Sat Apr 20, 2013, 07:16 PM
mzmolly (50,034 posts)
"I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Boston Cop delivers milk to family with young child, during the lock down. Bravo to our dedicated "Big Government" employees, in Boston and beyond. ![]()
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mzmolly | Apr 2013 | OP |
blue neen | Apr 2013 | #1 | |
mzmolly | Apr 2013 | #2 | |
starroute | Apr 2013 | #13 | |
cilla4progress | Apr 2013 | #36 | |
GiveMeFreedom | Apr 2013 | #15 | |
Hekate | Apr 2013 | #3 | |
madrchsod | Apr 2013 | #4 | |
cui bono | Apr 2013 | #69 | |
lamp_shade | Apr 2013 | #5 | |
treestar | Apr 2013 | #6 | |
underpants | Apr 2013 | #7 | |
mzmolly | Apr 2013 | #11 | |
calimary | Apr 2013 | #28 | |
csziggy | Apr 2013 | #46 | |
eShirl | Apr 2013 | #70 | |
mzmolly | Apr 2013 | #73 | |
calimary | Apr 2013 | #77 | |
Triana | Apr 2013 | #8 | |
Still Sensible | Apr 2013 | #9 | |
Spitfire of ATJ | Apr 2013 | #10 | |
mzmolly | Apr 2013 | #12 | |
Triana | Apr 2013 | #16 | |
mzmolly | Apr 2013 | #14 | |
TwilightZone | Apr 2013 | #18 | |
freshwest | Apr 2013 | #48 | |
SammyWinstonJack | Apr 2013 | #23 | |
mountain grammy | Apr 2013 | #17 | |
deutsey | Apr 2013 | #19 | |
Dawson Leery | Apr 2013 | #20 | |
agent46 | Apr 2013 | #21 | |
SammyWinstonJack | Apr 2013 | #24 | |
Cha | Apr 2013 | #30 | |
jmowreader | Apr 2013 | #22 | |
RC | Apr 2013 | #25 | |
jmowreader | Apr 2013 | #76 | |
Tommy_Carcetti | Apr 2013 | #26 | |
aaaaaa5a | Apr 2013 | #27 | |
freshwest | Apr 2013 | #49 | |
Cha | Apr 2013 | #29 | |
mzmolly | Apr 2013 | #32 | |
tblue | Apr 2013 | #31 | |
mzmolly | Apr 2013 | #33 | |
bleever | Apr 2013 | #34 | |
mzmolly | Apr 2013 | #35 | |
bleever | Apr 2013 | #40 | |
freshwest | Apr 2013 | #50 | |
Catch2.2 | Apr 2013 | #37 | |
mzmolly | Apr 2013 | #38 | |
freshwest | Apr 2013 | #51 | |
silverweb | Apr 2013 | #52 | |
cilla4progress | Apr 2013 | #39 | |
Cha | Apr 2013 | #42 | |
newmember | Apr 2013 | #41 | |
mzmolly | Apr 2013 | #45 | |
Doctor_J | Apr 2013 | #43 | |
GReedDiamond | Apr 2013 | #44 | |
Zoeisright | Apr 2013 | #47 | |
Turbineguy | Apr 2013 | #53 | |
MOTRDemocrat | Apr 2013 | #54 | |
mzmolly | Apr 2013 | #58 | |
JNelson6563 | Apr 2013 | #55 | |
mzmolly | Apr 2013 | #57 | |
Walk away | Apr 2013 | #56 | |
mzmolly | Apr 2013 | #60 | |
lame54 | Apr 2013 | #59 | |
mzmolly | Apr 2013 | #61 | |
lame54 | Apr 2013 | #62 | |
mzmolly | Apr 2013 | #66 | |
lame54 | Apr 2013 | #78 | |
pasto76 | Apr 2013 | #63 | |
mzmolly | Apr 2013 | #67 | |
world wide wally | Apr 2013 | #64 | |
icyhotnot | Apr 2013 | #65 | |
mzmolly | Apr 2013 | #68 | |
hrmjustin | Apr 2013 | #75 | |
reformist2 | Apr 2013 | #71 | |
mzmolly | Apr 2013 | #72 | |
bulloney | Apr 2013 | #74 |
Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 07:19 PM
blue neen (11,811 posts)
1. We owe them all a debt of gratitude.
I love that last pic, btw!
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Response to blue neen (Reply #1)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 07:21 PM
mzmolly (50,034 posts)
2. Agreed. Oddly enough, that pic's my favorite.
Above and beyond ... as they say.
