Shameless GOP wants to rename Pentagon after Reagan

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Republicans Mull New Honors for Reagan



WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon would be renamed after Ronald Reagan and his image placed on some American currency under proposals by congressional Republicans to honor one of their party's most popular former presidents.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a Tennessee Republican, offered amendments on Monday to a defense bill to rename the Pentagon as well as the U.S. Missile Defense Agency after the former president.

On another front, Rep. Jeff Miller, a Florida Republican, introduced legislation on Tuesday to have Reagan bump former Democratic President John F. Kennedy off the 50-cent piece.
Reagan would replace another Democrat, former President Andrew Jackson, on the $20 bill under a proposal by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican.
Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, suggested Reagan appear on the $10 bill, now graced with a likeness of Alexander Hamilton, the nation's first U.S. treasury secretary.

"What's next -- putting Ronald Reagan on Mount Rushmore?" scoffed a senior Democratic congressional aide.

[Catherine Vincent]

1. These repukes are going insane.

They better not bump any president off of a coin or a bill just to put Reagan on it. Just because they think he's worth it, doesn't mean everyone else does. As far as renaming the pentagon after Reagan, let them vote on it, if it passes whatever. Afterall, they did name the FBI building after a cross dresser.

[Virginian]

2. No room for Reagan on Rushmore.

There is already a Ronald Reagan building in Washington, a second one would be confusing.

[imax2268]

10. Check this out...

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center...Washington DC

the Ronald Reagan State Office Building in Los Angeles...

National Airport is now Reagan National...Washington DC

USS Ronald Reagan...

The Ronald Reagan Institute of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University Hospital...

Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Marshall Islands...

Ronald Reagan Peace Garden...Eureka College, Ill

Roads around the country including: Florida, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania...

What more do they want...good grief...

[Arianrhod]

37. I liked the SNL "report" on putting Reagan on Rushmore

back when Dennis Miller was still a human being (having now devolved into something whose morals are slightly below those of a fruit fly):
"Scientists decided that granite is just not a dense enough material to accurately portray the former president."

[bluestateguy]

3. You know they could do a little more to honor the living once in awhile

Rather than the dead.

Only Nancy and the two sensible members of the Reagan family (Ron Jr. and Patti) will be able to prevent all this deification from escalating out of control.

[jmags]

4. Let them run with this. Even with the fawning media coverage

old Ronnie recieved the past few days, this will backfire on them.

[Stew225]

5. Hell, why don't we rename the

Vatican after him, too!

[joanne]

6. How about the United States of Reagan?

Surely even the Rethugs would think this is going to far... or would they?

[H2O Man]

15. Let's rename God

after Reagan........

[thinkingwoman]

17. what about heaven itself?

we should rename heaven for Reagan...then, he would always be remembered when people pray...

Our father, who art in Reagan...

uh, well, maybe not. ;-)

[jmowreader]

20. I was thinking the same thing

After all, the United States is named after some old Italian guy, Amerigo Vespucci.

[FDRrocks]

7. There is nothing more appropriate...

He helped bloat thier budget to unprecedented levels of pork that have not stopped since. Him spending so recklessly 'forced' the USSR to go bankrupt trying to keep up, remember? I don't. I do remember Yeltsin and Gorbachov.

Rename the Pentagon after Reagan, a toilet by any other name is still a toilet.

[jokerman93]

8. This is the Republican equivalent of

This is the Republican equivalent of the cat pissing on the furniture. They're scared of loosing their hold. Ooops! Too late.

[DNA]

25. Frame it,

claim it, name it, tame it.

[rumguy]

9. They're like frightened little kids clutching a blanket

Reagan's death has allowed the repukes to drift off once again into a gauzy la-la repuke fantasy land...

Like an addict, they will milk it for all it's worth.

Cuz reality ain't looking to good for them right now.

[Straight Shooter]

11. They can call it the PentaReagan. Hey, I'm all for it.

Why not name it after him? After all, the Pentagon is bloated, run by incompetents, filled with infighting, wasteful, inattentive, considers civilian lives irrelevant, warmongering, war profiteering, did I mention incompetent, can't find its arse with both hands half the time, interested only in stuffing more and more into its gaping maw.

Yeah, I think PentaReagan is the perfect tribute to that sorry SOS.

And if anything, it sounds like a sorcery type of name to the fundies.

[Old and In the Way]

12. Reminds me of a banana republic.

Cult of personality worship. I thought this country was better than that.

If I was a Democrat, I'd abstain from voting. That's what they want, to use this as an election issue. Let them pass everyone of the resolutions. Put Reagan on all the money, rename every federal building after him. When the American people get outraged enough, it will boomerang bigtime on these jokers.

Whatever....a Democratic majority can fix these issues.

[Bread and Circus]

29. Spot on - this is similar to statues of Stalin and Lenin everywhere

He's not even been dead that long.

Let history, not these partisan Republican hack fucks, decide
whether Reagan deserves such honors.

For Christ's sake!

[no_hypocrisy]

13. This is just like Donald Trump putting his name on anything he's touched.

Enough! One airport and that's it. RR wasn't Jesus come back for a second bite at the apple.

