i admire Nancy Reagan so much...to be able to have gone thru this week like she did. throughout the funeral services done at the national cathedral, i didn't see her shed one tear. at my grandmother's funeral, we weren't very close, but i was bawling...the speakers were great. margaret thatcher...she was the one that was videotaped, right? cuz she couldn't make it? i really loved hers. the irish tenor guy...wow...hearing him sing 'amazing grace' was amazing. i, unfortunately, fell asleep for a little bit during the ceremony, but that woke me up...and i was feeling so sad. and they played him singing the song again when Nancy was boarding air force one...and when she turned back to wave, i wanted to cry so bad.     when they were singing 'battle hymn of the republic', it reminded me of when we sang it in chorus

haha...when George W. Bush was giving his eulogy...when he said something about how Reagan had said 'sometimes the best thing for the inside of a person, is the outside of a horse'...it reminded me of when lewis black said 'if it weren't for my horse, i never would have spent that year in college'  haha...but that was before i realized the President Reagan did a lot of horseback riding when he was younger...then it all made sense  ^-^

well...now it's finally over...he's really gone...

*sigh* and so, the end of a music legend.

Ray Charles passed away Thursday at 73 years old from liver desease.  =(

he's had such a struggling childhood...it's so amazing how he has been able to do so much in terms of music even with his blindness being such a big obstacle.

i send my sincerest condolences to his...erm...12 children, 20 grandchildren...and 5 great-grandchildren

i don't remember where i got these quotes...somebody's xanga, i believe...but...i like them...

I hope you're all Republicans.
-Ronald Reagan to surgeons as he entered the operating room, March 30, 1981

How do you tell a Communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
-Ronald Reagan's remarks in Arlington, Virginia, September 25, 1987

Republicans believe every day is 4th of July, but Democrats believe every day is April 15.
-Ronald Reagan

"In a piece written for Time magazine before Reagan's death, Nancy Reagan remembered her husband as ''a man of strong principles and integrity'' who felt his greatest accomplishment was finding a safe end to the Cold War...

Reagan will be buried in a crypt beneath a memorial site at the library, a library spokeswoman said. A curved wall adorned with shrubbery and ivy lines the memorial and is inscribed with a three-line quote from Reagan.

''I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life,'' the inscription reads..."

*sigh*

http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20040606160609990003

*sigh*  it is so sad, the way he left. alzheimer's is bad enough, add pneumonia to the mix is...heartwrenching.  i'm glad there's going to be a memorial, and that he'll be in the capitol. it's fitting, don't you think?  i feel awful that i don't remember all the things i learned about President Reagan back in high school, and that i don't know much about him at all. but it's so nice to see that there are so many who do remember, and do know, and feel his loss. for all those that are grieving, i send my condolences.

http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20040606105509990001

"life is about learning how to die, how to let go and how to hold on to what is really important."  nicely put, i think. and even tho relationships always have their ups and downs, especially at certain growth periods and age differences, it was good to read about how close the family has gotten now. what was in the past deserves to stay in the past. it's the present that really matters.  and the way the movie has portrayed everything shows too much of the past and did it show the present? i don't know, i haven't see it. if anyone has, let me know.

rest in peace, President Reagan.

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/alert/?alertid=5834001&content_dir=ua_congressorg

interesting...is it true? will it actually happen?

my brother believes that it won't...why?  because there are too many democrats in this country for this bill to pass.  haha...sounds logical...but...

kind of frightening, no?  harder to dodge than during vietnam...

well, the article pretty much speaks for itself...so i don't have to say much

but...if these bills actually do pass...would you volunteer...or would you wait to be forced?  if it really comes down to it, i hope that i would voluntarily enlist.  i don't mind fighting, i really don't.  but...it is a bit terrifying to think about.