Schwarzenegger calls for Reagan statue

[Newsjock]

Source: Sacramento Bee

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said this morning that a statue of former President Ronald Reagan should be built at the state Capitol, and that a college, mountain range or lake should perhaps be named for him.

Schwarzenegger was with former first lady Nancy Reagan at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley for a ceremonial signing of legislation designating a day each year to honor Reagan. The former California governor died in 2004.

"Ronald Reagan is my hero," Schwarzenegger said.

Read more: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/07/schwarzenegger-calls-for-reaga.html

[SheilaT]

1. Can't begin to describe in polite

language how much I disagree.

Reagan was so much the worst President of the twentieth century.

[saigon68]

6. I Can

That piece of human trash was an Evil Mother Fucker

[truebrit71]

18. [phone]

...The only person that rates as low as this sack of human refuse is Margaret Fucking Thatcher...

[arikara]

68. There's always Brian Mulrooney too

Canada's version.

[Oregone]

74. Oh yeah, someone we can all thank for his work on NAFTA

[sasquuatch55]

26. Why do we always celebrate and memorialize tragedy?

When will we celebrate the good? Does patriotism have only tragedy to rely on?

[saigon68]

85. `

[DBoon]

12. Reagan has the blood of thousands of dead Central American peasants on his hands

nt

[Bette Noir]

45. Only because Bush II was in the twentyfirst.

[No Elephants]

50. Fortunately, DU rules do not prohibit cussing Reagan or Ahnuld.

I agree with your assessment. Inasmuch as No. 2 Bushie Prez idolized Reagan and Reagan's policies, our misery can be traced directly back to Bonzo's buddy.

[nykym]

2. So when did CA become

so flush with extra money to honor a Zombie?

[onehandle]

3. Just rename your state 'Reaganifornia,' Herr Gropenfuhrer. nt

[No Elephants]

53. Ahnuld won't be able to pronounce that correctly either.

[bemildred]

4. Something like this:

[wordpix]

39. lol---would love to see Reagan statue like that---well worth CA's money

:rofl:

[No Elephants]

55. Main Hall of the Reagan Presidential Library, I presume?

[bemildred]

69. Yah. Right over the Presidentail Seal. nt

[izquierdista]

5. We're going to need more elephants!

This will be enough for the hair....

[KansDem]

7. From one B-actor to another.

Use this for the model...


Go ahead. the pigeons need something to shit on...

[No Elephants]

52. Hey, if Kathy Griffin's on the D List, Raygun and Ahnuld have to be on the F List at best.

[LWolf]

8. .

:puke:

[Botany]

9. Maybe one where Reagan was liberating the concentration camps

n/t

[No Elephants]

56. You mean his minute and a half in the military in California, ready for his close up?

[livetohike]

10. Re-name the San Andreas Fault. Ronald Reagan's Fault n/t

[Itchinjim]

13. Ha!

Perfect!

[livetohike]

15. Thanks, I lived in CA when Reagan was President but his

policies destroyed my hometown of Pgh. Worst President Ever.

[Joe Bacon]

76. Yes, he destroyed Ambridge, PA

AND Aliquippa, Monessen, Duquesne, Monaca, Edgeworth, hell there are lots of towns Reagan destroyed in Western Pa, and add in places like Weirton in West VIrginia and Stubenville, East Liverpool and Youngstown in Ohio that also got wiped out thanks to that worthless fucking pig.

The only consolation I ever got out of what President Pruneface did was seeing him get Alzheimer's and turn into a fucking worthless shell. Karma got that rat bastard,

[livetohike]

83. Hi

My Dad was still working in the mill then (E.T. in Braddock). He was a couple years from retirement and did make it, but so many sad stories for those who didn't. I think the Detroit area can best understand what we all went through. Government cheese and butter.....so many proud workers watching their livelihoods destroyed.

Yeah, Reagan got what he deserved and he does not deserve to be glorified and raised to sainthood as so many Republicans desire. Idiots.

