Today marks the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s birth. From humble origins in Illinois as the son of an alcoholic, he rose through the ranks of sportscasting to career in Hollywood, to the pinnacle of political power. We have assembled a collection of videos reflecting the highlights of his public life.
Although Reagan had been involved in political affairs from his days as head of the Screen Actors Guild — as a liberal Democrat — he first broke onto the national stage after his realignment to the Republican Party with a speech he gave on behalf of Barry Goldwater just before the 1964 election. “A Time for Choosing” became known as simply “The Speech” — the one thing that went right for the senator from Arizona. After narrowly losing the 1976 Republican presidential nomination to Gerald Ford, Reagan trounced Jimmy Carter in 1980 and began America’s turnaround. His first inaugural address announced an abrupt change of philosophy in D.C.: “Government is not the solution to our problem,” he said. “Government is the problem.” By 1984, the nation had rediscovered its confidence; Reagan ran for re-election on the theme, “It’s Morning Again in America.” Many of the unforgettable moments in Reagan’s presidency are commemorated in the video tribute to Ronald Reagan below, produced by Frontiers of Freedom. Reagan left office in 1989 with a Farewell Address that described his eight years in office as “a rediscovery of our values and our common sense.” He summed up: “We made a difference. We made the city stronger; we made the city freer; and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad — not bad at all.” In fact, his presidency was the best many Americans have in living memory. As time marches forward, Reagan refuses to recede into the past. Instead, his legacy grows larger, more significant, and more definitive with each growing year.
A Time for Choosing (October 27, 1964):
Reagan’s First Inaugural Address (January 20, 1981):
A Tribute to Ronald Reagan:
The Re-Election Commercial, “Morning in America” (1984):
Reagan’s Farewell Address (January 11, 1989)
Ronald Wilson Reagan, RIP.
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Q. What do you get when you cross a snake
with a rat?
A. Obama.
Theft by Government
With the arrival of the twentieth century the American people have been introduced to a new way of theft – theft by government. Make no mistake, governments have always existed on the backs of the people they govern, our government is no different. Governments do not create wealth, they do not produce anything, and at a minimum can be a nuisance and at worse a tyrannical nightmare.
Christians are being silenced all across America: in the political debate, the public square, the schools, the workplace, and even in the sanctuary of their own churches. Read these signs of the times:
- Christians threatened with prison for protesting the homosexual agenda.
- Employees of Fortune 500 companies fired for quoting the scriptures or forbidden to display family pictures in their office cubicles because they offend homosexual employees.
- Christian churches ordered by the government to perform lesbian marriages.
- “Antibullying” programs explicitly promote homosexuality in public schools.
- Municipal workers forbidden by the city to say “family values” because those words constitute a hate crime.
- Proposed federal laws supposedly aimed at preventing employment discrimination that would make discrimination against Christians the law of the land.
- Other “antidiscrimination” laws make Christian charities illegal.
- Secularist liberals in Congress seek to censor or bankrupt Christian broadcasters.
- The IRS “cracking down” on Christian pastors who oppose homosexual propaganda in schools, abortion on demand, or same-sex marriage.
- The real impact of same-sex marriage? Any criticism of homosexuality would be legally defined as bigotry. Christians who protest could lose their jobs, go to jail, or see their churches shut down by the government.
- The Christian haters are becoming an elite class of super citizens whose moral views are actively sponsored by the state while Christians are increasingly censored, penalized, and even prosecuted.
I used to have respect for Reagan until I found out about the Bohemian Groove. The homosexual hang out for world leaders and corporate big wigs. Reagan was just another sexual deviant who would and did take it up the ass to further his career.
@Ben Johnson Excellent ending to your introduction! And thanks for this series!
@RRJ58 You gullible, know-nothing, socialist crap. Go back to InfoWars.