Aerial View of Reagan Ranch and Alisal Fire

It is a magical area of our region. And in hindsight, it was much better when the GOP elected action/adventure movie actors like Reagan and Arnold and Eastwood vs. the reality TV stars they vote for latly.

Probably because their backgrounds weren't in politics, the common denominator among our current batch of lying, two faced, divisive politicians on both sides of the isle.

Magical? LOL. Yes, Saint Reagan, the Saint of corruption, lies, death and of course, greed. And let's not forget his his most famous accomplishment, lying to Congress and the American people about an illegal arms deal between Iran and the Contras... Iran! He sold weapons to Iran to funnel money to a revolution!!!! Your post proves once again that propaganda works really well on the less capable...

Since you claim to prefer facts and citations; Can you cite a single example of any proof that that your God exists?

Lord Tytler covered this already - “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.”

Trump tried hard to overthrow the government of Venezuela.

Ford

You are very confused. You have faith in a fable, but ignore science and facts and reason. I dont argue with fools. That is what is affectionately called a fool's errand...

Sneaky one with Ford SBO, but there was the Carnation Revolution then. How about an elected President?

“ If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. The will reject democracy.” - David Frum

I don't really think Trump is a conservative, or really any particular ideology other than a corrupt, narcissistic, sociopathic, opportunistic scum bag witha very fragile ego. Trump seems to somehow encapsulate so many of the most disgusting human traits. But Frum’s observation about conservatives abandoning democracy does holds true over much of the Republican party and its behavior.

Fewtile, ACLU forced the closure of state care institutions by court order. Quickly after this over-reaching court decision, voters passed the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) to provide support for those previously institutionalized now left on.their own for whom the promised pharmacological maintenance was clearly not working. Billions of tax dollars have been raised by the MHSA since its passage years ago. Yet all we see are new generations of mentally impaired individuals still on the streets who would be far better served in institutionalized care, under objective and court protected placement criteria - the Can Nots. Where has all that MHSA money gone and why have successive state legislators since its passage not been held accountable for what voters clearly supported when faced with the court ordered closure of state care institutions. What have we learned since that court order that would make state care institutions a far better option today? We fully know and see what the lack of state care institutions looks like today, so decent comparisons can now be made between these alternatives: (1) doing nothing, (2) attempting to treat as out-patients, and (3) bringing back the state care setting.

And Reagan was a mental genius compared to Biden.

Trickle Down Economics. I think they call them "golden showers" these days.

They put out the hot spots below his ranch by dumping water on the ranch and letting it trickle down. It's the only time trickle down has ever worked.

Babycakes - can you please sight a source for that? A quick google search shows he is not even in the top 10.

LOL at the downvote. I thought we were dealing with facts not feelings?

Reagan was a great actor and networker. Beyond that, he had a shallow understanding of the issues as shown by his clumsy domestic and foreign policies. His standing in history says more about the public’s level of civic engagement and knowledge than Reagan’s abilities. Telling Gorbachev to tear down a border wall is an easier explanation than tracing the decades of Soviet mistakes that actually led to the fall of the USSR. That being said, he was a visionary leader compared to 45. At least he knew border walls were ridiculous.

"Reagan was a great actor and networker." IMDB lists his top 4 rated 7.5, 4.9, 7.3, 6.8 of 10 points but many say he earned the title of Great Communicator in politics.