Folks are so backwards nowadays........
Clowns still falling asleep on almond milk......lol at ppl being mad behind and drinking cows milk in 2013 . Losers!!
Almond milk is where its at
But in all seriousness from everything I read about her in the past she was like the female version of Ronald Reagan
Good riddance.. Hundreds of people flooded to the streets in England to celebrate.
These left wingers hate Margaret Thatcher because she exposed socialism as the inherent failure that it is. When she became prime minister Britain was going broke and experiencing stagflation. She pretty much came in and began privatizing alot of industries and cutting taxes and reallly help turned their economy around. One of the best things she did that no one talks about is working to keep the British pound as their currency. Otherwise they might have ended up like Greece and the other socialist basket cases in Europe.
Oh, and there is that whole thing about helping to bring down communism in Europe.
WikiLeaks: Thatcher "terribly British", according to diplomatic cables
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Several diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks on Monday described the political rise of the "new star of British politics", Margaret Thatcher, including his first year at the head of the Conservative party.
By Gaëlle LE ROUX (Text)
At a time when the world learned of the death of Margaret Thatcher, WikiLeaks published a series of U.S. diplomatic cables exchanged between 1973 and the end of 1976. Some comment, so sometimes biting, the rise of which will become the first woman to head a government in the United Kingdom. "Both inside and outside the conservative camp, it is commonly regarded as 'best man' party," wrote fierce, the U.S. ambassador stationed in London, November 24, 1974 , three months before Margaret Thatcher takes the head of the Conservative party.
Later, in October 1975, a few days after the first trip of the Tories number one in the United States, a note points to the attitude "naive, sometimes shopgirl," Thatcher when she praised the warm welcome Atlantic. "Some people criticize the fact that she interpreted personal and unofficial respects which it has been the Americans, when they host the same way all the leaders of British political parties," says the message.
"A good political sense"
However, the majority of the cables remain on Margaret Thatcher for less laudatory. It is described in the early diplomatic notes as a "brilliant woman, intelligent and hardworking" and "has a very good political sense." "If some conservatives will not easily accept a woman leader of the party, no doubt however its capabilities, "said the U.S. embassy in London in November 1974.
Behind some character traits that the eyes of Washington shall give its early heyday is already taking shape that we nicknamed few years later the Iron Lady. "Becoming a leader of a party largely composed of chauvinist chauvinistic is a remarkable victory for Mrs Thatcher, who has demonstrated courage, skill and determination," says admiringly, Ambassador of the United States, February 15 1975 , just after the election of Margaret Thatcher at the head of the Conservative party. Determination and hard task to recur often in the cables that follow. "She is energetic, it is also a prodigious worker, extremely well organized," the diplomat, apparently conquered.
"Archetype of the matron of province"
After the "daring commando operation [Thatcher] on the party leadership," that the U.S. embassy in London dubbed the "new star British politics" is the subject of a biographical note further. "Mrs Thatcher embodies a dream come true middle class," begins the report. "This is not a surprise that defends the values ​​of the middle class save, work hard, obey the law and order," he says. "She embodies the true voice of the bourgeoisie at bay, anxious about its purchasing power. [...] This earned him the nickname of 'pasionaria privileges of the middle classes".
An image of the middle-class high that it sticks to the skin, for better and for worse. "Her dress perfect manners compelling charm conventional and somewhat forced and, above all, his high-pitched voice, make her the archetypal matron province, terribly English" describes, uncompromising American diplomat who, six months later, once again insist on "quite unpleasant voice" of Margaret Thatcher. Faults on which it will have to work, said the diplomat. "If she has the ambition to become the first woman head of government in the United Kingdom, it will have to use the remaining time [before the elections in 1979, Ed] to humanize the image and returns it expand its electoral base. " Then, visionary, ambassador concludes, February 15, 1975: "For the moment, everything is against it. But after the coup amazing it is to succeed, some people might say it can not come to settle at 10 Downing Street. "
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 8, 2013
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Statement from the President on the Passing of Baroness Margaret Thatcher
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With the passing of Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the world has lost one of the great champions of freedom and liberty, and America has lost a true friend.* As a grocer’s daughter who rose to become Britain’s first female prime minister, she stands as an example to our daughters that there is no glass ceiling that can’t be shattered.* As prime minister, she helped restore the confidence and pride that has always been the hallmark of Britain at its best.* And as an unapologetic supporter of our transatlantic alliance, she knew that with strength and resolve we could win the Cold War and extend freedom’s promise.
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Here in America, many of us will never forget her standing shoulder to shoulder with President Reagan, reminding the world that we are not simply carried along by the currents of history—we can shape them with moral conviction, unyielding courage and iron will.** Michelle and I send our thoughts to the Thatcher family and all the British people as we carry on the work to which she dedicated her life—free peoples standing together, determined to write our own destiny.
Margaret Thatcher 'unabashedly racist' - Australia FM
Australia's Foreign Minister Bob Carr has described comments made by Baroness Thatcher as "unabashedly racist".
In a conversation with her "in her retirement", Mr Carr said the former UK prime minister had warned Australia against Asian immigration.
She said "if we allowed too much of it we'd see the natives of the land, the European settlers, overtaken by migrants", he said.
Lady Thatcher, 87, died on Monday after suffering a series of strokes.
Mr Carr made his comments on the Australian broadcaster ABC's Lateline programme.
He said he had been "astonished" at the comments by Lady Thatcher, which were made while his Malaysian-born wife Helena was "standing not far away" but was "fortunately out of earshot".
But he said he retained respect for the "boldness of her political leadership".
'Out of touch'
Mr Carr prefaced his comments by saying Lady Thatcher had been "the most significant" leader since Winston Churchill, forcing social democratic parties to "think more deeply about the function of the state". She had been "right in joining [former US President Ronald] Reagan and denouncing the old Soviet Union as an evil dictatorship", he said.
"On 100 other things I would pick arguments with her and I recall one conversation I had with her in her retirement where she said something that was unabashedly racist, where she warned Australia - talking to me with Helena standing not far away - against Asian immigration, saying that if we allowed too much of it we'd see the natives of the land, the European settlers, overtaken by migrants.
"I couldn't believe it. It reminded me that despite, yes, her greatness on those big questions, the role of the state, the evil nature of the Communist totalitarianism, there was an old-fashioned quality to her that was entirely out of touch and probably explained why her party removed her in the early 90s."
He went on to recall: "I remember one thing she said as part of that conversation, she said: 'You will end up like Fiji.' She said: 'I like Sydney but you can't allow the migrants' - and in context she meant Asian migration - 'to take over, otherwise you will end up like Fiji where the Indian migrants have taken over.'
"I was so astonished I don't think I could think of an appropriate reply."
Lady Thatcher will be buried with full military honours at London's St Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday 17 April.
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lets also not forget her attacks on Mandela and the ANC and her support of the apartheid regime in SA, her son penchant for overthrowing African governments or her Daughters 'gollywog' statement
Oh God, not a 'gollywog' statement. Anything but a 'gollywog' statement. Um, what the fukk is a gollywog?