Let us tell you an instructive moral fable: Once upon a time there was a President, America’s Greatest, who was so Great that even though a crazy person shot him, and he bled profusely, he did not die, but went to stay president for years and years and years and fix all of our problems. And all the members of the medical team that worked to save the president’s life recognized his Greatness, but in some ways they were like children, feeling the warmth of his glowing Greatness without having the intellectual equipment to understand his Message. That’s why one lab technician took home a few drops of his blood, squirreling it away to worship it dumbly like a bogus relic from some Papist saint. It took until a generation had passed before someone had the Wisdom to know what the president would have really wanted: for that blood to go up on the open market, with the Invisible Hand determining its value. Why are so many communists so determined to stop you from buying Ronald Reagan’s blood?
So there is a vial containing a few drops of Reagan-blood that a lady took from a medical lab in Columbia (with the permission of her supervisor!) in 1981, and it was the only thing the family owned that one anonymous and enterprising anonymous son wanted to inherit, because he loved Ronald Reagan, and making money, and making money from Ronald Reagan’s dried blood. But what happened when he finally tried to put this plan into operation?
About 3 to 4 months ago, I contacted the Reagan National Library and spoke to the head of the library, a Federal Agent. I told him what I had, how I came across it and so on. We spoke for about 45 minutes. The reason that I contacted the Reagan National Library was to see if they would like to purchase it from me. He indicated that if I was interested in donating it he would see to it that he would take care of all of the arrangements.
Is the head librarian at the Reagan Library really a Federal Agent? Does he, as a result, have the power to call in the Black Helicopters, who are always looking to crush freedom? Answer: apparently yes!
Prior to hanging up the phone, he said to me, do me a favor, don’t move from where you are, I will call you back within 30 minutes but I have to make a couple of phone calls to seek legal counsel, consult with National Archives, the FBI and other three or four letter agencies that I have heard of. I said am I in any kind of trouble or will there be some black cars/suv’s or helicopters hovering above my home and he said not yet but possibly in the very near future depending on what he learned from the phone calls he had to make. told him alright, I will not move from where I was sitting and would await his return call.
You have to admire this fellow’s commitment to Reaganism. After all, Ronald Reagan promised a return to law and order after the chaos of the ’60s, and helped expand the national security state, for the benefit of all mankind. If that meant that someone could be whisked away to a secret CIA torture center just for trying to sell a vial of Reagan’s blood, then so be it, he’ll just wait by the phone, waiting for the head librarian to trace the call back to his address.
He called back in 25 minutes and said that everything was ok, National Archives was not interested in what I had, nor was the Secret Service, the FBI and other agencies. Since 30 years had passed by, he thought that it was simply something that was of no importance at this time and that I was free to do with whatever I wanted with it. He then stated that he felt the family would be interested in it being returned to them and if I was interested in doing so to contact him and he would make all of the arrangements. I told him that I didn’t think that was something that I was going to consider, since I had served under Pres. Reagan when he was my Commander in Chief when I was in the ARMY from ’87-’91 and that I was a real fan of Reaganomics and felt that Pres. Reagan himself would rather see me sell it rather than donating it.
If there’s one thing this man’s commander-in-chief would say if he rose from the grave, it would be “Fuck my family, I never liked them. Get money, son. GET MONEY.” So he bypassed eBay, which is based in Communist California, and instead set up an auction on PFCAuctions, a site based on Guernsey, which is one of Queen Elizabeth’s private islands and is therefore not subject to human law. You can read the whole dramatic story of Reagan’s Blood there, and even put in a bid to buy it yourself, if you have $10,000 or so! Now predictably all the Reagan Foundation people are outraged, even though they had their chance to stop this from happening by buying it themselves, how is it that they don’t even understand how the market works. [PFCAUctions/Daily Telegraph]





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Say, you know which other right-wing leader had a cult of blood worship built around him … ?
Ted Nugent?
Rick Santorum? Wait, that wasn't blood…
The Pope?
Jim Jones?
Kool Aid, duh.
Bela Lugosi?
