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Re: Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People
« Reply #25 on: January 30, 2013, 04:35:04 PM »
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« Reply #26 on: January 30, 2013, 04:40:23 PM »


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« Reply #27 on: January 30, 2013, 05:10:48 PM »
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REAGAN'S HOME COULD BECOME A PARKING LOT FOR OBAMA'S LIBRARY

This is still Chicago. Barack Obama’s Chicago. Rahm Emanuel’s Chicago.

It is safe to say that Democrats don’t want any reminders of a Republican president named Reagan and his glory days a stone’s throw from a future Obama Presidential Library.
Better to raze the building now, than later. But do they have the right to erase Ronald Reagan from Chicago history?
Only time – and that wrecking ball - will tell.

A new Cold War is brewing here in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood and it has nothing to do with the frigid temperature.

The apartment building at 832 E. 57th Street was once the Chicago home of a boy who would become a President.
No, it’s not Barack Obama of Hawaii. It was at the apartment’s first floor window that a young Ronald Reagan looked out upon the world.

But some powerful Chicagoans are planning to demolish Reagan’s historic home. Is it politically motivated? Is Mayor Rahm Emanuel behind the move?

Reagan as a child.
It was a different world back in 1915. Reagan's family had moved here from Tampico, Illinois. His father had gotten a job at the famed Marshall Field’s – now only a memory. A coin-operated gas lamp was the only home’s only source of heat.

But it didn’t stop a young “Dutch” Reagan from dreaming.
Young Reagan would watch the horse-drawn fire engines galloping wildly down the streets to save the day and he decided that he, too, would become a firefighter. It was here, too, that he survived a bout with pneumonia – he had the fight in him even then.

You can almost imagine him skipping down these streets, playing with his brother Neil, whose nickname was “Moon.”
What makes a man great? And what makes a great president? Historians pen large tomes about that. Every man is the sum of his experiences – his loves, his losses, his achievements, and failures. How he sees the world and how the world sees him.

And this place – this place was a part of Reagan’s formative years – what he discovered and experienced here in Chicago helped him on the way to greatness.

Now, the University of Chicago Medical Center has announced plans to turn Reagan’s Chicago home into a parking lot.

In 2012, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks denied Reagan’s home landmark status. The University of Chicago set demolition for January and the bulldozers quickly moved in. The wrecking balls are ready.

A "plaque" could mark the historic spot instead, say university representatives.

In January, Reagan’s home was granted a last minute stay of execution by the City of Chicago, at least for now. But the clock is ticking and it could be 90 days or less before demolition begins.

While the university is planning to kill Reagan’s home, University of Chicago is also aggressively lobbying to be the site of President Barack Obama’s presidential library.
Could the Reagan site become a parking lot for Obama’s library? Opponents of the demolition say yes.

There is good reason for them to be suspicious.
First Lady Michelle Obama and the president’s close advisor Valerie Jarrett are former top executives of the University of Chicago Medical Center. President Obama was a lecturer at the law school for twelve years. And let’s not forget, Obama’s Hyde Park home is here too.

This is still Chicago. Barack Obama’s Chicago. Rahm Emanuel’s Chicago.

It is safe to say that Democrats don’t want any reminders of a Republican president named Reagan and his glory days a stone’s throw from a future Obama Presidential Library.
Better to raze the building now, than later. But do they have the right to erase Ronald Reagan from Chicago history?
Only time – and that wrecking ball - will tell.

William J. Kelly is an Emmy award-winning TV producer and conservative columnist. He is also a contributor to the American Spectator and Breitbart.com. He is a native from Chicago's Southside.


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Re: Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People
« Reply #28 on: January 30, 2013, 05:23:59 PM »
I've always spoke of Obama's secret axe to grind with Reagan

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Re: Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People
« Reply #29 on: January 30, 2013, 05:37:25 PM »
Those are sweet old buildings. Someone should rehab those.

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Re: Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People
« Reply #30 on: January 30, 2013, 05:43:22 PM »
Those are sweet old buildings. Someone should rehab those.

plus you can almost see tiny little baby ronald reagan skipping down the street.

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« Reply #31 on: January 30, 2013, 06:29:38 PM »
Those are sweet old buildings. Someone should rehab those.

plus you can almost see tiny little baby ronald reagan skipping down the street.

They could never tear those down in CA. People would freak.

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Re: Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People
« Reply #32 on: January 30, 2013, 10:36:34 PM »
Those are sweet old buildings.

dnr the article, but yeah.  if some people want to demolish those, those people should be fired.
"experienced commanders will simply be smeared and will actually go to the meat."

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Re: Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People
« Reply #33 on: January 30, 2013, 10:42:18 PM »
Those are sweet old buildings. Someone should rehab those.

plus you can almost see tiny little baby ronald reagan skipping down the street.

They could never tear those down in CA. People would freak.

oh god no. They would take issue with modifying Richard Nixon's boyhood parking lot.

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« Reply #34 on: January 30, 2013, 11:43:02 PM »
Those are sweet old buildings. Someone should rehab those.

plus you can almost see tiny little baby ronald reagan skipping down the street.

