Reagan Was Like Avatar: Great, But Empty

In a lot of ways, Reagan was a lot like the movie Avatar. Reagan was a great communicator, just like Avatar was visually stunning. But underneath it all, the substance was lacking. For both.

Reagan said a lot of great things about big government, how it encroaches upon our lives and must be pushed back, but during his tenure, not a lot of that happened.

Avatar was beautiful on the outside, but the plot was a hoary old tale, heavily biased against business, technology and civilization.

For both, the masses were fooled into thinking they were both great. At least the sentiments that Reagan espoused, even if they were not implemented during his time, are still pretty valid, and are now being carried by a new crew, which I hope not only believes in the words, but is willing to undertake the actions to make those words real.

Reagan’s 100: Words, Not Deeds

It was Reagan’s 100 birthday on Sunday: had he been around, he would have been 100 years old. While Reagan is a much beloved figure among most Americans, and I know I’m going to take some heat for saying this, the guy said a lot of great things, but when it came down to actual action, he did not follow through on any of the things he talked about.

I mean, over the last few days, many commentators have been playing back clips of Reagan’s speeches and they are all very inspiring, all about government growing too large, and taking over, controlling too much of our lives, and about us taking back our power, reducing the size and scope of government. The only problem is, during his own term, he was unable to do any of those things. Government grew, not shrank under his presidency.

We can take inspiration from his words, but not his actions.

906 - Obama Dont Change - Superbowl Feast - Reagans Words

On Today's Show:

• Obama has not changed - don't be fooled into thinking that this guy has changed at all. We cannot have Obama for a second term - it will just be the end of America


• j.lo - come on back to the White House lets enjoy the game together - he can invite anyone to his taxpayer financed pad - we bust our asses day in day out to survive - how can we enjoy our lives when this guy steals from us every day


• Reagan's 100th birthday - great guy - great -communicator - but he was all words - even though he talked a lot about reducing the size and scope of government - he never actually did anything about it - the size of government grew under Reagan.


• In the same way Avatar was a beautiful film which lacked substance, Reagan was a great communicator who had great ideas, but he never implemented any of them


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