Christine O'Donnell? Oh, wait…. she isn't a leader and SHE'S NOT A WITCH!
Geo. Washington?
Gene Simmons?
Blacula?
Chuck Colston?
Jesus?
We have a winner.
Jesus wasn't right wing! Guy was all about helping the poor and stuff!
Tell that to his followers.
Actual Jebus disagreed with you in the Sermon on the Mount:
Vampire Jesus gave his blood for you…
Now he wants it back.
Moctezuma II?
Billy Bob Thornton?
Jesus?
Oh, DAMN it!
Because Ronnie was all about selling things — General Electric Light bulbs, Chesterfield cigarettes, his soul…
… fellow actors…
20 Mule Team Borax!
Clone one for the Gipper!
Why do I suspect this swab is going to end up in some clandestine medical laboratory in Brazil?
I'm bidding on this as soon as I purchase my @Reagan.com email address.
PFCAuctions doesn't really sound that classy. You would think he would use a company with a bit of rank–Spec5Auctions maybe.
I want to buy Reagan's blood, so I can develop an antidote to stupidity.
For god's sake, build the electric fence FIRST!!
Jurassic Gore
More like "Bore"…
"They Cloned Raygun's Brain!"
"The Boys from Tampico"
"I had served under Pres. Reagan when he was my Commander in Chief when I was in the ARMY from ’87-’91"
From 87 to 91? Reagan left office in 1989, how dumb could someone be to get something that basic wrong…
"I was a real fan of Reaganomics"
Oh, that dumb. Yeah really stupid.
eh, Reagan, Bush, same diff
Mitt's going to buy it, and get it transfused into his body.
Bidding war between Mitt and Sarah Palin, she wants that blood crusted under her nails instead of from the Caribou [she supposedly butchered since she's a great Last Frontier Woman and whatnot.]
Nah…he's got plenty, what with the blood of jobless workers.
Won't that get the gears all stuck together?
For fuck's sake.
These freaks are just 20 years away from worshipping Reagan's penis.
They'll have to go in with crow bars and floor jacks to pry it out of Nancy's mouth.
C'mon, she's not still alive, is she?
I have fond memories of a giant diagram of the President's Prostate being discussed in great detail by experts one night on Macneil-Lehrer in the mid 80s.
"But even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked"
Not as valuable as Madonna's pap smear, though. Look, there's a pubic hair!
:::focusing microscope:::
Holy shit…Brittany Spear's panties!
Britney.
Fun Fact: Britney's parents are named Jamie and Lynn. Their daughters are named Britney and Jamie Lynn. From this, we can conclude that they know only three names, and can't spell one of them right.
It's like you just pasted together these bits and pieces from your "authoritative sources." I don't know. I'm beginning to suspect there's nothing really in there.
I hope monsanto buys him and uses his DNA to engineer a new strain of GM sour grapes.
I was hoping for a new line of toilet paper so I could wipe my ass with Reagan.
Right wingers need this as a lubricant to fap to.
What, they out of rentboy.com saliva?!
The holy blood of St. Reagan is not something to be bought and sold trivially!
About 3 to 4 months ago, I contacted the Reagan National Library and spoke to the head of the library, a Federal Agent.
Errrrrrrrrrrrr, uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh….
Nobody conflates statism and corporatism like a Regan fan.
As long as we tax the income made from the sale at the rates prevalent when Reagan was is office, I'm OK with this.
Boy, Johnny Depp sure looks like shit playing Barnabus Collins.
Meh, it's still better than he looked in the "Alice in Wonderland" remake.
Just don't use it to clone another washed up actor who couldn't remember his lines.
Hey! Tim Burton promised me that would never see the light of–
Oh. Um, nevermind, K?
Is there any way that we can exchange Reagan's blood for hostages? Or maybe exchange it for guns, which we could later exchange for hostages?
I have a feeling He'd want it that way.
BLOOD LIBEL!
I'm just glad I'm not reading about this guy's mom taking a souvenir from a Reagan stool sample.
She did. It's just not for sale. Some things are truly precious.
(Besides, aren't we all dealing with Reagan's leftover shit?)
