Ronald Reagan Inauguration Speech 1/20/1981

Senator Hatfield, Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. President, Vice President Bush, Vice President Mondale, Senator Baker, Speaker O’Neill, Reverend Moomaw, and my fellow citizens: To a few of us here today, this is a solemn and most momentous occasion; and yet, in the history of our Nation, it is a commonplace occurrence. The orderly transfer of authority as called for in the Constitution routinely takes place as it has for almost two centuries and few of us stop to think how unique we really are. In the eyes of many in the world, this every-4-year ceremony we accept as normal is nothing less than a miracle.
Mr. President, I want our fellow citizens to know how much you did to carry on this tradition. By your gracious cooperation in the transition process, you have shown a watching world that we are a united people pledged to maintaining a political system which guarantees individual liberty to a greater degree than any other, and I thank you and your people for all your help in maintaining the continuity which is the bulwark of our Republic.
The business of our nation goes forward. These United States are confronted with an economic affliction of great proportions. We suffer from the longest and one of the worst sustained inflations in our national history. It distorts our economic decisions, penalizes thrift, and crushes the struggling young and the fixed- income elderly alike. It threatens to shatter the lives of millions of our people.
Idle industries have cast workers into unemployment, causing human misery and personal indignity. Those who do work are denied a fair return for their labor by a tax system which penalizes successful achievement and keeps us from maintaining full productivity.