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Response to mzmolly (Reply #2)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 08:42 PM
starroute (12,977 posts)
13. Somebody should caption it "I'm from the government and I'm here to help"
Last edited Sun Apr 21, 2013, 12:03 AM - Edit history (1) Instant internet meme -- and it puts Reagan firmly in his grave.
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Response to starroute (Reply #13)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 11:26 PM
cilla4progress (20,101 posts)
36. Definitively.
That snide cynical right-wing perspective.
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Response to blue neen (Reply #1)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 08:43 PM
GiveMeFreedom (976 posts)
15. Nice image.
Maybe if they showed more pictures of cops holding gallons of milk, instead of AR-15 assault rifles, their public image would change. This is a PR campaign that needs to be done. Our public servants do deserve better. Peace.
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Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 07:31 PM
Hekate (78,044 posts)
3. Bravo, and thanks
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Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 07:51 PM
madrchsod (58,162 posts)
4. they deserve every penny they make.
if it was up to the republican assholes these "big government" employees would be making a whole lot less and have no well earned pension.
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Response to madrchsod (Reply #4)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 01:25 PM
cui bono (19,926 posts)
69. Actually, if it were up to them they wouldn't be govt employees since everything would be privatized
![]() And then you gotta wonder... what would they bother to deal with? I mean if it's privatized, do they have to do anything they don't want to, that's not gonna fit their cost/benefit parameters? |
Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 08:07 PM
lamp_shade (14,256 posts)
5. Thanks. Big kick and rec.
Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 08:09 PM
treestar (80,197 posts)
6. Bravo
Reaganites need to see this and have their noses rubbed in it.
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Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 08:13 PM
underpants (170,769 posts)
7. I had to post the milk pic on Facebook
GREAT headline mzmolly
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Response to underpants (Reply #7)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 08:42 PM
mzmolly (50,034 posts)
11. Thanks
underpants.
![]() Sadly, I can't help but think of good ol' Ronnie when we have a national disaster. ![]() |
Response to mzmolly (Reply #11)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 10:21 PM
calimary (70,076 posts)
28. ronald reagan WAS a national disaster.
I think if I had a public platform, I could see myself launching a campaign to REMOVE his damn name from every freeway, every bridge, every high school, every building, every town square, every big boulevard, and so forth. He planted more toxic seeds in the farmlands of the American psyche than ANYONE ELSE before or since. And unfortunately, many of them have sprouted, and grown. His presidential library should be relocated to Somalia.
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Response to calimary (Reply #28)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 01:01 AM
csziggy (33,653 posts)
46. With the Republican lack of support for our infrastructure
All those "Reagan" freeway, bridge, high school, building, town square, big boulevard, and so forth will fall into disrepair and need to be replaced sooner than later.
When that happens, we can name the new structures for people who really cared about this country and its people. |
Response to csziggy (Reply #46)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 02:05 PM
mzmolly (50,034 posts)
73. Not to mention starving government may impact our ability
to pursue terrorists, before and after they strike.
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Response to csziggy (Reply #46)
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 03:11 AM
calimary (70,076 posts)
77. That would be poetic justice!
Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 08:20 PM
Triana (22,666 posts)
8. We lambaste them when they needlessly brutalize OWS protesters...
...and that is justified.
We praise them when they serve and protect the public, their sworn duty. Also justified. Not "hero worship" - just credit where and when it's due. Right now for these guys, it's due. |
Response to Triana (Reply #8)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 08:36 PM
Still Sensible (2,846 posts)
9. Exactly! n/t
Response to Triana (Reply #8)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 08:40 PM
Spitfire of ATJ (32,723 posts)
10. I believe this is the quote you are searching for...
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.”
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Response to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #10)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 08:42 PM
mzmolly (50,034 posts)
12. Indeed.
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Response to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #10)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 08:51 PM
Triana (22,666 posts)
16. That's it! n/t
Response to Triana (Reply #8)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 09:25 PM
TwilightZone (21,542 posts)
18. Agreed. It's not an all or nothing proposition.
I'm not sure why that's so difficult for some to understand.
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Response to TwilightZone (Reply #18)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 02:09 AM
freshwest (53,661 posts)
48. Agreed. The other is B & W thinking, no doubt.
Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 09:20 PM
mountain grammy (24,563 posts)
17. Beautiful! This brought out the best of the best!
Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 09:37 PM
deutsey (20,166 posts)
19. Reagan was such an asshole
but there were also too many dumb asses who lapped up everything he said that made him a powerful asshole.
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Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 09:44 PM
Dawson Leery (19,296 posts)
20. Reagan was a lowly ass.
Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 09:45 PM
agent46 (1,262 posts)
21. Many thanks to the men and women of the BPD and others
But I still have a lot of questions about what happened to the Occupy movement when it was in the streets and asserting a legitimate voice of dissent nationally. Police Depts. across the country are coordinated by the DHS now. There's still an iron boot there. Some of us haven't forgotten just because they're the good guys this time around.
