Ronald Reagan

US unemployment hits 10pc for first time since Ronald Reagan was in power

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Unemployment rate climbs to the highest level since Ronald Reagan was in power.

Watch Live: Ronald Reagan Library’s 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

The Lonely Conservative (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

The Ronald Reagan Library’s celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin is sold out. But you can watch it here live from 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM (Pacific Time). The full itinerary can be found here. Video below

• Live Coverage: 20th Anniversary Of The Fall of the Berlin Wall - Politics and Finance
• Live Coverage: 20th Anniversary Of The Fall of the Berlin Wall - American Conservative Daily

Is This The Next Ronald Reagan?

American Conservative Daily (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Ronald Reagan was one of the last true conservatives in America. However, there are a few people starting to emerge who seem destined to carry on Reagan’s legacy. Oddly enough, two names that immediately come to mind are both from Minnesota. Governor Tim Pawlenty is one. Sixth district Congresswoman Michelle Bachman is another. And in another strange twist of fate, [...]

Message From Mrs. Ronald Reagan on Behalf of the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

SIMI VALLEY, CA -- 11/06/09 -- To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and The Heritage Foundation are co-hosting an historic conference at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library..

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation: Message From Mrs. Ronald Reagan on Behalf of the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

SIMI VALLEY, CA (MARKET WIRE) To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and The Heritage Foundation are co-hosting an historic conference at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on November 6, 2009 in Simi Valley, California. The conference not only looks back at President Reagan's leadership and contributions that helped...

Observer profile: Mikhail Gorbachev – the forgotten hero of history

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

While the impact of such contemporaries as Nelson Mandela on the events of the 20th century is firmly established in the public mind, the crucial role played the architect of glasnost is in danger of being overlooked At the Brandenburg Gate tomorrow evening in Berlin, one of the defining figures of the last century's history will sit down to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin...

Its Almost The Ewok Adventure

FreakyTrigger (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

Here’s a little factoid for you: the word “Jedi” is said 24 times in The Men Who Stare At Goats. The two words “Star” and “Wars” are however only ever mentioned once, in the context of Ronald Reagan really liking the film.. Bearing in mind that it is Ewan MacGregor doing almost fifty percent of the [...]

Credit as a Public Utility

Bill Totten's Weblog (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

The Key to Monetary Reform by Richard C Cook Global Research (May 26 2007) We live in an era of deregulation, where economists and politicians speak of "the market", not government, as the appropriate vehicle for economic decisions. President Ronald Reagan said in his 1981 inaugural address, "Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem". This attitude...

Mike Pence, A Legend In His Time

Wonkette (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

GOP Super-Star Rep. Mike Pence recently delivered the most comical speech of the day, for five minutes. It took him wayyyyy too long to post it on his own YouTube channel, but ta-da! He challenged the Blue Dogs to fight for freedom, and the troops, and also Ronald Reagan and liberty. No one has ever [...] Ronald Reagan - Republican - YouTube - United States - Mike Pence

The Bungalow Belt Tea Party

Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

The Bungalow Belt is the social conservative part of Chicago--comprising the Northwest and Southwest Sides--that backed Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984. This afternoon the Tea Party movement came to the Belt, specifically the Garfield Ridge neighborhood west of Midway Airport. It was organized by the Chicago Tea Party Patriots. Nature blessed the Tea Party attendees--there were about 150 of us--it was...

ELLIS WASHINGTON OP-ED: Why Obama Can't Go To Berlin

Booker Rising (Free subscription) | yesterday

The political science professor and conservative Republican opines about why U.S. President Barack Obama turned down German Chancellor Angela Merkel's personal invitation to attend the 20th anniversary celebration of the Berlin Wall's fall : "Three American statesmen made trips to deliver historical speeches in Berlin: 1) JFK's 'Ich bin ein Berliner' [I am a Berliner] speech in 1963, 2) Ronald...

When the Wall came tumbling down

ProudToBeCanadian Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

Twenty years ago on Nov. 9, a captive people of a divided continent literally with their hands dismantled the Berlin Wall. This wall represented not merely the totalitarian tyranny of Soviet Communism, but the eternal ugliness and evil of that inherent disposition in man to deny the freedom of another to live his life as he wishes. A whole generation has come of age since then with insufficient memory,...

Reagan Recession Redux

Pissed On Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday

Unemployment hit 10.2% yesterday...the highest since 1983 when a Conservative Republican named Ronald Reagan was President. Of course the real unemployment rate in both cases was probably closer to 20%. In 1983 it was termed the Reagan Recession, something conservatives...

Why Obama can't go to Berlin

Another Pundit (Free subscription) | yesterday

Why Obama can't go to Berlin BY: Ellis Washington Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! ~ Ronald Reagan Three American statesmen made trips to deliver historical speeches in Berlin: 1) JFK's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech in 1963, 2) Ronald Reagan's "Tear down this wall!" speech in 1987, and 3) Barack Obama's 2009 non-speech speech which in a revelatory article by National Review's...

Re-Writing History 101 Minions in the attack...

The Lair of the Catholic Cavemen (Free subscription) | yesterday

Re-Writing History 101 Minions in the attack mode Scott Whitlock over at NewsBusters.org nails Newsweek to the wall... as they so richly deserve. Here's some of the article; Newsweek.com Skips Obama’s Snub of Berlin Wall, Pretends He’s Already Been There A Newsweek.com article on Tuesday celebrated historic speeches by U.S. Presidents at the Berlin Wall, somehow ignoring the fact that Barack...

• Newsweek.com Skips Obama’s Snub of Berlin Wall, Pretends He’s Already Been There - NewsBusters