Showing posts with label Ronald Reagan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ronald Reagan. Show all posts

Thursday, December 8, 2016

On December 8th 1987 Reagan and Gorbachev signed a treaty to roll back their nuclear powers

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Saturday, February 6, 2016

Happy Birthday President Ronald #Reagan.

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Thursday, January 28, 2016

30 years ago today, President Reagan welcomed home the freed American hostages from Iran









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Sunday, October 4, 2015

Fact: if we had grown at Reagan growth rates during the Obama “recovery” there would be 12.2 mllion more americans at work.

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Friday, June 5, 2015

Remembrance:

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Monday, March 30, 2015

On this day in 1981 Ronald Reagan was wounded in an assassination attempt

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Saturday, February 14, 2015

Another Dubious Claim from Brian Williams - I Was in Berlin on Night the Wall Came Down



◼ Appearing as a guest speaker at the Reagan Library in 2008, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams was asked who his "wow interview" was with, or what person would fit the bill. - Newsbusters

Williams tweaked the question before responding in a way that prompted an approving murmur through the audience, which presumably was what he intended.

"What was my wow?" Williams answered (22:15 in embedded video). "I've been so fortunate. I was at the Brandenburg Gate the night the wall came down. I chipped a piece of my own off of that wall and it's framed and hanging in my den with the next day's newspaper headline."

A report filed last night by CBSLA.com, the CBS television affiliate in Los Angeles, questions the veracity of his claim --
What Williams was referring to was the demolition of the Berlin Wall in 1989, but there are now reports that he actually arrived the day after the wall came down.

Williams' predecessor Tom Brokaw was the only American anchorman to report live from the scene on that historic day.

"If you lose credibility, I think you lose everything, particularly for the Nightly News," said Jessica Levinson, vice president of the Los Angeles Ethics Commission.
(You can skip to 22 minutes in, but the rest of the clip is excellent, and worth your time, actually.)
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

"A Time For Choosing"



◼ Air date 27 October 1964, Los Angeles, CA, yet just as true today. - americanrhetoric.com
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Sunday, November 23, 2014

Rush Limbaugh: 'Reagan Never Did This'



◼ Rush clears up a few things about Reagan's immigration policy. - CNS

Liberal supporters of President Obama's executive amnesty claim that Obama is only doing what the conservative Ronald Reagan once did.

"Reagan never did this," an indignant Rush Limbaugh told his listeners on Wednesday.

"If Reagan did this, then why did Obama once say he didn't have the power to do this?" Limbaugh asked. (President Obama on numerous occasions has said he does not have the power to change immigration law without Congress. "I'm not the emperor of the United States," he told Telemundo last year.)

"Well, why didn't he say, 'Wait a minute, yes, I can. I can be a dictator 'cause Ronald Reagan was, everybody knows.' Why didn't he cite Reagan back then?" Limbaugh asked on Wednesday. "Why didn't he cite Reagan last week, last year? Why let this controversy gin up? If Reagan did it, why not say it at the outset and then shut up everybody?"

Limbaugh described himself as "almost speechless" as he prepared to explain to his audience "just how big the Left is distorting this."

Far from issuing an executive order, Reagan in 1986 signed legislation passed by Congress -- the Simpson-Mazzoli Act.

"Congress debated and passed a law to grant amnesty to three million illegal immigrants, and Reagan signed it. They are saying that's exactly what Obama's going to do. They are claiming that Reagan signing legislation, thereby making it legal, is the same thing as an Obama executive order. It's breathtaking what they're trying to say here.

"Reagan had a statute behind him," Limbaugh continued. "The statute was called Simpson-Mazzoli. The very law that Reagan had signed was signed after it was passed by Congress. What Obama is about to do is write a law, or rewrite a statue all by himself."

Limbaugh said Obama's executive amnesty is "totally different," because "the president cannot write law. The president can't make it up. ...The Constitution does not say, 'In case the Congress refuses to cooperate with the president, the president may, in that case, create his own law.' It doesn't say that. And Obama knows it doesn't say that...

...Writing in The Atlantic on Nov. 18, David Frum also said there are ◼ "huge differences" between Obama's executive amnesty and the actions of Reagan did in 1986 and George H.W. Bush in 1990.
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Sunday, November 9, 2014

25 Years Ago Today – The Berlin Wall Falls



◼ “Mr. Gorbachev, Tear down this wall!” - Jim Hoft/Gateway Pundit

◼ Missing Man - Richard Fernandez/PJMedia
◼ Berlin Wall: Angela Merkel hails fall as 'dream come true' - BBC
The fall of the Berlin Wall has shown the world that dreams can come true and "nothing has to stay as it is", German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said.

