[Reagan Renaissance]

Part II will follow next week. Each new article will be indexed with links to prior threads. Welcome and thank you for your participation. Our goal is the Reagan Renaissance.

[babyface00]

Any chance you might create a ping list for your articles? If so, I'd like to be on it.

[alisasny]

put me on your ping list thanks

[Old Sarge]

put me on your ping list thanks

Ditto, and Wlecome to FR!

[Stat-boy]

Please add me.

Thanks!

[Russell Scott]

America will survive into eternity. I'll bet anybody any amount of money (if I had any).

[centurion]

Please add me also.

[Jack Black]

Please provide links for the Fed article mentioned. This article is all wind up and no pitch. I'd like to see where you go with it and put me on the list.

I don't think these mandates are that big a deal. There are several obvious ways out of this problem, which governments have been getting themselves into since Rome. The first and most obvious is to inflate the currency. By inflating while under-reporting or under-indexing the inflation you can essentially lower payments to those you owe money to.

Another thing is simply lowering service levels on madated services. Yes, you get medicare but what is covered? That can be changed in the background with little debate. Happens all the time.

Raising ages on the retirement benefits is almost assured. It is constantly discussed, and even some of the Dems support that.

In summary I seriously doubt that mandates will cause the USA to fall. I also doubt that Democrats getting elected will cause this. It will probably assure gay marraige though.

Anyway, post away. Hopefully we can get to the meat of the discussion next time. Why the delayed posting schedule? Are you still writing this? If not I suggest just putting it up and letting us get on with it.

[El Laton Caliente]

"Government is composed of bureaucrats and politicians. Can you think of any worse groups of people to entrust with important responsibilities? Whom do you believe is the source of our problems?"

Most of the politicians are lawyers making law for lawyers. Combine that with the living constitution concept and you have disaster.

I would like on the ping list...

[Blood of Tyrants]

Two points. First, if Bush had spent more money and time in the blue states, he would undoubtedly have still lost the state and the EC votes that would have gone with them yet would have gotten a few more percent of the votes. It didn't matter if Bush didn't get a single vote in any of the blue states, the number of EC votes is the same. He spent very little time or money in Californication and NJ and the others because he knew that it was a waste of time and energy and money.

IMO, the founding fathers flubbed on the EC thing, creating an eternal two party system that virtually locks all others out of office and power. A 50% + 1 vote with a runnoff between the top two in case no one gets a majority would break the backs of the two party system.

Second, the Republicans are poised to create ANOTHER unconstitutional entitlement that will cost us trillions of dollars. How are they any better than the Rats when it comes to fighting socialism?

[iceskater]

Please add me to your ping list.

[LS]

Well, just last week, there was an article on the coming federal treasury BOOM, which will be caused when all of the non-taxed retirement plans of the baby-boomers suddenly become eligible for taxation. According to the author (I think it was on NRO), these revenues would not only pay Medicare and SS, but would leave money left over. I think the tax revenues based on this funds came to $13 TRILLION!!

[deport]

On the other hand, Al Gore got over a million more votes than Bush, proving that the voters got it wrong.

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Where are you getting that info?

[StriperSniper]

Bump for later.

[LonePalm]

"All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth.... could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide." - Abraham Lincoln

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[El Gato]

On the other hand, Al Gore got over a million more votes than Bush, proving that the voters got it wrong,

At least the dead ones in Chicago and other such pestholes.

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[ken5050]

If any Dem had the courage to stand up and say that Clinton should have resigned, then Gore would be sitting in the Oval Office today...that's why Gore probably has nightmares..so the Dems, in effect, outsmarted themselves.....and the country is far better for it, as W. is president during these trying times...which, to me, is immutable proof that there is indeed a God, that he lovers this blessed country, and that, yes, he has a somewhat quirky sense of humor to boot..

[sheltonmac]

*ping*

(In case you haven't been pinged already. This may produce some interesting discussions in the near future.)

[Lynn]

bump

[PISANO]

Ping me also.