Remembering Reagan
Posted by TulipGirl | Under Family Journal, Political Concerns Friday Feb 6, 2009It is no secret that we at TulipGirl are fond of Ronald Wilson Reagan. A few months ago the older boys and I were able to attend a workshop that included a man who had interned with Reagan after he left the White House. His stories just made me adore Reagan even more.
“President Reagan received a letter from a sick child. Quiggle says Reagan went straight to his office to call him.”
“To hear him make that call from outside his office. ‘Is Johnny there?… This is Ronny Reagan… No, it really is.’ He finally got this child on the phone. I remember him saying, ‘I got your letter and we’re praying for you and we can beat this thing but we have to be a team and stay strong.’ This is who he was every single day. There were no cameras, no press releases. True leadership is what happens when the cameras are off, and I got to see that everyday.”
“This is who he was every single day. There were no cameras, no press releases. True leadership is what happens when the cameras are off. . .”
That is the type of person I want my boys to be. Heck, that is the type of person I want to be.
I see the picture of the 9 y/o boy on the left, hand on his chin, and think of my little 9 y/o — the one named for this great statesman.
This would have been Ronald Reagan’s 98th birthday. I highly recommend reading a biography of this great leader. My oldest son recommends the one written by Dinesh D’Souza
And some wisdom from Reagan, that would be well-heeded by the U.S.A. now:
“The government’s view of the economy can 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.”
“The Founding Fathers knew a government can’t control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose. So we have come to a time for choosing.”
“Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.”
“We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much.”
“How do you tell a Communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.”
“You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children’s children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done.”
The greatness of the man continues to be put into sharper focus in the present political environment, n’est pas?
When Jeff and I were headed to a hockey game, several hours away, we heard a terrific interview on Mike Huckabee’s show on Fox News on Sirius radio. The speaker was discussing the need for immediate, and drastic, steps with regards to our economy…and most of his facts came right out of President Reagan’s policies. I wish the “what is old is new again” would come into vogue politically and economically…with a mind towards our current situation.
My parents had an opportunity to stay at a bed and breakfast in Ariaona a few years ago. The proprieter had worked in the Whitehouse under Reagen and Carter.
The stories that she shared with my parents were polar opposite with what the media conveyed to the American Public. Nancy and Ronny were real… what you saw was really what you got. Jimmy and the Mrs. however were quite mean to the staff and very angry. I recently read an update on a Habitat Community in Fla. that was promoted by the Press as WONDERFUL b/c Jimmy,Brad Piit and other celebrities worked on… The housing is toxic and the owners are beside themselves as their children are in extreme danger b/c of major health issues.
They covered over waste……then built these WONDERFUL homes. Hmmmmmmmmmmm… there seems to be a corolation to my two stories. It’s what’s underneath. Beauty, in all forms, is only skin deep.
That’s interesting, Jill. . . The more I learn about Ronald Reagan, the more dear he is to me.
Ellen, I’m becoming more and more disturbed about the economy. Raising taxes isn’t going to help anyone — and it is going to HURT those who are most vulnerable — like the elderly living on retirement investments which will be subject to a higher capital gains tax. And the ballooning of government? I was dissatisfied with how things under George W. seemed to be eating away at our liberties and freedoms, but the way things are going now. . . it’s escalating. . . I’m not a fearful or pessimistic person, and yet all this “change” seems to be targeted at exchanging our freedoms for government.
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