ronald reagan -- dead

I guess it's time to start naming everything under the Sun after the man...oh, wait, the Republicans have already done that. I guess it's time to start calling freedom fries Ronald fries.

That's not meant to be disrespectful towards the man, only to those that have embarrassingly jumped the gun on memorializing him for the past decade.

Ronald Regan, was a great speaker and a grandfatherly president that, even if you didn't like his policies, could more than likely bring a smile to your face at least once and awhile. I don't like where he took this country but he was still a good man worthy of saying goodbye to. It is also sad that President Reagan had to suffer with alzheimers for so long...it is truly a terrible disease. My heart goes out to all of those that are mourning his death right now.

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For the record, I was watching TV at the time his death was announced and the networks reported the event in this order:

1. ABC
2. FOX
3. CBS
4. NBC
5. CNN

Just to record that fact for posterity's sake. It took CNN about 5 minutes past the time ABC announced to get some guy who was talking about some financial crap off the air (they cut him off).