<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>It is the House of Representatives, not the President, that formally writes the budget. The President is just one of many, many players that has a hand in the national budget. </DIV>
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<DIV>Ronald Reagan did play a significant part in bringing down the Soviet Union, however, I don't see what relevance that has on the well being of the United States or the people of the former Soviet Union. The Soviet Union, probably would have fell anyway because its economy was weak and it has always been a poor and politically unstable region. There was a lot better things the US could have spent $1 trillion (in 1980s dollars) on besides nuclear weapons and more military equipment. Ronald Reagan was a good person at heart and played the role of President well. Ranking him as a good or bad president based on his policies, which I disagree with, is one way of deciding the value of his Presidency. I agree he was an effective leader and a good person, but I didn't agree with what he did or the direction he took the country. I also believe that most of the White House decisions after 1985 were not made by him but his handlers and were much less
stellar in character than the man America elected twice to lead them. </DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan Arnold</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 2/23/11, Joe Campbell <I><philosopher.joe@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe@gmail.com><BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Defense, Deceit, and Deficits: Reagan's Unnecessary$1 Trillion Military Build-Up<BR>To: "lfalen" <lfalen@turbonet.com><BR>Cc: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 12:49 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV id=yiv762761892> No. When I said that the last two times the debt went up it was under Republican administrations. First, starting with Reagen (and it went down with Clinton) and then again with Bush. You denied this in each case and I (then) brought up the same point I made below. It was ignored until now.<BR><BR>You can make up whatever reasons you want for why Reagen raised the debt but the fact is Republicans raise the debt so that we're forced to cut government programs in order to lower it. Recent history supports this, at least.<BR><BR>
<DIV class=yiv762761892gmail_quote>On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:35 AM, <SPAN>lfalen</SPAN> <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lfalen@turbonet.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=yiv762761892gmail_quote>Joe<BR>I never said that Reagan did not run up the debt. I said that he had a choice. Either build up the military or balance the budget. He did not like runing up the debt but thought that was the best of two options. He choice the security of the US. That was the right chose as in my opinion it contributed to breakup of the USSR,<BR>Roger<BR><BR>-----Original message-----<BR>From: Joe Campbell <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=philosopher.joe@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">philosopher.joe@gmail.com</A><BR>Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:03:46 -0800<BR>To: lfalen <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lfalen@turbonet.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A><BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020]
Defense, Deceit, and Deficits: Reagan's Unnecessary$1 Trillion Military Build-Up<BR><BR>> I mentioned the dilemma you are faced with wrt your views about Reagan.<BR>> Either he had an effect on the USSR -- and ran the deficit up in the process<BR>> -- or he had no effect on the deficit and no effect on the USSR either. You<BR>> can't have it both ways. The claim that Reagan bankrupted the USSR is<BR>> equivalent to the claim that he ran up our deficit, which you previously<BR>> denied.<BR>><BR>> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 12:57 PM, lfalen <<A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lfalen@turbonet.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A>> wrote:<BR>><BR>> > You made fun of my comments on a lack of time. Say what you want, but I<BR>> > don't have the time to screw with you. I have been busy doing chores,<BR>> > taking a sick hore bach ant
forth to the vet.,dealing with downed trees and<BR>> > shoveling show.It takes about three hours to shovel the snow here. By the<BR>> > time I do that and do chores it is time to take a nap. Then back to work.<BR>> > You used opinion polls as proof that Reagan had no efect on the collapse<BR>> > of the USSR. I do not know about philosophy, but that does not cut it in<BR>> > science. Opinion polls can and are rigged. They are about as reliable as<BR>> > testimonials are for heath food product. Look at what the difference might<BR>> > be from polls by Rasmussen, Zogby and that GREAT PARAGON OF IMPARYIALITY,<BR>> > <A href="http://moveon.org/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>moveon.org</A>.<BR>> ><BR>> > By the way good luck on your battle with the SBOE on the subject of<BR>> > dismissing the ISC faculty Council. That seams a bit high handed to me. I do<BR>> > not
necessarily buy all of the arguments of Saundra and other, but if all<BR>> > the SBOE does is rubber stamp anything Administrators does , who needs them?<BR>> > I have a few comments interspersed with yours below.<BR>> > Roger<BR>> ><BR>> > -----Original message-----<BR>> > From: <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nickgier@roadrunner.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:nickgier@roadrunner.com">nickgier@roadrunner.com</A><BR>> > Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:38:42 -0800<BR>> > To: <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vision2020@moscow.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>> > Subject: [Vision2020] Defense, Deceit,and Deficits: Reagan's Unnecessary $1<BR>> > Trillion Military Build-Up<BR>> ><BR>> > > Hi Roger,<BR>> > ><BR>> > >Nick<BR>> >
First, let me correct one huge error in your response. I know a lot of<BR>> > conservative commentators say this, but why do you continue to trust them?<BR>> > The national debt is $14 trillion, 7.1 trillion due to Reagan and the two<BR>> > Bushes. By what sort of GOP math do you conclude that Obama's contribution<BR>> > is $13 trillion?? So far it is $3 trillion and I sorted it out by thirds<BR>> > and justified each one of them.<BR>> > >Roger See my post from the State GOP<BR>> > > Nick And since when, except in a GOP universe, is my claim that good<BR>> > communication should be truthful is just an opinion??!!<BR>> > > Roger<BR>> > I never said that. Of course good communication should be truthful.<BR>> > > It is a fact, not opinion, that the taxpayers ate $88 billion in the<BR>> > Reagan administration created S&L Crisis.<BR>> >
><BR>> > > It is a fact, not opinion, that most of the financial bail-out money has<BR>> > been repaid and that it is estimated that the feds will make $20 billion on<BR>> > AIG stock in the next several years. About $28 billion has been earned so<BR>> > far from bank repayments of bail-out money.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > It is a fact, not opinion, that the Reagan administration set up a Team B<BR>> > that repeatedly report distorted intelligence about Soviet superiority.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > It is a fact that Carter did some substantial arms negotiations and<BR>> > started the military build-up with an increase of $500 million to the<BR>> > defense budget.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Your quick "research" did not turn out very well, did it?<BR>> ><BR>> > Roger See My post on the state GOP<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Better luck next
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