Some people.

melodious

Commy wrote:

it was a long time ago, when Karl Marx seemed like a smart guy. I am a socialist, to some extent.

commy stems from the word communal, equal parts??????

we are equal parts in a sense, it's just how we view schematics....peace.

polaris

communist, socialist, environmentalist ... whatever -ist ... they are just words with complex meanings but seem to have only the effect on fear to the close-minded ...

name me one value of communism that is worse than lying to the country in order to manufacture a war that has resulted in the loss of over 1 million innocent lives ... just one ...

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Commy wrote:

it was a long time ago, when Karl Marx seemed like a smart guy. I am a socialist, to some extent...I actually asked Kat if I could change my name one time, but for whatever reason that wasn't possible.

I like your name... and your views. Keep up the good work!

OffHeGoes29

Pure Socialism doesn't work, you rely on the integrity and honesty of people for it to be successful....and this won't ever happen. As long as there are greedy people here on earth, they will take advantage of what ever system a government adopts. All you are doing in giving more power to the government, and less choice for the average person.

melodious

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agrees with your comment, polaris...

i keep thinking of this image of a great trojan horse....

hailhailkc

Commy wrote:

So I had a friends Obama 08 shirt on the other day, long night, anyway...this guy comes up to me and says,

"good luck with your new president"
to which I replied, "thanks, you too man, he's your president too."

and this fucking douchebag, basically screams,
"He's not my president, I spent 2 years in Nam fighting communists and now we have one in the whitehouse." Seriously bent out of shape in a department store.

So I calmed him down a bit, was like dude, relax....and he goes on to "explain" how Obama has decided to raise FICA by 40%, if you make more than $36,000 a year your fucked, and how businesses all over the country have already felt the affect of Obama's presidency and are going overseas.

I gave him plenty of numbers, described the great depression to him, mentioned I would like to have healthcare, mentioned how I would like to see an end to the occupation of Iraq...the guy had an excuse for everything. Apparently I can get healthcare for 13$ a month at my local grocery store- according to this guy (I am going to check that out). but his favorite word was communist and his scare tactic was how Obama was going to raise FICA by 40%.

Talk about wanting him to fail., He's not even our president yet and people are blaming him for shit he isn't even going to do, or blaming him for Bush policies.

Was Bush your president?

El_Kabong

Kenny Olav wrote:

Was his name Walter Sobchak?

OVER THE LINE!!!!!!!!

melodious

OffHeGoes29 wrote:

Pure Socialism doesn't work, you rely on the integrity and honesty of people for it to be successful....and this won't ever happen. As long as there are greedy people here on earth, they will take advantage of what ever system a government adopts. All you are doing in giving more power to the government, and less choice for the average person.

any system that is massive with population will not work because there is no opt to know people...

a system that will succeed will put people, species, and nature first-foremost...

indigenous tribes have known socialism/communalism and look what we do to them..we di-sect them and annihilate culture.

if we look at this in a sense, and history...all indigenous tribes were nations under god, Spirit, divine or just the plain ol' sun....

in Conversations with God and many new sorts of training, I have been reading and learning that giving support is key for success...supporting does not mean transforming, it means to find good...

if everyone would stand back and let your hearts lead you, you would become part of a great movement that can and will overcome some of our past mistakes.

peace.

angelica

scb wrote:

I like your name... and your views. Keep up the good work!

Commy has always been, and probably always will be one of my fave posters ever. My daughter used to read the board just to read his posts...and she even used to scope out his myspace page........

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angelica wrote:

Commy has always been, and probably always will be one of my fave posters ever. My daughter used to read the board just to read his posts...and she even used to scope out his myspace page........

Haha! Your daughter used to stalk Commy? That's super-cute. How old is she? (Just wondering how old is too old to stalk Commy? )

angelica

scb wrote:

Haha! Your daughter used to stalk Commy? That's super-cute. How old is she? (Just wondering how old is too old to stalk Commy? )

Yes! shes...26!!.....I think she was 23 in her stalking-Commy days!

one is never too old to stalk Commy!!



*offers up commy's myspace details*

Rhinocerous Surprise

angelica wrote:

Commy has always been, and probably always will be one of my fave posters ever. My daughter used to read the board just to read his posts...and she even used to scope out his myspace page........

And now she'll probably never talk to you again. "MOM!"

angelica

Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:

And now she'll probably never talk to you again. "MOM!"

She knew that I already told him that years ago!

OffHeGoes29

melodious wrote:

any system that is massive with population will not work because there is no opt to know people...

a system that will succeed will put people, species, and nature first-foremost...

indigenous tribes have known socialism/communalism and look what we do to them..we di-sect them and annihilate culture.

if we look at this in a sense, and history...all indigenous tribes were nations under god, Spirit, divine or just the plain ol' sun....

in Conversations with God and many new sorts of training, I have been reading and learning that giving support is key for success...supporting does not mean transforming, it means to find good...

if everyone would stand back and let your hearts lead you, you would become part of a great movement that can and will overcome some of our past mistakes.

peace.

I honestly believe thats nice and all....but reality dictates otherwise. I would love to count on the good will of people, but greed and selfish behavior can still be found in the small indigenous tribes you speak of. Native Americans where slaughtering each other for thousands of years before the Europeans showed up with modern weapons and disease Your complaint has more to do with the side that uses advanced methods of taking resources to their advantage, not good vs bad. Give any of these small peaceful tribes the knowledge and resources, and Europeans would be the conquered ones. Have you ever read "Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond? It gets a little dry at some points but its a great read as to why some cultures conquer and other become the conquered.

"a system that will succeed will put people, species, and nature first-foremost..."

The problem with that is everything on this planet is designed to put itself first, thats how things survive. Now I'm not saying Darwinism is the way to go with our culture, but we are only animals with some sort of order to keep it together. How many days would it take you with out food, shelter, and water before you do something drastic to stay alive?

Why is there war, famine, disease, greed and injustice in the world? Its part of who we are, and while we can do the best we can to fight it, it will always be apart of our reality. I guess there has to be some sort of balance.

But to get to my point....you can't change people, won't happen....and I don't trust people to do right by me and America, or the world for that matter.

LBC1076

That guy sounds like some of the folks that I work with. One guy tried to tell us that Obama would get sworn in on the Koran, and when we laughed at him, and disputed his claim, he looked at us as if we were going to kick his dog in the nuts. He then went on to say that he didn't care and that he would never vote. After all that he went home and fucked his sister, folks in the South are so damn ignorant.

Anon

LBC1076 wrote:

That guy sounds like some of the folks that I work with. One guy tried to tell us that Obama would get sworn in on the Koran, and when we laughed at him, and disputed his claim, he looked at us as if we were going to kick his dog in the nuts. He then went on to say that he didn't care and that he would never vote. After all that he went home and fucked his sister, folks in the South are so damn ignorant.

Why do the people that 'don't care' and 'would never vote', act like they do care? Doesn't make sense to me.