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   MarkA  wrote in   
   news:pan.2013.03.03.22.53.46.688281@somewhere.invalid:   
      
   > On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:21:56 +0000, Gray Guest wrote:   
   >   
   >> MarkA  wrote in   
   >> news:pan.2013.03.02.21.47.42.104227@somewhere.invalid:   
   >>   
   >>> On Sat, 02 Mar 2013 09:37:11 -0800, Oglethorpe wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> "Don Kresch"  wrote in message   
   >>>> news:9nb2j8p2gtl1mffv68rlh1d9sfipglohfu@4ax.com...   
   >>>>> On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:45:48 -0500, MarkA    
   >>>>> scrawled in blood:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:36:18 -0800, JohnJohnsn wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> On Feb 24, 6:30 pm, Kurt Nicklas  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> So just what is so "progressive" about the Left? Seems to me their   
   >>>>>>>> ideology is aimed at one thing and one thing alone: increasing the   
   >>>>>>>> power   
   >>>>>>>> of central government at the expense of personal liberty.   
   Everything   
   >>>>>>>> they advocate has that as the motivation and greater government   
   >>>>>>>> control of our lives as the end.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> So what is so progressive about that? Government control over   
   >>>>>>>> people's lives has been around for thousands of years. Escaping   
   that   
   >>>>>>>> sort of control is why most of us, or our parents or our   
   >> grandparents   
   >>>>>>>> or great- grandparents came here to get away from.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Why do "progressives" favor that sort of imperial control over   
   >>>>>>>> people's lives rather than letting people have the liberty for   
   which   
   >>>>>>>> this country   
   >>>>>>>> was founded?   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> What sort of progress does the Left have in mind for us?   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Know The Enemy - Communism   
   >>>>>>> Time for school.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Today boys and girls, we will discuss communism, and why it remains   
   >> as   
   >>>>>>> the   
   >>>>>>> greatest threat to humanity.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>Communism has been tried.  It failed.  It is no longer a viable   
   >>>>>>political/economic system.  It is no longer the greatest threat to   
   >>>>>>anyone. In America, capitalism is a much bigger threat.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> We don't have capitalism. Never have.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>Capitalism is in the process of failing,   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Prove it. Prove that we have capitalism and that it is failing.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Make sure that when you do, you don't confuse capitalism with   
   >>>>> mercantilism, cronyism, interventionism, fascism, welfare-warefare   
   >> state   
   >>>>> socialism, and other such.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Oh, I know you will anyway; it's just fun to point that out in the   
   >> first   
   >>>>> place just so that you know that I know that you'll fail.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> We have capitalism. We'd have more and better were it not for   
   government   
   >>>> interference.   
   >>>   
   >>> Spoken like a true plutocrat.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Does the A stand for asshole?   
   >   
   > No, it stands for "amused", as in "amused that so many non-wealthy   
   > Americans think the current capitalist system is serving their   
   interests."   
   > Buy any lottery tickets lately?   
   >   
      
   No, but then my wife and I work in a technical field and make quite a pile   
   of money the old fashioned way. We earn it.   
      
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