[Don_G]

14. Here's A List Of Those Behind The Push

On a national level: http://www.reaganlegacy.org/about/advisors.htm

There is an additional list broken down state-by-state elsewhere on the site.

[Snellius]

32. Let's send them some "suggestions"

http://www.reaganlegacy.org/suggestions/index.html

I'm sure they would cherish the thought of a Hitler mustache being graffitied on the face of a Reagan $ bill.

[rumguy]

16. kick

[Hubert Flottz]

18. I named something after Reagan and I can beat it every day!

It does the same thing Reagan did too!

[jmowreader]

21. Why would you humiliate your penis that way?

:evilgrin:

[Norquist Nemesis]

33. I'd support a re-design on the $500 bill

That way the rich can keep practicing their feel-good piss on the little people Reagonomics and the rest of us need never see his face. Seems like a good compromise to me. :)

[Zero Gravitas]

19. Lets re-name EVERYTHING after Reagan,

I'm going to drive my Reaganmobile home to my house on Reagan street here in Reaganville tonight. And watch a TV show abbout Reagan on the Reagan Channel on the Reagan-o-vision set. Then I'm going to have dinner (Reagan noodles with Reagan tomoato sauce) and maybe open a bottle of Chateaux Regan wine. Then I might go for a ride on my Reagan-cycle around the Ronald Reagan Park over in Reagantown. For the Regan Holiday Weekend I might go to visit my family in Reagan City... I think Reagan Air has a direct flight from Ronald Reagan Airport to Ronald Reagan Airport but its hard to know these days even when you look things up on the Reagan-net.

[SammyWinstonJack]

23. That's about how silly this whole thing has become

:silly: Imagine Democrats trying to re-name everything for Clinton after he is gone? Exploding repubs' heads everywhere. :evilgrin:

[terrya]

22. "The Reagangon"?

How can you rename a geometric shape?

[DNA]

24. Things we could rename after Reagan:

1. Nicaragua = Reaganagua (Nicaraguans might not like the change, but they should have learned during the Reagan administration that they have no right to self-determination).
2. Niagara Falls = Reagara Falls (If the Canadians complain, have them ask the Nicaraguans what happens when countries dare defy U.S. purposes).
3. French fries and French toast = Reagan fries and Reagan toast
4. Mother Theresa = Father Ronald (The Indians don't want this? See 1 and 2 above).
5. The Passion of the Christ = The Passion of the Gipper
6. The 20th Century = The Reagan Century
7. people = Reaganites
8. dollars = Reagans
9. Mount Rushmore (minus Reagan's facade) = Mount Lesser Mortals
10. all children born from this point forward, male or female = Ronnie
11. all North-South streets in the country = Reagan Ave.
12. all East-West streets in the country = Reagan St.
13. California = Reagania
14. Ohio = Reaganio
15. Alaska = Reagaska
16. Mississippi = Reaganippi
17. Missouri = Reaganouri
18. Massachusetts = Reaganasetts
19. Maine = Reagaine
20. Texas = Reagas (my personal favorite)
21. the Western hemisphere = the Reagan hemisphere
22. Christmas = Worship Reagan Day
23. President's Day = Worship Reagan Day
24. Easter = Worship Reagan Day
25. MLK Day = Worship Reagan Day
26. Thanksgiving = Thank God Reagan Was Born Day
27. Fourth of July = Worship Reagan Day
28. all birthdays = Worship Reagan Days

[WoodrowFan]

26. 50 cent spiece would be ok

putting ronnie's face on the 50 cent piece would be ok, it's the most USELESS coin out there.

[Bread and Circus]

27. Reagan was a terrible President, and less popular than Clinton.

This is an outrage.

But just watch the Dems roll over and get it straight
up the ass.

This is so funny.

Where's Howard Dean when you need him?

[Justice]

28. A Great Suggestion On Another Thread

to fund a large addition/program to the National Institutes of Health for genetic diseases like Alzheimer's and name it after Reagan.

I think that is a magnificent idea. Not mine, just passing it on.

I sent emails to my 2 democratic senators today suggesting it.

[DNA]

30. Stem cell research

included, right?

[killbotfactory]

31. They need to send an animatronic Reagan to the Moon!

Bush gets his moon mission AND Reagan gets celebrated. It's a win/win!

Also, all likenessses of past presidents need to have Reagans face photoshopped onto them.

The Washington monument needs to be renamed "Reagan's Penis".

All former soviet states should be called "Reaganland".

A new limited edition 1,000,000 dollar bill should be created. Called "The Reagan", it will feature the likeness of Reagan sitting at the top of a pyramid and pissing down on the masses below in honor of trickle-down economics.

[Cocoa]

34. how about just the toilet seats?

[Eurobabe]

35. Jebus, he's already got an airport what more do they want??

[bemildred]

36. Seems very appropriate, actually. nt

[Hubert Flottz]

38. Some day the Supreme Court will be the George Dumbya Shrub

Kangaroo court house!

The Bob Dole/Viagra National Ho House!

The Ronald Reagan Nonunion Hall!

The Kathreneglades!

The Dick Cheney One World Flea Market!

Wimpsburg!

Hell, Shrub's Mommy's picture is already on the Dollar Bill!