Help. I think I may be a Communist!

[Syrinx]

Well, not exactly. But I was just browsing the website of Communist Party USA, and their platform doesn't sound that radical.

Meet the Needs of Working, Unemployed and Farm Families
- Raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour.
-Unemployment insurance for all workers.
- Moratorium on farm foreclosures
- Labor law reform to remove barriers to workers who want to join a union.
- No privatization of Social Security. Increase benefits.
- Universal prescription drug coverage administered by Medicare. Universal health care system.
- Restore social safety net. Welfare reform that includes job training, supports and living wages.
- Full funding for equal, quality, bi-lingual public education. No vouchers.

Make Corporate Giants Pay
- Repeal tax cuts to the rich and corporations.
- Close corporate tax loopholes.
- Restitution to workers' pensions.
- Strong regulation of financial industry.
- Regulation and public ownership of utilities
- Prosecute corporate polluters. Public works program to clean our air, water and land
- Aid to cities and states. Federally funded infrastructure repair and social service programs

Foreign Policy for Peace and Justice
- No to war with Iraq - End military interventions
- Repeal Fast Track and NAFTA, stop Free Trade Area of the Americas(FTAA). No secrecy.
- Save Salt II Agreements, reject Star Wars and Nuclear Posture Review
-Abolish nuclear weapons
- End military interventions.
- Cut military budget and fund human needs.

Defend Democracy and Civil Rights
- End racial profiling.
- Repeal the death penalty.
- Enforce civil rights laws and affirmative action.
- Repeal USA Patriot Act.
- Legalization and protection of immigrant>rights.
- Public financing of elections. Overall election law reform including Instant Runoff Voting.
- Youth and student bill of rights. Guarantee youth's right to earn,learn and live.

http://www.cpusa.org/article/static/511/

[Sapphire Blue]

1. Well... I might be one, too! Great platform!

:hi:

[Syrinx]

3. hello Comrade

;)

[Minnesota Libra]

2. Ok, for a list that good there's a catch, what else do they believe in? nt

[shadowknows69]

4. the catch is

they have the name "The Communist Party". I hate to say it but it's going to be kind of a rough moniker to operate under for quite some time I fear.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. True :^(

[KingFlorez]

6. All that is common sense

Anybody of any ideology should endorse those ideals

[chicofaraby]

7. Jeepers, Freepers ... were right for once

I AM a commie.

Who knew?

[Elwood P Dowd]

8. Now don't make me say Roll Tide Syrinx

Oh hell, I did it anyway! :toast:

[Syrinx]

11. ha!

I hope it didn't hurt too bad. ;)

[Elwood P Dowd]

12. I met the old Barr with Joe Namath a couple of times

He use to drag Joe around with him along with Jack Hurlburt (sp?) and Leroy to various functions. Joe looked funny with the short hair, but then this was around 1963.

Both Joe and the Bear had their share of female admirers, if you know what I mean. :-)

[Syrinx]

14. gotcha!

I've never met Joe or Leroy. But I ran into Bear Bryant at the Tuscaloosa airport when I was little. I said "Hey Bear Bryant!" He said "My name is Paul Bryant!" He was grumpy, but he gave me an autograph anyway. Can't blame him for being grumpy. Alabama had just been beat by Notre Dame... he was coming in from either the Sugar Bowl or Orange Bowl. Can't remember which one. His wife was very sweet.

Wouldn't mind meeting Joe Namath. I bet he would be fun to hang out with, if you know what I mean. ;)

[Elwood P Dowd]

18. Coach Jordan always called him Paul

I asked him about that once, and Shug said, "Well, that's what he wants to be called".

The more I think about it, the more I think it was 1962 when Leroy and Jack were with him along with Namath. In 63 it was Namath and someone else. Getting old and the memory is fuzzy.

War Eagle and Roll Tide anyway.

[Syrinx]

19. War Eagle and Roll Tide!

I can agree to that!

[Jamison]

9. I'm all for all their ideals.

Call me a commie, I don't care!

[Warren DeMontague]

10. Hey - I agree with portions of the Libertarian & Green Platforms,too.

But I still hold out hope that the nanny state control freaks, allegedly 'liberal' neo-puritans and the GOP lite cowards will get out of the way--- so that my DEMOCRATIC Party will take up the mantle of a truely brave opposition party that stands up unapologetically for the rights of individuals while simultaneously taking clear, moral stands on issues like Iraq, a liveable minimum wage, and a SPHC system.

[EFerrari]

13. Well, welcome to The List.

Browsing Pinko sites! :spank:

:)

[Syrinx]

15. I know you're kidding...

But the way things are going, I am a little nervous about going to controversial websites. :(

[EFerrari]

17. I just say out loud two or three times a day

"So, where the f@ck is bin Laden?"

It makes me feel better. :)

[Syrinx]

20. sage advice

:hi:

[AngryAmish]

16. I'm for settling the nomads

[Radio_Guy]

21. Their platform is ideal

The problem is the Communist label is very offensive to many and would never work. That is why I love the term Progressive. Because anyone who is against a livable minimum wage, against funding education, for tax cuts for the rich, for an unnecessarily large military, for the death penalty and racial profiling and spying on Americans, etc. are not progressives but very regressive.

If someone would run on a communist/socialist platform without the totalitarianism Russia had, I would vote for him or her in a heartbeat. When done right, it beats capitalism hands down.