But great as our tax burden is, it has not kept pace with public spending. For decades, we have piled deficit upon deficit, mortgaging our future and our children’s future for the temporary convenience of the present. To continue this long trend is to guarantee tremendous social, cultural, political, and economic upheavals.
You and I, as individuals, can, by borrowing, live beyond our means, but for only a limited period of time. Why, then, should we think that collectively, as a nation, we are not bound by that same limitation?
We must act today in order to preserve tomorrow. And let there be no misunderstanding--we are going to begin to act, beginning today.
The economic ills we suffer have come upon us over several decades. They will not go away in days, weeks, or months, but they will go away. They will go away because we, as Americans, have the capacity now, as we have had in the past, to do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion of freedom.
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem.
From time to time, we have been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. But if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the burden. The solutions we seek must be equitable, with no one group singled out to pay a higher price.
We hear much of special interest groups. Our concern must be for a special interest group that has been too long neglected. It knows no sectional boundaries or ethnic and racial divisions, and it crosses political party lines. It is made up of men and women who raise our food, patrol our streets, man our mines and our factories, teach our children, keep our homes, and heal us when we are sick--professionals, industrialists, shopkeepers, clerks, cabbies, and truckdrivers. They are, in short, “We the people,” this breed called Americans.
Well, this administration’s objective will be a healthy, vigorous, growing economy that provides equal opportunity for all Americans, with no barriers born of bigotry or discrimination. Putting America back to work means putting all Americans back to work. Ending inflation means freeing all Americans from the terror of runaway living costs. All must share in the productive work of this “new beginning” and all must share in the bounty of a revived economy. With the idealism and fair play which are the core of our system and our strength, we can have a strong and prosperous America at peace with itself and the world.
So, as we begin, let us take inventory. We are a nation that has a government--not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the Earth. Our Government has no power except that granted it by the people. It is time to check and reverse the growth of government which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed.
It is my intention to curb the size and influence of the Federal establishment and to demand recognition of the distinction between the powers granted to the Federal Government and those reserved to the States or to the people. All of us need to be reminded that the Federal Government did not create the States; the States created the Federal Government.
Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it is not my intention to do away with government. It is, rather, to make it work-work with us, not over us; to stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it.
If we look to the answer as to why, for so many years, we achieved so much, prospered as no other people on Earth, it was because here, in this land, we unleashed the energy and individual genius of man to a greater extent than has ever been done before. Freedom and the dignity of the individual have been more available and assured here than in any other place on Earth. The price for this freedom at times has been high, but we have never been unwilling to pay that price.
It is no coincidence that our present troubles parallel and are proportionate to the intervention and intrusion in our lives that result from unnecessary and excessive growth of government. It is time for us to realize that we are too great a nation to limit ourselves to small dreams. We are not, as some would have us believe, loomed to an inevitable decline. I do not believe in a fate that will all on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing. So, with all the creative energy at our command, let us begin an era of national renewal. Let us renew our determination, our courage, and our strength. And let us renew; our faith and our hope.
We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we are in a time when there are no heroes just don’t know where to look. You can see heroes every day going in and out of factory gates. Others, a handful in number, produce enough food to feed all of us and then the world beyond. You meet heroes across a counter--and they are on both sides of that counter. There are entrepreneurs with faith in themselves and faith in an idea who create new jobs, new wealth and opportunity. They are individuals and families whose taxes support the Government and whose voluntary gifts support church, charity, culture, art, and education. Their patriotism is quiet but deep. Their values sustain our national life.
I have used the words “they” and “their” in speaking of these heroes. I could say “you” and “your” because I am addressing the heroes of whom I speak--you, the citizens of this blessed land. Your dreams, your hopes, your goals are going to be the dreams, the hopes, and the goals of this administration, so help me God.
