Comments on: There Used To Be This Thing Called The Berlin Wall http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/11/09/there-used-to-be-this-thing-called-the-berlin-wall/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: william http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/11/09/there-used-to-be-this-thing-called-the-berlin-wall/#comment-190202 william Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:11:59 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=17553#comment-190202 Funny that Obama couldn't bring himself to mention Lech Walesca, Pope John Paul II , Margaret Thatcher, or Ronald Reagan in his video speech. Guess who he did mention...himself. Funny that Obama couldn’t bring himself to mention Lech Walesca, Pope John Paul II , Margaret Thatcher, or Ronald Reagan in his video speech. Guess who he did mention…himself.

]]> By: canadian bacon http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/11/09/there-used-to-be-this-thing-called-the-berlin-wall/#comment-190156 canadian bacon Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:13:34 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=17553#comment-190156 "Those were the days, my friend." We thought they'd never end. “Those were the days, my friend.”

We thought they’d never end.

]]> By: Jaim http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/11/09/there-used-to-be-this-thing-called-the-berlin-wall/#comment-190114 Jaim Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:22:19 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=17553#comment-190114 The Soviet Union was never as powerful as we thought it was. Although I'm happy it's gone. Thatcher bankrupted the UK. Not too many Brits under the age of 60 think fondly of her. Reagan raised taxes in his second terms to balance the enormous deficit he achieved through military spending. I guess I can applaud him for that. He also sent money and aid to Saddam Hussein, making him a terrorist sympathizer by any objective standard. The Soviet Union was never as powerful as we thought it was. Although I’m happy it’s gone.

Thatcher bankrupted the UK. Not too many Brits under the age of 60 think fondly of her.

Reagan raised taxes in his second terms to balance the enormous deficit he achieved through military spending. I guess I can applaud him for that. He also sent money and aid to Saddam Hussein, making him a terrorist sympathizer by any objective standard.

]]> By: tom http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/11/09/there-used-to-be-this-thing-called-the-berlin-wall/#comment-190088 tom Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:48:51 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=17553#comment-190088 You know, Maggie, Ronnie and the Pope are all nice but look, when you put that much real estate and economic resources into interning your own population, the artifice is bound to unravel at some point. I know it was difficult to see that in the 1980s, but the DDR and the Stalinist system of which it was a part were doomed. As Oliver said, that most important factor is the will of the people. You know, Maggie, Ronnie and the Pope are all nice but look, when you put that much real estate and economic resources into interning your own population, the artifice is bound to unravel at some point. I know it was difficult to see that in the 1980s, but the DDR and the Stalinist system of which it was a part were doomed. As Oliver said, that most important factor is the will of the people.

]]> By: White Whale http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/11/09/there-used-to-be-this-thing-called-the-berlin-wall/#comment-190047 White Whale Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:00:50 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=17553#comment-190047 Was there when I was a child. I will remember that for the rest of my life. The families being reunited. Somehow walls are just a bad idea. Of course, please keep building that indestructable "fence" out on Mexico. That will keep brown folks out. Let me guess...its Obama's fault. Was there when I was a child. I will remember that for the rest of my life. The families being reunited. Somehow walls are just a bad idea. Of course, please keep building that indestructable “fence” out on Mexico. That will keep brown folks out. Let me guess…its Obama’s fault.

]]> By: SaveFarris http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/11/09/there-used-to-be-this-thing-called-the-berlin-wall/#comment-190009 SaveFarris Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:19:22 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=17553#comment-190009 If only the Obama Administration wasn't hell-bent on <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/11/09/2009-11-09_nuke_myth_blows_up.html" rel="nofollow">bringing those days back</a>... If only the Obama Administration wasn’t hell-bent on bringing those days back…

]]> By: Oliver Willis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/11/09/there-used-to-be-this-thing-called-the-berlin-wall/#comment-189997 Oliver Willis Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:30:49 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=17553#comment-189997 ... the days when we were a hair trigger away from nuclear war. Sorry, Reagan and Thatcher were good speechmakers, but I'll pass on the '80s. … the days when we were a hair trigger away from nuclear war. Sorry, Reagan and Thatcher were good speechmakers, but I’ll pass on the ’80s.

]]> By: Oliver Willis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/11/09/there-used-to-be-this-thing-called-the-berlin-wall/#comment-189996 Oliver Willis Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:30:03 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=17553#comment-189996 <em>Yes, as absurd as the idea that the wall came down because Gorbachev wanted it to.</em> Need some straw? Nobody made that argument. Yes, as absurd as the idea that the wall came down because Gorbachev wanted it to.
Need some straw? Nobody made that argument.

]]> By: Dennis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/11/09/there-used-to-be-this-thing-called-the-berlin-wall/#comment-189994 Dennis Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:26:38 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=17553#comment-189994 Those were the days, my friend. Those were the days, my friend.

]]> By: Frank DiSalle http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/11/09/there-used-to-be-this-thing-called-the-berlin-wall/#comment-189992 Frank DiSalle Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:15:33 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=17553#comment-189992 <i>The idea that the wall came down simply because Ronald Reagan said so is absurd</i> Yes, as absurd as the idea that the wall came down because Gorbachev wanted it to. The fall of the wall began with Lech Walesca, then Pope John Paul II , Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. The idea that the wall came down simply because Ronald Reagan said so is absurd
Yes, as absurd as the idea that the wall came down because Gorbachev wanted it to.
The fall of the wall began with Lech Walesca, then Pope John Paul II , Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.

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