The Reagan "Revolution": A Myth Exploded
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The Reagan "Revolution": A Myth Exploded
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EXPLODED, no less!!!!!!
And from a Conk, Christian outlet!!!!!!
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As “the conservative movement” seeks to regain its bearings following Barack Obama’s reelection, its adherents should recognize, first of all, that its name doesn’t do justice to its true character.
That is, the conservative movement is actually a neoconservative movement.
With rare exception, virtually every “star” in the movement is a neoconservative. From the personalities on Fox News to the shining lights of “conservative” talk radio, from “conservative” politicians to the most well known “conservative” writers, there is scarcely an intellect to be found that isn’t indebted to the neoconservative worldview.
Names must be named if constructive change is to occur.
Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Mark Levin, no less than Bill Kristol, Charles Krauthammer, and Bill Bennett; Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio, as much as Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich; David Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and Michele Malkin, like George Will, David Brooks, and David Frum, are all neoconservatives.
Translation: they are alike proponents of Gargantuan Government.
There is a superabundance of evidence, from their policy prescriptions to the politicians for whom they have offered endless cover, to substantiate this. But the most glaring exhibit is their veneration of Ronald Wilson Reagan.
To be more accurate, these are actually two exhibits. The friends of liberty, real conservatives, revere no politician, however virtuous he may be. And they certainly don’t revere politicians at the national level.
The veneration of this politician, though, Reagan, is even more revealing. Reagan was definitely likable—a fact that, being a Republican president in an era prior to the explosion of non-Democratic-friendly media outlets, speaks to his considerable talents—but he was no conservative.
Despite all of his “limited government” rhetoric, Reagan was as much of a champion of Gargantuan Government as anyone else. He is heralded by “conservatives” as a tax cutter. However, his much touted “tax cut” of 1981 was more than offset by two tax increases that year alone, to say nothing of the multiple tax hikes for which Reagan pushed all throughout his eight years in the Oval office.
Federal spending—and, thus, the federal government—expanded exponentially under Reagan. Both the deficit and the debt rose astronomically throughout his two terms.
His promises to the contrary aside, Reagan singularly failed to eliminate a single government program, let alone an agency.
And liberty diminished.
The deregulation for which Reagan typically receives credit consisted of measures that Jimmy Carter implemented but which didn’t take effect until after the Gipper was already in office.
Reagan did nothing—nothing—to advance conservatism on the cultural front either. It was the Reagan administration that launched a so-called “war on drugs.” The idea of a local government rendering it a crime for an adult citizen to ingest a potentially harmful substance is sufficient to make any friend of liberty cock an eyebrow. The idea of an ostensibly federal government doing so should make him recoil in horror.
Yet Reagan waged a “war on drugs,” a war that continues over three decades later and that shows zero signs of terminating at any time in the near—or distant—future.
It is probably the case that, to some extent, Reagan’s tough talk and liberty-centered rhetoric contributed to the implosion of the Soviet Union. Yet precisely because it was an implosion that befell the evil empire, Reagan was, at best, a catalyst that merely expedited a process of disintegration that had already been well underway.
If there really was a “Reagan revolution,” can someone please say what it accomplished? It isn’t just that Reagan’s presidency did nothing to arrest, and much to assist, the progressive’s agenda of cultural transformation. Some libertarian-minded thinkers, like Murray Rothbard, for instance, have argued, quite convincingly, that Reagan actually arrested the rising tide of libertarianism that was gaining steam in the mid to late 1970’s by co-opting some of its elements while relegating others to the periphery.
Ronald Wilson Reagan was neither a conservative nor a libertarian. Though our verdict on this score is irrefutable, there isn’t a mainstream “conservative” publication in America that would print my argument. The deification of Reagan has assured this.
But it is just this elevation of Reagan to the stature of a god that discloses for all with eyes to see that “the conservative movement” doomed itself a long time ago.
Long-dead horse's ass...........
