Supporters Plan Ronald Reagan University

[PfcHammer]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040427/ap_on_re_us/reagan_university_1

Supporters Plan Ronald Reagan University
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DENVER - Supporters of Ronald Reagan (news - web sites) have begun raising money to establish a university in his name in Colorado.

Organizers hope to create a general university with medical and law schools and a graduate school of public and international policy. They want to open by 2010 with 10,000 students and 2,000 faculty members and staff.

The organizers have already received 200 acres of donated land with a view of the Rocky Mountains near Denver.

"Because he had a vision of a shining city on the hill, I want us to be on a rolling plain, looking at the Front Range," Terry Walker, the university's founding president, said Monday.

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[mac56]

1. Cheer for the Fightin' Bonzos!

:evilgrin:

[tabasco]

2. The first university ...

where you come out dumber than you went in.
The way these people worship bad actors is really weird.

[Sandpiper]

3. I wonder if the science department will teach

That ketchup is a vegetable and that trees cause air pollution.

They can also have the Nancy Reagan astrology department.

[Mikimouse]

4. Oh yeah, that's rich...

I can't wait to see some of their exams:

Statement: President Reagan's administration was historically significant in that there were more convictions in his cabinet than in any other administration. The answer is-
A. True
B. False
C. I don't recall

[CO Liberal]

5. All The Students Will Forget to Go To Class

:-)

[Piperay]

6. The motto can

be "aw shut-up"! :evilgrin:

[mac56]

10. Or, "There you go again!"

nm

[Justitia]

7. IU - Indoctrination University, Bob Jones of the Rocky mtns - eom

[Sandpiper]

8. It will also feature

The Oliver North School of Foreign Policy

[Avatar13]

26. The Oliver North School of Foriegn Policy.

ahahahahahaha. I like that. Also,


Edwin Meese Law School.
Arthur Laffer School of Economics.
The James Watt Center for Environmental Excellence

Bill Bennett: Chair of the Dept. of Probablity & Statistics.
Alan Keyes: Chair of the International & Domestic Race Relations Institute
Gary Bauer: Dean of Creation Medicine.

Edit (2): Forgot about Alan & Gary.

[No2W2004]

9. I wanna sign up

for "Teleprompter basics, 101"
"How to pretend not to hear questions"
"Boiling down 1000 page whitepapers to 1 page"
"Being a big picture guy in a detail filled world"
and the ever popular "Jean Dixon, Prophet for our times"

[papau]

11. But will the acting jobs it's grads want be outsourced-or arelegacy liars

always with a job in corporate America's media?

[keithyboy]

12. Somewhere else to funnel taxpayers dollars in the form of grants

The entire university system is a way to keep the wealthy RW in power and siphoning off public funds from much needed social services.

[underpants]

14. You can pass by always guessing answer D

Which is "I don't know".

[northzax]

53. er, ok

but you didn't read the article, this 'unversity' *cough* will not accept federal funds, so they can discriminate. What I love is that they somehow think they're coming up with, quite literally, several BILLION dollars for this project in the next decade. Few real foundations will support this, they have a 850 milion dollar construction budget, and will not accept federal financial aid? they are ambitious, I'll give them that.

[modrepub]

54. Deficit U

It's OK, they'll just float bonds and every year the school deficit will increase.

[northzax]

55. right, I forgot about the 'economics program'

offered by the 'university'

[PartyPooper]

13. Because Raygun was a former "B" actor, will there be a Drama Department?

:-( :-)

:evilgrin: :evilfrown:

[CO Liberal]

15. EVERYONE Will Forget to Repay Their Student Loans!

:-)

[bucknaked]

16. Oh, boy! So, how long before they lobby to change Illinois to...

..."The Land of Lincoln AND Reagan."

[OC_dem]

17. Reagan is a hero

to these folks because they have no one else. The last reThug president before Reagan that was historically memorable for a success is Teddy Roosevelt. Eisenhower is more highly regarded for what he did before he was President.

Not that I think Reagan was all that much of a success, but compared to the long list of losers that came before him, he is a giant. Look at the 2 reThugs that followed him in office, of course the guy there now has a real shot at becoming regarded as the worst President ever.

[Lisa]

18. will Scalia be seconded to head the Constitutional Law department?

And of course, Al Haig would want to take charge of the whole thing.

[DieboldMustDie]

37. GREAT!

That would mean he's no longer on the Supreme Court. :bounce:

[bif]

19. Will ketchup be one of the vegetables served in the cafeteria?

[CO Liberal]

20. No - Ronnie Will Be One Of The Vegetables!!!

Sorry - couldn't help it!!!

:-)

[Bigmack]

29. I used to tell a joke ....

to my students. This was LONG before Reagan was diagnosed with Altzheimer's.
(shortened for posting)
Nancy and Ron go to their favorite restaurant . She orders: "Small porterhouse and baked potato". Waiter asks "And the vegetable?"

Nancy says "Oh, he'll have his usual."

It always got a laugh.

Remember... LONG before diagnosis. (I'm a new poster and I don't want to sound crude or offensive... even if I am.)

[Hand]

56. HAR!...

And welcome to DU! I doubt that many here will be offended other than the odd freeper troll.

:hi:

[flamingyouth]

21. Each seat will have a spot for Mommy to sit by you

...so she can give you the answers on all your tests. :D

[David__77]

22. Not quite as humorous as "George W. Bush University."

GWU... can you imagine. Any smart business would avoid them like the plague.

[Lisa]

24. oh, what a great name for a research institute

The George Bush Center for Intelligence

(actually there really is such a place, at CIA Headquarters!)

