Great Words by a great Leader-Reagan - Page 4

Atlas · #31 (**permalink**) 06-20-2009, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Consmike

Actually...our laws stemmed mostly from Roman law.

The united states and its constitution, are NOTHING like the UK or GB. They are parlimentary systems...totally different.

Our nation was a democracy, before both Canada and the UK were.

Historical note: roman laws stemmed from greek ones

Snapple · #32 (**permalink**) 06-20-2009, 08:44 AM

U.S. law came from a huge mixture of things.

Probably the most impacting was not any previous structure thousands of years ago but how the British treated the colonialists.

Think for myself · #33 (**permalink**) 06-20-2009, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Atlas

What part of that do you contest?

This.

If you feel bad about Reagans tiny deficit, wait'll you get a load of this current guy, who's spent more in the first four months of his presidency then every one of his predecessors since the founding of the country did...COMBINED!

LikeIke · #34 (**permalink**) 06-20-2009, 09:37 AM

I voted for Reagan when I was 9 years old. Weekly Reader Magazine used to do little mock elections. Reagan kicked ass and I knew Carter was a (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*).

Davocrat · #35 (**permalink**) 06-20-2009, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Consmike

Here is a video and some text on a speech given by Pres. Reagan before he was president while campainging for Barry Goldwater.

I believe these words hit a tone with all of us, weather your a demorcrat, republican, independant or even someone who has switched parties.

Even if you don't like Reagan, please watch the entire video, I believe it shows what a real leader looks like. Just like the great speeches given by MLK, Lincoln and Kennedy.

YouTube - Reagan - A Time For Choosing

This quote really make me think about what the government would do to private insurance companies if UHC took place.

I believe this speech is the epitomy of what a democratic and capitalist society should remember.

Wow. Thanks for the "reminder," Cons. heh-heh...

Atlas · #36 (**permalink**) 06-20-2009, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Think for myself

This.

If you feel bad about Reagans tiny deficit, wait'll you get a load of this current guy, who's spent more in the first four months of his presidency then every one of his predecessors since the founding of the country did...COMBINED!

What don't you get?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/...cit/index.html

http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/24/...t-in-pictures/

Think for myself · #37 (**permalink**) 06-20-2009, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Atlas

What don't you get?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/...cit/index.html

At, quite obviously President Obama has not spent more than all other presidents combined.

flounder · #38 (**permalink**) 06-20-2009, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Think for myself

Meh, he was still a bully that spent like a drunken sailor every chance he got and couldn;t align his actions with his words. I do blame him personally for not paying closer attention to the AIDS epidemic.

Well, one cant do EVERYTHING can one. Best there was, Best there ever will be.

''It is not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work -- work with us, not over us; stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it.''

First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981

Atlas · #39 (**permalink**) 06-20-2009, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Think for myself

At, quite obviously President Obama has not spent more than all other presidents combined.

He has if you look at the deficit

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DID Obama spend more money than all the presidents of the US combined?

The Obama administration unveiled program details of its $3.5 trillion federal budget for the fiscal year beginning in October. Conservatives, don't be fooled. Obama's Socialist Budget is the largest budget ever proposed by a President with the largest deficits in American history. President Obama and his team are lying about their 1500-page budget and their supposed "budget cuts."

In fact, if the Obama team was honest, the budget might actually be called something like this:

Obama claims that after Congress passed its budget resolution, his team scoured the budget and saved $17billion from next year's federal budget. Unfortunately, much of what the White House is sending up in its documentation of cuts was already proposed as part of the budget outline that the White House already sent up to Congress in February.

They aren't cutting the budget. In fact, Obama's budget is over $400 billion larger than the government's 2009 budget and $100 bill larger than the bloated budget resolution Congress just passed. This is the SAME budget as released two months ago. In fact, President Obama's bill still includes:

- The $2 Trillion Carbon Tax

- It adds over $9 trillion to the national debt-doubling the total debt accumulated from the start of our country through the Bush presidency

- It includes the massive socialized healthcare overhaul

- It even ignores the $3.4 trillion budget Congress passed and reverts to Obama's original $3.5 trillion budget.
Simply put, Obama's team is lying. As the Chicago Tribune reported, the "news" of the budget cuts grabbed the headlines even thought the supposed "cuts" were all in Obama's original budget! There is nothing new. No new budget cuts. Obama has simply repackaged his bloated budget-ignoring Congress' meager reductions-as a fiscally responsible document.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/DID_Obama_...he_US_combined

Think for myself · #40 (**permalink**) 06-20-2009, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Atlas

He has if you look at the deficit

Sorry At, I am not buying it. Your statement was that he has spent more than all other presidents combined. Your link does not even come close to supporting that.

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