Happy Birthday Lady Thatcher!

Britian's "Iron Lady" is celebrating her 80th birthday on Thursday in a big way, says NewsMax:

Margaret Thatcher is holding an 80th birthday bash with a guest list that includes one of her successors at No. 10 Downing St. - current Prime Minister Tony Blair - and Queen Elizabeth II, Thatcher's office said Tuesday...she'll be marking her 80th on Thursday with about 680 guests at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel near Hyde Park, her assistant Gilly Penrose said.

Lady Thatcher is won of my heroes from the Cold War, along with Ronald Reagan, who not only saved their own nations from the menace of communism, but the entire world:

Although Thatcher has faded from public view since she gave up most public speaking on her doctors' advice several years ago, the legacy of the woman who dominated British politics for more than a decade still exerts a powerful influence.
Her free-market philosophy and push to privatize state industries dramatically changed the country's economic landscape. Even Blair - whose Labour Party languished in opposition while the Conservative Thatcher held onto office for more than a decade - has adopted many of her views.
"She certainly wrought an economic revolution in Britain and whether or not that's a good revolution or a bad revolution depends upon your definition of what society should be like," said Christopher Stevens, a specialist in British politics at Canterbury Christ Church University College. "She created a new political consensus."