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Response to agent46 (Reply #21)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 09:58 PM
SammyWinstonJack (44,078 posts)
24. Some of us haven't forgotten....exactly!
Response to agent46 (Reply #21)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 10:30 PM
Cha (277,701 posts)
30. Don't forget.. but, that has absolutely nothing to do with these men and women
from the Government who were so brave and vital in Boston.
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Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 09:47 PM
jmowreader (47,650 posts)
22. What teabaggers will never understand
While there is a place for the free market, when your house is burning down the thing you need most is six government employees and a hose.
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Response to jmowreader (Reply #22)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 10:12 PM
RC (25,592 posts)
25. Don't forget the Municipal water.
Response to RC (Reply #25)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 03:38 PM
jmowreader (47,650 posts)
76. Or the tax-funded road they came to your house on
There is not one business in America, not one private citizen in America, that got successful without help from the government.
Easy example: the company I work for. We have a massive hospitality division. We use government roads, government inspectors, government tourism promotion...our biggest hotel is safe because the evil government made them sink the pilings it's on forty feet deeper than our private architect wanted them.(Our biggest hotel is built on the edge of a lake; the dumbass architect wanted to set the pilings on the bedrock but the state wanted them embedded so the moist soil couldn't make them slide around.) The baggers in the area will tell you our boss "made it on his own." The local baggers are idiots. |
Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 10:14 PM
Tommy_Carcetti (41,471 posts)
26. Suck it, Ronnie. nt
Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 10:16 PM
aaaaaa5a (4,660 posts)
27. Too many conservatives are ignorant, hateful people.... who are above all else, hypocrites
Ronald Reagan pandering to the most ignorant society has to offer. Governor Rick 'secession" Perry asking for Federal Aid. President Obama responds to the wannabe Texas Confederate Governor. Reagan to Obama.......... What a difference. |
Response to aaaaaa5a (Reply #27)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 02:10 AM
freshwest (53,661 posts)
49. And what a relief.
Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 10:28 PM
Cha (277,701 posts)
29. That's a beautiful sight, mzmolly and I bet a sight
for sore eyes for the People of Boston and beyond!
Thank you, mzmolly ![]() |
Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 10:44 PM
tblue (16,350 posts)
31. Your tax dollars at work. nt
Response to tblue (Reply #31)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 11:22 PM
mzmolly (50,034 posts)
33. Absolutely. The heroism of first responders saved 180 lives
...according to CNN.
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Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 11:23 PM
bleever (20,612 posts)
34. I had to sign in just so I could recommend this thread.
Beautifully done. The emptiness of the bullying Reagan "government is the problem" philosophy laid bare, in touching human form.
Thank you, and well done. :cheers: |
Response to bleever (Reply #34)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 11:25 PM
mzmolly (50,034 posts)
35. Thank
YOU bleever.
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Response to mzmolly (Reply #35)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 11:39 PM
bleever (20,612 posts)
40. And
I still owe you one of these:
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Response to bleever (Reply #34)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 02:11 AM
freshwest (53,661 posts)
50. Well said, thanks for the insightful comment.
Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 11:27 PM
Catch2.2 (629 posts)
37. One of the biggest things....
I think the Dems need to do is reverse the Nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' quote. So many people have that negative image of the gov't and I think a lot can be traced to Reagan. The gov't can run well but not when it's run by people that don't think gov't works. If we could start changing the mindset that the gov't doesn't work then I think more people would start drifting away from the GOP, which would = a better America.
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Response to Catch2.2 (Reply #37)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 11:33 PM
mzmolly (50,034 posts)
38. I agree.
We need to "sell" the American people the good - in a functional, representative government.
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Response to mzmolly (Reply #38)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 02:13 AM
freshwest (53,661 posts)
51. There it is. We the People make the government work for us. If we don't, corporations will rule.
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Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 11:35 PM
cilla4progress (20,101 posts)
39. Can someone please explain to me in words this dumb head can understand
where the right's adoration of Reagan comes from? Is it because he stood for starving the government and fulfilled their fantasy of living in a libertarian utopia where they could take and use and usurp everthing they craved - might makes right?
Or because they felt like was their adorable old Gramps? I have never understood even one scintilla of the attraction. Like GWB, I thought he had very low intellectual capacity, compassion, worldliness and understanding. I felt like I saw right through him. But considering the regard he is held by the right, I am clearly missing something. Am I? |
Response to cilla4progress (Reply #39)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 11:43 PM
Cha (277,701 posts)
42. Couldn't reagan sell ice to the dwellers of the North and South Poles?
He had those who are succeptible eating right out of his greedy little fist.
