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Title: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: Robespierre's Jaw on December 11, 2008, 05:29:06 PM
Although not hilarious to those who believe that as President, Ronald Reagan actually won the Cold War, it certainly is to those who believe the direct opposite like myself. It is an article guaranteed to make on laugh and I highly recommend it. Here (http://www.conservapedia.com/How_Ronald_Reagan_won_the_Cold_War) is the link to the goldmine material.


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: Хahar 🤔 on December 11, 2008, 05:29:58 PM
Good stuff. Thanks for the sharing.


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on December 11, 2008, 05:33:46 PM
Absolutely hilarious.


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: RosettaStoned on December 11, 2008, 06:30:05 PM
Comedy Goldmine.


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: Nixon in '80 on December 11, 2008, 11:28:55 PM
Quite hilarious... although nothing beats the Barack Obama article.

"Barack Hussein Obama II (allegedly born in Honolulu,[1][2][3] August 4, 1961) served as a first-term Democratic Senator from Illinois (2004-2008) and then, along with his running mate Senator Joseph Biden, won the presidential election[4] after twenty-three months of campaigning, raising and spending an unprecedented $650 million, most of which came from anonymous donors. An apparent Muslim, Obama could use the Koran when he is sworn into office.[5]"


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: Robespierre's Jaw on December 11, 2008, 11:48:27 PM
Quite hilarious... although nothing beats the Barack Obama article.

"Barack Hussein Obama II (allegedly born in Honolulu,[1][2][3] August 4, 1961) served as a first-term Democratic Senator from Illinois (2004-2008) and then, along with his running mate Senator Joseph Biden, won the presidential election[4] after twenty-three months of campaigning, raising and spending an unprecedented $650 million, most of which came from anonymous donors. An apparent Muslim, Obama could use the Koran when he is sworn into office.[5]"

You beat me to it >:(

Nonetheless that is a hilarious article, probably more so than the Reagan Cold War article. Its most amusing how they do not believe he was born in the United States, and most importantly consider himself to be Muslim. Silly conservatives!


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: WillK on December 12, 2008, 12:31:51 AM
Nonetheless that is a hilarious article, probably more so than the Reagan Cold War article. Its most amusing how they do not believe he was born in the United States, and most importantly consider himself to be Muslim. Silly conservatives!

They may think Obama a Muslim, but they also boast that Reagan was "secretly distributing Korans". 

:O

The writers also need to consider a spell check.


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: Lunar on December 12, 2008, 12:32:09 AM
http://www.conservapedia.com/Barack_Obama

omgomg


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: Stranger in a strange land on December 12, 2008, 12:38:08 AM
Quite hilarious... although nothing beats the Barack Obama article.

"Barack Hussein Obama II (allegedly born in Honolulu,[1][2][3] August 4, 1961) served as a first-term Democratic Senator from Illinois (2004-2008) and then, along with his running mate Senator Joseph Biden, won the presidential election[4] after twenty-three months of campaigning, raising and spending an unprecedented $650 million, most of which came from anonymous donors. An apparent Muslim, Obama could use the Koran when he is sworn into office.[5]"

You beat me to it >:(

Nonetheless that is a hilarious article, probably more so than the Reagan Cold War article. Its most amusing how they do not believe he was born in the United States, and most importantly consider himself to be Muslim. Silly conservatives!

actually nearly half the article is devoted to "proof" that he is a Muslim, including spurious and outright ridiculous claims such as "Obama has chosen the Secret Service code name "Renegade". "Renegade" conventionally describes someone who goes against normal conventions of behavior, but its first usage was to describe someone who has turned from their religion. It is a word derived from the Spanish renegado, meaning "Christian turned Muslim," "Obama uses the Muslim Pakistani pronunciation for "Pakistan" rather than the common American one," and "On the campaign trail, Obama was reading "The Post-American World" by Fareed Zakaria, which is written from a Muslim point-of-view," which is absurd, as the book is from a Muslim point of view ONLY in the sense that Zakaria is a Muslim. The book isn't about Islam at all, and Islam isn't used as the frame of analysis.  And even if it were true that the book was from a "Muslim point of view", reading it wouldn't make the reader Muslim. Many Christian theologians read the Koran, but that doesn't result in their conversion to Islam. You could make a stronger case that anyone who read The Kite Runner was a Muslim.


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: Nixon in '80 on December 12, 2008, 12:44:54 AM
Quote from: Stranger in a strange land link=topic=89705.msg1852279#msg1852279
You could make a stronger case that anyone who read The Kite Runner was a Muslim.

I LOLed.


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: WillK on December 12, 2008, 12:47:30 AM
My favorite Reagan website:
 http://www.quickchange.com/reagan/


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: paul718 on December 12, 2008, 01:21:15 AM
My favorite Reagan website:
 http://www.quickchange.com/reagan/

that = this (http://dontvoteobama.net/)



Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: WillK on December 12, 2008, 01:25:15 AM
My favorite Reagan website:
 http://www.quickchange.com/reagan/

that = this (http://dontvoteobama.net/)



I dont see any comparison. 


