Posts by FirstInLine

I have never read the Great Teacher Book, that is how much I hated it. I saw it as "The Great Law Giving Prick" book. That was the view I had for several years. I should read it to see if their portrayal is as skewed as I wouold expect;

Young people ask. Yes, that is another truly retarded one. Gotta love that chapter on masturbation. Like someone is going to ask permission you yank off.

I would say my most hated though is Watchtower and Awake. Just about any one of them. They all have these loaded and leading questions that insult your intelligence to degrees a good defense lawyer can only dream of.

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To the Defenders of George Bush and the War in Iraq

by Greenpalmtreestillmine in

would you be willing, if possible, to volunteer to fight in iraq?.

are you encouraging your children or grandchildren to volunteer and fight?.

please list your names below.

FirstInLine

Czar,

It is extremely simple minded to make a statement as fact that "the left" seeks communism. If that is the case then "the right" seeks fascism. Both of these statements are false but if one is more correct its certainly the latter.

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To the Defenders of George Bush and the War in Iraq

by Greenpalmtreestillmine in

would you be willing, if possible, to volunteer to fight in iraq?.

are you encouraging your children or grandchildren to volunteer and fight?.

please list your names below.

FirstInLine

Realist,

it would require psychological studies to show whether it is at all possible to teach humans (from infancy on) that possessions are not important and that working for the community is worth while. humans can be taught almost everything (see the JW trash)...so why not something useful.

This is a good idea regardless, not just for trying to grow communists. We have become IMO too consumeristic (materialistic) so such actions would be a good idea. We would probably pollute less and live happier lives, or at least that generation would.

talesin,

I had a boyfriend for several years, who was one of the Airborne. 82nd, Silent Death Company. You know, the famous ones who invented the saying "yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no harm, for I am the meanest SOB in the valley".
Trust me, you do not want to do this. It will destroy your soul, as it did his.

just a thought,,,from someone 'who knows' the after-effects of war,,,

I am not interested in going to war unless there is a draft on. Like I said I want to get paid. $1000 a day IMO is worth it and it isnt so much combat as it is a security detail. Coincidentally, I am the meanest SOB in 10 valleys.

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Scary pictures

by Surfacing in

i remember as a kid being freaked out by two pictures.

one was of the demons floating away leaving their screaming wives and babies during the flood, and the other was the collage with the gas mask guy and the kid holding his hands over his ears and the dead guy with the chopsticks.... .

oh yes, did i mention that i wasn't allowed to watch the care bears movie as a kid because of the "frightening and demonic" scenes?

FirstInLine

New LIGHT!

I wanted to bring up that PICTURE THANKS FOR REMINDING ME. Thats not David Lee Roth. That Axel Rose. And the Woman next to him is from a movie.

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To the Defenders of George Bush and the War in Iraq

by Greenpalmtreestillmine in

would you be willing, if possible, to volunteer to fight in iraq?.

are you encouraging your children or grandchildren to volunteer and fight?.

please list your names below.

FirstInLine

I hope you give your dollars to FARM AID, so that you support your ideals.

How would me giving to farm aid support my ideals? I was taking a capitalist position.

and, yes if I have to be labelled, I guess you would say I'm a 'socialist',

There is nothing wrong with being a socialist. Its a very humanitarian ism.

(edit) that reminds me of a scene from the Movie "Clue" where Tim Curry reveals that his secret is some of his "wife's friends were... (sniffles) socialists. (sobs) Well we all make mistakes (chipper)." I like the satire anyway.

BUT how do you justify this?

Justify what?

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Read the Aljazeera news site and see things from the Arab's point of view..

by Elsewhere in

http://english.aljazeera.net/homepage

FirstInLine

Wow, their cartoons are really terrible. Most of them dont make any sense.

I particularly despise the ones where palistinian terrorism is portrayed by a 9 year old boy with a toy slingshot shooting little pebbles at the wall.

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To the Defenders of George Bush and the War in Iraq

by Greenpalmtreestillmine in

would you be willing, if possible, to volunteer to fight in iraq?.

are you encouraging your children or grandchildren to volunteer and fight?.

please list your names below.

FirstInLine

Realist,

I read what you posted and skimmed the entire Engels paper. It is just like every other visionary communist. Promises, promises and assertions. They leave out so many factors that exist in reality that you have to wonder if these so called visionaries have any education or real world experience in economics what so ever. Its like Rodney Dangerfield's business professor in back to School.

"Whats the product?"

"The product at this point in our model is irrelevant."

objections

"Ok then lets just say we are making tape recorders."

"Oh no the Japsanese will kill us on labor."

"Ok then we are making widgets."

"What's a widget?"

"It's a fictional product. It doest matter."

mumbles "Doesnt matter, doesnt matter... tell that to the zoning commissioner."

The communist visionaries leave out so many details and negative forces it is incredible that they expect to be taken seriously.

I dont see where the nice part of your fantasy is either. If it is ever to happen it will not be through revolution it will be through economic darwinism. But if that is the case there is no need to even think about it.

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To the Defenders of George Bush and the War in Iraq

by Greenpalmtreestillmine in

would you be willing, if possible, to volunteer to fight in iraq?.

are you encouraging your children or grandchildren to volunteer and fight?.

please list your names below.

FirstInLine

i know communism would and will PROBABLY not work.

The communists and the capitalists were instantly at odds with one another. Both firmly believed that their own side was right. Over the course of the 20th century both sides rose to great power militarily speaking at least. The capitalists enjoyed decade after decade of prosperity though, and the communists never achieved any measure of success with respect to the standard of living promised by Karl Marx.

Now at the dawn of the 21st century communists are no longer feared or hated. They are pitied and laughed at. The communists are the laughing stock of the world community. Im not certain but I believe their are only 4 nations that still practice communism: China, North Korea, Vietnam and Cuba.

The most powerful of the 4 is China. Proud, large, most populated nation on earth. Well maybe not so proud. The Chinese have become so desparate that they have reduced themselves to the exact primal fear that inspires communism. That fear is being a slave to "robber barrons" that get rich and live well off the toil of slave type workers.

They are the lowest paid workers on the planet worth investing money for the equipment on. They are a joke. Foriegn investors seeking cheap labor to cushion their receding profit margins have set up shop in China. They have a MASSIVE labor pool willing to work for practically nothing. Had they simply gone along with social labor practices such as unionization and democracy they would live in a prosperous, comfortable economy. Instead they work as slaves for western capitalists that knew long ago capitalism works.

Chinese Farmers who after taxes make $7 a year (48$ before the 80+% tax rate to pay for chinese weapons), leave the rural areas and move to the city seeking work in factories (that is also where SARS came from). But they only drive down their wages further in doing so. We have a vast labor pool from which we can satisfy our western consumer desire of more and more widgets for decades to come without losing anything in the process. The arrangements made with the Chinese government send most of the profits to the foriegn investors. Sad, pathetic and laughable. Let that be a lesson to anyone who thinks communism can defeat the radical ambition that capitalism breeds. Capitalism has made desparate slaves out of communists.

If you want to practice communism, live in a free market democracy, buy a farm, and make some good friends. Other than that, forget about it.