Letter from Ronald Reagan to his son

Post by brucejaywallace » Fri, Jun 15, 2012, 1:03 AM UTC

soupboy wrote: post #19

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #3

As an armchair history buff, I love famous historical people who were also prolific letter-writers. It gives a great insight into the person, especially when the letter was between family members or close friends and never intended for public consumption. (Reagan was one of these people) As much as I like Letters of Note for the great letters, for me having a stream of letters makes the person much more three-dimensi…

You may be interested in reading [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_from_a_Father_to_His_Da... ] - letters from India's first prime-minister Jawaharlal Nehru to his daughter Indira who later became India's first female prime-minister and the only one to have imposed a state of emergency.

Post by cynthiaherald » Fri, Jun 15, 2012, 1:09 AM UTC

makhanko wrote: post #11

Regardless of the fact that this was written by a former US president, what’s truly amazing is that somebody could take a subject old as the world – love and marriage and write such a simple, genuine, straight to the point message, without a hint of bullshit that happens to reads like a novel.

Post by planetguy » Fri, Jun 15, 2012, 1:18 AM UTC

myko wrote: post #17

ambertch wrote: post #9

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You cannot level such a stark criticism against a man who dared to be great - when you do so you embarrass only yourself. "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes…

Talk highly of him all you want, his rhetoric has hurt the US far more than it has helped. Between his voodoo economics and ignoring of the AIDs crisis, Iran Contra, the 'Moral Majority', I think you are embarrassing yourself here, not me. He is the epitome of style over substance.

Post by myko » Fri, Jun 15, 2012, 1:37 AM UTC

kprobst wrote: post #26

myko wrote: post #17

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Talk highly of him all you want, his rhetoric has hurt the US far more than it has helped. Between his voodoo economics and ignoring of the AIDs crisis, Iran Contra, the 'Moral Majority', I think you are embarrassing yourself here, not me. He is the epitome of style over substance.

You can say the same about just any other politician. They all made (and make) mistakes and stumble. The key is how history judges them. In the case of Reagan I think history is pretty clear about what he accomplished and what he didn't. Notice I said "I think" because that's just my opinion; everyone is entitled to one. Informed opinions are not embarrassing. Waving your arms and pushing your own absolutes on other…

Post by myko » Fri, Jun 15, 2012, 1:57 AM UTC

kprobst wrote: post #28

myko wrote: post #27

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I think you just nicely reiterated my response to the OP, thanks.

Go troll somewhere else.