We shall reflect the compassion that is so much a part of your makeup. How can we love our country and not love our countrymen, and loving them, reach out a hand when they fall, heal them when they are sick, and provide opportunities to make them self- sufficient so they will be equal in fact and not just in theory?
Can we solve the problems confronting us? Well, the answer is an unequivocal and emphatic “yes.” To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world’s strongest economy.
In the days ahead I will propose removing the roadblocks that have slowed our economy and reduced productivity. Steps will be taken aimed at restoring the balance between the various levels of government. Progress may be slow--measured in inches and feet, not miles--but we will progress. Is it time to reawaken this industrial giant, to get government back within its means, and to lighten our punitive tax burden. And these will be our first priorities, and on these principles, there will be no compromise.
On the eve of our struggle for independence a man who might have been one of the greatest among the Founding Fathers, Dr. Joseph Warren, President of the Massachusetts Congress, said to his fellow Americans, “Our country is in danger, but not to be despaired of.... On you depend the fortunes of America. You are to decide the important questions upon which rests the happiness and the liberty of millions yet unborn. Act worthy of yourselves.”
Well, I believe we, the Americans of today, are ready to act worthy of ourselves, ready to do what must be done to ensure happiness and liberty for ourselves, our children and our children’s children.
And as we renew ourselves here in our own land, we will be seen as having greater strength throughout the world. We will again be the exemplar of freedom and a beacon of hope for those who do not now have freedom.
To those neighbors and allies who share our freedom, we will strengthen our historic ties and assure them of our support and firm commitment. We will match loyalty with loyalty. We will strive for mutually beneficial relations. We will not use our friendship to impose on their sovereignty, for or own sovereignty is not for sale.
As for the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is the highest aspiration of the American people. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it; we will not surrender for it--now or ever.
Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is required to preserve our national security, we will act. We will maintain sufficient strength to prevail if need be, knowing that if we do so we have the best chance of never having to use that strength.
Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today’s world do not have. It is a weapon that we as Americans do have. Let that be understood by those who practice terrorism and prey upon their neighbors.
I am told that tens of thousands of prayer meetings are being held on this day, and for that I am deeply grateful. We are a nation under God, and I believe God intended for us to be free. It would be fitting and good, I think, if on each Inauguration Day in future years it should be declared a day of prayer.
This is the first time in history that this ceremony has been held, as you have been told, on this West Front of the Capitol. Standing here, one faces a magnificent vista, opening up on this city’s special beauty and history. At the end of this open mall are those shrines to the giants on whose shoulders we stand.
Directly in front of me, the monument to a monumental man: George Washington, Father of our country. A man of humility who came to greatness reluctantly. He led America out of revolutionary victory into infant nationhood. Off to one side, the stately memorial to Thomas Jefferson. The Declaration of Independence flames with his eloquence.
And then beyond the Reflecting Pool the dignified columns of the Lincoln Memorial. Whoever would understand in his heart the meaning of America will find it in the life of Abraham Lincoln.
Beyond those monuments to heroism is the Potomac River, and on the far shore the sloping hills of Arlington National Cemetery with its row on row of simple white markers bearing crosses or Stars of David. They add up to only a tiny fraction of the price that has been paid for our freedom.
Each one of those markers is a monument to the kinds of hero I spoke of earlier. Their lives ended in places called Belleau Wood, The Argonne, Omaha Beach, Salerno and halfway around the world on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Pork Chop Hill, the Chosin Reservoir, and in a hundred rice paddies and jungles of a place called Vietnam.
Under one such marker lies a young man--Martin Treptow--who left his job in a small town barber shop in 1917 to go to France with the famed Rainbow Division. There, on the western front, he was killed trying to carry a message between battalions under heavy artillery fire.
We are told that on his body was found a diary. On the flyleaf under the heading, “My Pledge,” he had written these words: “America must win this war. Therefore, I will work, I will save, I will sacrifice, I will endure, I will fight cheerfully and do my utmost, as if the issue of the whole struggle depended on me alone.”
The crisis we are facing today does not require of us the kind of sacrifice that Martin Treptow and so many thousands of others were called upon to make. It does require, however, our best effort, and our willingness to believe in ourselves and to believe in our capacity to perform great deeds; to believe that together, with God’s help, we can and will resolve the problems which now confront us.
And, after all, why shouldn’t we believe that? We are Americans. God bless you, and thank you.

