerry: An old creep, with gray hair, trying to look like he's 30 years old.)
To: wingnutx
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06/10/2004 9:51:17 PM PDT
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wingnutx
(tanstaafl)
To: Mo1
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posted on
06/10/2004 9:51:44 PM PDT
by
Soaring Feather
(~The Dragon Flies' Lair~ Poetry and Prose~)
To: BigSkyFreeper
It certainly was a beautiful moment, especially when remembering the struggles of the 80's.
It's also an excellent article to combat the "Reagan-just-had-lucky-timing-and-didn't-destroy-communism" lefties....
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posted on
06/10/2004 9:52:25 PM PDT
by
Tamzee
(Noonan on Reagan, "...his leadership changed the world... As president, he was a giant.")
To: Mo1
Not bad .. Not bad at all
Indeed.
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posted on
06/10/2004 9:53:39 PM PDT
by
Tamzee
(Noonan on Reagan, "...his leadership changed the world... As president, he was a giant.")
To: NautiNurse
Thanks for posting that great picture! I cried when I saw him kneel on one knee, touching the casket in silent prayer. This was as touching as Lady Thatcher giving curtsie to Reagan's casket (a gesture only reserved for royalty).
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06/10/2004 9:54:57 PM PDT
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BigSkyFreeper
(John Kerry: An old creep, with gray hair, trying to look like he's 30 years old.)
To: Tamsey
One other bit from the article, which Bush if he reads it, must quite enjoy (and of course Reagan would especially enjoy:
"I have often been asked in the United States to sign the poster that many Americans consider very significant. Prepared for the first almost-free parliamentary elections in Poland in 1989, the poster shows Gary Cooper as the lonely sheriff in the American Western, "High Noon." Under the headline "At High Noon" runs the red Solidarity banner and the date--June 4, 1989--of the poll. It was a simple but effective gimmick that, at the time, was misunderstood by the Communists. They, in fact, tried to ridicule the freedom movement in Poland as an invention of the "Wild" West, especially the U.S.
But the poster had the opposite impact: Cowboys in Western clothes had become a powerful symbol for Poles. Cowboys fight for justice, fight against evil, and fight for freedom, both physical and spiritual.
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posted on
06/10/2004 9:56:34 PM PDT
by
Torie
To: NautiNurse
What a generation of giants! I miss Ronald Reagan....
Pray for W and Saint Nancy
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posted on
06/10/2004 9:57:08 PM PDT
by
bray
(The war is going far better than PravdABCBS wants you to know!!!!)
To: BigSkyFreeper
Reagan was definately a giant, and when you're a giant, you can see further beyond the horizon than most. Yes indeed
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06/10/2004 9:57:17 PM PDT
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Mo1
(That's right Old Media .... WE LOVED PRESIDENT REAGAN)
To: Tamsey
I was too young to understand what it was all about at the time, but I've grown to know that the Polish protests of struggle were for a taste of freedom and democracy. This struggle was just one example of opression falling by the wayside to freedom. Freedom cannot be defeated, if freedom is given a chance.
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06/10/2004 9:58:11 PM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(John Kerry: An old creep, with gray hair, trying to look like he's 30 years old.)
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