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1 Political Atheist  Wed, Apr 10, 2013 11:00:21am

The funny thing is they actually believe that scapegoat crap. LOL. Wonder how many of these people were even alive during her term. There was no easy way out of the crisis of the day.

2 Destro  Wed, Apr 10, 2013 12:20:49pm

re: #1 Political Atheist

You mean kids who became adults or adults who had kids don’t remember who was responsible for placing them in skid row and passing that knowledge down? Brits don’t suffer short term memory loss like their Yank cousins.

3 Destro  Wed, Apr 10, 2013 12:30:59pm

Look at the joy in this man’s face at the news of Thatcher’s death!

4 celticdragon  Wed, Apr 10, 2013 1:22:17pm

re: #1 Political Atheist

The funny thing is they actually believe that scapegoat crap. LOL. Wonder how many of these people were even alive during her term. There was no easy way out of the crisis of the day.

I honestly did not know that there was still so much visceral hatred of her at this point, but then again, look at the poll tax riots in England and Scotland that led to her resignation. That was an absolute debacle.

5 Political Atheist  Wed, Apr 10, 2013 1:28:14pm

re: #2 Destro

Tough economic times that long predated Maggie put people on skid row, not any particular politician. That’s why scapegoat applies so exquisitely well at this point. The kind relationship she enjoyed with Reagan just makes that all the more exaggerated. Favorites to hate is basically what the critics have and little else.

Celebrating the death of a national leader, Britains first scientist & first woman leader just shows who is a sad sorry sack o crap. I salute them with a single middle finger from each hand.

An honest look at the controversies and hard decisions and certainly mistakes she made is one thing. Celebrating a death with song is just the acts of angry immature personalities.

Margaret Thatcher’s political career has been one of the most remarkable of modern times. Born in October 1925 at Grantham, a small market town in eastern England, she rose to become the first (and for two decades the only) woman to lead a major Western democracy. She won three successive General Elections and served as British Prime Minister for more than eleven years (1979-90), a record unmatched in the twentieth century.

During her term of office she reshaped almost every aspect of British politics, reviving the economy, reforming outdated institutions, and reinvigorating the nation’s foreign policy. She challenged and did much to overturn the psychology of decline which had become rooted in Britain since the Second World War, pursuing national recovery with striking energy and determination.

In the process, Margaret Thatcher became one of the founders, with Ronald Reagan, of a school of conservative conviction politics, which has had a powerful and enduring impact on politics in Britain and the United States and earned her a higher international profile than any British politician since Winston Churchill.

By successfully shifting British economic and foreign policy to the right, her governments helped to encourage wider international trends which broadened and deepened during the 1980s and 1990s, as the end of the Cold War, the spread of democracy, and the growth of free markets strengthened political and economic freedom in every continent.

Margaret Thatcher became one of the world’s most influential and respected political leaders, as well as one of the most controversial, dynamic, and plain-spoken, a reference point for friends and enemies alike.

6 kirkspencer  Wed, Apr 10, 2013 1:46:36pm

re: #5 Political Atheist

Tough economic times that long predated Maggie put people on skid row, not any particular politician. That’s why scapegoat applies so exquisitely well at this point. The kind relationship she enjoyed with Reagan just makes that all the more exaggerated. Favorites to hate is basically what the critics have and little else.

Celebrating the death of a national leader, Britains first scientist & first woman leader just shows who is a sad sorry sack o crap. I salute them with a single middle finger from each hand.

An honest look at the controversies and hard decisions and certainly mistakes she made is one thing. Celebrating a death with song is just the acts of angry immature personalities.

A year after Maggie took over, England’s GDP went into decline and continued to do so for seven years. Even on its reversal it remained below the “potential”, only recovering in 2004 (14 years after she left office). During her tenure social programs were slashed while at the same time unemployment was increasing.

Celebrating her death with a song is actually rather mild for people who underwent long-term disruption specifically due to her policies. She could qualify as scapegoat as this was actually due to her entire party’s stances, but I have difficulty with calling leaders scapegoats.

7 Destro  Wed, Apr 10, 2013 2:05:01pm

re: #5 Political Atheist

re: #6 kirkspencer

I know people in England who were literally starving on a daily basis for food as she slashed food programs.

Here is a comment from youtube:

Because she fucked the country up.  So many of us were beyond poverty and my father almost lost his life due to exhaustion trying to work for money on so little food

The people cheering at here death were in school and she literally took milk away from them. If you are a kid you don’t remember much but you remember someone taking your milk away.


How many times have you heard of Republicans wanting to slash and eliminate school lunch programs?

Under her watch the UK lost industry. Under Thatcher the UK nation that helped invent the industrial revolution de-industrialized just so her wealthy backers could export work to slave labor China and not deal with a free people.

France did not de-industrialize. Germany did not de-industrialize. The UK did and the USA almost did. The Reagan/Thatcherites thought banking service money for the elite was the new “IT” thing and it is no surprise that the near catastrophe of a collapse we suffered originated in London and New York.

8 Political Atheist  Wed, Apr 10, 2013 2:42:14pm

re: #7 Destro

Thatcher reminds you of the modern GOP? The same GOP that would kickl your favorite US whipping boy Reagan to the curb?

Her critics like Galloway remind me of those who have Obama Derangement Syndrome. Nobody gets a magic wand when elected. The idea a left wing winner would have saved the day without terrible touch choices and policies is pure fantasy. You guys that ding me for objecting to such a sad display of contempt, fine but you must admit the legacy is far from one sided. She has her fans who make a good case for her tough decisions.

But opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband acknowledged her impact on Britain.

‘Whatever your view of her, Margaret Thatcher was a unique and towering figure,’ he said in answer to Cameron’s comments.

Thatcher’s son Mark said his twin sister Carol and the rest of their family had been ‘overwhelmed’ by messages of support they had received from around the globe. Their mother died at London’s Ritz Hotel after a stroke.

Mark said that Thatcher would have been ‘greatly honoured’ by Queen Elizabeth II’s decision to attend her funeral next Wednesday, a rare honour from the monarch only accorded to Winston Churchill.

The ceremony will be held at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, where British armed forces personnel from units associated with the Falklands conflict will bear her coffin. A total of 700 military personnel will be involved.

Cameron said her casket would also be draped with the British flag as it was transported on a gun carriage to the cathedral, saying: ‘This will be a fitting salute to a great prime minister.’

9 Destro  Wed, Apr 10, 2013 10:40:53pm

Thatcher’s son Mark, the Africa coup plotter is grateful? How nice.

10 Jimmah  Thu, Apr 11, 2013 3:06:22am

re: #1 Political Atheist

The funny thing is they actually believe that scapegoat crap. LOL. Wonder how many of these people were even alive during her term. There was no easy way out of the crisis of the day.

Wonder how many of her apologists online here even lived in the country or have a clue what they are talking about?

11 Gus  Thu, Apr 11, 2013 7:59:08am
12 Political Atheist  Fri, Apr 12, 2013 8:51:35am

re: #10 Jimmah

That would be the ones from there. Not at all hard to find. The term would be supporter. I’m not saying they are right necessarily, I’m saying the bottom line about Maggie Thatcher is not a critics exclusive.


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