Laugh with or at? The difference between then and now.

[TheMadMonk]

Cross posted from the lounge.

Just ran across this lot. Probably been posted a million times b4, but new to me.


At least we got entertained while Ronnie's admin. shafted the country.

(Commentary is mine.)


"The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program."
--Ronald Reagan

Or Hell on Earth if it's a Neocon program.


"Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose."
--Ronald Reagan

We win. Then loose. (What a difference a single letter can make.)


"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
--Ronald Reagan

Katrina proves it.


"Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."
--Ronald Reagan

No comment needed.

"Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the U.S. was too strong."
--Ronald Reagan

#5 arguably screwed up that record, though only temporarily.


"The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination."
--Ronald Reagan

Also Bush appointees.


"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."
--Ronald Reagan

Especially if reality is what they make it. (Can't recall the quote I want. Something about continuously redefining it.)


"I've laid down the law, though, to everyone from now on about anything that happens: no matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting."
--Ronald Reagan

Law? What law?
--George Bush (43)


"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."
--Ronald Reagan

Jack.


"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."
--Ronald Reagan

Or do the exact opposite.


"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book."
--Ronald Reagan

Doing a job right the first time gets the job done. Doing the job wrong 14 times gives your mates job security. (Borrowed from the same site I found these quotes.)


"No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women."
--Ronald Reagan

Unfortunately sometimes it takes a long time for some to wake up.


"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."
--Ronald Reagan

Well he had to get at least one wrong. God must be optional.