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Old 22-03-2008, 08:16 PM   #401 (permalink)
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^ Antonyms, no?
No.
Actually, yes. A basher and a thumper are not the same.
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Old 22-03-2008, 09:12 PM   #402 (permalink)
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"bible-thumper" and "bible-basher", Jet.

Look it up in a dictionary or read ray's quote.
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Old 22-03-2008, 11:06 PM   #403 (permalink)
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Frank Chu was on hand as well, sporting one of his incomprehensible signs.
but..but he is a Republican
Ronald Reagan was a Republican and brought down the Berlin Wall...
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Old 22-03-2008, 11:35 PM   #404 (permalink)
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Ronald Reagan was a Republican and brought down the Berlin Wall...
...single-handedly.
So what's your beef with Frank Chu, another proponent of the Great Old Party?
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Old 23-03-2008, 05:02 PM   #405 (permalink)
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Ronald Reagan was a Republican and brought down the Berlin Wall...
...single-handedly.
So what's your beef with Frank Chu, another proponent of the Great Old Party?
Actually, never heard of him before Zombie decided to feature him...
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Old 23-03-2008, 05:22 PM   #406 (permalink)
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Ronald Reagan was a Republican and brought down the Berlin Wall...
Really? In which of his movies was that?
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Old 23-03-2008, 05:54 PM   #407 (permalink)
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Ronald Reagan was a Republican and brought down the Berlin Wall...
Really? In which of his movies was that?
Uh...recall that Gorbachev fella?

Well, 'ole Ronnie told him to 'tear down this wall' & he did!
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Old 23-03-2008, 05:58 PM   #408 (permalink)
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Gorbachev tore down the Berlin wall???

Which history blog have you mistakenly clicked on recently, Boon Mee?
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Old 23-03-2008, 06:08 PM   #409 (permalink)
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Gorbachev tore down the Berlin wall???

Which history blog have you mistakenly clicked on recently, Boon Mee?
OK, OK, it might not have been Gorbachev himself that physically ripped the bricks asunder but it was under his direction the wall came down:

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

"On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan spoke the people of West Berlin at the base of the Brandenburg Gate, near the Berlin wall. Due to the amplification system being used, the President's words could also be heard on the Eastern (Communist-controlled) side of the wall. The address Reagan delivered that day is considered by many to have affirmed the beginning of the end of the Cold War and the fall of communism. On Nov. 9-11, 1989, the people of a free Berlin tore down that wall."

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
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Old 23-03-2008, 06:15 PM   #410 (permalink)
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Wasn't the wall torn down by the German people in the wake of East-Germany's overthrow of the Soviet puppet regime?

Actually, the Pope deserves more credit than Reagan for encouraging East-German dissent.

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The address Reagan delivered that day is considered by many to have affirmed the beginning of the end of the Cold War and the fall of communism.
A lot of uneducated people, is that "many"?
affirmed the beginning....

More important than Reagans speach was Erich Honeckers resignation and loss of grip of Stasi.
Or if you want to go longer back in time, the death of Brezhnev.
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Old 23-03-2008, 06:31 PM   #412 (permalink)
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^ some people would rather believe that it was all because of a speech given by an aging actor with alzheimer's.

you see, it's easier that way.
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Old 23-03-2008, 06:36 PM   #413 (permalink)
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it was under his direction
For gods sake Booners, Reagan was an actor not a director.
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Old 23-03-2008, 07:02 PM   #414 (permalink)
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Wasn't the wall torn down by the German people in the wake of East-Germany's overthrow of the Soviet puppet regime?

Actually, the Pope deserves more credit than Reagan for encouraging East-German desent.
I agree with Stroll.

The Pope is not given enought credit by many Americans.

Reagan was one piece of a big puzzle.

The USSR basically self-imploded. The economy of the Soviet Union started declining at least by 1960 and the US knew it.

The CCCP was producing products that no one wanted to buy or use, and they also had waste, corruption/graft and inflation.

Reagan was one of many factors. But he wasn't the main factors.

I don't understand how people oversimply so easily.
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The Pope is not given enought credit
benedict, i think your opinion on this is less than biased.
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Old 23-03-2008, 07:34 PM   #416 (permalink)
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Reagan was one of many factors. But he wasn't the main factors.
Ahh...but he was the straw that broke the back. Go ahead and claim Breznev, the implotation of the Stasi etc but it was Reagan's speech that gave the German people the will to actually to the deed.
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Old 23-03-2008, 07:47 PM   #417 (permalink)
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Oh boy, you have no idea how much that senile actor was despised in Germany.

He's responsible for riots and the underground being torched in protest of his visit, not the Berlin wall.

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but it was Reagan's speech that gave the German people the will to actually to the deed.
how do you know this boon mee? citations please. thanks.
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it was Reagan's speech that gave the German people the will to actually to the deed
You can keep that for the American history book.
And it will be an easy task for coming European generations to take the piss out of the Americans.
Reagans speech was insignificant but I'll give him A+ for good timing.

Do you really believe in what you're writing Booners?
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Reagans speech was insignificant but I'll give him A+ for good timing.
Timing's everything I'm sure y'all agree!
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