[Joe Bacon]

89. And I remember how many millworkers fell just short of their pensions!

I remember how hundreds of millworkers fell short of their pensions at American Bridge, Jones & Laughlin, Armco, HH Robertson and Bethlehem Steel. They were just a year or 2 short of any pension and they got nothing. Sadly, there were a bunch of men who committed suicide because thy couldn't get another job. And what did our Press Whores on the Sunday Talk shows say?

The Press Whores didn't care. They told these unemplyed/unemployable people to move on with their lives, head for the nearest McDonald's and flip burgers for minimum wage.

Then the rest of America's manufacturing base vanished, and the press whores still pooh-pooh it.

I last went back to Ambridge when my dad died in 2002. The town is totally dead. Once Ambridge made wonderful bridges and monuments. Now all they do is have a Republican seminary turning out right wing ministers committed to dividing the Episcopal Church. So sad.

[Dogtown]

16. HA!

:applause:

[IndianaGreen]

22. Excellent idea!

Or rename it Reagan's crack!

[Bozita]

24. Bullseye!

[KeepItReal]

35. OMG that's good!

:rofl:

[wordpix]

40. +1 great idea

[Bette Noir]

47. Yes!

[Bennyboy]

67. Facebook group....

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=327164826252&ref=ts

[livetohike]

82. Bennyboy - looks like I channeled this idea :-

Joined!

[cheneyschernobyl]

75. This is a great idea!

While we're at it, let's PLEASE remove his name from the airport in Arlington, Virginia. Having that monster's name at any airport is like naming the Watergate building after nixon!

[Carolina]

77. welcome to DU and I couldn't agree me

Lived in DC for 40 years and I will only call that airport in Arlington: Washington National, especially since that fucker fired PATCO workers!

[cheneyschernobyl]

79. Thank you! I owe you a beer!

I refer to that airport as "National" or it's 3 letter IATA designation "DCA". Whenever using travelocity/expedia/etc. I simply input the code DCA. Dulles is IAD, and BWI is...drum-roll please...BWI!

During my Air Force career, part of my job was issuing airline tickets. Using the 3 letter codes has become a way of life for me.

:toast:

[boppers]

96. I love it! Ronald Reagan's Fault!

One for the generations.

[KamaAina]

11. Why bother when we've got a perfectly good one of Ahh-nuld himself?

it was the centerpiece of the recent Arnieville protest in Berkeley. Modeled on the Great Depression's "Hoovervilles", it was meant to dramatize the impact Ahh-nuld's budget cuts would have on disabled and other low-income Californians.

[mitchum]

14. The ghost of Adolf Hitler says, "You lying two-timing bastard!"

[secondwind]

17. NOT TO MENTION CALIF. HAS SEVERE FINANCIAL WORRIES!!! THEY DON'T NEED TO ERECT ANOTHER STATUE!

[JuniperLea]

19. We don't like you or Reagan... dumbass...

Jeez... what an idiot.

[truebrit71]

20. Proof positive that there are many, many brain dead people that walk amongst us..Raygun was a JOKE..

...a sick, cruel, evil fucking joke..

[Lucky Luciano]

21. I am definitely a seller of this rubbish (as opposed to being a buyer) nt

[ShockediSay]

23. How about the RReagan TwoTrillion National Debt Chunk nt

[Hubert Flottz]

25. Good idea

If the statue has a statue of arnold with his nose up the statue of reagan's ass.

[DebbieCDC]

27. As long as it's outside for the birds to shit on

[catgirl]

28. unrec

[musette_sf]

29. Only if it's in front of

The George W Bush Sewage Plant:

[SoapBox]

30. Reagan is NOT my hero!

...NO...NO...NO! Period.

[SoapBox]

31. CONTACT Arnold here to say NO WAY!

Email:
http://gov.ca.gov/interact#email

Phones:
http://gov.ca.gov/interact#contact

[jobycom]

32. Isn't the national debt enough of a memorial?

[madrchsod]

33. i have two in my town.....

but this is the best one of all...the only statue of Abe Lincoln in a military uniform...