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: paul718 on December 12, 2008, 01:27:27 AM
My favorite Reagan website:
 http://www.quickchange.com/reagan/

that = this (http://dontvoteobama.net/)



I dont see any comparison. 

Neither contains proper citations.


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: WillK on December 12, 2008, 01:32:27 AM
My favorite Reagan website:
 http://www.quickchange.com/reagan/

that = this (http://dontvoteobama.net/)



I dont see any comparison. 

Neither contains proper citations.

That doesnt make them equal.
The website to which I linked states that the information all came from a specific book.



Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: True Democrat on December 12, 2008, 11:04:36 AM
I like this one from the Obama article:

"On the campaign trail, Obama was reading "The Post-American World" by Fareed Zakaria,[32] which is written from a Muslim point-of-view."


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: Gustaf on December 12, 2008, 11:57:03 AM
The best part of the Reagan article is when it says that "Reagan turned the Cold War hot - in an economical and rethorical sense." But that was basically what the Cold War was


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on December 15, 2008, 06:43:27 PM
How dare you destroy the reputation of an outstanding american. Shame on you all. These people who wrote this article tell the truth, not fibs.

LOL.  That is the greatest single post Garrison has ever made.


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: Bacon King on December 16, 2008, 02:33:33 AM
WAIT, GUYS:

Obama is a Muslim, because:

"Obama uses the Muslim Pakistani pronunciation for "Pakistan" rather than the common American one."


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: Lunar on December 16, 2008, 02:51:34 AM
Is he also a nuclear physicist because he can say nuclear right?


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: Хahar 🤔 on December 16, 2008, 04:35:49 PM
WAIT, GUYS:

Obama is a Muslim, because:

"Obama uses the Muslim Pakistani pronunciation for "Pakistan" rather than the common American one."

I do that too. It's always bugged me when people use the wrong pronunciation.


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: The Mikado on December 16, 2008, 04:45:55 PM
WAIT, GUYS:

Obama is a Muslim, because:

"Obama uses the Muslim Pakistani pronunciation for "Pakistan" rather than the common American one."

I do that too. It's always bugged me when people use the wrong pronunciation.

I say Ahf-GONE-ih-STAHN and PAH-kih-STAHN.  But I always thought I was emulating the BBC, not the locals.


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: Хahar 🤔 on December 16, 2008, 05:07:56 PM
WAIT, GUYS:

Obama is a Muslim, because:

"Obama uses the Muslim Pakistani pronunciation for "Pakistan" rather than the common American one."

I do that too. It's always bugged me when people use the wrong pronunciation.

I say Ahf-GONE-ih-STAHN and PAH-kih-STAHN.  But I always thought I was emulating the BBC, not the locals.

I do the same, except I pronounce the "gh" (as opposed to "g").


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: The Populist on December 16, 2008, 09:29:53 PM
This is NOT how it happened.


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자) on December 17, 2008, 09:52:52 PM
Nonetheless that is a hilarious article, probably more so than the Reagan Cold War article. Its most amusing how they do not believe he was born in the United States, and most importantly consider himself to be Muslim. Silly conservatives!

They may think Obama a Muslim, but they also boast that Reagan was "secretly distributing Korans". 

:O

The writers also need to consider a spell check.

Silly liberal.  Qur'an is a liberal misspelling of Koran.


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: Middle-aged Europe on December 18, 2008, 04:26:33 PM
Quote
The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States of America. It is the center-left party. Its leadership is liberal, in contrast with conservative voters who tend to support the rival Republican Party.[1] Members and supporters of the Democratic Party are known as Democrats. Republicans (and some Democrats) sometimes call it the "Democrat Party," which the liberals dislike intensely.


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: Nixon in '80 on December 19, 2008, 01:05:35 AM
Nonetheless that is a hilarious article, probably more so than the Reagan Cold War article. Its most amusing how they do not believe he was born in the United States, and most importantly consider himself to be Muslim. Silly conservatives!

They may think Obama a Muslim, but they also boast that Reagan was "secretly distributing Korans". 

:O

The writers also need to consider a spell check.

Silly liberal.  Qur'an is a liberal misspelling of Koran.

Just like how Beijing is a liberal misspelling of Peking.


Title: Re: How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War - A Conservapedia Article
Post by: WillK on December 19, 2008, 06:10:08 PM
Nonetheless that is a hilarious article, probably more so than the Reagan Cold War article. Its most amusing how they do not believe he was born in the United States, and most importantly consider himself to be Muslim. Silly conservatives!

They may think Obama a Muslim, but they also boast that Reagan was "secretly distributing Korans". 

:O

The writers also need to consider a spell check.

Silly liberal.  Qur'an is a liberal misspelling of Koran.

Not what I was referring to when I suggested they need a spell check. 

Pointing out the reference about Reagan and Korans was intended to comment on the contrast between paranoia about Obama and the pride about Reagan spreading the Koran.  The spelling comment was intended as an entirely separate remark.

Examples of spelling problems:
Third paragraph -- "rhetoricall"
Fourth paragraph -- "simly"
Eights paragraph -- "brough"