Speaking 25 years after the event, Mrs Merkel said the message for those in countries where rights were threatened was that things could get better.
◼ At Least 1 Million to Celebrate 25 Years Since Berlin Wall Fell - TIME
“I think you never forget how you felt that day — at least I will never forget it,” said German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up in the East Germany, in one of her podcasts. “I had to wait 35 years for that feeling of liberty. It changed my life.”

The Wall, which was established by East Germany in 1961 and was roughly 96 miles long, split the already-divided country’s capital into West Berlin and East Berlin. After weeks of civil protests, the government of Eastern Germany opened up the partition on Nov. 9, 1989, allowing residents to travel to the west side. The chipping away of the wall followed, but its actual demolition didn’t truly begin until the following year, just a few months before Germany would officially reunite.
◼ Fall of the Berlin Wall: Google commemorates 25th anniversary in video Doodle - Independent UK

And finally there’s the statement of president Obama.
On behalf of the American people, I join our German friends and allies in marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Like many Americans, I will never forget the scenes of East Berliners courageously taking to the streets, pushing past the guards and tearing down the wall that for so long had separated them from family and friends and the free world. Their triumph that night was a tribute to all those who had lost their lives over the decades trying to escape to freedom. It was a testament to the brave service of generations of West Germans, Americans and our fellow allies who stood shoulder to shoulder through a long Cold War. And it was a reminder that walls of concrete and barbed wire are ultimately no match for the will of ordinary men and women who are determined to live free.
He added on Twitter, “Walls of concrete and barbed wire are ultimately no match for the will of ordinary men and women. — President Obama”. There’s two “I”‘s and a “president Obama” but no Ronald Reagan.

If the media is trying its level best to avoid talking about what the fall of the Berlin Wall was about and how it came to be, then they’re doing a good job. We are left with the bare event and its consequences. But of song and lay there is none, for the bards have fallen silent on the subject. Not that the heroes of old mind. Ronald Reagan once said “there is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don’t care who gets the credit”. If one cares not for glory or tale, the deed is enough.
◼ The Berlin Wall Falls 1989 NBC Coverage Pt1 - YouTube



















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Sunday, May 11, 2014

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY



◼ Meet the Mothers of these five Presidents - Heritage
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Friday, April 18, 2014

"It’s a time when we give thanks for our blessings—chief among them, freedom, peace, and the promise of eternal life."



◼ From Good Friday to a Celebratory Weekend

◼ Radio Address to the Nation on the Observance of Easter and Passover - Presidency UCSB Document Archive
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Humboldt County's Own Peter Hannaford



A Reagan Forum with Peter Hannaford - December 13, 2011.



A Reagan Forum with Peter Hannaford — January 24, 2013.
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Thursday, February 6, 2014

I was a democrat!



The Late, Great Ronald Reagan taking on Sam Donaldson during a 1982 press conference regarding the state of the economy. His humor was one of the things that made him the great man he was.
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Happy Birthday President Ronald Reagan


Happy Birthday Mr. President. We sure do miss you. (Newsbusters)


Happy Birthday to Ronald Reagan! It was an honor to meet one of the greatest presidents our nation has seen #tbt (Senator Rand Paul)



◼ In celebration of Ronald Reagan's birthday, I hope you'll take a few minutes to watch this video. it is astonishing how relevant his words are today, and it is indeed "A Time for Choosing." (Allen West)
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Saturday, January 11, 2014

THE LESSONS OF REAGAN'S FAREWELL,
25 YEARS LATER



◼ Today marks the 25th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s farewell address to the nation. - Breitbart

Over the course of twenty minutes, President Reagan artfully reminds us why America is exceptional and a role model for the rest of the world. Reagan’s optimism has taught me that he will not be the last leader of his kind. Anyone considering a run for president in the future - from either party I might add - should watch this speech and then take some time to ponder what’s sadly happened to the American presidency.

The condition America will be left in by our current president will be very similar to the state of America in 1980. In the speech, President Reagan states of his eight years in office, “I think we have stopped a lot of what needed stopping.” In 2017, whoever the next president is will need to do a lot of stopping. The size and scope of our government is out of control and as a result it is failing at every turn. Reagan went on to say that “man is not free unless government is limited. There’s a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.”

