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re: June 12, 1987.
Posted on 6/12/26 at 8:40 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
Posted on 6/12/26 at 8:40 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
I was 8 years old and I remember watching this as it was broadcast with my grandparents. Good times, they were.
Even as an 8 year old urchin with no understanding of the world, it felt immense and significant.
Even as an 8 year old urchin with no understanding of the world, it felt immense and significant.
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Posted on 6/12/26 at 8:41 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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I wish I had been alive to see the fall of the wall and German reunification on live TV
I have some German ancestry and am pretty proud of it. My great grandfather's cousin was president of the Reichstag before the Nazis won a majority of seats and replaced him.
I watched the East Germans flooding into West Berlin on television and cried. I was so damn proud to be an American.
Posted on 6/13/26 at 6:32 am to TigerAxeOK
All anyone has to do is just listen to the reaction of the crowd at the utterance of each line.
Open the gates. Massive cheer.
Tear down this wall! Even bigger cheers.
All of the Hollywood producers and script writers from DC to Los Angeles could not manufacture a moment like this.
Open the gates. Massive cheer.
Tear down this wall! Even bigger cheers.
All of the Hollywood producers and script writers from DC to Los Angeles could not manufacture a moment like this.
This post was edited on 6/13/26 at 6:33 am
Posted on 6/13/26 at 6:37 am to SouthEasternKaiju
Great moment in American history! I remember. 
Posted on 6/13/26 at 6:44 am to Tigergreg
some of that wall that he wanted torn down is standing at the reagan library in california. great place to visit.
Posted on 6/13/26 at 6:52 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Yes. Emotional and full of pride that our way prevailed. Seeing the overwhelming joy of the German people as they knocked down that wall was awesome. Much like the feeling when the men’s hockey team beat the Soviets at Lake Placid.
Posted on 6/13/26 at 6:57 am to BozemanTiger
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hey said this man had dementia, but facts are facts.
It is well documented the issues he had at the end of his Presidency. But he is still the one of our greatest Presidents and my person favorite.
Posted on 6/13/26 at 7:00 am to SouthEasternKaiju
This is why powerstupid started his shite thread
Posted on 6/13/26 at 7:06 am to SouthEasternKaiju
Still the best president of my lifetime.
By the time Reagan concluded his second term the Democrats were listless and reeling.
All George HW Bush had to do going forward was not frick it up…..which he couldn’t help himself but to do.
By the time Reagan concluded his second term the Democrats were listless and reeling.
All George HW Bush had to do going forward was not frick it up…..which he couldn’t help himself but to do.
Posted on 6/13/26 at 7:48 am to Ponchy Tiger
Dementia. I saw one of his staff talking about a particular meeting. He said we knew something was "coming and going" in his alertness, but his sense of humor was so dry it was sometimes difficult to tell.
We had just been briefed by the military about the soviets and the airstrip in Grenada. It was obvious that we need to send down some forces to stop it and could easily use "the cover" that we were protecting US students there.
They finish their assessment and dead silence, we are all waiting on the president to make the call. After a long pause, Reagan pushed back his chair and said "What do you think the Duke (John Wayne) would do?
We looked around at each other with wtf expressions.....then he burst out laughing and said "Isnt it obvious, get busy fellas".
We had just been briefed by the military about the soviets and the airstrip in Grenada. It was obvious that we need to send down some forces to stop it and could easily use "the cover" that we were protecting US students there.
They finish their assessment and dead silence, we are all waiting on the president to make the call. After a long pause, Reagan pushed back his chair and said "What do you think the Duke (John Wayne) would do?
We looked around at each other with wtf expressions.....then he burst out laughing and said "Isnt it obvious, get busy fellas".
Posted on 6/13/26 at 8:20 am to Speckhunter2012
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In the other thread Powerbottom claims the October surprise from 1980 was real and admitted by a Lt. Gov of Texas at the time. A Democrat.
An old man was told a rumor by another old man about something he overheard a half-century before and that's "proof."
Posted on 6/13/26 at 4:54 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
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All of the Hollywood producers and script writers from DC to Los Angeles could not manufacture a moment like this.
I miss the 80s and 90s before the Internet took off. The world was real. At least, it was a lot more real than the contrived narrative that is foist upon us on an hourly basis in these weird modern times.
Internet "news" and major social media platforms have been the downfall of society. The amount of negativity born from these entities has been rival to anything we've seen throughout history.
Posted on 6/13/26 at 5:41 pm to TigerAxeOK
At least there was a divide between the tabloids and the 'real' news.
Now they've all morphed into one blob.
Now they've all morphed into one blob.
Posted on 6/13/26 at 5:41 pm to Dawgirl
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A truly great man. Everyone was happy and living good. I’ve always thought- he would be disappointed with USA Today. I wish we could bring him back. But those were different times.
Those were the days. Wish we could go back to them
Posted on 6/13/26 at 6:01 pm to BozemanTiger
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This was the best one
Every American should watch that.
It’s what Republicans used to be.
Now both parties spend like drunken sailors.
Posted on 6/13/26 at 8:08 pm to Ag Zwin
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Every American
Sadly, every American today couldn't follow or understand WTF he's talking about in any of his addresses.
Posted on 6/13/26 at 8:44 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
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At least there was a divide between the tabloids and the 'real' news.
Now they've all morphed into one blob
100%.
There is no mainstream news any more. If you're trusting in a network, you're trusting in the network's narrative that is pushed by advertising (big pharma being THE primary source of network advertising, providing networks with 60%+ of their total revenue).
They may give off the illusion of being at odds, e.g. XiNN vs. Faux News, but in the end they're all working for the same masters and promoting the same baseline narratives and division.
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