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Former Soviet Bloc Capital Officially Honors Reagan
Human Events Online ^ | July 5, 2005 | Chris Field

Posted on 07/05/2005 8:11:54 AM PDT by hinterlander

On Friday, July 1, in Budapest, Hungary, the city council approved placing a monument of former President Reagan in the capital city park.

It is the first time a former Soviet bloc elected government has voted to erect a monument in honor of the President for his role in ending the Cold War and freeing Eastern Europe from Communist oppression.

Népszabadság, Hungary's largest national newspaper (and the former Communist Party mouthpiece), reported that the support for the monument crossed all party lines, a rarity in Hungarian politics

(Excerpt) Read more at humaneventsonline.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: budapest; coldwar; communism; communist; hungary; monument; oconnor; reagan; soviet; statue; tribute
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1 posted on 07/05/2005 8:12:00 AM PDT by hinterlander
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BUMP
2 posted on 07/05/2005 8:12:59 AM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: lizol

Eastern European ping.


3 posted on 07/05/2005 8:16:11 AM PDT by Terabitten (Illegal immigration causes Representation without Taxation.)
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To: hinterlander

What about a statue of Bill Clinton? Which country, besides China, would consider a Clinton statue?


4 posted on 07/05/2005 8:17:27 AM PDT by Go Gordon
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To: hinterlander

The new Europe replacing the old and irrelevant Europe.


5 posted on 07/05/2005 8:17:55 AM PDT by Reagan79 (Ralph Stanley Rocks!)
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To: Go Gordon

maybe all of Africa, for being the first black president.


6 posted on 07/05/2005 8:18:45 AM PDT by Reagan79 (Ralph Stanley Rocks!)
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To: Reagan79
maybe all of Africa, for being the first black president.

Nah, he didn't pony up any money for the corrupt rulers over there in the name of AIDS.

7 posted on 07/05/2005 8:26:54 AM PDT by Go Gordon
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To: Go Gordon
Which country, besides China, would consider a Clinton statue?

Why would they put up a statue of Clinton after he bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade?

8 posted on 07/05/2005 8:28:37 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Go Gordon

"What about a statue of Bill Clinton? Which country, besides China, would consider a Clinton statue?"

Queer Nation.


9 posted on 07/05/2005 8:30:46 AM PDT by Airborne1986 (Well, you can do what you want to us. But we're not going to sit here while you badmouth the U.S.A.)
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To: Reagan79
John Carlson of the Des Moines Register (jcarlson@dmreg.com) wrote that he was considering a cyanide pill after the Gipper was named Greatest American.
Perhaps a note of encouragement...
10 posted on 07/05/2005 8:39:32 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Go Gordon
Which country, besides China, would consider a Clinton statue?

Ireland

11 posted on 07/05/2005 8:40:28 AM PDT by jla
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To: hinterlander

I wonder if there are any Ronald Reagan busts in the State of
Taxachutsetts.


12 posted on 07/05/2005 8:52:20 AM PDT by rovenstinez
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13 posted on 07/05/2005 9:12:35 AM PDT by gate2wire (We Honor Those Who Serve---WE REMEMBER--Thank you)
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To: hinterlander

Interesting...someone over there finally tells the truth and recognizes one of the men that toppled the corrupt communist regime of the USSR....President Ronald Reagan... ;o)


14 posted on 07/05/2005 9:17:53 AM PDT by shield (The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
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To: hinterlander

There was also a similar proposal in Warsaw, but I haven't heard anything recently.


15 posted on 07/05/2005 9:18:54 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Airborne1986
Queer Nation.

I was thinking more on the lines of a Pre-Gulf War II, Saddam ruled Iraq. Clinton was a pushover for Saddam. Or Somalia, for all of the support Clinton gave international terrorists by showing weakness in Mogadishu. Or maybe even Vietnam (North).

16 posted on 07/05/2005 9:18:58 AM PDT by Go Gordon
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To: dfwgator
Ronald Reagan Square, Krakow Poland
17 posted on 07/05/2005 10:28:53 AM PDT by Ditto ( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
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To: Das Outsider; tarator; andie74; GrannyML; Tazlo; speekinout; vox_PL; Barney Gumble; IdahoNative; ...
Eastern European ping list


FRmail me to be added or removed from this Eastern European ping list

18 posted on 07/05/2005 11:32:19 AM PDT by lizol
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At least they are not building monuments to honor Stalin like in Russia. Reagan deserved for such honor.


19 posted on 07/05/2005 11:51:19 AM PDT by Lukasz
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To: hinterlander

Very heart warming to hear this. Pres. Reagan is definitely deserving, and whether or not you credit him for being directly responsible for ending the Cold War and the imminent threat of a global nuclear meltdown, the fact is that world would never have gotten to where it is today without him.

I am reminded of various towns in Holland which still go out of their way to honor certain American WWII units for their roles in freeing their cities.

A common sentiment here on FR is recognizing that Americans have accomplished so much in regards to securing freedom for their fellow man and yet are rarely recognized or appreciated for it.

Recognition isn't necessary, but a few kind words and sentiments along the way do make it a little easier to continue down the long hard path we have chosen.


20 posted on 07/05/2005 1:29:58 PM PDT by contemplator
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