| -Under capitalism, socialists are FREE to be socialists. |
fittosurvive |
Mar-27-11 05:18 PM |
#0 |
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Oh, boy. |
Morning Dew |
Mar-27-11 05:20 PM |
#1 |
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Yeap. Save some for me! |
madinmaryland |
Mar-27-11 05:22 PM |
#2 |
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The best seats are over there, close to the wonderful evisceration The Magistrate is applying. -nt |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
Mar-27-11 06:48 PM |
#44 |
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Sounds like an argument made by CEOs sitting in mansions |
quinnox |
Mar-27-11 05:23 PM |
#3 |
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capitalism is fine. Capitalism gone wild with regulation bought and paid for by industry is another |
Shagbark Hickory |
Mar-27-11 05:26 PM |
#4 |
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I agree, commerce must be properly regulated to establish market integrity |
fittosurvive |
Mar-27-11 05:58 PM |
#14 |
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So what's your point? |
Bandit |
Mar-28-11 10:18 AM |
#133 |
| -
pass the popcorn |
NightWatcher |
Mar-27-11 05:28 PM |
#5 |
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I love this poster |
deutsey |
Mar-27-11 06:14 PM |
#20 |
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Socialists "point their guns"???? Bwahahahahah .... |
JoePhilly |
Mar-27-11 06:30 PM |
#35 |
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Ballots decide who controls the guns. |
fittosurvive |
Mar-27-11 07:33 PM |
#62 |
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Which explains the US invasion of Iraq I guess. |
JoePhilly |
Mar-28-11 08:00 AM |
#116 |
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? |
deutsey |
Mar-28-11 11:07 AM |
#134 |
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Love it. That idiot in Maine would have this image banned, too "pro-labor." |
anneboleyn |
Mar-27-11 06:31 PM |
#36 |
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While cute, that same poster could depict any economic system in practice |
Rage for Order |
Mar-27-11 06:45 PM |
#42 |
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No, no it couldn't. |
RedArmy300 |
Mar-28-11 12:05 PM |
#136 |
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Coming up next on fox news... |
LeftofObama |
Mar-27-11 05:29 PM |
#6 |
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So I Take It You Were A Business Major ??? |
WillyT |
Mar-27-11 05:32 PM |
#7 |
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Do you need a weatherman to tell you which way the wind is blowing? |
fittosurvive |
Mar-27-11 06:04 PM |
#17 |
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No... But I Rely On Meteorologists To Warn Me When A Huge, Well Organized, System Is Threatening... |
WillyT |
Mar-27-11 06:42 PM |
#39 |
| -
Then why does unregulated Capitalism try to crush Socialism at every turn? |
Ikonoklast |
Mar-27-11 05:33 PM |
#8 |
| -
Please provide an example where capitalism has "crushed socialism." |
fittosurvive |
Mar-27-11 06:03 PM |
#16 |
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You want an example? Fine here is one. |
white_wolf |
Mar-27-11 07:55 PM |
#79 |