It seems history is repeating itself, as so many Americans – myself included – feel that our God-given liberty is being stolen from us by a government run amok under the control of a president who ignores the Constitution.
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

"MR. GORBECHEV, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL"



On this day, 26 years ago, Ronald Reagan gave what would become known as one of the most iconic speeches of his presidency. The dramatic speech, set against the backdrop of the Brandenburg Gate, helped crumble the Berlin Wall and the entire Soviet Empire with it. ◼ Via Darrel Issa
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Thursday, June 6, 2013

D-Day - June 6, 1944

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Thatcher Passes



◼ A long-time Reagan aide recalls an enduring friendship. - Peter Hannaford on 4.8.13

On the news of Margaret Thatcher’s passing, several television commentators asked variations of the question that followed Ronald Reagan’s nearly nine years ago: “When will see another like her again? The answer in both case is, “never.” Both were sui generis — one of a kind.

They had several things in common: well-developed character, clear policy objectives, articulate expression and, most of all, determination to succeed. From the moment they first met, in April 1975, it is as if they had been friends and allies for years. I know. I was there.

It was barely three months since the end of his second term as Governor of California. Our new office was in Los Angeles. He had been invited to address the annual meeting of the Pilgrim Society in London in April. This group celebrated British-American cohesion based on the historic voyage of the pilgrims to New England. A mutual friend arranged for Mr. Reagan to call on Mrs. Thatcher the next day. He was looking forward to it with great enthusiasm. He was not disappointed.

The Conservative Party had done little to reverse economic malaise. Now, the Labour government was intent on enlarging the already large role of welfare statism. Margaret Thatcher, to put it mildly, disagreed. At Oxford (where her academic major was chemistry) she had been influenced by Friedrich von Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom with its message that rampant state intervention leads to authoritarian government. In 1959, she won a seat in Parliament.

Ronald Reagan first met her just after she had challenged and defeated Edward Heath for the Conservative Party’s chairmanship. We called on her in her office in the Parliament building. Her reception room was barely large enough for two of them and one aide each, Derek Howe for Mrs. Thatcher and myself.

The two had heard and read so much about each other that they immediately fell into comparing notes on the shortcomings of government in their respective countries: undue regulation, growth-stunting tax policies, lack of encouragement of individual initiative. They even found they had similar childhood living arrangements. Thatcher, a grocer’s daughter, was raised in a flat above one of her father’s two stores. Reagan, the son of a shoe salesman, was born in a flat above a bakery across the street from the store.

After an hour or so. Mrs. Thatcher had to excuse herself for another meeting; however, she had arranged for us to meet with several of her colleagues in a conference room on another floor.
What ensued was a fast-moving and cheerful session with Sir Keith Joseph, Mrs. Thatcher’s theoretical “strong right arm,” Geoffrey Howe (later to become foreign secretary), and two or three other free-market Conservative MPs.

Three and a half years later, in November 1978, the principals met again, on the eve of Mrs. Thatcher’s party winning the government and her becoming Britain’s first women (and, ultimately, longest-serving) prime minister. For Ronald Reagan, this was the first stop on a listen-and-learn trip to European capitals as a prelude to his 1980 campaign.

By now she had a slightly larger office and the reception room could hold the same four people, plus Richard Allen (who become President Reagan’s first National Security Advisor). This time much of the discussion was on Soviet expansionism and defense measures. She emphasized the fact that Soviet SS-20 intermediate-range ballistic missiles were aimed at every Western European capital.

This sunk in with Reagan. Later that year, he would visit NORAD, the U.S. early-warning system in a Colorado mountain that could spot an IBM fired toward the U.S. Then, after a briefing about the Carter Administration’s new treaty based on Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II), he said what we needed instead, was START (Strategic Arms Reduction Talks). And, as president in early 1983 he orchestrated acceptance of U.S. missile defense systems to protect Western European capitals. This would prove to be an important step in his carefully planned strategy to bring the Cold War to a successful conclusion.

Their friendship endured through all the years shared years in office and beyond. In 2004, she, by now Baroness Thatcher, gave one of the most eloquent eulogies at Ronald Reagan’s funeral. Each imparted strengths to the friendship: he charisma and an understanding of how to use U.S. strength in the world; she, intellectual rigor. Both were natural leaders.
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Peter Hannafordwas closely associated for a number of years with the late President Reagan, beginning in the California Governor’s office. His latest book is “Presidential Retreats”.
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Sarah Palin: Happy birthday, President Reagan! In honor of the Gipper's 102 birthday, let's watch his 1st Inaugural Address again...

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