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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 11:05 PM Original message |
All this talk of socialism is pure bullshit! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sadly. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. You can be a socialist society and a democracy at the same time. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Check out the Venezuela threads, there you'll discover that democracy = dictatorship. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. "Socialism" is an economic system. "Democracy" is a political system. |
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vssmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
39. Chile had that under Allende until Kissinger put that to an end |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. You got my vote. nt |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. Socialism would be a good thing. |
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Believing Is Art (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. I believe in neither pure socialism nor pure capitalism |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Thank you! |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. Public Roads? Public Military? Public Police? Public Fire Dept? |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Becoming more and more.. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. we are socialist, to some degree, but a long way off from being full blown. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 03:33 AM Response to Reply #11 |
34. I think the US would be better off being two parts socialism, one part capitalism. |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
37. In Chicago, Richie Daley has privatized more and more of what used to be |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. It seems to me the success.. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 11:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. and the success of any government is made nearly impossible, |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
13. Capitalism Needs Trust.... |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Thank you for adding an all-important dimension to this equation. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
14. thank you |
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Mollis (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
16. OMG, tell that to my Psych teacher. |
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Mollis (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
17. dupe |
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No.23 (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
18. Don't fall for this frame job. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. regulation is part of the issue, a big part, but this is not a regulation issue. |
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No.23 (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 02:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. And my point is... |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 02:17 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. good luck with that. |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 07:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
36. You might want to be a bit more careful. |
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No.23 (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:01 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Well said. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
19. "That is not what we are about as a nation" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 01:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 02:02 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. That was just rude |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 02:19 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. you're right. it was rude. it was meant to be. |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 02:41 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. I think I was fairly clear |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
24. "I BELIEVE in Capitalism!" FFS, it's not a religion |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 02:20 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. if you want to call a practiced way of life a religion, then yes. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
29. Socialism is NOT a dirty word. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
30. turn it off |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
31. Only 651,000 jobs were lost last month - whack-jobs are using socialism to change the... subject?!!! |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #31 |
43. yep. So true. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
32. You're being paranoid. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 04:21 AM Response to Original message |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #35 |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
38. call your 1000 local right wing radio stations |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
40. In order for capitalism to work you need a little socialism to keep it in check! |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
44. You lost me at that last sentence. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
45. just send them these quotes it drives them crazy |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
46. If you favor our military to Blackwater (Xe), you might be a Socialist |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
48. So how big a contribution can I put you down for in the "Get Out of America" fund |
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