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Doc_Technical

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9. Destroying the Savings and Loan Industry.

Reply to dballance (Original post)

Wed Feb 6, 2013, 04:08 PM

Feb 2013

Wasting millions of dollars to have a 600 ship navy composed of
many obsolete rust buckets that were soon scrapped.
Millions of dollars spent on the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)
241 U.S. Marines killed in Beirut Lebanon, sitting ducks in a hotel
doing nothing to help the civil war there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombing
This cluster fuck was canceled out by the invasion of Grenada
two days later.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Grenada

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One of my TN Friends has a Pic of St. Reagan on His Page With "Happy Birthday Mr. President..." [View all] dballance Feb 2013 OP

Invite him over for a nice big bowl of ketchup. mwrguy Feb 2013 #1

I couldn't articulate what they think his legacy consists of. maxsolomon Feb 2013 #2

Oh, the USSR - Even the Russians and Gorbachev Admit the USSR... dballance Feb 2013 #3

I would like to invite a bunch of reagan loving buffoons over LeftofObama Feb 2013 #4

Legacy of oppressing workers and giving all the money to the douchebag billionaires. Initech Feb 2013 #5

I'm in Tennessee and I would gag if that was on my Facebook. Fawke Em Feb 2013 #6

I'm From TN Originally so It's More of a Reference to My Old Friends in TN Than Anything Else dballance Feb 2013 #8

I'm in Knoxville and Campfield is PURPOSELY not my state senator. Fawke Em Feb 2013 #14

Reagan ruined the steel industry, especially in Pgh. livetohike Feb 2013 #7

Destroying the Savings and Loan Industry. Doc_Technical Feb 2013 #9

The union busting of August 5th was far more reaching than anyone realized at the time . . . or now. HughBeaumont Feb 2013 #10

Thanks for the Links - You Are So Right - It was the Starter's Gun in the Race to Abolish Unions. /e dballance Feb 2013 #11

Thus the hilarity of anyone making under $250,000 a year supporting Reagan. HughBeaumont Feb 2013 #12

My godson posted that photo LibertyLover Feb 2013 #13

They really need to dig up his carcass and worship it properly jsr Feb 2013 #15