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Look into the history of efforts by communities tio set up public Internet service |
Armstead |
Mar-27-11 08:19 PM |
#89 |
| -
errrr, Winconsin and Walker ring any bells? Duh! |
Sheepshank |
Mar-28-11 01:05 PM |
#158 |
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Arbenz assassinated for United Fruit Co., Guatemala |
readmoreoften |
Mar-28-11 01:39 PM |
#171 |
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what utter codswallop |
cali |
Mar-27-11 05:36 PM |
#9 |
| -
cali |
Diclotican |
Mar-28-11 09:19 AM |
#124 |
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I don't believe I've seen so many wrong ideas in one post.. |
shraby |
Mar-27-11 05:36 PM |
#10 |
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Well, if you consider the inalienable rights of life, liberty and property to be "wrong ideas," |
fittosurvive |
Mar-27-11 06:10 PM |
#19 |
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The following shows where you are on the wrong foot. |
shraby |
Mar-27-11 07:04 PM |
#49 |
| -
Hoo-boy - that's no moon we got here, it's a space station!!! |
apocalypsehow |
Mar-27-11 05:40 PM |
#11 |
| -
huh? |
Runework |
Mar-27-11 05:48 PM |
#12 |
| -
Capitalism cannot exist without civil liberties. |
fittosurvive |
Mar-27-11 06:17 PM |
#23 |
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The primary economic system of the Age of Enlightenment was Mercantilism... |
Ozymanithrax |
Mar-27-11 06:28 PM |
#33 |
| -
FTW! |
Donnachaidh |
Mar-27-11 07:03 PM |
#47 |
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plain wrong |
Runework |
Mar-27-11 07:03 PM |
#48 |
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Bullshit! |
white_wolf |
Mar-27-11 07:29 PM |
#58 |
| -
signed, Augosto Pinochet. |
TransitJohn |
Mar-27-11 07:43 PM |
#72 |
| -
Wasn't he the guy |
white_wolf |
Mar-27-11 07:52 PM |
#78 |
| -
Pre-1930s???? n/t |
malaise |
Mar-27-11 05:50 PM |
#13 |
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This is true. |
athenasatanjesus |
Mar-27-11 06:01 PM |
#15 |
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Failures that were created by the meddling of mindless bureaucrats, |
fittosurvive |
Mar-27-11 06:20 PM |
#24 |
| -
Faux Noise much? |
socialist_n_TN |
Mar-27-11 06:29 PM |
#34 |
| -
What caused the crash in 1929? There was no government intervention at any point during the 1920s. |
Zynx |
Mar-27-11 06:47 PM |
#43 |
| -
Here's the answer I'd expect. |
EOTE |
Mar-28-11 10:06 AM |
#130 |
| -
and those same mindless bureaucrats de-regulated the shit out of the laws |
Donnachaidh |
Mar-27-11 07:07 PM |
#50 |
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Laissez-faire was discredited about 150 years ago. |
WinkyDink |
Mar-27-11 07:46 PM |
#75 |
| -
What a crock of shit. If you honestly think that profit-driven corporations aren't capable of idiocy |
Warren DeMontague |
Mar-27-11 08:35 PM |
#97 |
| -
Pray tell which "meddling beaurocrats" created credit default swaps? |
PA Democrat |
Mar-27-11 08:43 PM |
#100 |
| -
Dude. They are setting you up to be fired. |
MedicalAdmin |
Mar-27-11 08:57 PM |
#106 |
| -
The Wall Street thugs OWNED the bureaucrats and CAUSED the crash as they lined THEIR pockets - they |
blm |
Mar-28-11 09:21 AM |
#125 |
| -
And Jesus was a long haired radical socialist jew |
Generic Other |
