RIP - President Reagan

[Kaom]

Regan dies at age 93

1911-2004

[Alfonia]

He's dead?
Dude, haven't heard about that.
R.I.P

[The Undaunted]

Wow, when did that happen? It's news to me.
R.I.P.

[Naoi]

It happened today actually.

[TheSensitiveNewAge]

He was influential, regardless of how you feel about him.

[The Peoples of Yavanna]

I agree. And even though I was not fond of his economic and foreign policies, and didn't really care for him as a president, I still respected him as a person.

He had been suffering for a long time, and now he is at peace.

[Henneth annun]

Just heard...

[Naoi]

If you liked him or not, he was still a person and he still lost his life. We should remember people for the joy they brought to us, like the funny jokes and stories you can tell about the person.

I know that when I die, I'd almost prefer people to make fun of the things I did. At least they wouldn't be miserable about it.

[TheSensitiveNewAge]

Good attitude there. Yeah, I want people to do something funny with my ashes, like throw them into a politican's face.

[Sheynat]

Old story-I hated Reagan's politics, would have voted against him and campaigned against him, but you can't not respect the man. "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" Only thing that surprises me is that he chose to live senile like that. I woulda ate a bullet years ago. I mean, guy with the balls to call a country capable of turning us into a field of glass a hundred times over "the Evil Empire"...man. I'm a liberal Democrat, but my flag is definitely gonna be at half-staff for a while.

[ALEN]

I don't know too much about him except that he freed those hostages in iran
R.I.P

[Shinke]

Reagan also had alltimers (thats not how its spelled, but oh well...) for the last 10 years of his life. Since it hasn't been said yet, he died of his peunomia (also not how you spell it).

[Naoi]

He was still 93 years old though. That's a long time to be alive, even without his condition.

[Down under there]

heh heh, well actually ALEN, his freeing of the Iranian hostages was very illegal. He secretly traded weoponry to an Iranian rebel group to get them back. He still is worthy of respect though. As Sheynat said, he looked nuclear apocalypse in the eye. And Shinke, he had a degenerative brain disease called alzheimers.

[Naoi]

I felt bad, cuz the first thing that came to mind when I heard he died was "Wow, the Alzheimer's got so bad he forgot to breath, that's sad"

But that's just cuz i was in a rather negative mood at the time, but things have cleared up much since then.

But like I said before, at least it's not greif over his death. Greif will only make a problem worse, this I've learned.

[Boktavia II]

RIP Reagan...a respectable idiot. While I do not agree with many of the things he did during his presidency, like Yavanna I respected him as a person.

[Parthini]

Re: The Iranians

Wasn't that actually about the Contras in Nicaragua, not freeing the hostages. From what I remember, the Iranians freed them on the day of Reagan's inauguration, as a kind of insult to Carter. Personally, I think it's funny And, from what I was told, Reagan had no idea about the Iran-Contra scandal.

Re: Reagan R.I.P.

R.I.P.

It's kinda wierd. I've never had a president die while I knew it. It's also sad that this news is only a bit more publicized than Marc Anthony and JLo's wedding. Friggin' celebs....

GPP

[Sheynat]

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Re: Reagan R.I.P.

R.I.P.

It's kinda wierd. I've never had a president die while I knew it. It's also sad that this news is only a bit more publicized than Marc Anthony and JLo's wedding. Friggin' celebs....

GPP[/quote]
They got married? Dude. Must get out more. Anyway...
You can look at this as a controversial president dying of Alzheimer's when it got so bad that it rotted out vital portions of his brain. Or you can look at it, to paraphase the deceased himself, as a very old man slipping the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God. I prefer the second.

[Odracir]

Whether you agreed with his policies or not, Reagan was one of the best leaders this world has seen. If it wasn't for him and Gorbachev, we all would A) not be alive or B) be living in fallout shelters. RIP.

[Grub (Lenlyvit)]

Reagan was a great President. I saw the audio link to a speech he made once about the place of God and religion in American politics. The link below is the written transcript.

www.reagan.utexas.edu/resource/speeches/1984/82384a.htm

[The Peoples of Yavanna]

I just watched the State funeral, the first time I have ever watched a State ceremony for a former president. Wow. I am overwhelmed, right now, with love and respect for my country, and the extreme self sacrifice it takes for any person to seek and undertake the office of the President. The greatest form of American public service.