The silver tongued devil as it were. |
Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 11:41 PM
newmember (805 posts)
41. Some of those pictures scare the hell out of me but what ever floats your boat......
Response to newmember (Reply #41)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 12:38 AM
mzmolly (50,034 posts)
45. Welcome.
Sorry to scare you.
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Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 11:56 PM
Doctor_J (36,392 posts)
43. union thugs and public sector parasites
I despise low life hypocrites like Paul Ryan.
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Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 11:58 PM
GReedDiamond (5,063 posts)
44. Open Up!...
...It's The Milk Man!!
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Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 02:07 AM
Zoeisright (8,339 posts)
47. Fuckin' A.
Nicely done.
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Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 07:37 AM
Turbineguy (34,613 posts)
53. Well, yeah...
but they are union thugs!
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Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 07:40 AM
MOTRDemocrat (87 posts)
54. Nothing about those pictures scare me.
The lack of that kind of presence following a major incident would scare me more.
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Response to MOTRDemocrat (Reply #54)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 11:54 AM
mzmolly (50,034 posts)
58. Context is everything
as they say.
I agree with you, fully. |
Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 07:56 AM
JNelson6563 (28,147 posts)
55. Something about the cop bringing milk...
I saw it yesterday with the explanation. It just makes me smile.
![]() Go Boston police! Some of my favorite union thugs! Julie |
Response to JNelson6563 (Reply #55)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 11:53 AM
mzmolly (50,034 posts)
57. That photo was my inspiration
Last edited Sun Apr 21, 2013, 01:18 PM - Edit history (2) for the topic.
A lovely, human gesture, captured during a very dark time. Edited to add Hey J! ![]() |
Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 11:09 AM
Walk away (9,494 posts)
56. These are the people that the NRA want us all to out gun.
If the Gun Lobby had it's way, every house those officers were walking towards would be packed with AK15s with thousands of bullets and no way to tell who is holding them.
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Response to Walk away (Reply #56)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 11:55 AM
mzmolly (50,034 posts)
60. Ironic isn't it? I was thinking about how much more 'successful' the bombers would have been
with backpacks loaded with AR15's? Sadly, the death toll would have been greater.
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Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 11:55 AM
lame54 (32,760 posts)
59. That last pic is good PR, but...
he doesn't look to happy to be doing it
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Response to lame54 (Reply #59)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 12:01 PM
mzmolly (50,034 posts)
61. Should he be happy about a city being on lock-down, while a terrorist is being hunted?
Bravo to the cop who felt it was part of his duty to assist people in need. I'm sure "PR" wasn't the slightest consideration.
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Response to mzmolly (Reply #66)
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 01:00 PM
lame54 (32,760 posts)
78. What is the waiting period for...
an unhappy cop carrying 2 milk jugs?
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Response to lame54 (Reply #59)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 12:19 PM
pasto76 (1,589 posts)
63. hey Ive looked like that after an 18 hour shift or mission.
super lame all of the posts with that same comment. pretty radical to still look for something negative in something positive.
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Response to pasto76 (Reply #63)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 01:15 PM
mzmolly (50,034 posts)
67. Agreed.
Cynical, Libertarian hogwash.
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Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 12:40 PM
world wide wally (21,036 posts)
64. The 9 most frightening words in the English language are...
I'm from a corporation, and I'm here to help
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Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 12:56 PM
icyhotnot (3 posts)
65. The Milkman Cometh
But I bet what's bugging the freaked out minds of Reagun, Paul Ryan Teabaggers is, "I hope to God that cop ain't pulling that Good Samaritan act of his on my taxpayer money else we should dock him for moonlighting as a milkman while armed and in uniform." |
Response to icyhotnot (Reply #65)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 01:17 PM
mzmolly (50,034 posts)
68. Welcome to DU!
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Response to icyhotnot (Reply #65)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 03:31 PM
hrmjustin (71,265 posts)
75. Welcome to DU icyhotnot!
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Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 01:27 PM
reformist2 (9,841 posts)
71. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LrbsUVSVl8
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Response to reformist2 (Reply #71)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 01:54 PM
mzmolly (50,034 posts)
72. Very brave,
considering who they were seeking. Thank you for sharing.
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Response to mzmolly (Original post)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 02:19 PM
bulloney (4,113 posts)
74. That line from Reagan galvanized my opinion of him being a doddering idiot.
He spent much of his adult life drawing a paycheck from the taxpayers and all he could do was speak contemptuously about government.
What a hypocrite!! |