[No Elephants]

60. Honey, move!

[MisterP]

34. only if it's of him shaking hands with firm ally P.W. Botha

or Pol Pot
or the mujahedeen
or that Saudi scion, Mr. ibn Ladin
or him blaming poor single Black mothers
or him giving the thumbs-up to the rape-murder of the four American churchwomen
or a memorial to the 250K dead in Central America, plus the dirty and civil wars in Argentina, Chile, Angola, Ethiopia, Chad, Iran-Iraq, etc.

[EFerrari]

36. Hilarious. The redneck nativist wingers are cussing the Grope out

in the comments.

[Frisbee]

37. To quote Keith Olbermann...

from a show some time back... "Reagan is dead, and he was a lousy President". I realize the pickins are pretty slim for a republican to find a former pres to worship, but seriously, Reagan?

The damage he did with his "trickle-down economics" and in Central America were terrible. But to this day what REALLY pisses me off about him is how for eight years we did NOTHING about AIDS. How many people died needlessly because of that asshole? Fuck him. Much like will be the case with Cheney, I thought the world was just a little bit nicer places when that asshole died.

[wordpix]

41. but, but---he told Gorbachev to "tear down that wall"---it came down b/c of St. Ronnie!

Oh, whoops, no it came down because the East Germans tore it down.

[jmowreader]

94. Kind of...

It actually came down because the Hungarians opened THEIR section of the Iron Curtain, and anyone with a marketable skill in a capitalist country defected.

[wordpix]

38. doesn't this guy who's running a fiscally failed state have better things to do???

geesh, you'd think he would have more on his mind than spending money on a statue of another bad actor

[MarinCoUSA]

42. I pledge to leave the state on this day or wear a black armband.

n/t

[Bette Noir]

43. I have an idea.

Build a nice little water feature at the Reagan Library, using donated funds, and name that after Sir Ronny. He doesn't deserve any more than that.

[a la izquierda]

44. The Mississippi Reagan...nt

It's the Simpsons come true.

[edbermac]

46. Why not erect a statue of Bonzo The Chimp?

He certainly did more for America than Ronnie Ray-Gun.

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2004/06/06/reagan008,0.jpg

[greiner3]

48. "designating a day each year to honor Reagan,"

April 1.

[No Elephants]

63. Nah. Leave it a fun day. April 15. Thanks to Reagan and those who followed his policies,

we'll be paying taxes to pay off the deficit for longer than the planet exists.

[No Elephants]

49. This is your brain on steroids.

Guess Governor Bankrupt Shit for Brains still doesn't get what Raygun's policies have done to this country

[PADemD]

51. Reagon Statue

Who does he want to pay for the statue? I hope not the taxpayer.

[thelordofhell]

54. I didn't know they could pile shit that high

:puke:

[IrishEyes]

57. That is officially the stupidest idea I've heard all day.

First of all, Reagan was one of the worst presidents in history. I know he is a god to the Republicans which is one of the reasons Republicans scare me. It is also stupid because California is totally broke. They have the third highest state unemployment rate in the country. One of the cities has the highest unemployment rate in the whole country. Erecting a statue to the man who helped to screw up the economy is a slap in the face to all the desperate people in California who can't pay their bills. I'm sorry, I really hate Reagan. I was six when he was elected and I knew then that he was awful. My brother was 13 and we would argue politics. My brother loved him and still thinks he is the greatest president ever.

[Donnachaidh]

58. YOU payin' for it, Ah-nuld?

You bankrupted the state -- what is this? Desperation put you up to this? You hack steroid-addled twit.

[Ignis]

59. California Pigeons reply: "YES, PLEASE!"

If you build it, they will poop!

[ladywnch]

61. are you f-in kidding me!!!!! You can pay for essential services but

you have money for a friggin statue to the guy who started us down the road to hell?!!!!!!!!!!!

[ozymandius]

62. Make it a statue of his ass.

The pigeons need someplace to unload.

[alp227]

64. The state's budget isn't available yet and he's having wet dreams about Reagan?

Sheesh. This damn governor can't get his priorities straight. He hasn't signed the budget, schools and every public service in the state are trimming themselves down, and he's announcing a statue of Ronald Reagan? Give me a break.

