Posted on 06/11/2004 2:48:04 AM PDT by ambrose
LIVE THREAD--Reagan State Funeral Ceremony: Lying in State at the Rotunda (6/11/04)
California, Here I Come. It was a favorite of President Reagan's (or at least I assume it was; it was played repeatedly at the GOP Conventions of 1980 and 1984). An uplifting, even cheerful, song would be an appropriate end to a week of mourning.
The tributes by Lady Thatcher, Bush the Elder, and Bush the Younger show that there is much that Reagan's example can teach this nation.
I'm sure they have. I just haven't heard them. :-\
Time to reorient the casket, andn begin with the flag folding ceremony.
Turning the casket.
folding the flag........this will pull some tears....
Yeah, my dad died in 79, he would have LOVED Ronnie as President. My dad had the "honor" of living under both Stalin and Hitler. He was liberated by --- General Patton.
Nice touch. I'll always remember Reagan and Gorbachev walking through Red Square at the end of this term. The people of Russia loved the Gipper as well.
I want to keep this to show my girls who are too young to understand the impact of what this man did for their country and the world!!!
A small glitch in the organ I believe.
God bless you, America and the World - even without Ronald Reagan anymore.
Now come the arrival of the honor bearers.
This very wrong question guys which bimbo going be on Bill arm when he died
OHH I am thinking so many bad thoughts LOL!
Ya know, Ronald Reagan made it ok to love America again - one of the things to love about America is what we are doing now. Think about it, Don-o, and ignore the comments you don't want to deal with.
I Corinthians 13:12 - It's even more beautiful in context.
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Bill cliton left his program on his chair.
Fox News had originally reported that a Muslim imam was scheduled to speak. Did I miss him?
I feel exactly the same way and it is how we have operated all of our live threads.
If we want a memorial thread, then we should set up the ground rules right up front. A memorial thread would be a thread where we would not make negative comments about anyone and where we would feel comfortable, for instance, passing it along to the Reagan Library.
Personally, I think it would be a boring thread and I'd choose to join the "live" thread every time. I'm not demeaning anyone and understand that everyone has different opinions on what these threads should entail, but I don't think it's fair to change what has been SOP for at least 6 years.
I couldn't agree more!
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