45 Years ago

45 years ago today, Ronald Reagen hit the national stage with a speech that made him one of the greatest leaders in American History. Read excerpts from that speech below:

"Not too long ago, two friends of mine were talking to a Cuban refugee, a businessman who had escaped from Castro, and in the midst of his story one of my friends turned to the other and said, "We don't know how lucky we are." And the Cuban stopped and said, "How lucky you are? I had someplace to escape to." And in that sentence he told us the entire story. If we lose freedom here, there's no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.

And this idea that government is beholden to the people, that it has no other source of power except the sovereign people, is still the newest and the most unique idea in all the long history of man's relation to man.

This is the issue of this election: Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capitol can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves.

You and I are told increasingly we have to choose between a left or right. Well I'd like to suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There's only an up or down—[up] man's old—old-aged dream, the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order, or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism."

he ends with

"You and I have a rendezvous with destiny.

We'll preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we'll sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness."

President Reagan, another reason to love the 80s.

Happy Friday

It's Friday, so I decided to do something special and somewhat personal for the readers. Watch this latest production by Snatch, inc. My Brother is a talented film maker, and my husband, an accomplished actor.

I love weddings

Especially when the bride wins the ugly face contest.

The runner-ups

Set your DVR

I know Thursday is a big night for television and your DVR is probably booked solid, but try to fit this in. You can watch it after The Office: The Wedding to Remember, or Project Runway, or Survivor, or all 3 (that's me)

“The Power of the Poor with Hernando de Soto” airs Oct. 8 at 10:00 pm ET on PBS.
*** Update: I just found out this does not play in UT until Oct 28th.

"Filmed on location from Latin America to Africa, The Power of the Poor will demonstrate how free markets, individual freedom and especially the right to property can transform the poor into the most powerful resource in the world. At its heart is the potential triumph of capitalism as a system."

Moral Dilemma

Micheal Moore will be on Conan tonight promoting his anti-capitalism propaganda film. I don't know what to do.... Should I watch? or boycott?

** Update: I didn't watch. Mostly because I couldn't decide, but after reading comments from my loyal supporters this morning, I think I'm going to hit it up on the DVR.