Ronald Reagan to be honoured with a London statue.  I am so proud and happy about this.

 

1. 5 years ago I had the privilege of spending 15 days in the UK.  Loved every second of it. We spent our last day dashing around London and I was brought to the brink of tears when I found my self gazing at a statue of Abraham Lincoln.  Now Reagan will join the ranks.
   Churchill is there, and General Montgomery.  It’s quite a site.  And now the man who made me give a damn about my country will be so honored.  Thank you London.  Cheers.

   Posted by grayjohn       05/22/2009  at  06:17 PM  



2. "If we lose freedom here, there’s no place to escape to.  This is the last stand on earth.  And this idea that government is beholden to the people; that it has no other source of power except the sovereign people is still the newest and most unique idea in all the long history of man’s relation to men.

   This is the issue of this election.  Whether we believe in our capacity for self government, or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves.”

   -- Ronald Reagan - From his speech to the Republican National Convention, October 27, 1964

   Watch the whole thing, it’s got some good pearls of wisdom in it.

   Posted by Argentium G. Tiger       05/22/2009  at  09:50 PM  



3. My only quibble is the US Embassy is moving out of Grosvenor Square for a more secure site outside London. Presumably the statues will go as well?

   Posted by LyndonB       05/22/2009  at  11:33 PM  

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