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Happy Reykjavik Day
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| October 12, 1986
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Posted on 10/12/2006 11:08:30 AM PDT by Physicist
Twenty years ago this very day, President Ronald Reagan destroyed the Soviet Union.
On the morning of October 12, 1986, it seemed as if the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. were on the brink of sweeping reductions in their nuclear arsenal. President Reagan's refusal to abandon SDI caused the talks to collapse.
This locked the Soviets into continuing an arms race that they could not afford, could not win, and could not abandon, dooming their empire to eventual collapse.
The results of the SDI program President Reagan refused to abandon could well save our lives from North Korean aggression.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: coldwar; generationreagan; genreagan; genx; gorbachev; reagan; reaganlegacy; reykjavik; sovietunion
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To: AppyPappy
We need pictures of Icelanders.
To: weegee; ItsOurTimeNow; PresbyRev; tortoise; Fraulein; StoneColdGOP; Clemenza; m18436572; ...
Xer Ping Ping list for the discussion of the politics and social (and sometimes nostalgic) aspects that directly effects Generation Reagan / Generation-X (Those born from 1965-1981) including all the spending previous generations (i.e. The Baby Boomers) are doing that Gen-X and Y will end up paying for.
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posted on
10/12/2006 1:01:32 PM PDT
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: qam1
Gads. Is every thread about how you hate Boomers?
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posted on
10/12/2006 2:37:53 PM PDT
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
To: EQAndyBuzz
I like some of her ouvre and I always got a kick out of how atypical she looked for an Icelandic chick: short, dark-haired and chipmunk-cheeked rather than tall, blonde, high-cheekboned, etc.
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posted on
10/12/2006 6:43:38 PM PDT
by
sinanju
(s)
To: Physicist
And on this day in 1986 I turned 19! Happy birthday to me :-)
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posted on
10/13/2006 6:41:15 AM PDT
by
Moleman
To: Physicist
Awesome... Iceland is on my to-travel-to list (hopefully late Spring '07).
paraphrased from Mr. President: I've signed legislation outlawing Russia... we bigin bombing in 5 minutes.
Classic!
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posted on
10/13/2006 6:46:31 AM PDT
by
Trajan88
(www.bullittclub.com)
To: dfwgator
In Iceland I am sure that she is considered extremely exotic and desirable. (Hell, that would apply here.)
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posted on
10/13/2006 8:03:22 AM PDT
by
Lee'sGhost
(Crom!)
To: AppyPappy
Ha! The Soviets were such idiots. I'm sure the media would have done it for free.
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posted on
10/14/2006 6:12:54 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: EQAndyBuzz
The three most beutiful Icelandic girls of 2005 (of those that participated in the pagant), one of wich became the beuty queen of the world:
One of the most famous Icelanders:
Our version of Reagan and Thatcher:
Some proud Icelanders on a football match I presume (You can´t deny the beuty of this flag):
Icelandic childrens celebrating in traditional clothes:
And what you have propably been waiting for:
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posted on
10/15/2006 6:20:57 PM PDT
by
Leifur
To: Physicist
Great post!!!! Changing my tag-line for today to my favorite quote; my me!
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posted on
10/16/2006 7:42:13 AM PDT
by
bigjoesaddle
(If Gandhi were President instead of Ronald Regan, we would be calling one another "Comrade" now.)
To: bigjoesaddle
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posted on
10/16/2006 7:43:04 AM PDT
by
bigjoesaddle
(If Gandhi were President instead of Ronald Regan, we would be calling one another "Comrade" now.)
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