Damn, bidding is up to about $13,200 U.S. I have a sneaky suspicion some Teajahdist is purchasing it and will donate it for another round of bidding at one of Mitten's fund raisers.
A fool and his money are soon departed.
If this guy needs money, why doesn't he just call up Obama and get on the welfare rolls in Chicago?
We begin bleeding in five minutes…
"felt that Pres. Reagan himself would rather see me sell it rather than donating it. "
What the ever loving fuck?!
This sounds like a 30 Rock joke, only real.
Sounds like an adventure for Tracy Jordan and Kenneth the Page. Tina Fey, you listening?
They forgot a present for Jack's birthday, and what else can you get for a man who owns Reagan's burial cufflinks?
Republican V.
I wonder what ever happened to the cancerous polyps they removed from his colon back in 1985. Those things would be worth a fortune.
They got elected to the House in 2010.
The picture of Ronnie looks kind of vampire-y. I see a future of Twilight-like right wing fanfic.
Better that than "50 Shades of Grey."
Ronnie always preferred one solid shade of unnatural.
We will raise an Army of Clones. To fight off the Obamatists Droids.
And when the time is right, they will execute Order 666.
Dibs on Bruce Campbell!
This man is mentally ill, no?
Considering the standards of wingnut Amerikkka, perhaps not.
I just always thought he was abysmally stupid, reactionary, and hiding some really mean-spirited sentiments behind that amiable smile for the cameras, but…
Oh, not Reagan; you meant the other guy.
Yes; yes, he is.
I'd like to see some Satanists buy it and use it in some ritual involving pentagrams, virgins, and black cats. Bet Cthulhu would even show up for that.
As for now, I’m in control here of Reagan's blood.-
Alexander Haig
Nicely done.
Thank you and good morning!
This gives new meaning to the term "trickle down."
Get the money; dollar, dollar bill, y'all.
"You can't shut me down. I paid for this microphage!"
Soon the GOP will be celebrating the Reagan Eucharist, eating and drinking the symbolic body and blood of Reagan and reciting the Our Reagan: Our Reagan, who art in supply-side heaven, hallowed be thy name, give us this day our tax breaks, as we cut the social programs that help the poor, and deliver us fom liberals, abortionists, and homos, thy small government come, thy military spending be done, forever and ever, amen.
Well, I guess this isn't any nuttier than hawking wood chips from the "True Cross," or squares of cloth from the "Turin Shroud."
Mark Twain on Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre:
Not far from here was a niche where they used to preserve a piece of the True Cross, but it is gone, now. This piece of the cross was discovered in the sixteenth century. The Latin priests say it was stolen away, long ago, by priests of another sect. That seems like a hard statement to make, but we know very well that it was stolen, because we have seen it ourselves in several of the cathedrals of Italy and France.
–The Innocents Abroad
Thank you for that quote. Innocents Abroad is one of my favorite Twain books of all time.
Indeed. Thanks to that book, I know never to get a shave from a barber in Italy.
I'm not sure why the Reagan camp is so outraged at the sale of a little bit of Reagan blood. I mean, the dude sold his fucking soul, so what's a little blood compared to that?
Conservatives worship Reagan the same way North Koreans have (fake) orgasms when they hear Kim Il Sung's name. Fucking sick.
What makes it even sicker is that the conservatives aren't faking their orgasms, and nobody is holding a gun to their heads. They're doing it of their own free will.
It is said that when one nears death, as might occur when one is shot in the chest, the body's autonomic systems take over and there can ensue a series of involuntary actions, for instance excretion and even ejaculation. To which I respond: "Semen or GTFO."
How much for a vial of Reagan's poop?
If there is any of Raygun's semen left in existence (and I sincerely hope that there is not), it must immediately be neutralized with holy water, and then flushed.
He should have been suspicious when the Federal Agent said he'd make all the arrangements. The Federal Agent who delivers my mail is never that cooperative, and in fact he gets mad if the dog bites him.
I've read that a new President gives several pints of blood which is carried in the Presidential limo or taken on board Air Force One in case surgery is needed. Someone must have Reagan's valuable emergency blood and even with the Gipper gone his blood is needed more than ever.
