A worthwhile thing to name after Reagan

[dsc]

I am watching West Wing on Bravo tonight and it is the episode where CJ visits his alzheimers ridden father. It made me think of a truely worthwhile thing to name after Reagan. The Ronald Wilson Reagan Alzheimers' research institute. It could be federally funded and devoted to finding a cure for that scourge.

On edit I would call it the Satan Institute if it got it funded. This Congress and President would never fund it otherwise.

[WildClarySage]

1. My cat threw up something

that could be appropriately called after Reagan.

On edit- ok that was juvenile, even for me.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. you are right

even if that is juvenile

[eleny]

9. Ya gotta calls it as ya sees it!

Someone once posted here at DU that the best part of GWB ran down his mother's leg during his birth. One of the all-time great lines, imo. Yours is spot on, too.

[ThoughtCriminal]

3. Sound's worthy

No sarcasm this time.

[whathappened]

4. ah yes reagan

thinking this man was just a embedded presadent like jr. and was just for pr service only , some one esle was running the show for reagan and , jr. is just following in his foot steps , as far as the reseach institute , lets just call it for what it's for and leave reagan out of it , cause he is'nt the only one in this world who has suffered this horrable death with this sickness

[ComerPerro]

6. Yeah but the only way to get Conservatives to fund it

would be to name it after Reagan. And I think that would be worthwhile.

[meow2u3]

10. We could name an outhouse for Reagan

so conservatives can fund a more appropriate memento for him. :evilgrin:

[LiberalFighter]

13. Then repugs will have something to worship

[ComerPerro]

16. Don't think for a minute that they wouldn't

Those morons will honor anything, no matter how rediculous, just to "honor" the "legacy" of Ronald Reagan.

Somehow, however, when remembering his legacy, they always forget the parts about installing Saddam, arming Iraq, illegally arming Iran, the massive deficits, and the widening of the gap between the wealthy elites and the other 99% of the country.

Gee, what a great man.

Give me a fucking break.

But, we must name everything after him, otherwise people will realize what a stupid puppet he was.

[Cooley Hurd]

18. I think you're missing dsc's point...

This is not about honoring Reagan. This is about getting funding for research (including stem-cell research). Since the repugs hold all the cards, we have to play the game, as distasteful as it is. Alzheimer's is a horrible disease!

(on edit - I see you agree w/ dsc in your other post - I guess I was confused by your conflicting post that I responded to...)

[ComerPerro]

20. Yeah, I tend to do that

I am sure there is a proper clincial name for my disorder...

LOL

Essentially my point in both posts is "they will do whatever it takes, even adequately fund a whorthwhile cause, to honor that washout"

[sallyseven]

7. GHWB said that aid still had a giggle factor in the White House

when Reagan was president. Reagan was a homophobic. He also cut funds for Alzheimer research. Regan deserves a toilet named after him.

[non sociopath skin]

32. Hey, yes. Then he could REALLY become a household name ...

.. "Hey mom, the reagan's blocked again!" Sounds good.

The Skin

[MurrayDelph]

5. Let's rename

Bandini Mountain.

[Frank Rose]

8. Un-employment offices, in every county.

[booradleyjr]

11. $100,000 Bill

instead of the dime.

[Dr Fate]

12. A ply-wood shit-house. n/t

n/t

[jmowreader]

31. What do you have against plywood?

It is a noble material good for many things. As opposed to a Republican...

[dsc]

14. kick

I actually mean this.

[Cooley Hurd]

17. That's actually a great idea...

You're right - that probably the only way to get any repug's attention to the problem of Alzheimer's. Especially the issue of stem-cell research. I've witnessed several family members, including my grandmother, suffer with Alzheimer's. It's a horrible way to spend the remaining years of one's life.

I agree this would be a great way to get the repugs behind it!

[Poiuyt]

22. The Reagans and Bushs will fight over stem cell research

The Reagans want it but bush is pandering to the religious right.

I'm sorry to hear about your family members who have had Alzheimers Disease. My mother has it also, but she is happy as a clam. It's a horrible disease for us, but not for her (compared with cancer or some of the other painful diseases).

[Cooley Hurd]

24. Thank you and best wishes to your mother...

It's such a terrible way to spend one's remaining years... :(

[Loonman]

15. A mountain of bat shit

Mt. Reagan.

