Reminder of who is REALLY responsible for the problems we are having today because of deregulation

[scheming daemons]

[LaydeeBug]

1. 'scuse me, but that's REPUBLICAN Deregulation.

make them own it.

[jgraz]

2. ACK! Warn a person, will ya?

I was eating!

[missbleedingheart]

3. Oh, Just Bury the Bastard

Thanks for this important reminder.
When Ronald Reagan died and Nancy arranged for what seemed like WEEKS of pre-burial coverage, the TV in my workplace cafeteria was droning all Reagan, all the time. Finally, I couldn't stand it anymore. "Oh, just bury the bastard!" I yelled, alienating the Young Republicans gathered around the set.
Trouble is -- as you point out -- his legacy of deregulation lives on, culminating in the current financial crisis. I like to write limericks about Reagan, Bush One and Bush Two at my website

www.missbleedingheart.com

[RKP5637]

4. +1, n/t

[tilsammans]

5. Good for you, for speaking out!

I'm sick and tired of having to eat their shit for 30 years . . . and for years to come. :puke:

FUBAR, I'm afraid.

[glitch]

6. And his puppeteers

and fans in both parties.

[madrchsod]

7. actually jimmy carter started deregulation....

reagan put deregulation on steroids.

[flamingdem]

8. I'll never forget the DOOM I felt the day he was elected nt

[Kahuna]

11. Ditto.

:scared:

[Donnachaidh]

9. The brits had a good idea regarding dead traitors

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell%27s_head

[Oregone]

10. Mankind

They also voted for that fuck

[Raschel]

12. Environmental and economic crap hits the fan due to deregulation.

Thanks Phil Gramm, Reagan, Republicans.

[Karenina]

19. It DIDN'T hit the Shetland Islands where BP operates

a "state of the art" facility. Why so different in the U.S.? Check it out and blast this far and wide:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLu-Hp9--RU

[Bitwit1234]

13. I know one thing for damn sure

the media will never never ever report the truth on who is responsible if the have and "R" after their name.

[northofdenali]

14. When he was California's guv, we called him -

Ronnie Ray-Guns.

Apt.

I despise the dead bastard, and hope he's enjoying his time in hell.

[blondeatlast]

15. A-effin'-men to that. nt

[tavalon]

16. He lost his facilities sometime during his Presidency

Does anybody have any idea about when that happened? Perhaps the Vice President was really running the show with Reagan as the affable puppet. Gosh, remind me who his Vice President was? It's right on the tip of my tongue. Oh, yeah, George H.W. Bush.

Not absolving Reagan. Just wondering when the Alzheimer's kicked in.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

17. too bad that, but did he have to then replace his broken toilet with our heads?

facilities
fa·cil·i·ty   
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Often, facilities.
a.
something designed, built, installed, etc., to serve a specific function affording a convenience or service: transportation facilities; educational facilities; a new research facility.
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something that permits the easier performance of an action, course of conduct, etc.: to provide someone with every facility for accomplishing a task; to lack facilities for handling bulk mail.
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6.
Often, facilities. Informal. a rest room, esp. one for use by the public, as in a theater or restaurant.

faculties
fac·ul·ty   
–noun,plural-ties.
1.
an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
2.
one of the powers of the mind, as memory, reason, or speech: Though very sick, he is in full possession of all his faculties.
3.
an inherent capability of the body: the faculties of sight and hearing.
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[tavalon]

26. I know, I know

We all substitute the wrong word from time to time. My spelling is usually impeccable and actually, I did spell facilities correctly, but I meant faculties.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

27. I didn't mean to give you a hard time, tavalon!

but look at the bright side -- you did give me the opportunity for a hilarious joke!!!!




apologies! I thought I was being funny..... oops

[tavalon]

31. True that!

And as a person who loves to give zingers, I'm willing to take a few, too. :hi:

[patrice]

20. faculties

please don't get mad; just trying to help.

[tavalon]

25. You're right

[Raschel]

22. I do remember seeing on TV a group of his "handlers" reviewing something they wanted

him to say or do. They remarked, "this is good, even HE'LL believe it", and they all laughed.

Sorry so vague on the memory. I just remember thinking how dumb he must be when I heard it.

[Control-Z]

29. My future ex,

who is almost ten years my senior, says he started noticing the symptoms at the beginning of his 2nd term. I was pretty young at the time and really not politically involved.

[laughingliberal]

18. True. And, yet, we daily see people in our party defend and promote his policies and beliefs.

:puke:

[LWolf]

21. Exactly.

Of course, our party nominated, and then elected to the presidency, someone who admires Reagan.

:grr:

[TheKentuckian]

23. Ahh...the devil, himself

When the end got rolling hard downhill for us.

[laughingliberal]

24. +1000 nt

[stuntcat]

28. too late to rec.

but 100% YES :mad:

[abq e streeter]

30. Respectfully disagree---all the fools who loved, worshiped and voted for him;

they are who are responsible... And yes,I know, there are some who eventually woke up and rejected what they'd previously fallen for. To those who did, I welcome them with open arms and complete forgiveness. I can't say I haven't been fooled into being wrong about something I should have known better about, and he without sin etc... But to those who continue to venerate this evil man's memory,and support the continuation of the policies he was a shill for ( and only that, we all know he was just the folksy "front man" for the real powers)... they are the disease and stooges like Reagan are only the symptom. ( apologies to the memory of Moe ,Larry, Shemp and Curly for denigrating the word "stooge" by associating it with a vile bastard like Ray-Guns))