Mar-27-11 06:05 PM |
#18 |
| -
I pray to Supply Side Jesus. |
PA Democrat |
Mar-27-11 08:45 PM |
#102 |
| -
LOL |
EFerrari |
Mar-27-11 06:16 PM |
#21 |
| -
Explain the Koch brothers and all their activities |
Kingofalldems |
Mar-27-11 06:16 PM |
#22 |
| -
Are the Koch brothers preventing you from being a socialist? |
fittosurvive |
Mar-27-11 06:23 PM |
#27 |
| -
They are certainly buying power and legislation--the other part comes later |
Kingofalldems |
Mar-27-11 06:25 PM |
#30 |
| -
the Koch Brothers are funding every single conservative plan to destroy the New Deal. |
Donnachaidh |
Mar-27-11 07:08 PM |
#51 |
| -
Yes they are. |
white_wolf |
Mar-27-11 07:33 PM |
#63 |
| -
"Being a socialist" has no meaning; "Socialist society" does. |
WinkyDink |
Mar-27-11 07:40 PM |
#67 |
| -
They're doing their best to -- (See destroying unions) |
Armstead |
Mar-27-11 08:26 PM |
#91 |
| -
Capitalism and socialism are economic concepts that are not fundamentally different... |
joshcryer |
Mar-27-11 06:21 PM |
#25 |
| -
Capitalism is more than just and economic system; it is also a social system. |
fittosurvive |
Mar-27-11 07:11 PM |
#53 |
| -
Wrong. Capitalism is perfectly compatible with Fascism and has been implemented that way in the past |
joshcryer |
Mar-27-11 07:34 PM |
#64 |
| -
PROPERTY is not an inalienable right |
MNBrewer |
Mar-28-11 09:36 AM |
#127 |
| -
Tell It To the Tortured And Disappeared Of The 'Dirty Wars', Fella.... |
The Magistrate |
Mar-27-11 06:22 PM |
#26 |
| -
Are you suggesting that the "military industrial complex" is an example of free market capitalism? |
fittosurvive |
Mar-27-11 06:38 PM |
#38 |
| -
The Oldest Wheeze, Sir, is Contrasting the Ideal Of One Side With the Practice Of The Other |
The Magistrate |
Mar-27-11 06:43 PM |
# |
| -
bureaucrats facilitate the gaming of the system at the suggestion of capitalists. |
Donnachaidh |
Mar-27-11 07:10 PM |
#52 |
| -
Exactly, Sir: Mr. Smith's Complaints Of Government Interference All Relate To Laws Merchants Sought |
The Magistrate |
Mar-27-11 07:12 PM |
#54 |
| -
Yes it is. The MIC is a perfect example of capitalism. |
white_wolf |
Mar-27-11 07:45 PM |
#74 |
| -
Nor, Sir, Were Guatemala, San Salvadore, Chile. Etc. Selling Weapons To The Pentagon |
The Magistrate |
Mar-27-11 08:00 PM |
#83 |
| -
Pardon, would you have any Grey Poupon? |
eShirl |
Mar-27-11 06:23 PM |
#28 |
| -
"Capitalists will not meddle if they choose to equalize their incomes" |
TomClash |
Mar-27-11 06:24 PM |
#29 |
| -
And your point would be? That American Capitalism has just been peachy-keen? Bwahahahaha! |
WinkyDink |
Mar-27-11 06:25 PM |
#31 |
| -
And capitalism means the rich and poor are equally free to sleep under a bridge |
muriel_volestrangler |
Mar-27-11 06:28 PM |
#32 |
| -
The only people I see bring GUNS to political events are TEA baggers. |
JoePhilly |
Mar-27-11 06:34 PM |
#37 |
| -
You have confused Socialism with Communism, so your entire post is pointless. |
Fuzz |
Mar-27-11 06:43 PM |
#40 |
| -
Socialism advocates government ownership of the means of production. |
fittosurvive |
Mar-27-11 07:19 PM |
#56 |
| -
Actually, Sweet-heart, Socialism Is Workers Ownership Of The Means Of Production |
The Magistrate |
Mar-27-11 07:30 PM |
#59 |
| -
Helluva post. |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
Mar-27-11 08:03 PM |
#84 |
| -
Well, darlin', you can call it public ownership, common ownership, or whatever, |
fittosurvive |
Mar-27-11 08:21 PM |
#90 |
| -
They Remove The Power Of One To Affect Hundreds and Thousands Of Other Lives For His Profit, Fella |
The Magistrate |
Mar-27-11 09:04 PM |
#107 |
| -
How so? |
MNBrewer |
Mar-28-11 09:58 AM |
#129 |
| -
in case any one here wonders whether you will last beyond today. |
CreekDog |
Mar-28-11 12:47 PM |
#149 |
| -
Wrong. |
MNBrewer |
Mar-28-11 09:57 AM |
#128 |
| -
wrong |
Xenotime |
Mar-28-11 12:10 PM |
#138 |
| -
You don't get to redefine the word "socialism". |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
Mar-27-11 06:43 PM |
#41 |
| -
It means that the concept of the inalienable rights are not recognized. |
fittosurvive |
Mar-27-11 07:31 PM |
#60 |
| -
Repeating bullshit over and over doesn't make it true. -nt |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
Mar-27-11 07:41 PM |
#68 |
| -
Repeating...? I have observed as one socialist narrative after another is presented |
fittosurvive |
Mar-27-11 07:58 PM |
#81 |
| -
What is 'Inalienable' About a Right To Property, Sir? |
The Magistrate |
Mar-27-11 08:05 PM |
#85 |
| -
Surely, you must know that Jefferson borrowed from Locke on that one. |
fittosurvive |
Mar-27-11 08:27 PM |
#93 |
| -
Read Agrarian Justice by Thomas Paine |
white_wolf |
Mar-27-11 08:36 PM |
#98 |
| -
So What, Sweet-Heart? He Did Not Quote Him Straight On the Topic, Did He? Why, Do You Think? |
The Magistrate |
Mar-27-11 09:07 PM |
#108 |
| -
And one of those 'property rights' the originators of the Constitution backed |
Ikonoklast |
Mar-28-11 06:14 AM |
#113 |
| -
Reading your takedown of this troll |
hifiguy |
Mar-28-11 01:48 PM |
#176 |
| -
Some questions: |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
Mar-27-11 08:08 PM |
#86 |
| -
Randomly capitalizing WORDS makes you look KOOKY. |
sudopod |
Mar-27-11 08:44 PM |
# |
| -
Randomly capitalizing WORDS makes you look KOOKY. |
sudopod |
Mar-27-11 08:44 PM |
#101 |
| -
Tyranny, Fella, Means Power Usurped Unlawfully |
The Magistrate |
Mar-27-11 07:42 PM |
#70 |
| -
Well son, are you familiar with the notion of "tyranny of the majority?" |
fittosurvive |
Mar-27-11 08:41 PM |
#99 |
| -
That Many People Do Not Understand The Terms They Employ, Fella, Is Not My Problem |
The Magistrate |
Mar-27-11 09:15 PM |
#109 |
| -
So... the bulk of Western Europe is living under tyranny. |
EOTE |
Mar-28-11 10:17 AM |
#132 |
| -
WTF do you mean by inalienable rights? |
Sheepshank |
Mar-28-11 01:24 PM |
#167 |
| -
No it means working people owning the means of production |
readmoreoften |
Mar-28-11 01:40 PM |
#173 |
| -
Hmmm... If I try to start a business in Sweden, I don't think I am threatened or executed by the |
Zynx |
Mar-27-11 06:49 PM |
#45 |
| -
But, you see, if something is good, it can not be socialist, since socialism is evil. |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
Mar-27-11 07:57 PM |
#80 |
| -
I don't hink Ikea has any complaints, either. nt |
blondeatlast |
Mar-28-11 12:11 PM |
#139 |
| -
Sweden has a right-wing government. |
DutchLiberal |
Mar-28-11 01:14 PM |
#164 |
| -
Idiot |
Hawkowl |
Mar-27-11 06:52 PM |
#46 |
| -
But only if you're a senator from Vermont |
Canuckistanian |
Mar-27-11 07:15 PM |
#55 |
| -
What in the world are you talking about? |
anarch |
Mar-27-11 07:21 PM |
#57 |
| -
Been smoking the libertarian doobie, I see. |
provis99 |
Mar-27-11 07:32 PM |
#61 |
| -
You keep going on about personal property. |
white_wolf |
Mar-27-11 07:36 PM |
#65 |
| -
Ayn Rand lives!! God Bless the freedom of the Rat Race. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Mar-27-11 07:38 PM |
#66 |
| -
capitalism leads to Somalia. |
grahamhgreen |
Mar-27-11 07:41 PM |
#69 |
| -
Indeed |
hifiguy |
Mar-28-11 01:52 PM |
#177 |
| -
I take it you think one day you will be rich? |
WinkyDink |
Mar-27-11 07:42 PM |
#71 |
| -
under capitalism... |
ensemble |
Mar-27-11 07:44 PM |
#73 |
| -
No, under capitalism it is the capitalist that are free to socialize the downside of their ventures |
TheKentuckian |
Mar-27-11 07:46 PM |
#76 |
| -
To the OP |
white_wolf |
Mar-27-11 07:49 PM |
#77 |
| -
The OP thinks socialism = Stalinism |
SOS |
Mar-28-11 01:01 PM |
#156 |
| -
gosh |
H2O Man |
Mar-27-11 07:59 PM |
#82 |
| -
OMG. Yeah, capitalists don't meddle until they need a bailout. |
PA Democrat |
Mar-27-11 08:09 PM |
#87 |
| -
I think you posted this just because you knew it would get ripped apart. |
YellowRubberDuckie |
Mar-27-11 08:11 PM |
#88 |
| -
One of the truly great threads; I've bookmarked it. nt |
blondeatlast |
Mar-28-11 12:12 PM |
#140 |
| -
How's that perpetual motion machine coming? |
toddaa |
Mar-27-11 08:27 PM |
#92 |
| -
They have to point the guns |
treestar |
Mar-27-11 08:29 PM |
#94 |
| -
B - 6!! |
HughBeaumont |
Mar-27-11 08:33 PM |
#95 |
| -
Iwas already gasping for breath, now my stomach hurts. nt |
blondeatlast |
Mar-28-11 12:13 PM |
#142 |
| -
Winner and still champion! |
geardaddy |
Mar-28-11 12:43 PM |
#148 |
| -
OMG |
hifiguy |
Mar-28-11 01:54 PM |
#178 |
| -
Do you drive on privately funded roads and flush your shit into your own personally financed sewer? |
Warren DeMontague |
Mar-27-11 08:33 PM |
#96 |
| -
Another fool conflating political and economic dogmas |
MadHound |
Mar-27-11 08:46 PM |
#103 |
| -
Well, you can do what you want to us... |
DefenseLawyer |
Mar-27-11 08:49 PM |
#104 |
| -
Who siad this? Where did the philosophy fall so short and why? |
MasonJar |
Mar-27-11 08:55 PM |
#105 |
| -
Hmmmm. Strangely familiar. |
Kingofalldems |
Mar-28-11 05:59 AM |
#110 |
| -
............ |
marmar |
Mar-28-11 06:00 AM |
#111 |
| -
Nice! |
JVS |
Mar-28-11 06:18 AM |
#115 |
| -
Stealing. |
HughBeaumont |
Mar-28-11 01:00 PM |
#154 |
| -
. |
fishwax |
Mar-28-11 01:22 PM |
#166 |
| -
Oh Lordy Lu |
hifiguy |
Mar-28-11 01:57 PM |
#181 |
| -
We do not have free markets |
LatteLibertine |
Mar-28-11 06:03 AM |
#112 |
| -
Under feudalism capitalists are FREE to be capitalists, but capitalism makes no allowance for the... |
JVS |
Mar-28-11 06:17 AM |
#114 |
| -
Capitalist hold all the cards in capitalist society. |
blindpig |
Mar-28-11 08:48 AM |
#117 |
| -
Most stupid post I've ever read here on DU. And that |
OwnedByFerrets |
Mar-28-11 08:53 AM |
#118 |
| -
Search the username; you'll be amazed. nt |
blondeatlast |
Mar-28-11 12:14 PM |
#143 |
| -
It's under Democracy. Damn |
RegieRocker |
Mar-28-11 08:58 AM |
#119 |
| -
Yeah those capitalist never bother the UNIONS. |
fasttense |
Mar-28-11 09:04 AM |
#120 |
| -
Just out of curiosity, when were you last coerced into or out of an association by a socialist? (nt) |
Heidi |
Mar-28-11 09:06 AM |
