Ronald Reagan, Good and Faithful Servant.

Today the funeral for President Ronald Reagan has occured, and as I type this, the airplane bearing his coffin is passing over his birthplace in Illinois. In a few hours, he will be laid in the ground at his resting place in California.

Truly, he was the greatest president of the 20th century. He certainly was one of the top presidents of all time.

His legacy will remain.

Even his enemies, at least the decent ones, repsected the man.

Unfortunately, shamefully, there are those who cannot wait until his body is laid to rest before they start with their attacks, their whining.

I am watching the funeral coverage on TV, and during a lull when they go through some of the other news, the anchorman says that there are protests in San Francisco over Ronald Reagan's poclicies. Protests. Against a dead man. Is that shameful or what?

Indeed, I have seen people of the liberal persuasion post all sorts of vitrol on the internet, in the newspapers, on TV, in any media, all in the name of "balance." Balance? Ronald Reagan has been out of the White Houce since 1988! Liberals have had sixteen years to complain about Ronald Reagan's presidency. This week, the nation mourns for him. And people of the liberal persuasion feel this very week is the time to vent their ugliness? That is balance? I hope they don't mind a huge load of "balance" when president Clinton passes on. There will be a lot of "balance", to be sure.

Even if you look at Reagan's most controversial scandal, the Iran/Contra affair, even that was done ultimately for what he believed to be the best interests of America. Ronald Reagan, correctly I believe, took the view that preventing a Communist takeover of Central America was a goal worth pursing, even if that goal required obtaining funding from, well "alternate sources".

In short, even Reagan's scandals were for the good of the USA. Can you say that about the scandals of other 20th century presidents?

I believe Ronald Reagan entered the presence of the LORD to the words "Well done, good and faithful servant."