President Reagan

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=72655

The American Presidency Project

George W. Bush

XLIII President of the United States: 2001 - 2009

Eulogy at the National Funeral Service for President Ronald Reagan

June 11, 2004


Ronald Reagan's moment arrived in 1980. He came out ahead of some very good men, including one from Plains and one from Houston. What followed was one of the decisive decades of the century, as the convictions that shaped the President began to shape the times.

He came to office with great hopes for America and more than hopes. Like the President he had revered and once saw in person, Franklin Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan matched an optimistic temperament with bold, persistent action. President Reagan was optimistic about the great promise of economic reform, and he acted to restore the rewards and spirit of enterprise. He was optimistic that a strong America could advance the peace, and he acted to build the strength that mission required. He was optimistic that liberty would thrive wherever it was planted, and he acted to defend liberty wherever it was threatened.

And Ronald Reagan believed in the power of truth in the conduct of world affairs. When he saw evil camped across the horizon, he called that evil by its name. There were no doubters in the prisons and gulags where dissidents spread the news, tapping to each other in code what the American President had dared to say. There were no doubters in the shipyards and churches and secret labor meetings where brave men and women began to hear the creaking and rumbling of a collapsing empire. And there were no doubters among those who swung hammers at the hated wall that the first and hardest blow had been struck by President Ronald Reagan.










From 1/17/1991 ( the date of record of my United States Navy Medal of Honor as Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 ) To 6/11/2004 is 4894 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 3/28/1979 ( the Three Mile Island crisis begins ) is 4894 days



From 1/17/1991 ( the Persian Gulf War begins ) To 6/11/2004 is 4894 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 3/28/1979 ( the Three Mile Island crisis begins ) is 4894 days



From 10/29/1942 ( premiere US film "Stand By All Networks" ) To 6/7/1981 ( the Baghdad Osirak construction site destroyed by Israeli Air Force ) is 14101 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/11/2004 is 14101 days



From 10/7/1894 ( Del Lord ) To 12/25/1971 ( George Walker Bush the purveyor of illegal drugs strictly for his personal profit including the trafficking of massive amounts of cocaine into the United States confined to federal prison in Mexico for illegally smuggling narcotics in Mexico ) is 28202 days

28202 = 14101 + 14101

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/11/2004 is 14101 days










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032917/quotes

IMDb


A Plumbing We Will Go (1940)

Quotes


Moe: [Larry has accidentally poked a hole in the furnace vent] Hey, are you smokin'?

Larry: No, but the pipe is.

Moe: The pi - uh... why, you lamebrain! Ya wanna get us suffocated? Put some tape on it!

Larry: [checks his pockets] We forgot the tape!

Moe: Well, we had to forget somethin' or we wouldn't be plumbers.










http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=72655

The American Presidency Project

George W. Bush

XLIII President of the United States: 2001 - 2009

Eulogy at the National Funeral Service for President Ronald Reagan

June 11, 2004


The clarity and intensity of Ronald Reagan's convictions led to speaking engagements around the country and a new following he did not seek or expect. He often began his speeches by saying, "I'm going to talk about controversial things." And then he spoke of communist rulers as slavemasters, of a Government in Washington that had far overstepped its proper limits, of a time for choosing that was drawing near.










http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=72655

The American Presidency Project

George W. Bush

XLIII President of the United States: 2001 - 2009

Eulogy at the National Funeral Service for President Ronald Reagan

June 11, 2004


As he showed what a President should be, he also showed us what a man should be. Ronald Reagan carried himself, even in the most powerful office, with a decency and attention to small kindnesses that also defined a good life. He was a courtly, gentle, and considerate man, never known to slight or embarrass others.

Many people across the country cherish letters he wrote in his own hand to family members on important occasions, to old friends dealing with sickness and loss, to strangers with questions about his days in Hollywood. A boy once wrote to him requesting Federal assistance to help clean up his bedroom. [Laughter] The President replied that, "Unfortunately, funds are dangerously low." [Laughter] He continued, "I'm sure your mother was fully justified in proclaiming your room a disaster. Therefore, you are in an excellent position to launch another volunteer program in our Nation. Congratulations." [Laughter]



- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 08:48 AM Pacific Time somewhere near Spokane Washington USA Tuesday 01 July 2014