$282.00 PC with Mouse,Keyboard and CTR

I started with a PC Case for $5.00. Motherboard MSI P6NGM-L on board video & audio in a Micro ATX $ 50.00.

eBay $ 16.00 2 1/2 in. Hard Drive with ATA adapter.

OEM DVD-RW for $ 34.00. Pentium Dual Core E2200 2.2 GHz CPU $ $68.92.

Two GB PC4200 DDR2 533 MHz memory $43.44.

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All Copper CPU Cooler with Quiet Fan $38.00.

A $ 15.00 250watt Power Supply.

Pink Paint $ 2.25,Peg Board $2.25 Lowe's, and a second hand store Mouse $1.00, Keyboard $1.00, with a $ 5.00 CTR Monitor.

Building a Cheap PC

Talk is cheap, so no cheap shots. Building a $200 PC will be a cheap trick so sit down in the cheap seats and get your cheap thrills.
I will start my project looking for a case. I called a local PC shop. My first call a Pentium IV for $5.00. I'll use the case. My project will go to my eight year old Niece Rachael.

If you overclock or

If you over clock or have issues try this. Set in Bios the ram and front-side bus to unlinked mode, so ram run at stock speed 800 Mhz.

Looking for an OS but finished some time ago

The PC is together and need to buy an operation system. Spent most of my money, still paying off credit cards. I put in a linux disk and it ran great off the CD Rom Drive.
How this for an ebay add?Quality Killer Gaming PC
I’ve looked around for a quality gaming machine but could not find anything in my price range with top notch parts. They all cut corners, cheap Motherboards with little room for upgrade, less then top of the line video cards, little memory and small hard drives. I can do better and so can you.
I built this PC to be quiet, fast, with name brand parts with lots of room for upgrade. This is what you are buying.
A Premium motherboard with a limited lifetime warranty. EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 LGA 775 Motherboard, NForce 680i SLI Chipset, that supports Intel Core 2 Extreme/ Core 2 Quad/ Core 2 Duo and Dual DDR2 1200 MHz up to 8 Gbs. This MOBO offers the tools and performance PC enthusiasts demand. With select SLI-Ready memory you get automatic access to special memory performance for system overclocking.
A desktop Windows based utility to adjust CPU and memory speed without rebooting. True 2 X 16 PCI Express SLI Support, NVIDIA SLI Ready memory, NVIDIA SLI Certified components and a PCIe slot for graphics expansion. Dual DDR2 Memory architecture.
NVIDIA Mediashield Storage, multi disk setup, disk alert system, RAID Morphing, Bootable Multidisk Array with up to six SATA 3 Gbs/s drives.
NVIDIA Networking delivers the highest networking throughput at the lowest CPU utilization, fastest Ethernet performance. First Packet technology. NVIDIA DualNet technology. With the Dual Gigabit Ethernet technology, and Teaming that allows the two connections to work together providing up to twice the Ethernet bandwidth. The Dual LAN 10/100/1000 Mbit /s.
Onboard High Definition Audio (HDA) delivers 192 kHz / 32-bit quality for eight channels and a S/PDTF Output. Eight USB 2 ports at 480 Mbps transmission rate.
Two 1394a fire wire ports with 400 Mbps transmission rate with Hot Plug Support.
Outboard Audio, Dual PCI Express X 16 Support, Two PCI Slots and two Express X 1 expansion slots. This is a great expandable Premium Motherboard.
The CPU
I went with the Core 2 Duo Processor E6850, LGA775 Pkg 3GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 1333MHz FSB. A new Core 2 that idols at 3 GHz running 1333 MHz FSB. Its not a cheaper Core 2 Duo 1.86 GHz with a stock speed of 1066 overclocked to 1752 MHz running 3 GHz.. This Core 2 Duo E6850 will overclock well beyond 3 GHz.
This CPU comes with a 3 year limited manufactures warranty.
The CPU Cooler I choose for extreme overclocking is the Artic cooling Freezer 7 Pro. Twice the size of the stock heatsink with a large vary quiet fan.
The Quality Name Brand memory I choose is the NVIDIA SLI Ready matched pair by Corsair.
The Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB Kit DDR2-800 XMS2-6400 Xtreme with a total of 4 GB installed. All 4 DDR DIMM Slots are full .
The quality power supply I choose is a Rosewill RX850-S-B 850W SLI Ready. This Power Supply has four 12volt Rails with all the cables needed to fill this case with video cards and hard drives. The power supply has a large quiet fan and has up to 85%
Efficiency, 80 % at maximum load. Peak Power 930W / 12/sec.
The Video Card I choose is the VGA EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR 8800GTS R. This is a screaming card on its own, and when the prices come down , you can upgrade to Dual 8800GTS easily. Everything needed for the SLI Kit is on board and ready to almost double performance. The card features: NVIDIA SLI Ready, full Microsoft DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0 support, NVIDIA Quantum Effects physics processing technology True 128 floating point high dynamic-range HDR lighting . NVIDIA unified architecture with GigaThread technology. NVIDIA PureVidio technology, 16x full screen anti-aliasing. Built for Microsoft Windows Vista. Two dual-link DVI output support two 2560 x 1600 resolution displays. NVIDIA ForceWare Unified Driver Architecture UDA , PCI Express support, OpenGL 2.0 Support and HDCP Capable.
Don’t be fooled by those Gaming machines with the 320 MB 8800 GTS.
This card has 640 MB DDR3 only 128 MB less then that $700 GTX. The GTS is core clock runs at 500MHz instead of the 575MHz of the GTX and the memory clocks at 800MHz instead of the 900MHz of the GTX. Not worth the extra $$$$ just to brag you have the fastest card on the planet.
The drives I choose are Two Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s hard drives. These SATA drives can be configured RAID 0 (striped) for one hug 1000 GB (terabyte) drive for maximum throughput performance or RAID 1 (mirroring) for high performance and maximum reliability. Or add up to 6 drives. With the multi disk setup wizard-based interface, you can effortlessly set up your drives for better data protection, faster disk access or maximum storage capacity. MediaShield automatically selects RAID 0,1,0+1, or 5 configuration according to your needs. Advanced users can access RAID options directly. Dual RAID 5 takes advantage of the SATA 3Gb/s with full support for native and tagged command quening and Hot Plug.
The optical drive is a I/O MAGIC DVD + -- R/RW Dual Format Double Layer 18X with LightScribe Direct Disk Labeling with up to 8.5 GB Per Disc data storage. I added a 1.44 floppy drive.
The beautiful Antec Nine Hundred Advanced Gaming Case is a great case with four adjustable fans, (low medium High) and one of the largest 200mm fan on the top just above the processor. The Power Supply mounts on the bottom of the case. Two fans on the front of the case taking in cool air over the hard drives. There is easy access to the Motherboard with thumb screws to open the case. The two 3 bay hard drives also slide out of the cast with thumb screws. The black case comes with a see through side cover, blue fans, a tray on top for your digital camera and front access to 2 USB ports, a 1392a (firewire) port, a mic in and audio out.
I built this with Vista Ready components but you can add whatever Operating System you like, that’s up to you. Just pop in the Vista DVD in the DVD tray , turn it off the power then back on and follow the prompts. When your done with the OS install load the Motherboard drivers, DVD programs and the video card driver and your done. Geek Squad will do it for a price.
You probable have your favorite Monitor, Key Board, Mouse, sound system and preferred Operating System, (they are not offered.) The CPU has been burned in, (run for 3 days) no problems. It comes with full documentation , all manuals and software.
I want $ 2500.00 and $50 UPS Ground Shipping insurance included. Guarantied not to be dead on arrival. You can’t buy a higher quality, more upgradeable, easily to overclock, Gaming PC for the money. Cashers Check, Pay Pal, or Personal check. Shipped only after your check clears your bank. Payment expected within a few days of purchase.

