tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post2428663028960559318..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Little Big ManAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-45876903981750872792011-04-05T15:18:35.605-07:002011-04-05T15:18:35.605-07:00Yun Yi, I'm sure the government approved of hi...Yun Yi, I'm sure the government approved of him, given his tough anti-Soviet line. It's interesting to know that ordinary people did too.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-78110019245469764782011-04-04T19:24:28.851-07:002011-04-04T19:24:28.851-07:00Reagan was popular in China too. I still remember ...Reagan was popular in China too. I still remember one of my friends kept mentioning how he was moved by his lecture when he left White House.Yun Yihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-33969587689146987642011-02-07T23:59:23.473-08:002011-02-07T23:59:23.473-08:00Ike, I'm sure I shall. Jackson was one of the...Ike, I'm sure I shall. Jackson was one of the greats. I'm intrigued by your choice of Coolidge, not generaally rated very highly, at least not by Dorothy Parker. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-23059271264579853932011-02-07T23:56:50.268-08:002011-02-07T23:56:50.268-08:00Bob, I don't think I've seen any of his mo...Bob, I don't think I've seen any of his movies. I'll see if I can track any down.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-73435984262191506852011-02-07T23:55:24.021-08:002011-02-07T23:55:24.021-08:00Posted on behalf of Ike Jakson
Ike said...
Anast...Posted on behalf of Ike Jakson<br /><br />Ike said...<br /><br />Anastasia<br /><br />My personal favourites for the Great Ones have always been Reagan and Coolidge, and Andrew Jackson from the previous Century.<br /><br />You have taken the words from my mouth for the Great man Reagan but I also want, with your kind permission; submit a flagrant plug for another Blogger. He seems a quiet private man just Blogging along on Coolidge but for the occasion you mentioned added something about Reagan. Read it please; it is a precious little jewel; don’t miss his one comment to me.<br /><br />The latter was so much like the man Reagan. And please note that the incident that the Blogger refers to took place during Reagan’s first few months in office.<br /><br />Here is the link. I promise you will love it:<br /><br />http://kaiology.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/reagan-centennial/<br /><br />And finally, Yes, Former President Ronald Reagan receives my Oscar.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-34248112689497377092011-02-07T20:48:31.139-08:002011-02-07T20:48:31.139-08:00My least favorite actor became my favorite Preside...My least favorite actor became my favorite President. Go figure.Bob Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13452703873713992208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-81164326186633748362011-02-07T14:58:15.361-08:002011-02-07T14:58:15.361-08:00M, so you did! Once again I ask for your indulgen...M, so you did! Once again I ask for your indulgence in point of a vowel. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-90183709350289496102011-02-07T09:49:06.391-08:002011-02-07T09:49:06.391-08:00It's 'Reagan' (not 'Regan'). I...It's 'Reagan' (not 'Regan'). I think I made this already clear once. Anyway, this time you just called him once 'Regan', which is an improvement.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971182861002215845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-17449929302262410422011-02-07T01:17:56.804-08:002011-02-07T01:17:56.804-08:00Thanks, Donald. :-)Thanks, Donald. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-73377776667142149232011-02-07T01:12:25.865-08:002011-02-07T01:12:25.865-08:00You made a good point there Ana.You made a good point there Ana.Donald Swarbrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12599898195409972731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-65059961505284171422011-02-07T00:06:38.814-08:002011-02-07T00:06:38.814-08:00Calvin, there are some leaders, I would say, who r...Calvin, there are some leaders, I would say, who ride the times and others who are ridden by the times. Reagan was most definitely among the former.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-38420576654287279802011-02-06T18:28:33.213-08:002011-02-06T18:28:33.213-08:00I think it will be some time before the full recko...I think it will be some time before the full reckoning of Ron's America can be made. There are many lies and myths that must be unmade. Presidents and premiers are often praised or blamed for events quite beyond their control. His greatest virtue, I thought, was that he was unashamedly American and proud of American actions and accomplishments, even in the face of virulent hostility from other nations. I'm not entirely convinced he was aware of what the 'covert state' and his nefarious VP were up to during his tenure.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-15715972569037689922011-02-06T17:20:14.393-08:002011-02-06T17:20:14.393-08:00Dominic, thank you. I'll check that link.Dominic, thank you. I'll check that link.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-91386824484124767892011-02-06T17:18:54.838-08:002011-02-06T17:18:54.838-08:00Anthony, yes, I'm sureAnthony, yes, I'm sureAnastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-88517953249259066642011-02-06T16:34:28.135-08:002011-02-06T16:34:28.135-08:00Ana,
If you are able to catch this
http://www.bbc....Ana,<br />If you are able to catch this<br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ydg7t#broadcasts<br />on one of its re-broadcasts later this week - I really can't recommend it highly enough.<br /><br />Remarkably even-handed, a fine and appropriate selection of interviewees (Ron Reagan Jr stood out clearly, but Pat Buchanan also)...and incredibly revealing of the character of Reagan, for good and for bad (clearly his actor's skills were finely honed: he could lie, brazenly, blatantly, I think more than any other politician I can recall - precisely because he seemed sincere and straightforward). But a first rate documentary.<br /><br />It is typically annoying - even if unsurprising - how the conventional opinion of Reagan in much of British society during his presidency (and since) was that he was a stupid, simple, dangerous, man. He was nothing of the sort - despite being an idealist.Dominichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145734042272196687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-14583284872229669782011-02-06T16:14:02.540-08:002011-02-06T16:14:02.540-08:00Ronald Reagan and Adm. Rickoff broke the Soviet un...Ronald Reagan and Adm. Rickoff broke the Soviet union and ended the division of Germany. He was blamed for a bad economy, but most people do not realize that this took a lot of money to do.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.com