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Tue Jun-08-04 10:50 PM
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Shameless GOP wants to rename Pentagon after Reagan |
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Republicans Mull New Honors for Reagan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon would be renamed after Ronald Reagan and his image placed on some American currency under proposals by congressional Republicans to honor one of their party's most popular former presidents.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a Tennessee Republican, offered amendments on Monday to a defense bill to rename the Pentagon as well as the U.S. Missile Defense Agency after the former president.
On another front, Rep. Jeff Miller, a Florida Republican, introduced legislation on Tuesday to have Reagan bump former Democratic President John F. Kennedy off the 50-cent piece. Reagan would replace another Democrat, former President Andrew Jackson, on the $20 bill under a proposal by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican. Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, suggested Reagan appear on the $10 bill, now graced with a likeness of Alexander Hamilton, the nation's first U.S. treasury secretary.
"What's next -- putting Ronald Reagan on Mount Rushmore?" scoffed a senior Democratic congressional aide.
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Catherine Vincent
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:53 PM
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1. These repukes are going insane. |
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They better not bump any president off of a coin or a bill just to put Reagan on it. Just because they think he's worth it, doesn't mean everyone else does. As far as renaming the pentagon after Reagan, let them vote on it, if it passes whatever. Afterall, they did name the FBI building after a cross dresser.
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:54 PM
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2. No room for Reagan on Rushmore. |
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There is already a Ronald Reagan building in Washington, a second one would be confusing.
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:14 PM
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Edited on Tue Jun-08-04 11:15 PM by imax2268
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center...Washington DC
the Ronald Reagan State Office Building in Los Angeles...
National Airport is now Reagan National...Washington DC
USS Ronald Reagan...
The Ronald Reagan Institute of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University Hospital...
Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Marshall Islands...
Ronald Reagan Peace Garden...Eureka College, Ill
Roads around the country including: Florida, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania...
What more do they want...good grief...
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Wed Jun-09-04 11:12 AM
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37. I liked the SNL "report" on putting Reagan on Rushmore |
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back when Dennis Miller was still a human being (having now devolved into something whose morals are slightly below those of a fruit fly): "Scientists decided that granite is just not a dense enough material to accurately portray the former president."
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:54 PM
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3. You know they could do a little more to honor the living once in awhile |
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Rather than the dead.
Only Nancy and the two sensible members of the Reagan family (Ron Jr. and Patti) will be able to prevent all this deification from escalating out of control.
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:55 PM
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4. Let them run with this. Even with the fawning media coverage |
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old Ronnie recieved the past few days, this will backfire on them.
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:56 PM
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5. Hell, why don't we rename the |
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:59 PM
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6. How about the United States of Reagan? |
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Surely even the Rethugs would think this is going to far... or would they?
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Wed Jun-09-04 05:42 AM
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Wed Jun-09-04 09:11 AM
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17. what about heaven itself? |
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we should rename heaven for Reagan...then, he would always be remembered when people pray...
Our father, who art in Reagan...
uh, well, maybe not. ;-)
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Wed Jun-09-04 09:45 AM
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20. I was thinking the same thing |
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After all, the United States is named after some old Italian guy, Amerigo Vespucci.
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:05 PM
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7. There is nothing more appropriate... |
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He helped bloat thier budget to unprecedented levels of pork that have not stopped since. Him spending so recklessly 'forced' the USSR to go bankrupt trying to keep up, remember? I don't. I do remember Yeltsin and Gorbachov.
Rename the Pentagon after Reagan, a toilet by any other name is still a toilet.
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:08 PM
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8. This is the Republican equivalent of |
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This is the Republican equivalent of the cat pissing on the furniture. They're scared of loosing their hold. Ooops! Too late.
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Wed Jun-09-04 10:39 AM
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claim it, name it, tame it.
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:12 PM
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9. They're like frightened little kids clutching a blanket |
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Reagan's death has allowed the repukes to drift off once again into a gauzy la-la repuke fantasy land...
Like an addict, they will milk it for all it's worth.
Cuz reality ain't looking to good for them right now.
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:29 PM
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11. They can call it the PentaReagan. Hey, I'm all for it. |
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Why not name it after him? After all, the Pentagon is bloated, run by incompetents, filled with infighting, wasteful, inattentive, considers civilian lives irrelevant, warmongering, war profiteering, did I mention incompetent, can't find its arse with both hands half the time, interested only in stuffing more and more into its gaping maw.
Yeah, I think PentaReagan is the perfect tribute to that sorry SOS.
And if anything, it sounds like a sorcery type of name to the fundies.
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:30 PM
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12. Reminds me of a banana republic. |
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Cult of personality worship. I thought this country was better than that.
If I was a Democrat, I'd abstain from voting. That's what they want, to use this as an election issue. Let them pass everyone of the resolutions. Put Reagan on all the money, rename every federal building after him. When the American people get outraged enough, it will boomerang bigtime on these jokers.
Whatever....a Democratic majority can fix these issues.
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Wed Jun-09-04 10:47 AM
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29. Spot on - this is similar to statues of Stalin and Lenin everywhere |
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He's not even been dead that long.
Let history, not these partisan Republican hack fucks, decide whether Reagan deserves such honors.
For Christ's sake!
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Wed Jun-09-04 05:33 AM
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13. This is just like Donald Trump putting his name on anything he's touched. |
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Enough! One airport and that's it. RR wasn't Jesus come back for a second bite at the apple.
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Wed Jun-09-04 05:38 AM
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14. Here's A List Of Those Behind The Push |
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On a national level: http://www.reaganlegacy.org/about/advisors.htmThere is an additional list broken down state-by-state elsewhere on the site.