[David__77]

27. Ah, but the father is different.

He actually has intelligence, though premised on a perverse morality to be sure. The son is the rotten excrement of generations of rotting oligarchy... no brains, nothing.

[Lisa]

31. my guess is that W will eclipse his dad in terms of notoriety ...

And in the future, schoolkids will be amazed to learn that there were actually two US presidents named "George Bush" -- the second even worse than the first -- and they will say, "didn't people learn anything?"

[MurrayDelph]

23. and they can't get mad at you

if you sleep in class!

[jayschool]

25. Seriously

You know here in Colorado, the legislature is poised to pass a "voucher" bill that will change the way the state allocates money to public universities: instead of money going directly to the university from the legislature, students will be given "vouchers" worth $2,400 per semester that will follow them to their chosen state university, or vouchers worth $1,200 per semester that will follow students to their chosen PRIVATE university.

Good time to start a private school here. A Reaganite's dream come true.

Also, the $2,400 per semester for public universities is significantly less than what the state's larger four-year universities currently get from taxpayers.

Argh.

[CO Liberal]

33. Welcome to DU!!!

I see you made your first post - I just made #20,000 a little while ago.

I live in Pueblo West and work in Colorado Springs. The GOP morons that call themselves County Commissioners in El paso County named the stretch of I-25 that passes thru their county the "RONALD REAGAN HIGHWAY". And every morning as I drive my the sign at the county line, I give it the one-finger salute!!!

:-)

[jayschool]

34. Might be the only reason

I'd have to own a gun: target practice at one of those signs. Not that I'd advocate such lawlessness.

I live in Fort Collins and am subject to the whims of MY congresswoman, Marilyn Musgrave. God help us all.

[CO Liberal]

51. Things Could Be Worse

You could be stuck with my thoroughly worthless Congressman, Scott McPinhead.

[RainDog]

28. So...School of the Americas (assassins) west? n/t

[Hamlette]

30. Reagan HATED education

they'll have to close after one day!

[seasat]

32. They'll have a medical school?

I wonder if they'll teach evolution in their science classes. It would be interesting to point out to the religous right that their hero's school teaches evolution.

[Catt03]

35. These people have more money than brains

Reminds me of when I was a teenager and screamed passionately for certain rock stars.

Three fourths of the Republican party needs to grow up. The other fourth should be mandated to look into getting an education or go on disability for the inability to think therefor posing a danger to society.

[MissMarple]

36. We need to accumulate massive quantities of toilet paper.

I think we will know what to do with rolls and rolls of tissue.

:evilgrin:

[damnraddem]

38. On all final exams, ...

'I do not recall' will be an answer accepted for full credit.

[Democat]

39. We need to work on a Bill Clinton University!

Let them have their fun, the best response is for William Jefferson Clinton University to kick their ass at football! :)

[beanball]

49. Clinton U vs Reagan U

The Big Dawgs beat the crap out of the Raygun Rats.

[cureautismnow]

40. Sign Me Up...

...for Selling Arms to Islamic Jihad 101, Arming Bin Laden and the Mujadeen 202, Providing WMD Agents to 2-bit Tyrannical Dictators 303, and Wife Teleprompting 404.

Nancy (He knocked me up, now he'll have to marry me!) Reagan: "We're doing all we can."

Ronnie: "We're doing all we can."

:puke:

[mumon]

41. As Stupid as the President Himself! Prediciton:

God won't like this and smite the "university" with a tornado or 2.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

42. Maybe a MAJOR earthquake???

[no_arbusto]

43. From one of my favorite Simpsons episodes

Burns: Welcome fellow Republicans, to start with the old business, brother Hibbert will read a report on our efforts to rename everything after Ronald Reagan.
Dr. Hibbert: All Millard Fillmore schools are now Ronald Reagan's, the Mississippi River is now the Mississippi Reagan--
Dracula: And my good friend Frankenstein is now Frankenreagan. Blah!
Burns: Excellent!

[JohnOneillsMemory]

44. Readers Digest School of Foreign Intelligence will now begin.

Anti-nuke activist Dr. Helen Caldicott just gave an interview on AirAmerica Radio where she recounted getting a brief meeting with Raygun.

Ronnie told her that 80% of anti-nuke supporters were Soviet agents. She said "Mr. President, that was in last month's Readers Digest."

He said, "No, that's straight from my best intelligence people."

Amazing how well the Repubs can pick a clueless figurehead to believe the crap they're trying to sell the public. Again and again.

Naming things after them is a big part of the Culture War that they are fucking winning while we all whine,'hey-that's not even true!'

Things don't have to be true to be useful tools of perception. In fact, outright lies seem to work much better here in the No Clue Zone.

[sniffa]

45. devri institute... or RRU. tough choice

[CO Liberal]

52. I Graduated From DeVry

It's a legitimate school. Nothing connected with Reagan even approaches legitimacy.

[peterh]

46. They’re having so much success with Patrick Henry College

Virginia that they now feel the need to have a second college for brainwashing and what better one than one named after the icon of all icons in the repug deity list than Raygun himself…..yes, it’s sure to be another whopping success story where plutocracy/theocracy are held in high regard….

[leesa]

47. What's this? a clown college?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

48. Entrance requirements...

All students must be able to keep heads in the sand for at least 4 years.

[murielm99]

50. Hey, all you posters in this thread....Thanks!

I needed a good laugh. You made my day!


The news from Iraq was so awful today, and there was a troll in the Karen Hughes thread. I needed a good laugh and you gave me one.

I live twelve miles from Ronnieland, and I hear about what a god he is allll the time.

You guys are good for my soul.:grouphug: