desertrat
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what do you think i used my chainsaw for? problem is that we only had pine trees and the pitch is like glue. hurts like hell to withdraw.not if you drill a syrup hole first.
what do you think i used my chainsaw for? problem is that we only had pine trees and the pitch is like glue. hurts like hell to withdraw.not if you drill a syrup hole first.
Hey TBT ... didn't you listen to Biden yesterday? What you've described above is now known as "patriotism."Brown, you are delusional
Communism is a system that dictates stealing from the most productive members of a society to give to the least, so that everyone "produces according to their abilities, and takes according to their needs"
Spoken like a man who knows...not if you drill a syrup hole first.
In all fairness the communism we see today and have seen in the past is not what Marx had in mind. They took some of the basic ideas of it and shaved off what they didn't want.Brown, you are delusional
Communism is a system that dictates stealing from the most productive members of a society to give to the least, so that everyone "produces according to their abilities, and takes according to their needs"
The key tenants of Marx were a heavily progressive income tax system (2) and the destruction of any rights of inheritance (3). He also was for a centralized education system (10).
The forced de-urbanization of the cities, and forcing people to live on the land. He wanted to place everything under the control of "the people" and failed to account for the fact that power corrupts.
Communism is the exact opposite of Capitalism and is identical to Fascism in its scope, with the only difference being that Communism wants people to look forward towards a "glorious future" that never arrives while as fascism wants people to look at a "glorious past" that can never be reached.
About the only thing that would be worse than Communism or Fascism is a Fundamentalist Government (Religious or Environmentalist).
Brown, you need to go and study your history, before claiming to understand what a system stands for or doesn't.
Communism for identical taxes, my ass.
Go back to worshipping at the feet of Mao, Marx, Lenin and Stalin, because maybe they will come back from the dead when Communism matches the description you are giving.
Get involved locally, become a member of the local school board, voice your opinions to the people in charge, write your congressman, (I know you hate him) but write anyway. I live in a wonderful school district where my grandkids get breakfast and lunch and tutoring all on me the taxpayer. I am very happy with my school district.I don't have an issue with public education, literacy is near and dear to my heart. However, the Department of Education bungles things and sucks up funds that could go towards teachers teaching, supplies, classrooms, and extracurricular activities that have been so drastically cut since its inception.
~lol~ You are one incorrigible SOB. What do your grandkids do for food during the summer vacation? I mean, do you let them starve?Get involved locally, become a member of the local school board, voice your opinions to the people in charge, write your congressman, (I know you hate him) but write anyway. I live in a wonderful school district where my grandkids get breakfast and lunch and tutoring all on me the taxpayer. I am very happy with my school district.
How is getting involved on a local level going to change what the DOE has done (or, rather, undone)? I see what you're saying, but that's not going to fund the district, it's basically a stopgap measure. What they need are the proper pay (so they can start permanently hiring teachers in my own district), better oversight (I'm SICK AND TIRED of my kids being taught by people who can't spell, can't speak, can't do math and can't fucking park!) in terms of standards for those who teach, better funding, and STOP ALL THE GOD DAMNED TESTING! Do you have any idea how much time is spent during the school year in California for STAR and other testing? And what does the testing produce? BAD RESULTS THAT ARE NOT AN ACCURATE ASSESSMENT OF TEACHERS OR STUDENTS. Those damned twats! Stop keeping my kid from learning in class for two whole weeks!Get involved locally, become a member of the local school board, voice your opinions to the people in charge, write your congressman, (I know you hate him) but write anyway. I live in a wonderful school district where my grandkids get breakfast and lunch and tutoring all on me the taxpayer. I am very happy with my school district.
Funny....I thought it was Congress. Silly me. I suppose I should wake the fuck up.For the comment about socialism and Obama wake the FUCK-UP, George Bush Just socialized the whole fucking financial system, guaranteed the money market accounts and basically said its ok we have all these poor slave motherfuckers(MIDDLE,LOWER CLASS AMERICANS) who can pay you back.
Yes, but Georgie was the messenger.Funny....I thought it was Congress. Silly me. I suppose I should wake the fuck up.
I personally believe that nothing is "coming." On the contrary, Tumble, Its already here.Something big is coming ,and when it comes, it is not going to give a shit about all issues above and you will be left alone with limited choices and no one to help you unless you help each other.
No he isn't. Had Kerry or Gore been elected, we might be in a whole different place right now. It was the Bush republicans along with McSame that railed against any control of the stock markets or financial organizations. A democratic presidency may have seen the foolishness of this laise-faire free market bullshit and actually put some regulations on the capitalists.And another thought: All of you Leftists can rail against President Bush's economic policies all you want. The fact is ... BUSH IS NOT A CONSERVATIVE ... he is ONE OF YOU!
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Bush and his handlers are Republicans in name only. They are NOT conservatives. They are big-spending, big-government liberals. How else would you explain the lack of a veto pen? How else would you explain the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan?No he isn't. Had Kerry or Gore been elected, we might be in a whole different place right now. It was the Bush republicans along with McSame that railed against any control of the stock markets or financial organizations. A democratic presidency may have seen the foolishness of this laise-faire free market bullshit and actually put some regulations on the capitalists.
McSame got his share, be assured of that, in fact he has lobbiests on his election committee, Pot and kettle on this one. BTW you are all for Palin, who WAS for the bridge to nowhere, before she was against it. Talk about hypocracy.Bush and his handlers are Republicans in name only. They are NOT conservatives. They are big-spending, big-government liberals. How else would you explain the lack of a veto pen? How else would you explain the Prescription Drug Plan?
And for the record ... John McCain warned the Senate about the coming collapse of Freddie and Fannie way back in 2005. He wanted more oversight, but was overruled by Senator Chris Dodd, Chairman of the Banking Committe, and supported by many other Democrats, who at the time, were raking in huge amounts of money from Freddie and Fannie lobbyist. Dodd was the largest recipient of these funds and your hero O'bama was the second largest.
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