[arbusto_baboso]

65. Never mind the pigeions, if a statue of Reagan goes up at the state capitol I'LL shit on it.

And I'd invite others to join me in the shitting.

[Bennyboy]

66. Let's name the San Andreas Fault after Reagan!

Facebook group:

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=327164826252&ref=ts

Reagan's fault has a nice ring to it I think.

[ProudDad]

70. Start with the Ronny Raygun Memorial budget deficits!

National and State!

The only thing that execrable piece of shit should have named after him is an outhouse!

[cornermouse]

71. Reason to boycott California as far as I'm concerned.

[TommyO]

72. So, California is in a fiscal emergency, but somehow they'll find the money

to honor Saint Ronny with a statue? Thank God that, thanks to term limits, Arnie won't be back.

[Oregone]

73. Can they reuse the metal from the Saddam statue?

The California budget is thin enough

[formercia]

78. I think that naming the State's first Debtor Prison after Ronnie Raygun

would be the most appropriate thing to do.

[David__77]

80. Blech. It's bad enough Capitol Park, which I go to all the time has some of the crap it does.

There are monuments to Father Serra, slave trader, and monuments celebrating wars of oppression. Please please, no statues of criminals like Reagan!

[Octafish]

81. Hey, NAZI Boy! I gawt choor statschoo rrrrite heauh.

Ronald Reagan is no hero.

[Zorra]

84. Actually, the "Reagan Tar Pits" does kind of have a nice ring to it. Or,

how about a phenomenon out in space, such as a black hole?

Reagan's Hole.

Perfect.

[jxnmsdemguy65]

86. Prevention of this from occurring should be the number one priority of every unemployed Californian.

As I always say to people, when the subject of Ronald Reagan comes up:

Reagan was a turd and Nancy was the blowjob queen of Hollywood.

It was Reagan's free market policies that have completely destroyed the US middle class.

Simple as that.

[RushIsRot]

87. A cardboard cutout is about all that California can currently afford,

and it would probably the most appropriate memorial to a cardboard cutout president.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

88. Name every oil-soaked part of the gulf after him

and tarballs will now be called "Reagan Pellets'

[political_Dem]

90. There's a nice city dump that could use Reagan's monniker.

It would be a perfect honor to associate St. Ronnie's name with foul, smelling, caustic garbage.

[dflprincess]

91. You know those stickers of Calvin from "Calvin & Hobbs"

where the kid is peeing on something?

Maybe something like that. It could portray St. Ronnie peeing on someone meant to represent the middle class while paying homage to his trickle down theories.

[NuttyFluffers]

92. SOB Schwarzenegger should then have a statue of Reagan constructed up his descending colon...

:mad:

[sofa king]

93. Will the statue stand on the ashes of a better tomorrow?

[jmowreader]

95. I can thoroughly agree with Herrn Gropenfuehrer

Make it two and a half feet tall, coat it with Teflon and put it in one of the restrooms at Yosemite National Park. This way, people can go there to piss and shit on it without getting arrested, the park rangers will only have to hose it down to get it ready for the next day's activities, and the people who go there to pay their respects to St. Ronnie can have a really nice vacation at the same time.

[Ross K]

97. What's that gonna cost?

Is he getting it from Bernie's Bargain Basement $6 Statue Store?

[The Second Stone]

98. I'd go for a statue

in downtown Los Angeles that the public could look at and touch. Pigeons would be the first to properly appreciate it.

As for a mountain range or lake, perhaps we can find an old, wet, toxic quarry. We wouldn't want to have any pristine areas named after the old coot because we have lots of beautiful sites named after wonderful people all ready, and to quote the Gipper, once you've seen one, you've seen them all.

As for a college to be named after him, how about a private college since he opposed public higher education and did the best he could to erode it. How about USC be changed to Ronald Reagan University?

Oh, and all of it should come from private funds as he would have been opposed to such a use of public funds, as would I.