# 11 Installing CPU and CPU Cooler

Begin by unclipping the metal arm and flipping open the metal plate that will secure the CPU, Figures 1 and 2. Remove the plastic cover being careful not to touch the delicate pins that are now exposed inside the CPU socket, figure 3. Grip the CPU by the sides with notches and remove the plastic cover on the underside of the CPU being careful not to touch the underside, figure 4. The CPU and the Socket have notches to keep the CPU properly aligned. Carefully lower it in while keeping it parallel to the socket. Be careful to lower it flat in place without dropping one side or sliding it around. Lower the loading plate and lock the retention arm, figures 5 and 6. To add the heat sink in many cases can be done with the board out of the case. My Freezer PRO 7 is larger then the stock cooler and I will install in after mounting the board in the case. My Freezer Pro7 already had thermal paste applied. Some however do not. You only need about a small drop of paste in the center of the CPU. To mount your heatsink first make sure the four latching mechanism is up and open in a counterclockwise position.
Lower the heatsink into the four holes by use your fingers to push down until you hear a snap. You will want to push down on the sides across from each other. If you don’t hear a snap turn the latching mechanism clockwise and push down again. It has been my experience that it will snap and lock at the same time.
If they do snap down turn the locking mechanism clockwise to lock them down. Now finish but pushing the other pins in place.

#10 Building your new PC

I like to start out by surveying all the components. Making sure I have screw drivers, nut drivers, and static glove before I begin. I’ll look at the number of mounting points on the Mother board and install all the brass standoffs in the cases on the mounting surface. In my case there are ten mounting points to install. These brass standoffs should be torque down tightly with out over doing it. You want them to stay put and not to back out if you have to remove the motherboard in the future.
While I’m in the case I will also remove the rectangular I/O shield that came with the case and install the one that came with the motherboard being careful to snap it in to match the motherboard ports.
In my case the power supply will need to be installed . My power supply has the fan on the top so I will install it that way. Other power supplies may have the fan on the bottom. In any case the fan should be oriented so the fan is free to take in air free of restrictions.
The optical drive can be installed next. It has 4 screws on each side. I will put the drive in the top spot in the case and avoid any conflict with the motherboard and its other components.
And last step is installing the hard drives. I will mount them in the bottom of the case.
Each of these drives will have four screws to secure them in place. I always make sure I have the right size and thread type before I put in the drives. If the screw doesn’t fit the hole all you will end up with are striped or broken screws or worse yet metal filings where the ought not be.
Another caution don’t touch electric components that may be exposed on the underside of the Hard Drives or mother board. If you live in a dry aria where static electricity is present be very careful to discharge your self by grounding yourself before touching any electronic component, a static glove is always a good investment.