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Wed Jun-09-04 10:54 AM
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32. Let's send them some "suggestions" |
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http://www.reaganlegacy.org/suggestions/index.htmlI'm sure they would cherish the thought of a Hitler mustache being graffitied on the face of a Reagan $ bill.
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Wed Jun-09-04 09:08 AM
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Wed Jun-09-04 09:12 AM
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18. I named something after Reagan and I can beat it every day! |
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It does the same thing Reagan did too!
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Wed Jun-09-04 09:46 AM
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21. Why would you humiliate your penis that way? |
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Wed Jun-09-04 10:58 AM
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33. I'd support a re-design on the $500 bill |
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That way the rich can keep practicing their feel-good piss on the little people Reagonomics and the rest of us need never see his face. Seems like a good compromise to me. :)
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Wed Jun-09-04 09:30 AM
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19. Lets re-name EVERYTHING after Reagan, |
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I'm going to drive my Reaganmobile home to my house on Reagan street here in Reaganville tonight. And watch a TV show abbout Reagan on the Reagan Channel on the Reagan-o-vision set. Then I'm going to have dinner (Reagan noodles with Reagan tomoato sauce) and maybe open a bottle of Chateaux Regan wine. Then I might go for a ride on my Reagan-cycle around the Ronald Reagan Park over in Reagantown. For the Regan Holiday Weekend I might go to visit my family in Reagan City... I think Reagan Air has a direct flight from Ronald Reagan Airport to Ronald Reagan Airport but its hard to know these days even when you look things up on the Reagan-net.
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Wed Jun-09-04 09:54 AM
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23. That's about how silly this whole thing has become |
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:silly: Imagine Democrats trying to re-name everything for Clinton after he is gone? Exploding repubs' heads everywhere. :evilgrin:
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Wed Jun-09-04 09:47 AM
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How can you rename a geometric shape?
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Wed Jun-09-04 10:03 AM
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24. Things we could rename after Reagan: |
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1. Nicaragua = Reaganagua (Nicaraguans might not like the change, but they should have learned during the Reagan administration that they have no right to self-determination). 2. Niagara Falls = Reagara Falls (If the Canadians complain, have them ask the Nicaraguans what happens when countries dare defy U.S. purposes). 3. French fries and French toast = Reagan fries and Reagan toast 4. Mother Theresa = Father Ronald (The Indians don't want this? See 1 and 2 above). 5. The Passion of the Christ = The Passion of the Gipper 6. The 20th Century = The Reagan Century 7. people = Reaganites 8. dollars = Reagans 9. Mount Rushmore (minus Reagan's facade) = Mount Lesser Mortals 10. all children born from this point forward, male or female = Ronnie 11. all North-South streets in the country = Reagan Ave. 12. all East-West streets in the country = Reagan St. 13. California = Reagania 14. Ohio = Reaganio 15. Alaska = Reagaska 16. Mississippi = Reaganippi 17. Missouri = Reaganouri 18. Massachusetts = Reaganasetts 19. Maine = Reagaine 20. Texas = Reagas (my personal favorite) 21. the Western hemisphere = the Reagan hemisphere 22. Christmas = Worship Reagan Day 23. President's Day = Worship Reagan Day 24. Easter = Worship Reagan Day 25. MLK Day = Worship Reagan Day 26. Thanksgiving = Thank God Reagan Was Born Day 27. Fourth of July = Worship Reagan Day 28. all birthdays = Worship Reagan Days
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Wed Jun-09-04 10:44 AM
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26. 50 cent spiece would be ok |
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putting ronnie's face on the 50 cent piece would be ok, it's the most USELESS coin out there.
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Wed Jun-09-04 10:45 AM
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27. Reagan was a terrible President, and less popular than Clinton. |
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This is an outrage.
But just watch the Dems roll over and get it straight up the ass.
This is so funny.
Where's Howard Dean when you need him?
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Wed Jun-09-04 10:47 AM
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28. A Great Suggestion On Another Thread |
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to fund a large addition/program to the National Institutes of Health for genetic diseases like Alzheimer's and name it after Reagan.
I think that is a magnificent idea. Not mine, just passing it on.
I sent emails to my 2 democratic senators today suggesting it.
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Wed Jun-09-04 10:50 AM
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31. They need to send an animatronic Reagan to the Moon! |
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Bush gets his moon mission AND Reagan gets celebrated. It's a win/win!
Also, all likenessses of past presidents need to have Reagans face photoshopped onto them.
The Washington monument needs to be renamed "Reagan's Penis".
All former soviet states should be called "Reaganland".
A new limited edition 1,000,000 dollar bill should be created. Called "The Reagan", it will feature the likeness of Reagan sitting at the top of a pyramid and pissing down on the masses below in honor of trickle-down economics.
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Wed Jun-09-04 11:01 AM
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34. how about just the toilet seats? |
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Wed Jun-09-04 11:05 AM
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35. Jebus, he's already got an airport what more do they want?? |
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Wed Jun-09-04 11:07 AM
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36. Seems very appropriate, actually. nt |
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Wed Jun-09-04 01:05 PM
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38. Some day the Supreme Court will be the George Dumbya Shrub |
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Edited on Wed Jun-09-04 01:06 PM by Hubert Flottz
Kangaroo court house!
The Bob Dole/Viagra National Ho House!
The Ronald Reagan Nonunion Hall!
The Kathreneglades!
The Dick Cheney One World Flea Market!
Wimpsburg!
Hell, Shrub's Mommy's picture is already on the Dollar Bill!
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