#121 |
| -
The Palmer Raids |
TBF |
Mar-28-11 09:09 AM |
#122 |
| -
This is so bad, it's not even wrong |
EstimatedProphet |
Mar-28-11 09:16 AM |
#123 |
| -
Hear Hear, Sir! |
The Magistrate |
Mar-28-11 11:52 AM |
#135 |
| -
Thank you, sir! Let's get these fascist bastards! |
EstimatedProphet |
Mar-28-11 12:23 PM |
#144 |
| -
Humans are not just individuals |
MNBrewer |
Mar-28-11 09:33 AM |
#126 |
| -
Socialism was developed because capitalism has plenty of its own coercion. |
backscatter712 |
Mar-28-11 10:11 AM |
#131 |
| -
What!?!?! How the hell did you come up with that??? |
Taverner |
Mar-28-11 12:08 PM |
#137 |
| -
Ayn Rand much? |
immoderate |
Mar-28-11 12:13 PM |
#141 |
| -
Excellent summation. Let me provide a little gloss. |
Jack Rabbit |
Mar-28-11 01:47 PM |
#175 |
| -
Regarding Half-Truths, My Friend |
The Magistrate |
Mar-28-11 01:56 PM |
#179 |
| -
Rand is "philosophy" |
hifiguy |
Mar-28-11 02:04 PM |
#184 |
| -
sigh.... |
ceile |
Mar-28-11 12:33 PM |
#145 |
| -
Is that you John Galt? |
geardaddy |
Mar-28-11 12:42 PM |
#146 |
| -
Interesting concept, the underlying principle is correct |
ItNerd4life |
Mar-28-11 12:42 PM |
#147 |
| -
The Underlying Principle, Sir, Is False |
The Magistrate |
Mar-28-11 12:52 PM |
#150 |
| -
Capitalists don't give a damn about rights. |
white_wolf |
Mar-28-11 12:56 PM |
#152 |
| -
One Might Say, Sir, Many Peoples' Slavery Is One Person's Individual Rights |
The Magistrate |
Mar-28-11 01:14 PM |
#162 |
| -
This is Teh Awesome! |
Guy Whitey Corngood |
Mar-28-11 12:53 PM |
#151 |
| -
"DELETE THIS ENTIRE THREAD MODS!!!!" |
HughBeaumont |
Mar-28-11 12:58 PM |
#153 |
| -
I say sticky it. |
white_wolf |
Mar-28-11 01:08 PM |
#159 |
| -
You say "Augusto Pinochet" and he vanishes. *POOF* |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
Mar-28-11 01:11 PM |
#161 |
| -
He Stuck Around A Few Hours, Sir |
The Magistrate |
Mar-28-11 01:17 PM |
#165 |
| -
If you mean by 'socialists' left-authoritarian governments like North Korea or the Soviet Union |
LeftishBrit |
Mar-28-11 01:00 PM |
#155 |
| -
NKorea is not a "leftist" country. It is closer to a fascist state with leftwing iconography |
readmoreoften |
Mar-28-11 01:56 PM |
#180 |
| -
Go home, RimJob is missing a village.......resident |
Sheepshank |
Mar-28-11 01:01 PM |
#157 |
| -
It is possible that you have confused capitalism with democracy. |
LiberalAndProud |
Mar-28-11 01:09 PM |
#160 |
| -
The Chinese government couldn't have said it better.. n/t |
LeftinOH |
Mar-28-11 01:14 PM |
#163 |
| -
the OP is an avalanche of wrong |
fishwax |
Mar-28-11 01:25 PM |
#168 |
| -
+1 |
readmoreoften |
Mar-28-11 01:41 PM |
#174 |
| -
This thread is the equivalent of running up to a karate dojo, sticking your head inside and |
Guy Whitey Corngood |
Mar-28-11 01:27 PM |
#169 |
| -
I'm trying to figure out how Operation Ajax fits into your theory nt |
NoGOPZone |
Mar-28-11 01:29 PM |
#170 |
| -
There has never really been an actual socialist/communist society |
RyanPsych |
Mar-28-11 01:40 PM |
#172 |
| -
Well. Looks like DU Shrugged. |
HughBeaumont |
Mar-28-11 01:58 PM |
#182 |
| -
And MSNBC is the left wing version of Fox? Oh wait--TSed. |
Kingofalldems |
Mar-28-11 02:00 PM |
#183 |
| -
Poster is no longer with us. |
pinto |
Mar-28-11 02:05 PM |
#185 |
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