Sunday, February 6 is the superbowl of course, but more importantly, it is the 100th birthday of Ronald Reagan. I thought you might enjoy some of his humor, represented below in the following videos. Also below you will see his great wisdom, as represented in his quotes.
A movement is afoot in some circles to make comparisons between Ronald Reagan and Barak Obama. This is always the way. Roosevelt tried to make favorable comparisons, and tie himself to that first great Republican President, Abraham Lincoln. Obama tried this too, but I think got no further than that they had both once lived in Illinois.
Obama has also been compared to Roosevelt. Time magazine showed him in the likeness of Roosevelt for example. In his handling of the economy, I'm happy to give him that. Roosevelt, like Obama was an economic buffoon who exacerbated and dragged into a depression a normal downturn that ordinarily, like 1921, would have quickly dissapated. He then used that depression to build the foundation of our modern day welfare state, making some Americans dependents instead of citizens.
Sure, Obama read a book about Reagan over his Christmas vacation this year. But they are, these two decidely different creatures, as any honest cursorary examination will show. I hope you enjoy the below. Let me know what you think.
Best Wishes,
Bernie
PS. Want to know what Reagan was really about? The place to start is
Reagan in His Own Words. I highly recommend this book on the actual writings of
Ronald Wilson Reagan. Here we see the true Reagan a man of highly refined principle and great intellectual vigor. I read it a few years ago, but I need to read it again. Maybe you do too
Click here for a summary>>>
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/574832.The_Uncommon_Wisdom_of_Ronald_Reagan
Reagan was always ready with his humble, self-deprecating humor. But this time this humor zings back against his opponents. 19 sec.
A summary of the wit and humor of Ronald Reagan
Reagan was beaten mercilessly by the press for his lack of diplomacy when it came to telling the truth about socialism. Still he didn't back down. You'll love these soviet jokes
Reagan and patriotism--- pure Reagan
rr snl skit. somewhat flattering, somewhat typical liberal fare, but very funny
Here's some great Reagan quotes....
Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.
Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have. All great change in America begins at the dinner table. Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him. Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States. - Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.
How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves.
I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.
If you're afraid of the future, then get out of the way, stand aside. The people of this country are ready to move again.
No arsenal ... is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away. The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas-a trial of spiritual resolve: the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the ideals to which we are dedicated.
There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.
Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.
To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last--but eat you he will.
You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children's children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done. History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
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