A Modest Gay Proposal
April 28, 2006 2:25 PM Subscribe
Following in the footsteps of Gipper followers -- The Ronald Reagan Legacy Project is on a mission to put the Gipper on the ten-spot and rename a road in every U.S. County after Ronald Reagan. Kenny Hill of AOL's gay blog Worth Repeating has his own mission: name a landmark in every state after Brokeback Mountain.
Now? He's a little stiff.
posted by eyeballkid at 2:35 PM on April 28, 2006
posted by eyeballkid at 2:35 PM on April 28, 2006
Well, if you think about it, there's nothing more American than romanticizing cowboy movie actors.
posted by fugitivefromchaingang at 2:39 PM on April 28, 2006
posted by fugitivefromchaingang at 2:39 PM on April 28, 2006
Where am I? What am I doing here? Why do I taste like tin foil? Bluppersnack snak snkkkk!
Reagan, 1984
posted by Mean Mr. Bucket at 2:43 PM on April 28, 2006
Reagan, 1984
posted by Mean Mr. Bucket at 2:43 PM on April 28, 2006
If the story of Leo Wanta is true, then Mr. Reagan's currency trading operation deserves all the legacy it can get.
posted by rough ashlar at 2:57 PM on April 28, 2006
posted by rough ashlar at 2:57 PM on April 28, 2006
As a DC native, fuck attempts to reify Reagan's "legacy." As a Dem, I actually give him credit for certain things (anybody was an improvement over Carter), but small-government Gipper was not about the millions (yes, millions) of dollars it requires to rename an airport, a road, etc., and then have to rename every map and website and bus and train and airplane schedule out there.
It'll always be National Airport to me, so suck it Regan boosters.
posted by bardic at 3:02 PM on April 28, 2006
It'll always be National Airport to me, so suck it Regan boosters.
posted by bardic at 3:02 PM on April 28, 2006
I gove Reagen credit for nothing.
posted by Astro Zombie at 3:15 PM on April 28, 2006
posted by Astro Zombie at 3:15 PM on April 28, 2006
Give.
posted by Astro Zombie at 3:16 PM on April 28, 2006
posted by Astro Zombie at 3:16 PM on April 28, 2006
How about if we split the difference and put a Western-themed gay bar named Reagan's in every county?
posted by Armitage Shanks at 3:16 PM on April 28, 2006
posted by Armitage Shanks at 3:16 PM on April 28, 2006
Or, just for fun, we can rename everything already named for Ronald Reagan after Nancy.
posted by wendell at 3:17 PM on April 28, 2006
posted by wendell at 3:17 PM on April 28, 2006
Iran contra.
posted by mullingitover at 3:26 PM on April 28, 2006
posted by mullingitover at 3:26 PM on April 28, 2006
I'm going to have to agree with wendell on this one. Nancy Reagan Airport, yo.
posted by kalimac at 4:07 PM on April 28, 2006
posted by kalimac at 4:07 PM on April 28, 2006
I just threw up a little in my mouth.
posted by i_am_a_Jedi at 4:20 PM on April 28, 2006
posted by i_am_a_Jedi at 4:20 PM on April 28, 2006
So I guess this is a greenlight on the line of Ronald Reagan Adult Diapers I've designed?
posted by nyxxxx at 4:20 PM on April 28, 2006
posted by nyxxxx at 4:20 PM on April 28, 2006
nyxxxx, I think George W. Bush would be better branding for that product...
posted by wendell at 4:56 PM on April 28, 2006
posted by wendell at 4:56 PM on April 28, 2006
Reagan on the $10, if we get Martin Luther King on the $20.
posted by R. Mutt at 7:26 PM on April 28, 2006
posted by R. Mutt at 7:26 PM on April 28, 2006
Every COUNTY? Georgia alone has over 150 counties...
And people give Atlanta shit for all the streets with "Peachtree" in the name.
posted by BoringPostcards at 7:42 PM on April 28, 2006
And people give Atlanta shit for all the streets with "Peachtree" in the name.
posted by BoringPostcards at 7:42 PM on April 28, 2006
The Ronald Reagan Legacy Project is a project of Americans for Tax Reform. I guess they don't realize that changing currency and all those road names will take a lot of tax money.
posted by Lverner at 8:09 PM on April 28, 2006
posted by Lverner at 8:09 PM on April 28, 2006
BoringPostcards: I admit I'm one of the shit talkers about the amount of Peachtree streets in Atlanta. Seriously, guys, what's wrong with numbered streets? A grid is a beautiful thing.
Then again, I currently live on an exit of I-65 in Alabama that is a part of the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway. I feel dirty.
posted by hominid211 at 8:30 PM on April 28, 2006
Then again, I currently live on an exit of I-65 in Alabama that is a part of the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway. I feel dirty.
posted by hominid211 at 8:30 PM on April 28, 2006
Ronald Reagan Lunacy Project: 1981-1989.
posted by NewBornHippy at 11:27 PM on April 28, 2006
posted by NewBornHippy at 11:27 PM on April 28, 2006
It'll always be National Airport to me, so suck it Regan boosters.
Especially after what he did to the Air Traffic Controllers in 1981 -- naming an airport after that asshole is at best, disrespectful.
I'm a DC native too (though like many other Washingtonians-by-birthright, I left the District at 18 and haven't lived there since). Washington as a city, and Washingtonians as a people, hated Reagan. DC even voted for Walter Mondale. It's embarrassing that the airport's good name has been so sullied.
OTOH, at least BWI was renamed to honour Thurgood Marshall. This probably made Reagan turn over in his grave.
posted by toxic at 4:23 AM on April 29, 2006
Especially after what he did to the Air Traffic Controllers in 1981 -- naming an airport after that asshole is at best, disrespectful.
I'm a DC native too (though like many other Washingtonians-by-birthright, I left the District at 18 and haven't lived there since). Washington as a city, and Washingtonians as a people, hated Reagan. DC even voted for Walter Mondale. It's embarrassing that the airport's good name has been so sullied.
OTOH, at least BWI was renamed to honour Thurgood Marshall. This probably made Reagan turn over in his grave.
posted by toxic at 4:23 AM on April 29, 2006
What does Snow Crash cost?"
"One point seven five Gippers," the guy says.
"I thought it was one point five," Y.T. says.
The guy shakes his head. "Inflation, you know. Still, it's a bargain. Hell, that plank you're on is probably worth a hundred Gippers."
"You can't even buy these for dollars," Y.T. says, getting her
back up. "Look, all I've got is one-and-a-half quadrillion dollars."
She pulls the bundle out of her pocket.
posted by fullerine at 4:38 AM on April 29, 2006
"One point seven five Gippers," the guy says.
"I thought it was one point five," Y.T. says.
The guy shakes his head. "Inflation, you know. Still, it's a bargain. Hell, that plank you're on is probably worth a hundred Gippers."
"You can't even buy these for dollars," Y.T. says, getting her
back up. "Look, all I've got is one-and-a-half quadrillion dollars."
She pulls the bundle out of her pocket.
posted by fullerine at 4:38 AM on April 29, 2006
How about "The Ronald Reagan Memorial Shit Factory"? Every county has a sewerage treatment plant, right?
posted by sgobbare at 7:27 AM on April 29, 2006
posted by sgobbare at 7:27 AM on April 29, 2006
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