[sendero]

19. Hmmm....

... ok - I've admitted here before that I voted for Reagan twice.

In 1986, I realized I'd been had (belatedly, I know).

By 1988, I was convinced that Reagan was the worst president we would ever have.

I could simply not have fathomed the loser we have now ever being elected to office. I couldn't believe it when he was elected governor of Texas, and I was positively astounded as he gained in the presidential primaries with all of his stupid platitudes and homilies.

But, Reagan look positively reasonable compared to Bush*. It is hard to believe.

[Cleita]

21. Forget about Reagan.

For all intents and purposes he is dead. His corpse is still breathing but he is dead. Some will try to deify him, but whatever they do, his legacy will fade and future historians will put his contributions under the magnifying glass they deserve.

[LeahMira]

27. Better than an airport.

For all intents and purposes he is dead. His corpse is still breathing but he is dead. Some will try to
deify him, but whatever they do, his legacy will fade and future historians will put his contributions
under the magnifying glass they deserve.

It would be a good idea to name some Alzheimers' research facility after him. I find that far better than naming an airport after him after he destroyed the air traffic controllers' union, which in turn weakened all the unions in the country. I really do wish someone would change that airport back to its former name.

[noonwitch]

23. The Ronald Reagan Correctional Facility for the Ethically Challenged

A prison for white collar criminals. It could probably be filled up with former members of the Reagan administration, and with current members of the Bush administration.

[tom_paine]

25. What pResident?

You mean Emperor Bunnypants*?

[FrankBooth]

26. Port-a- Potty

Who could have possibly believed that the Reagan administration was just a warm-up act for the real neo-con production?

[swinney]

28. REAGAN DESERVES THIS LIST

WEEP PEGGY NOONAN--THEY ARE TRUE-------------------------RONALD REAGAN RECORDS AS FIRST---------------------------
(1900-1989)

(Peggy Noonan pay attention)

1.First to turn America into a DEBTOR nation
2. First to increase DEBT faster than growth of national income in eight years
3. First to increase DEBT faster than growth of gdp over eight years
4. First to double the deficit in just eigh t years
5. First to “almost”: triple the national DEBT in just eight years
6. First to increase SPENDING by 80%--over 8 years.
7. First to SPEND more in eight years than was spent in prior 50 years.
8. First to have “real” INTEREST RATES of 8% after averaging 1% over 35 years.
9. First to keep PRIME INTEREST RATES at 20%.
10.First to over value the dollar to the yen at rate of 262 yen to 1 dollar.
11.First to have served as Governor and increase STATE SPENDING by 112%
12.First to have HOME LOAN INTEREST RATES as high as 16%
13. First to CUT TAXES by 60% for his rich pals
14. First to allow the SAVINGS AND LOAN INDUSTRY to be raided after signing a deregulatory bill and proclaiming “I think we have hit the jackpot”. Come and get it the vaults are unguarded.
15. First to deal with TERRORISTS
16. First to send an AUTOGRAPHED BIBLE to a man he called “The Satan of Terrorists”.
17. First to have an ADMIRAL plead the Fifth Amendment.
18. First to have a stealing, lying, gutless wife abusing MARINE LT. COLONEL plead the Fifth Amendment.
19. First to have a “sitting” CABINET MEMBER INDICTED
20. First to have an ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE INDICTED.
21. First to have an ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SENT TO PRISON.
22. First to have over 100 MEMBERS OF AN ADMINISTRATION CHARGED WITH CRIMES..
23. First to have more members of his administration charged with crimes than CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF ALL OTHER PRESIDENTS in the twentieth century
24. First to set a record for the LARGEST ONE DAY PERCENTAGE DECLINE in the DOW in history. 10-19-87
25. First to have over $10,000,000 INCREASE IN WEALTH from serving for 8 years as president.
26. First to testify ”under oath” 130 times that ”I DON’T REMEMBER” .
27. First to have an Admiral with a photographic memory testify 128 times “ I DON’T REMEMBER”.
28. First to undergo BRAIN SURGERY a few months after leaving office. No pain no gain.
29. First to, repeatedly, FALSIFY HIS WIFE’S AGE. As tho anyone cared.
30. First to promote his religious faith and never have an ACTIVE CHURCH MEMBERSHIP.
31. First to never use the term JESUS CHRIST in speeches.
32. First to seek GUIDANCE FROM THE STARS not from God
33. First to have had a SHOTGUN WEDDING.
34. First to have worked as a SHILL in Las Vegas.
35. First to call a Stealing, Lying, Psychotic, wife abusing Marine a “LIAR.
36. First to have been OPENLY ALIENATED from his children.
37. First To have served with ALZHIMERS
38. First to have UNEMPLOYMENT AT 10.8% since great depression.
39. First to attack a small unprotected nation with 88,000 inhabitants and 10,000 bb guns then PROCLAIM -“America stands tall again”— “we have whipped the Vietnam Syndrome”-we have defeated communism”. Gosh! What if we had whipped Cyprus?.
40. #1-in FARM FORECLOSURES
41. #1-In BANK FAILURES
42. #1-In SAVINGS AND LOAN FAILURES
43. #1-In Percent increase in PERSONAL BANKRUPTCIES
44. #1-In recorded MISSTATEMENTS
45. #1-In never having a single press conference in which he did not make at least one or more INCORRECT STATEMENTS.
46. #1-In needing a staff person standby during press conferences to tell the press “WHAT HE REALLY MEANT”.
47. #1-In having SERVICEMEN KILLED during peacetime.
48. #1-In largest DROP IN POPULARITY in one week.
49. #1-In being first to HONOR NAZI STORM TROOPERS by calling them” Innocent Victims”
50. #1-In being first to be labeled “BRAIN DEAD AFFABLE DUNCE’ by this writer.
51. First to lie-over and over-to reporters “I DO NOT DYE MY HAIR my barber uses a special shampoo”
52. First to have a wife who ”forced” him to WEAR THREE SUITS in one day
53. First to boast “Not bad for a DUMB GUY who worked only 20 hours per week”.
54. First to have his wife sit nearby and WHISPER ANSWERS to questions
55. First to FALL ASLEEP while the Pope spoke
56. First to invite the Pope to visit the White House and “BRING THE WIFE AND KIDS”
57. First to have his press secretary remove him from the microphone because he could not answer questions. Then, as the reporter
yelled out “answer my question” he replied “MY HANDLERS WON’T LET ME SPEAK”. Quick get the white coat.
58. First 20th Century president to have historians RATE HIM BELOW every president of the 20th except for Richard Nixon. 1994 Poll.
59. First to give us a First Lady with a past reputation for giving the BEST BJ in Hollywood.
60. First to suggest his eldest son undergo PSYCHIATRIC examination
61. First to have been voted in British polls (twice) as the ”MOST FEARED LEADER IN THE WORLD” sic em Rambo.


62. First to serve as Governor on a ”conservative” platform and INCREASE SPENDING BY 112%.
63. First Governor TO INCREASE personal income taxes by 60%, tax increase on cigarettes by 200%, state tax collections by 152%.
64. First to have a Special Assistant say on national TV “sometimes you had to HIT HIM ON THE HEAD with a 2 x 4 to get his attention”
65. First to have his official biographer state on national TV ‘After he was shot in 1981he GOT SLOWER AND SLOWER EACH YEAR. His speech got slower. He deliberated more and he hesitated more when he spoke. He lost his physical quickness and would not make decisions on the spot. It was a very, very slow and steady mental and physical decline”.
66. First to have a POPULARITY RATING OF ONLY 35% after his first two years in office.
67. First president to have been DIVORCED
68. First president to have the Geriatrics Department of a major
university study his behavior and conclude that AFTER THREE YEARS IN OFFICE HE HAD ALZHIMERS.

------------------------------------ THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE-------------------------------------------
Clarence Swinney—Burlington NC.—[e-mail]
TH--

[ElsewheresDaughter]

29. The Ronald J. Quigly Reagan Institute

[Blue-Jay]

30. I have a better idea.

But first I need to go take a "reagan" and wipe my "georgebush".

[CO Liberal]

33. They Named I-25 In El Paso County the "Ronald Reagan Highway"

Every time I drive by that sign at the county line, I flip it the bird.