wolfy, show us all one example of where your marxist, socialist system has worked. come on this should be easy. just one example out of all mankinds history.
On Jan 19, 4:49 am, "\"Lone Wolf\"" <[email protected]> wrote: > Conservatism and Liberalism, two sides of the same coin in the service > of US imperialism. > > It is glaringly obvious that the main difference between the GOP and > the Dems is that of rhetoric and not substance. Both parties are > agreed that the US is justified in waging genocidal wars of > imperialist barbarism to maintain its tenuous grip as the world’s > hegemon due to the collapse of its economy. Both parties are also in > complete agreement that public spending must be slashed so trillions > of taxpayers’ dollars can be gifted to Wall St Criminals. > > President Bush declared in the introduction of the 2002 “National > Security Strategy’ a document that asserts as the guiding policy of > the United States the right to use military force anywhere in the > world, at any time it chooses, against any country it believes to be, > or it believes may at some point become, a threat to American interests > —that America’s values “are right and true for every person, in every > society...” > > The ‘American Civil Liberties Union’ recently declared in response to > Obama’s intention to shut down Guantanamo (that he still supports the > use of torture goes without saying), “nothing would make me prouder > than to see you act on your first day in office to restore America's > moral leadership in the world and act in defense of American > freedom.” > > The main concern of Liberals, just like conservatives, is to restore > the US to its former omnipotent position as the benevolent overseer > and maintainer of world peace and Democracy (as opposed to a harbinger > of death, misery and destruction)—and nothing more. And just like > Conservatives Liberals rejoice and worship the deceitful lies that > their representatives spew out, just as blindly and subserviently as > Conservatives bathe in the filth spewed out by their misanthropic > representatives. > > In absolute terms Liberals, in their self righteous ignorance, will > bear a great deal of responsibility for the continuation of the death, > destruction and misery that will characterize the Obama presidency. It > will be only a matter of months, possibly weeks, before the Liberal > media will be howling over the betrayals of Obama that will be largely > due to their contemptible intellectual cowardice and capitulation. > > So Liberals, before you hurl your next parting salvo at the > Neanderthal Bush and prepare for a new beginning based on the > meaningless sound-bytes “this is our time, this is our moment” and > “Yes we can” remember that people that live in glass houses should not > throw stones. > > From Bush to Obama: On the eve of a “seamless transition” > By Patrick Martin > 17 January 2009 > Three days before the inauguration of the 44th president of the United > States, the distinctions have largely been effaced between the > outgoing and incoming administrations. > George W. Bush is, as even the corporate-controlled media admits, the > most hated and despised president in American history. Barack Obama > is, at least according to the opinion polls that measure popular > moods, the beneficiary of a temporary honeymoon period in which hope > outweighs experience and many are inclined to "give him a chance." > > http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jan2009/obam-j17.shtml > > Obama’s national security team and the failure of American democracy > 2 December 2008 > The formal introduction of the incoming Obama administration's > national security team at a Chicago hotel on Monday provided a > definitive exposure not merely of the fraudulent character of the > "change you can believe in" mantra of the Democratic presidential > campaign, but more importantly of the failure of American democracy > itself. > > http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/dec2008/pers-d02.shtml > > “The Founding Fathers did lead the war for independence from Britain. > But they did not do it for the equal right of all to life, liberty, > and equality. Their intention was to set up a new government that > would protect the property of slave owners, land speculators, > merchants, and bondholders. Independence from England had already been > secured in parts of the country by grassroots rebellion a year before > the battles at Lexington and Concord that initiated hostilities with > Britain. (See Ray Raphael's A Peoples History of the American > Revolution, New Press, 2001.) It is one of the phenomena of modern > times that revolutions are not favored unless they are led by people > who are not revolutionaries at heart. > > I would rather recognize the greatness of all those who fought to make > sure that the Founding Fathers would not betray the principles of the > Declaration of Independence, to make sure that the dead and maimed of > the Revolutionary War did not make their sacrifices in vain. And so I > would honor the soldiers of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey lines, who > mutinied against George Washington and Mad Anthony Wayne. They were > rebelling against the luxurious treatment of their gentry officers, > and their own mistreatment: 500 lashes for misconduct, Washington > decreed, and execute a few mutinous leaders to set an example. > Add to the honors list in that great generation the farmers of western > Massachusetts who resisted the taking of their homes and land for > nonpayment of exorbitant taxes. This was the Shays Rebellion, which > put a fright into the Founding Fathers, especially as it led to > uprisings in Maryland, South Carolina, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. > That rebellion persuaded the Founding Fathers that a strong central > government was needed to maintain law and order against unruly > dissidents, slave rebels, and Indians. These were the true > revolutionaries of the Revolutionary generation.” > > Howard Zinn “The greatest generations” 2001 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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