If we do go to war with Iraq, they wll capitulate in a few days. I agree it's a pathetic outlook, I imagine even servicemen and -women are dreading the annihilation of troops. It will be an...
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If we do go to war with Iraq, they wll capitulate...If we do go to war with Iraq, they wll capitulate in a few days. I agree it's a pathetic outlook, I imagine even servicemen and -women are dreading the annihilation of troops. It will be an...
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My read on the current situation (I change my...My read on the current situation (I change my mind daily) is that USA is not going to war against IRAQ. Basically it's just a sabre rattling thing.
Given the lack of support by US allies and US...
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I guess it depends on how you describe parenting...I guess it depends on how you describe parenting in all its different types. I have posted here before that perhaps this was one flaw/regret/shortfall in Che's life, that he put his work/life...
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Sorry, but all of those unfortunate societal...Sorry, but all of those unfortunate societal flaws existed under every socialist regime as well. The differences are more philosophical and moralistic.
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I am so jealous, I plan on going there some day...I am so jealous, I plan on going there some day soon.
I think the location is perfect, the town of Santa Clara, even though it is a distance from Havana. It is very hard to design a fitting...
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That's a very brave statement for you to make.
...That's a very brave statement for you to make.
I have to say that I see perfect logic in Che's Marxist theory, in other words I agree with the theory, but I don't forsee a reality coming out of...
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Very good poem.
First of all I thought of...Very good poem.
First of all I thought of Rasputin when I was reading it. I also picked up the reference to wine, which can be the downfall of many a good person.
If the energy of your word...
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I'll never drive an SUV because I'm too careful...I'll never drive an SUV because I'm too careful with my money to waste it on gasoline. I have a nice little car that suits me just fine.
Anyway, SUV's are soon going out of style. Gas prices...
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I think what helps greatly is to take the model...I think what helps greatly is to take the model you described, of certain individuals constantly rising to the top of (economic) society, and put in into motion.
You see, dynamically, it...
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I gotya. So kicking out a foreign power in order...I gotya. So kicking out a foreign power in order to have self determination is a Revolution, while an intra-border struggle is a civil war.
Now that makes sense. Thanks.
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The real question is, what divides us as nations?...The real question is, what divides us as nations? Many borders are artifical and arcane. Some make sense only because they are shores (Iceland, Australia)
So if there are relatively communist...
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I mean why were the English, French and Spanish...I mean why were the English, French and Spanish Civil Wars, but the American and Cuban ovrerthrows are Revolutions?
Just curious.
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In one sense, by fighting a conflict that was...In one sense, by fighting a conflict that was fraught with military and political flaws, and doomed to failure and much loss of life, Vietnam Vets did fight so that the future generations could be...
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This is just a general comment on the "debates"...This is just a general comment on the "debates" we have on the C-v-S board.
Don't you think that any political manifesto can, should, and will inevitably change with the times?
And that...
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Communist regimes have proven in the past to be...Communist regimes have proven in the past to be every bit as imperial as Capitalist or Monarchist regimes.
For example, China's taking of Tibet, Russina invasion of Afghanistan.
Not usually a...
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Please do not start with Das Kapital, it is such...Please do not start with Das Kapital, it is such a hard read you will be put off quickly.
I found that rather then reading texts about theory, reading the biographies of the famous...
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I much prefer non-fiction.
Lately it's been:...I much prefer non-fiction.
Lately it's been:
20th century "history"/current events
Islam
Marxist theory
Post-materialism
Childcare/child psychology
In fiction I've been trying to pick up...
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Worse yet, I read somewhere that the English had...Worse yet, I read somewhere that the English had ships of grain that they anchored off the Irish shores where the peasants could be tortured by seeing the crops but unable to access them.
One of...
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Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.
If it...Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.
If it happens again, give them a piece of your mind.
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Now wait a minute. I think Brazilian women are...Now wait a minute. I think Brazilian women are the most beautiful in the world, and Somali women are all lovely but that might have to do with them being starving which is not really very sexy.
I...
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Diva-humanist-Christian-feminist-Guevarist-high-he...Diva-humanist-Christian-feminist-Guevarist-high-heeled-lipstick-wearing-blonde-sassy-kick-ass-feedomist-tribalist-internationalist-democratic-moderate-educationalist-open-minded-mommy.
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Here's some more from the Corporate world:
...Here's some more from the Corporate world:
"Margarine is far better for you than butter"
"Smoking is not habit-forming"
"Silicone implants are perfectly safe"
"Thalidomide is a great drug...
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It helps to be a patronizing bitch like me.
...It helps to be a patronizing ***** like me.
Say, "obviously you have been miseducated about socialism and what solicalists are really like. This kind of mis-information brought the world to near...
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I believe the dissidents were restrained, I just...I believe the dissidents were restrained, I just seriously doubt the number you quoted.
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CI, the people may elect who GOES to office, the...CI, the people may elect who GOES to office, the corporations and organizations tell the politicians what to do when they get there.
LOL with you at Jimmy Carter. At least the man had a good...