EXPLODED, no less!!!!!!
And from a Conk, Christian outlet!!!!!!
Put away the Bachmann blow-up dolls and pay attention, Tman and Baldy!!!!
As “the conservative movement” seeks to regain its bearings following Barack Obama’s reelection, its adherents should recognize, first of all, that its name doesn’t do justice to its true character.
That is, the conservative movement is actually a neoconservative movement.
With rare exception, virtually every “star” in the movement is a neoconservative. From the personalities on Fox News to the shining lights of “conservative” talk radio, from “conservative” politicians to the most well known “conservative” writers, there is scarcely an intellect to be found that isn’t indebted to the neoconservative worldview.
Names must be named if constructive change is to occur.
Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Mark Levin, no less than Bill Kristol, Charles Krauthammer, and Bill Bennett; Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio, as much as Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich; David Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and Michele Malkin, like George Will, David Brooks, and David Frum, are all neoconservatives.
Translation: they are alike proponents of Gargantuan Government.
There is a superabundance of evidence, from their policy prescriptions to the politicians for whom they have offered endless cover, to substantiate this. But the most glaring exhibit is their veneration of Ronald Wilson Reagan.
To be more accurate, these are actually two exhibits. The friends of liberty, real conservatives, revere no politician, however virtuous he may be. And they certainly don’t revere politicians at the national level.
The veneration of this politician, though, Reagan, is even more revealing. Reagan was definitely likable—a fact that, being a Republican president in an era prior to the explosion of non-Democratic-friendly media outlets, speaks to his considerable talents—but he was no conservative.
Despite all of his “limited government” rhetoric, Reagan was as much of a champion of Gargantuan Government as anyone else. He is heralded by “conservatives” as a tax cutter. However, his much touted “tax cut” of 1981 was more than offset by two tax increases that year alone, to say nothing of the multiple tax hikes for which Reagan pushed all throughout his eight years in the Oval office.
Federal spending—and, thus, the federal government—expanded exponentially under Reagan. Both the deficit and the debt rose astronomically throughout his two terms.
His promises to the contrary aside, Reagan singularly failed to eliminate a single government program, let alone an agency.
And liberty diminished.
The deregulation for which Reagan typically receives credit consisted of measures that Jimmy Carter implemented but which didn’t take effect until after the Gipper was already in office.
Reagan did nothing—nothing—to advance conservatism on the cultural front either. It was the Reagan administration that launched a so-called “war on drugs.” The idea of a local government rendering it a crime for an adult citizen to ingest a potentially harmful substance is sufficient to make any friend of liberty cock an eyebrow. The idea of an ostensibly federal government doing so should make him recoil in horror.
Yet Reagan waged a “war on drugs,” a war that continues over three decades later and that shows zero signs of terminating at any time in the near—or distant—future.
It is probably the case that, to some extent, Reagan’s tough talk and liberty-centered rhetoric contributed to the implosion of the Soviet Union. Yet precisely because it was an implosion that befell the evil empire, Reagan was, at best, a catalyst that merely expedited a process of disintegration that had already been well underway.
If there really was a “Reagan revolution,” can someone please say what it accomplished? It isn’t just that Reagan’s presidency did nothing to arrest, and much to assist, the progressive’s agenda of cultural transformation. Some libertarian-minded thinkers, like Murray Rothbard, for instance, have argued, quite convincingly, that Reagan actually arrested the rising tide of libertarianism that was gaining steam in the mid to late 1970’s by co-opting some of its elements while relegating others to the periphery.
Ronald Wilson Reagan was neither a conservative nor a libertarian. Though our verdict on this score is irrefutable, there isn’t a mainstream “conservative” publication in America that would print my argument. The deification of Reagan has assured this.
But it is just this elevation of Reagan to the stature of a god that discloses for all with eyes to see that “the conservative movement” doomed itself a long time ago.
Long-dead horse's ass...........
