On Reagan Passing....

[TonyB06]

Originally posted by AKA2D '91
What about the fans with the lil black girl with the pressed hair and the clasped hands? Then there was the fan with the little black boy in his Sunday outfit.

Didn't you hate it when (if you experienced this) the fan became so worn that it had a crease horizontally which made it difficult to fan yourself?

yep, is this the little girl with the white dress and bangs in the front? Looks like the pic was snapped in like1970, so the little girl ought to be on the Willing Workers board by now?!?

I fele you AKA2D, fan abuse in church needs to be dealt with! (parents, whup ya kids!) .....do any of yalls fans now sport the hard plastic sticks instead of the wood from back in the day? (still has that wavy pattern on the edges, though)

I'm in waaaay too deep on these fans, I know

[FeeFee]

Originally posted by TonyB06
do any of yalls fans now sport the hard plastic sticks instead of the wood from back in the day? (still has that wavy pattern on the edges, though)

I'm in waaaay too deep on these fans, I know

Yup, mine does!!

[abaici]

Originally posted by TonyB06
I'm in waaaay too deep on these fans, I know

Yeah, ya are!!

[TonyB06]

Originally posted by abaici
Yeah, ya are!!

It's just another of the traditional links in our worship experiences, despite the geographical/denominational differences, that's fun to reminisice about.

Like ...remember when your church had joint afternoon services w/another church and after the official welcome from the host church, someone from your church would rise in response and say "thank ya for the kind, kind words of welcome. On behalf of the __________ Baptist Chuch, we felt yalls welcome when we came though the door...."

(that and the fact we wuz filled up on the hotwater cornbread they served at the dinner in the church basement before service started )

...ain't nothin' like the way we do it.

[Sistermadly]

Originally posted by AKA2D '91
Didn't you hate it when (if you experienced this) the fan became so worn that it had a crease horizontally which made it difficult to fan yourself?

(picks up creased fan) *flap*

*SIGH*

(picks up fan again) *flap flap flap*

I don't know why, but this is just funny to me.

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally posted by Senusret I
For me, another one of those "eh" moments. Makes me no difference, really. I sympathize with his family in terms of losing a loved one, but otherwise, I don't relate.

Am I alone?

No, you are not alone

[RedefinedDiva]

I briefly flipped my TV to CSPAN to catch a glimpse of why Reagan Lying in State was being televised continuosly from 9:00a to 1:00a, where I am sure it will continue to loop until the actual service. Of the hundreds, maybe thousands of people that were shown standing in line, passing through the Rotunda, etc. I have only seen only a handful of African-Americans. What does this say?

As a person who dodges funerals like the Plague, I have never been to a closed-casket funeral. I understand the concept of paying one's respects and taking part in what some feel to be a monumental and noteworthy event. However, I don't understand the point in just walking past a closed casket. Some people are just walking and looking like they expected something else, others are standing and acting as if it's their favorite uncle in the casket, some are looking like they just passed through on their way to the train or something.

Of course I know that different diseases have different effects on people. I also know that it is a matter of personal choice of the family to have an open or closed casket. I just wonder why he was not presented in an open casket. I can remember a local community leader that died years ago (can't remember who at the moment) that was laid in state in a glass casket so that all who passed through could see him one last time. That's why people are really going. They just want to see.

[Munchkin03]

Originally posted by RedefinedDiva
Of the hundreds, maybe thousands of people that were shown standing in line, passing through the Rotunda, etc. I have only seen only a handful of African-Americans. What does this say?

I know what it says.

I think it's funny that the only person who has come on criticizing the discussion here was born in 1985! How can someone who wasn't even 4 when Daddy Bush was inaugurated sit up here and tell me what a great president RR was?! I was there!

[Steeltrap]

Originally posted by RedefinedDiva
I briefly flipped my TV to CSPAN to catch a glimpse of why Reagan Lying in State was being televised continuosly from 9:00a to 1:00a, where I am sure it will continue to loop until the actual service. Of the hundreds, maybe thousands of people that were shown standing in line, passing through the Rotunda, etc. I have only seen only a handful of African-Americans. What does this say?

As a person who dodges funerals like the Plague, I have never been to a closed-casket funeral. I understand the concept of paying one's respects and taking part in what some feel to be a monumental and noteworthy event. However, I don't understand the point in just walking past a closed casket. Some people are just walking and looking like they expected something else, others are standing and acting as if it's their favorite uncle in the casket, some are looking like they just passed through on their way to the train or something.

Of course I know that different diseases have different effects on people. I also know that it is a matter of personal choice of the family to have an open or closed casket. I just wonder why he was not presented in an open casket. I can remember a local community leader that died years ago (can't remember who at the moment) that was laid in state in a glass casket so that all who passed through could see him one last time. That's why people are really going. They just want to see.

This doesn't surprise me at all. As others have pointed out earlier in this thread, Reagan was not popular among the vast majority of politically active AfAms. In those days, the so-called "post civil rights generation" that many have written about today were kids, so they couldn't really participate in politics. BTW, I was 16 to 25 years of age when Reagan was president and didn't move to the center in terms of my political views until I was in my 30s.

Originally posted by SSmith15
I'm not dissenting for dissention's sake, but I noticed the marked lack of Reagan supporters in this thread. Reagan was a great man, and in my opinion, a great President.

And you know this because you were born in 1985 and was fully aware of the state of the world and his presidency before you started kindergarten...ok.

He is the only President in "recent" years that I can recall never wavering on moral issues. I support Bush, and supported his father, but both of them have been known to try to appease the liberal left while only managing to distance the religious right. Reagan made no qualms about sticking to his values. THAT makes him more of a man than many.

He also took every opportunity to inspire Americans. He once said, “Whatever else history may say about me when I’m gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears; to your confidence rather than your doubts. My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty’s lamp guiding your steps and opportunity’s arm steadying your way.”

I get chills watching the tape of him standing in front of the Berlin wall and demanding "Mr. Gorbachev tear this wall down!" And did you know that President Gorbachev sent Mrs. Raegan a condolence letter??

I accept your opinions, but couldn't pass the thread without adding my own.

Darling, you really should have saved this for the OTHER Reagan thread in Chit Chat. I have a feeling that one will be more to your liking.

[abaici]

Originally posted by Munchkin03
How can someone who wasn't even 4 when Daddy Bush was inaugurated sit up here and tell me what a great president RR was?! I was there!

Because they read it in their history book.

[SSmith15]

didn't mean to ruffle any feathers. I'm a political science major and a GOP activist.

[Phasad1913]

Originally posted by SSmith15
didn't mean to ruffle any feathers. I'm a political science major and a GOP activist.

lol. Well, there you have it folks.

[abaici]

Originally posted by SSmith15
didn't mean to ruffle any feathers. I'm a political science major and a GOP activist.

No feathers ruffled (well, maybe a few).

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by SSmith15
didn't mean to ruffle any feathers. I'm a political science major and a GOP activist.

Well I'm a polisci and econ major, and a Democratic activist. That, and I actually remember the end of his second term.