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by gtravels loves her life penguin on October 27th, 2009
by qwerty on October 27th, 2009
not to be a smart ass but does everyone who uses this site
1 not know how to use google search
2 not know how to read the found google search
3 just want to ask obvious question to see their text on-line??
you choose
by kybear on October 27th, 2009
Only the greatest President of the 20th Century. (In my opinion anyway)
by The Chief on October 27th, 2009
He was a Jedi Master who single handedly brought down the Evil Empire.
DUH!
by Wind in the Willow on October 27th, 2009
This is a joke right? Even people in Ethiopia know this. LOL.
by Don Quixote el Manchego on October 27th, 2009
are you from another country? 'cause if you're not, this has to be a joke, right? i don't care how old you are, no u.s. american could be that clueless... could they?
by ViciousKoalaBear on October 27th, 2009
If you're not kidding, you need to crack open a history text.
Reagan was the 40th president of the United States.
Ya' know that one high school football game that worn-out, middle-aged men talk about as thought it were their greatest achievement?
That's kinda how Republicans talk about Reagan.
by supercricketman on October 27th, 2009
he was one of America's greatest presidents, when feorign bowers started something he got out the big stick and told'em "come get some!" he also over saw the end of the "cold war"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_reagan
by Emmi331 on October 27th, 2009
You're kidding, right? Of course you're kidding.
by druebeall on October 27th, 2009
You must be quite young. Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States in 1980 (I remember because that was my first election) He followed Jimmy Carter. He was also the Gov. of California aa well as an actor. He, in my opinion was awesome and I would sleep much better at night if he were in office now. Here is a link you can check out too. It is a really good site loaded with info for you.
http://www.ronaldreagan.com/
by ChrisDC on October 27th, 2009
That is probably one of the most highly subjective questions it is possible to ask. I'm not weighing in, but I can't wait to see the conversation this starts.
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+5 for sheer courage.
by Wind in the Willow on October 27th, 2009
Much more damaging to the president's political fortunes was a steep recession that began late in 1981 and soon became the most severe since the Great Depression. Reagan's economic policies were not responsible for the downturn; few of them had yet had a chance to have an impact on the economy. But the administration did little to fight the recession once it began. Reagan took his lead in part from Paul Volcker, the strong-willed chairman of the Federal Reserve Board (appointed by Jimmy Carter), who considered inflation a more serious threat to the economy than recession. Volcker's policies of high interest rates had been one of many causes of the recession, and his slowness to reduce the rates was one reason the recession became so severe. The recession was particularly devastating to American industry. Manufacturers had been suffering from the high interest rates for several years. High rates made it difficult to borrow and invest; they also made the dollar expensive in world markets and sharply reduced American exports. The nation's trade deficit rose from $25 billion in 1980 to $111 billion in 1984. Once the recession began, businesses closed plants and eliminated hundreds of thousands of jobs. Unemployment in 1982 reached 9.7 percent, its highest point in more than forty years. Farmers, even more dependent on exports than manufacturers, fared worse. Hundreds of thousands of them lost their land in the course of the 1980s.
Reagan expressed sympathy for victims of the recession, but he never seriously considered changing course. He supported Volcker's commitment to the anti-inflation strategy even as the economy slid further downward. He refused to alter his economic program, insisting that if the nation would "stay the course" it would emerge healthier and more prosperous at the end. And in fact, the recession lifted more rapidly and impressively than almost anyone had predicted. By the end of 1983, unemployment had fallen to 8.3 percent, and it continued to decline for the next five years. The gross national product had grown 3.6 percent in a year, the largest increase in nearly a decade. Inflation had fallen to below 5 percent. The economy continued to grow, and both inflation and unemployment remained low (at least by the more pessimistic standards the nation seemed to have accepted) for the rest of the decade.
The recovery was a result of many factors. The Federal Reserve finally eased interest rates early in 1983. A worldwide "energy glut" and the virtual collapse of the powerful cartel of Middle Eastern oil producers stopped the upward spiral of energy prices that had done so much to fuel inflation and inhibit economic growth in the 1970s. And the staggering levels of deficit spending pumped billions of dollars into the sagging economy. Reagan's policies had not worked as their initial advocates had expected, and much of his administration's contribution to the economic recovery was inadvertent. The recovery itself, moreover, was less robust than the major economic indicators revealed. The benefits of the economic growth flowed disproportionately to those in the upper income categories, and the boom did not create jobs or increase incomes for working-class and lower-middle-class people in any way comparable to what earlier booms had done. The poverty rate not only failed to decline, but actually rose in the 1980s from its levels of the 1970s. But these problems became
Read more: http://www.presidentprofiles.com/Kennedy-Bush/Ronald-Reagan-Domestic-policy.html#ixzz0VBVA8eSK
Read more: http://www.presidentprofiles.com/Kennedy-Bush/Ronald-Reagan-Domestic-policy.html#ixzz0VBVA9vSK
by Stargater on October 27th, 2009
What do they teach younglings in school these days??
Even we learned and/or knew of PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan in school here in the UK
Oh and another fact about him was he used to be an actor before he ran for Office!
by Sid on October 29th, 2009
I know he did some acting early on in his life. Not sure what he got up to after that though.
by belgiannudist on October 29th, 2009
Someone else asked the question here on AB :
I'm from another planet. Do you believe me?
I think he's a relative of you....
by Gnome of Kevonia is a Cheerwine junkie on October 27th, 2009
The US President from 1981 to 1989.
by Darth 5349U11 on October 27th, 2009
are you serious? i live in australia, i was born LONG AFTER he left office
He was a US Presidnet.
by mellow_girl on October 27th, 2009
are you that bored? get a life...
Why was Ronald Reagan so accommodating to the Mormons?
by Mister_Bromide on July 28th, 2011
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who was better Ronald Regan or Theodor Rosevelt (please supply facts and please don't answer with bias)
by waismartialarts on November 12th, 2011
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Did Ronald Reagan ever paint?
by howmuch4me on May 29th, 2011
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Which states have Ronald Reagan days?
by Halliburton Shill on July 31st, 2011
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Do you think Ronald Reagan, The Great Communicator, would be on Twitter all day?
by Mister_Bromide on July 28th, 2011
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You're reading I live in Chicago and noticed that one of the freeways I drive on is called "Ronald Reagan memorial tollway". Who is Ronald Reagan?
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That's pretty neat g!!
by Over and Out on October 27th, 2009
I snatched it up and put it in my bag of tricks as soon as I saw it;)
by gtravels loves her life penguin on October 27th, 2009
You do have some cool tricks lady!
by Over and Out on October 27th, 2009
heres one that not so nice +6
http://www.justfuckinggoogleit.com/
by Seeya says Dont Ever Give Up on October 27th, 2009
lol...a beautiful thing;)
by gtravels loves her life penguin on October 27th, 2009
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
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That's just wicked-evil! I LOVE it!
by The Chief on October 27th, 2009
Pure......win......
by Blackberry. on October 27th, 2009
Brilliant. +6
by ChrisDC on October 27th, 2009
Thanks folks!!:)
by gtravels loves her life penguin on October 27th, 2009
Could this be the newest feature ever? Pretty classy gtravels.
by Wind in the Willow on October 27th, 2009
I wish I could take credit for it. It was passed on some time back by one of our admirably sarcastic users whose name I wish I could remember!;)
by gtravels loves her life penguin on October 27th, 2009
well I likes it.
by Wind in the Willow on October 27th, 2009