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Re: The Reagan "Revolution": A Myth Exploded
So you're saying he's not an ultra-right kkkapitalist ideologue who is responsible for all of the economic problems we have today?
BTW, Reagan didn't start the War on Drugs...it started with Nixon and continued in every donk and republican administration after that.
BTW, Reagan didn't start the War on Drugs...it started with Nixon and continued in every donk and republican administration after that.
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I don't get it, Cappy normally says Reagan is responsible for all these bad things that he started in his administration, and then he posts an article, with much fanfare, that seems to say that Reagan did none of those things that Cappy normally blames him for.
I miss the old Cappy, he was much funnier and more sane. Now it's like expandsos has a twin somewhere in the midwest.
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Re: The Reagan "Revolution": A Myth Exploded
Well according to our current president he was "transformative". I supposed that is something
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Pwns wrote:So you're saying he's not an ultra-right kkkapitalist ideologue who is responsible for all of the economic problems we have today?
BTW, Reagan didn't start the War on Drugs...it started with Nixon and continued in every donk and republican administration after that.
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Re: The Reagan "Revolution": A Myth Exploded
[quote="Cap'n Cat"]http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/att ... loded.html
EXPLODED, no less!!!!!!
And from a Conk, Christian outlet!!!!!!
Put away the Bachmann blow-up dolls and pay attention, Tman and Baldy!!!!
EXPLODED, no less!!!!!!
And from a Conk, Christian outlet!!!!!!
Put away the Bachmann blow-up dolls and pay attention, Tman and Baldy!!!!
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Re: The Reagan "Revolution": A Myth Exploded
His last few thread fails have been very painful to witness.GannonFan wrote:I don't get it, Cappy normally says Reagan is responsible for all these bad things that he started in his administration, and then he posts an article, with much fanfare, that seems to say that Reagan did none of those things that Cappy normally blames him for.
I miss the old Cappy, he was much funnier and more sane. Now it's like expandsos has a twin somewhere in the midwest.
Hopefully he's just knocking off the rust and will be back in old form shortly.
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OL FU wrote:Well according to our current president he was "transformative". I supposed that is something
Every time Obama mentions Reagan, my opinion of Reagan is reduced.
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AZGrizFan wrote:OL FU wrote:Well according to our current president he was "transformative". I supposed that is something
Every time Obama mentions Reagan, my opinion of Reagan is reduced.
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Re: The Reagan "Revolution": A Myth Exploded
Pwns wrote:So you're saying he's not an ultra-right kkkapitalist ideologue who is responsible for all of the economic problems we have today?
BTW, Reagan didn't start the War on Drugs...it started with Nixon and continued in every donk and republican administration after that.
Um, STOOPID FUCK.......
Learn to pay attention
The article does not say he "started" the War on Drugs, you ignorant motherfucking Conk shitnose. Check again, Rick Perry. Now, crawl back in that crackhouse you call a home in Bugtussle, STFU and let the big boys play.
Re: The Reagan "Revolution": A Myth Exploded
Big whiff, GannonFuck. Typical Bawdry fuck up too.Baldy wrote:His last few thread fails have been very painful to witness.GannonFan wrote:I don't get it, Cappy normally says Reagan is responsible for all these bad things that he started in his administration, and then he posts an article, with much fanfare, that seems to say that Reagan did none of those things that Cappy normally blames him for.
I miss the old Cappy, he was much funnier and more sane. Now it's like expandsos has a twin somewhere in the midwest.
Hopefully he's just knocking off the rust and will be back in old form shortly.
If anything, the piece highlights just how misguided and uninformed you numbskull conks are for deifying the asshole.
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Reagan did not say that about the mujaheddin.D1B wrote:Big whiff, ****. Typical Bawdry **** up too.Baldy wrote: His last few thread fails have been very painful to witness.
Hopefully he's just knocking off the rust and will be back in old form shortly.
If anything, the piece highlights just how misguided and uninformed you numbskull conks are for deifying the asshole.
