One of the real heroes of the late 20th Century, Margaret Thatcher, has died. We need a person like her to lead America back from the brink - where President Obama and the Pelosi-palooza have put us - and back on the road of greatness. Margaret Thatcher, the "Iron woman", was simply the best.
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"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground." Lyndon Baines Johnson
Good Ole Maggy Thatcher!!! She resembles Obama, much more than today's TeaBagger Conservatives:
Would a 2013 Republican or Libertarian vote for Maggy???
~ Thatcher supported socialized medicine. “I believed that the NHS was a service of which we could genuinely be proud, it delivered a high quality of care — especially when it came to acute illnesses — and at a reasonably modest unit cost."
~ Thatcher supported gun control. Thatcher passed the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988, which outlawed semi-automatic weapons, changed requirements on registering guns, allowed police to refuse a weapon to anyone they saw unfit, and allowed the Home Secretary to add other guns to the list of banned firearms.
~ Thatcher believed in Climate Change. “The danger of global warming is as yet unseen but real enough for us to make changes and sacrifices so that we do not live at the expense of future generations.”
~Thatcher Raised Taxes, and Increased Spending. Spending rose during Thatcher’s first seven years in office and taxes took up a larger percentage as share of gross domestic product. Thatcher also increased the Value Added Tax (VAT), which Newt Gingrich described as “European socialism”.
~Thatcher was Pro Choice and supported abortion rights.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
She was also called "Margaret Thatcher the Milk Snatcher" for taking away the milk and lunches from school children.
Doesn't quite fit in with the current American mantra.
And her buddy, Ronny The RayGun designated "Ketchup" as a "vegetable" in US school lunches.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
PS - Pizza was not declared a vegetable,,, it was the tomato sauce.
AP 11/15/2011
"Specifically, the provisions would:
Block the Agriculture Department from limiting starchy vegetables, including corn and peas, to two servings a week. The rule was intended to cut down on french fries, which some schools serve daily.
Allow USDA to count two tablespoons of tomato paste as a vegetable, as it does now. The department had attempted to require that only a half-cup of tomato paste could be considered a vegetable — too much to put on a pizza. Federally subsidized lunches must have a certain number of vegetables to be served. .... Require USDA to define "whole grains" before they regulate them. The rules would require schools to use more whole grains."
Yes Joe, it was the tomato paste, but they limited the amount to accomodate that served on the pizza. So, in a round-about way, they granted a 'healthy' status to a somewhat unhealthy food (whole grains not included in the equation??.
“Ding Dong! The witch is dead”, as sung by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, on Tuesday raced to the top of the Amazon download chart in Britain, a day after the death of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
Another version sung by jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald placed at number 4 and also topped the iTunes UK vocal chart as record-buyers passed their judgement on the legacy of Thatcher, who died of a stroke on Monday aged 87.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Block the Agriculture Department from limiting starchy vegetables, including corn and peas, to two servings a week. The rule was intended to cut down on french fries, which some schools serve daily.
Allow USDA to count two tablespoons of tomato paste as a vegetable, as it does now. The department had attempted to require that only a half-cup of tomato paste could be considered a vegetable — too much to put on a pizza. Federally subsidized lunches must have a certain number of vegetables to be served. .... Require USDA to define "whole grains" before they regulate them. The rules would require schools to use more whole grains."
Yes Joe, it was the tomato paste, but they limited the amount to accomodate that served on the pizza. So, in a round-about way, they granted a 'healthy' status to a somewhat unhealthy food (whole grains not included in the equation??.
Again...pathetic ....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....gIQABXgmhN_blog.html "There’s just one little misperception: Congress didn’t declare pizza to be a vegetable. And, from a strictly nutritional standpoint, there’s decent evidence that lawmakers didn’t exactly bungle this decision.
Let’s revisit the facts: Despite what one might expect from the headlines, if you scour the agriculture appropriations bill, referenced in numerous stories, you won’t find a single mention of the word “pizza,” or even “vegetable,” for that matter.
This is not a fight over pizza. It is, instead, a fight about tomato paste. Specifically, it’s a fight about how much of the product counts as one serving of vegetables."
JUST BECAUSE SISSY SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO...BUT HE THINKS IT DOES!!!!! JUST BECAUSE MC1 SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO!!!!!
Margaret Thatcher saved Great Britain from economic ruin. It was suffering from a deep recession and high unemployment under her predecessors. Under her leadership, she reduced the size of the national government and privatized a number of "national industries"which in short order turned them from money losers acting as a drain on national resources to successful businesses which added revenue TO national treasury. Home ownership rose under Thatcher -- many people were able to move out of government subsidized "council houses" into their own homes.
The left-wing droolers like to make a lot of bull sh*t comments about Thatcher and Reagan. None of it is true. We were much better off then than we are now under Obama-Biden and the Pelosi-palooza.
By the way, Thatcher warned about Europe adopting a single currency. At the time, she was heckled and her opposition to the Euro led to her fall from power. 20 years later, her predictions are coming true and Europe is sinking in debt and the single currency is proving to be a huge problem.
Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher were excellent leaders who have been proven right time and again for the wisdom of their economic conservatism. Now, it is time to honor them by redoubling our efforts to sweep the current mess out of Albany and Washington and bring common sense conservative values back to our government.
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"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground." Lyndon Baines Johnson
Wasn't trying to argue with you...just sharing something because we actually had this discussion at work only a week ago. Pizza, Milk, Sauce, Twinkies.......anyway you look at it, I think our Congress could spend their time much more worthwhile by fixing the economy instead of debating the value of tomato paste!
JUST BECAUSE SISSY SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO...BUT HE THINKS IT DOES!!!!! JUST BECAUSE MC1 SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO!!!!!
Wasn't trying to argue with you...just sharing something because we actually had this discussion at work only a week ago. Pizza, Milk, Sauce, Twinkies.......anyway you look at it, I think our Congress could spend their time much more worthwhile by fixing the economy instead of debating the value of tomato paste!
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