Stay calm, everybody! Cher's not dead, it was Margaret Thatc

whskyfan · Post by **whskyfan** » 04-09-2013 07:08 AM

Stay calm, everybody! Cher's not dead, it was Margaret Thatcher

Twitter fans were duped into thinking Cher had died after the hashtag #nowthatcherisdead was misread. It was intended to be about former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

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kbot · Post by **kbot** » 04-09-2013 10:31 AM

As is Annette Funicello.....

RIP

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » 04-09-2013 11:42 AM

I think Mrs. Thatcher was a statesman (I know should be statesperson or something like that).

They don't make them like that every day - such character and belief system and not afraid to buck the tide. She did not curry votes and stayed true to her belief system.

President Reagan and PM Thatcher were political soulmates for sure.

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » 04-09-2013 11:46 AM

kbot wrote: As is Annette Funicello..... RIP

When I was young and watching the Mickey Mouse show daily after school I would wonder why I couldn't look like her. A beautiful woman and apparently a very nice woman as well.

Raggedyann · Post by **Raggedyann** » 04-09-2013 12:38 PM

Thanks, largely in part to dear Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, we are where we are today. I used to watch her rants on the news and my blood would boil.

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » 04-09-2013 08:45 PM

RA,

Obviously we don't agree and in fact I wish both were on the scene today - at least you knew their opinions and they didn't soft soap their belief system - I think that is character.

On the other hand - have you seen the despicable displays on the left in Britain?

A bunch of losers and despicable characters in their actions.

Raggedyann · Post by **Raggedyann** » 04-09-2013 10:21 PM

Diogenes wrote: On the other hand - have you seen the despicable displays on the left in Britain?

A bunch of losers and despicable characters in their actions.

I know not what you specifically speak of Dio. What ARE they up to?

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » 04-10-2013 10:42 AM

Luv Bug I am at the office trying to make a buck:D but will be right back with breaking news.

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » 04-10-2013 01:31 PM

I look and listen to folks like this and if I'm not angry I actually pity them for their blinders.

As if a comment about greed and profit sums up a lifetime of anything for anyone.

Raggedyann · Post by **Raggedyann** » 04-10-2013 03:42 PM

Paul Krugman: Margaret Thatcher Shouldn't Get Too Much Credit

It was only a matter of time before Paul Krugman jumped into the Thatcher-legacy ring.

The Nobel Prize-winning economist wrote in a Monday night blog post that even though Britain's economy experienced a major turnaround after Thatcher’s time in power, the rebound wasn't necessarily the result of the Iron Lady’s controversial economic policies.

“For now, consider this a caution: if anyone tells you that Thatcher saved the British economy, you should ask why the results of that salvation took so very long to materialize,” Krugman writes.

Thatcher, who died Monday, pursued an aggressive economic policy during her tenure that was driven by free-market ideals and included cuts to the nation’s welfare state, the sale of government-owned industries and famed battles with unions. She also slashed the nation’s income tax and made moves to curb inflation.

Supporters credit such policies with reinvigorating the British economy, an idea Krugman takes issue with. If Thatcher’s policies were responsible for the British turnaround, Krugman asks, then why did they take so long to produce results?

It's true that the British economy didn't take off until much later. During Thatcher's tenure, unemployment climbed to a record high, GDP never grew by more than a few percentage points and poverty soared, according to the Guardian. And, as Krugman notes, it was actually after Thatcher was no longer prime minister, in the mid-1990s, when the British economy experienced its real rebound.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/0 ... 43866.html

Thatcher was so revered that her own party gave her the boot.

Raggedyann · Post by **Raggedyann** » 04-10-2013 03:44 PM

Diogenes wrote: Luv Bug I am at the office trying to make a buck:D but will be right back with breaking news.

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » 04-10-2013 04:29 PM

RA,

I saw the name Paul krugman and I am gagging but I will read this later.

Luv bug he is SO biased and short and grumpy.

Raggedyann · Post by **Raggedyann** » 04-10-2013 06:02 PM

Diogenes wrote: RA,

I saw the name Paul krugman and I am gagging but I will read this later.

Luv bug he is SO biased and short and grumpy.