Your homework is to go look up who he actually did say it about (not any more savory but ... accuracy, y'know?)
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Re: The Reagan "Revolution": A Myth Exploded
I stand corrected. He's still a criminal.CID1990 wrote:Reagan did not say that about the mujaheddin.D1B wrote:
Big whiff, ****. Typical Bawdry **** up too.
If anything, the piece highlights just how misguided and uninformed you numbskull conks are for deifying the asshole.
Your homework is to go look up who he actually did say it about (not any more savory but ... accuracy, y'know?)
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Wrong....runs in the DNA of that inbred donk family tree.
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Beats racism, misogyny and fucking boys inherent in conk DNA.ALPHAGRIZ1 wrote:Wrong....runs in the DNA of that inbred donk family tree.
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D1B wrote:Beats racism, misogyny and fucking boys inherent in conk DNA.ALPHAGRIZ1 wrote:Wrong....runs in the DNA of that inbred donk family tree.
Id suck a racist dudes vagina to not be you...........
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Re: The Reagan "Revolution": A Myth Exploded
Nice try. Cap Those who were alive at the time and old enough to know what was going on know better.
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A bad president gave us Reagan a man that loved his country
Lets hope that after this disaster of a president it can give rise to another great one
Good luck USA
Looks like 100% of the lefties on his site aren't proud and seems like they actually dislike the country
A bad president gave us Reagan a man that loved his country
Lets hope that after this disaster of a president it can give rise to another great one
Good luck USA
Looks like 100% of the lefties on his site aren't proud and seems like they actually dislike the country
The Pew Research survey found that just 40% of so-called Solid Liberals “often feel proud to be American” while "60% say that characterization does not fit them."
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Re: The Reagan "Revolution": A Myth Exploded
Bronco wrote:-
A bad president gave us Reagan a man that loved his country
Lets hope that after this disaster of a president it can give rise to another great one
Good luck USA
Looks like 100% of the lefties on his site aren't proud and seems like they actually dislike the country
The Pew Research survey found that just 40% of so-called Solid Liberals “often feel proud to be American” while "60% say that characterization does not fit them."
http://www.people-press.org/files/2014/ ... elease.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Who cares what somebody is "Proud" of...
Jeffery Dahmer was proud also
People are proud of all kinds of ridiculous crap
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Re: The Reagan "Revolution": A Myth Exploded
Speaking of whiff...D1B wrote:I stand corrected. He's still a criminal.CID1990 wrote:
Reagan did not say that about the mujaheddin.
Your homework is to go look up who he actually did say it about (not any more savory but ... accuracy, y'know?)
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Was a wash, Baglady.Baldy wrote:Speaking of whiff...D1B wrote:
I stand corrected. He's still a criminal.
Was a valid quote by that retarded old fuck about pieces of shit just as bad as your Taluban heroes.
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Why does it say he launched a war on drugs, Gilligan? And why does it even bring it up in the first place?Cap'n Cat wrote:Pwns wrote:So you're saying he's not an ultra-right kkkapitalist ideologue who is responsible for all of the economic problems we have today?
BTW, Reagan didn't start the War on Drugs...it started with Nixon and continued in every donk and republican administration after that.
Um, STOOPID FUCK.......
Learn to pay attention
The article does not say he "started" the War on Drugs, you ignorant motherfucking Conk shitnose. Check again, Rick Perry. Now, crawl back in that crackhouse you call a home in Bugtussle, STFU and let the big boys play.
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Re: The Reagan "Revolution": A Myth Exploded
If you knew what he really did to this country back in the late 80's, you would not be calling him a Great American.
Re: The Reagan "Revolution": A Myth Exploded
What's the scoop, spandos?mrklean wrote:If you knew what he really did to this country back in the late 80's, you would not be calling him a Great American.
Re: The Reagan "Revolution": A Myth Exploded
I think my favorite Reagan quote is that "Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do."