They could never tear those down in CA. People would freak.

oh god no. They would take issue with modifying Richard Nixon's boyhood parking lot.

lol I wasn't considering the reagan tie to the building when I said they should be saved. I just think they are cool buildings with character.

In CA, someone or some group will always find some historical value in any old building and fight in court to keep it from being torn down.

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Re: Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People
« Reply #35 on: January 30, 2013, 11:47:46 PM »
Coin operated lamp in their apt?  Bulllllllllllllshit

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« Reply #36 on: January 30, 2013, 11:52:13 PM »
Those are sweet old buildings. Someone should rehab those.

plus you can almost see tiny little baby ronald reagan skipping down the street.

They could never tear those down in CA. People would freak.

oh god no. They would take issue with modifying Richard Nixon's boyhood parking lot.

lol I wasn't considering the reagan tie to the building when I said they should be saved. I just think they are cool buildings with character.

In CA, someone or some group will always find some historical value in any old building and fight in court to keep it from being torn down.

oh I know. SF takes it to a new, ridiculous level. You can't build anything unless it's cheap housing in a deserted parking lot that doesn't affect anyone's view. And even then it'll be a big rough ridin' battle. And then they complain about how high their rent is.

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Re: Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People
« Reply #37 on: January 30, 2013, 11:57:42 PM »

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« Reply #38 on: January 31, 2013, 12:00:45 AM »

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Re: Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People
« Reply #40 on: January 31, 2013, 08:22:43 AM »


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« Reply #41 on: January 31, 2013, 08:45:27 AM »

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Re: Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People
« Reply #42 on: January 31, 2013, 09:28:07 AM »
Quite a few people posting the Bill Cosby "I'm 83 and I'm tired" post.


Ol billy didn't say any of that.
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« Reply #43 on: January 31, 2013, 10:49:11 AM »
Quite a few people posting the Bill Cosby "I'm 83 and I'm tired" post.


Ol billy didn't say any of that.

post it please

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« Reply #44 on: January 31, 2013, 01:28:47 PM »
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Bill Cosby "I'm 83 and Tired"


I'm 83. Except for brief period in the 50's when I was doing my National
Service, I've worked hard since I was 17. Except for some some serious
health challenges, I put in 50-hour weeks, and didn't call in sick in nearly
40 years. I made a reasonable salary, but I didn't inherit my job or my
income, and I worked to get where I am. Given the economy, it looks as
though retirement was a bad idea, and I'm tired. Very tired.

I'm tired of being told that I have to "spread the wealth" to people who
don't have my work ethic. I'm tired of being told the government will take
the money I earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too lazy
to earn it.

I'm tired of being told that Islam is a "Religion of Peace," when every day I
can read dozens of stories of Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and
daughters for their family "honor"; of Muslims rioting over some slight
offense; of Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because they aren't
"believers"; of Muslims burning schools for girls; of Muslims stoning
teenage rape victims to death for "adultery"; of Muslims mutilating the
genitals of little girls; all in the name of Allah, because the Qur'an and
Shari'a law tells them to.

I'm tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other cultures" we must let
Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries use our oil money to fund mosques
and Madrasa Islamic schools to preach hate in Australia , New Zealand ,
UK, America and Canada , while no one from these countries are allowed to
fund a church, synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabia or any other
Arab country to teach love and tolerance..

I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global
warming, which no one is allowed to debate.

I'm tired of being told that drug addicts have a disease, and I must help
support and treat them, and pay for the damage they do. Did a giant germ
rush out of a dark alley, grab them, and stuff white chowder up their noses
or stick a needle in their arm while they tried to fight it off?

I'm tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of all
parties talking about innocent mistakes, stupid mistakes or youthful
mistakes, when we all know they think their only mistake was getting
caught. I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor.

I'm really tired of people who don't take responsibility for their lives and
actions. I'm tired of hearing them blame the government, or discrimination
or big-whatever for their problems.

I'm also tired and fed up with seeing young men and women in their teens and
early 20's be-deck them selves in tattoos and face studs, thereby making
themselves unemployable and claiming money from the Government.

Yes, I'm damn tired. But I'm also glad to be 83.. Because, mostly, I'm not
going to have to see the world these people are making. I'm just sorry for
my granddaughter and their children. Thank God I'm on the way out and not
on the way in.


There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us
sends it on!

This is your chance to make a difference.


" I'm 83 and I'm tired. If you don't agree you are part of the problem!


I think it is the 4th or 5th time this week I've seen it.
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Re: Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People
« Reply #45 on: January 31, 2013, 01:55:16 PM »
Sounds like Bill Cosby forgot that he is only 75

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« Reply #46 on: January 31, 2013, 01:56:34 PM »
ha ha ha, I need more friends like that.

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Re: Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People
« Reply #47 on: January 31, 2013, 01:57:13 PM »


how did these people get so bad at anologies? is analogy a genetic trait or a learned skill?

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« Reply #49 on: January 31, 2013, 01:57:49 PM »