Think of the boost to Mitt Romney if he publicly was given a transfusion of that blood. Or the blood could be studied by scientists so as to create a vast ocean of True Conservative blood. Future candidates would pay millions for it, pundits would demand tests to ensure politicians had it coursing through their veins, and our entire society could be given a drop to make us all better Americans.
Well, blood does deteriorate over time, and since his blood was pretty weak to begin with…I mean, just look at Michael!
Don Delilo called and said he'd give you a grand for that idea.
Wow, Woody Allen's Sleeper wasn't a comedy but a prophecy!
Anybody seen the film "Prince of Darkness"? Anybody else having weird, fuzzy "video" dreams in which a voice from the future warns them that if they open the vile of Reagan's blood bad shit will happen?
There's a Nancy Reagan BJ joke in here, somewhere, but hell if I can find it.
Look at the responses to Fare le Volpe up there, there is a great one.
From Australian curmudgeon David Stove, in his book The Plato Cult:
"Medieval pilgrims underwent untold hardships in order to visit religious relics (Jesus' foreskin, luckily preserved at five different places, etc. etc.) which most modern men would pay to avoid visiting, even, or rather especially, if they believed the relics to be genuine."
Though a conservative, Stove apparently never imagined the contemporary Republican.
Actually, I have a piece of the True Cross that I could be induced to part with for a reasonable consideration.
I'll trade it for *flourishing gesture* these magic beans.
You know, there is an insanely wealthy gentleman with amazing deficiencies in character who wouldn't mind putting in a bid for this relic…The Mittens Romney wants, nay, needs to come in contact with blood from such a powerful human being so that he may be made a "real boy."
That picture up top is awesome, but we also would have accepted the ghostly visage of Reagan, hovering over the White House at night a la Lugosi over the castle.
Just one drop of Reagan's blood will make the word "AIDS" disappear from the English language…
Got some Clinton spooge fer sale (it's not exactly rare)
"Nor flavorful" -Monica Lewinsky
Regarding the Reagan Foundation outrage, they're simply taking to heart what Ronald Reagan always said, 'I'm all for the free market. Except when I'm not'.
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this blood-brain barrier!
Hmm… I'm seeing a business opportunity here. A new shrine … errr … museum in Branson, Missouri….
I hate when black cars and SUVs hover overhead
OK – which of you wiseasses works for Woot? Their twitter account is now mentioning the blood auction.
This could keep Dick Cheney alive for eternity. Destroy it now!!!
Isn't blood a vegetable?
If this guy gets a hold of some frog DNA, we are all well and truly fucked.
"I had served under Pres. Reagan when he was my Commander in Chief when I was in the ARMY from ’87-’91"
Reagan never served in the military; in later years, he lied about having had military service:
http://www.salon.com/2010/05/20/bushreagan/
Just sayin'.
Now then, how much for a drop of Keith Richards' blood?
"I was free to do with whatever I wanted with it. " Indubitably.
And Dick Cheney thought he had drunk all of it.
Remember this story the next time a tape surfaces of a group of children discussing Obama's presidency and all the right-wing blogs call it "creepy indoctrination".
I'd buy it simply so I could clone him so in 45 or so years people would remember what an utter joke he was and not the myth they've made him out to be.
This story came up on the CBS evening news. When they showed the tube containing the sample/relic, the caption at the top of the screen read 'Blood Vile'. Spelling error or editorial comment?
Indeed; and one of his largest and smelliest turds is on the radio every day on the West Coast, but nobody wants it, either.
And don't leave out the bit about cannibalism. Literally.
Right, like you've never nommed a man before…
Jesus Christ, I unintentionall blasphemed! But of course, there is nothing "symbolic" about the eucharist at all, what was I thinking.
Thats it! I am changing the band name again, to "Unintentional Blasphemy."
Or, his acolytes could turn the flesh and blood of the poor into cannon fodder…
oh, wait.
Agreed…or maybe via this method.
Cardinal Fang! Bring out the comfy chair!
"Ein Reich, Ein Volk, Ein Gipper!!!
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