Correction: Make that "cancers that ARE socialism and communism". Some of you may be interested in reading this link to another post of mine: Shouldn’t the voters be selecting our president? https://groups.google.com/group/sci.physics/browse_thread/thread/49915c2fa1af7c1e/cb00328846cfa068?hl=en#cb00328846cfa068 — John A. Armistead — Author and Patriot
On Oct 12, 11:25 am, NoEinstein <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear MJ: Having the Republicans win big in November is simply putting > a BandAid on the cancers that is SOCIALISM and COMMUNISM, which are > knocking down our 'door'. Capitalism IS the answer! But only if, > somehow, the get-get section of our society can realize that having > government borrow or print money for their... "free lunches", will not > work, indefinitely. This race points out the shallowness of most > voters, especially, the nearly brainless "undecideds". *** What is > needed is less deference to the disparate groups, and more attention > to doing the sure things that will benefit the most Americans, left > and right. The latter was the reason my "NC" was written, and its the > ONLY justification for courting the majority votes from either party's > perspective. — John A. Armistead — Author and Patriot > > On Oct 11, 8:26 am, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > "However, the people who vote don't look at details; they listen to the > > sound bites and rhetoric that tell them what they want to hear. Herein is > > the source of my desire for a Democratic landslide. As I said, I believe > > the worst is yet to come. There will be a collapse worse than 2008 andif > > Romney is President what the majority of the people will believe is that > > his "free market" plan did not work. All they will know is Romney's > > "radical capitalism" caused a disaster and the very idea of genuine free > > market solutions will be set back for decades, if not generations.My hope > > is that if the Democrats are in charge when the collapse happens, the idea > > of government as an economic savior will be collapse as well and that > > maybea real free market solutionwill have a chance."Why I Want a Democratic > > Landslideby Chris Kahn > > I want to see the Democrats win all the way around; the Presidency, the > > Senate and the House of Representatives. It is not for the reasons you > > might think. I have no illusions. I do not think they will do anything to > > address any of the issues I consider important. I think they will do all > > the wrong things and it will accomplish nothing but to make things worse. > > Not that I think the Republicans are any better. They would also accomplish > > nothing either. > > I have no doubt that the United States are headed for a financial crisis > > that will make 2008 look like a picnic. None ofthe underlying issuesthat > > rose to the surface then have been addressed. They have simply been papered > > over with lies and flimflammery. Sound and fury signifying nothing. > > The problem is the media and the punditry have created a false narrative. > > Voters have been told that there is a clear choice. On one side is a > > Democratic party that believes government should take extraordinary > > measures to stimulate the economy and alleviate the effects of unregulated > > greed among the big Wall Street banks. On the other side is a Republican > > party offering radical free market policies that would cut government > > spending to the bone and take us back to gilded age of robber barons and > > sweatshops. > > The portrayal of the Democrats is for the most part accurate. They really > > do believe that government should act despite the fact that every time such > > policies have been enacted they have failed. One only has to compare the > > responses tothe depression of 1920 to those of 1929. One resulted in a > > quick recovery, the other lead to fifteen years of stagnation that was only > > relieved by the demobilization at the end of World War II and the explosion > > of prosperity in the 1950s brought about by the reduction of federal > > economic management. > > It is the image of the Republicans that bothers me. Mitt Romney and Paul > > Ryan are being portrayed as champions of free markets. Nothing could be > > further than the truth. Ryan's proposed budget has been criticized > > asdrastic. The truth is even Fox News recognizes that Ryan's "budget plan > > doesn't actually slash the budget." In reality, the Republicans wouldn't > > know a real budget cutting planif it were presented to them. > > However, the people who vote don't look at details; they listen to the > > sound bites and rhetoric that tell them what they want to hear. Herein is > > the source of my desire for a Democratic landslide. As I said, I believe > > the worst is yet to come. There will be a collapse worse than 2008 and if > > Romney is President what the majority of the people will believe is that > > his "free market" plan did not work. All they will know is Romney's > > "radical capitalism" caused a disaster and the very idea of genuine free > > market solutions will be set back for decades, if not generations. My hope > > is that if the Democrats are in charge when the collapse happens, the idea > > of government as an economic savior will be collapse as well and that > > maybea real free market solutionwill have a > > chance.http://lewrockwell.com/orig13/kahn-c1.1.1.html- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
