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Originally posted by MrXYZ
reply to post by JohhnyBGood
But what does Russia turning into a mafia state has to do with anything you claim??? It's not communists in charge in Russia, far from it in fact, it's the greedy mafia! If you believe communism still governs Russia, you are delusional...
Communism, Socialism - Progessivism, and now Eco-ism, PC Multicultralism,Warmism
Originally posted by JohhnyBGood
reply to post by MrXYZ
I'm saying that all the 'isms' are agendas created for dumbed down idiots to follow - much like religions were designed/co-opted to do - you have obviously swallowed several hook line and sinker, as well as having reading comprehension issues.
It is not really about money either - the elites allready have all the money they can ever use...
Originally posted by TexasChem
There are quotes directly from the Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson stating Kruschev made the statement to him in a conversation.
Ronald Reagan who many consider to be one of the greatest Presidents in the modern era also confirmed this.
I think direct quotes from both of these individuals is enough for me. I am not going to question the integrity of two of the greatest Americans to live in the modern era.
Originally posted by Jedite
Truthfully there is nothing wrong with communism, it's a great idea. To bad it will never work in the real world, as we've all seen, people as a whole are too greedy always want want want. Be it more money, more possessions, and so on.
I know some of you are going to blink about my comment but look at it this way, everyone owns everything, no poor, no hungry, no rich. Everything would be equal and even, you want this? well you have to do this. Hence a good idea, but sadly it will never get beyond that.
The road runs for over two thousand kilometres through the wildest terrain of the Asian continent, connecting Magadan and Yakutsk, and making an enormous loop through the Siberian mountains in order to reach the hundreds of gold mines that once operated there.
Forced labour was used to construct every inch of this incredible project – at first by inmates of labour camps, but later by the unfortunate denizens of the gulags that began springing up all over these near-uninhabitable provinces of Stalin’s Soviet empire. Many were Russian POW’s, banished to the region after being labeled German ‘collaborators’. Many were Russian Christians who refused to renounce their faith under the Communist regime. Prisoners were chained except when they were working their twelve-hour shifts. Many died during transport alone, and thousands were shot by the officers for not working hard enough. And any worker who died during construction of the road was ‘buried’ where he fell – survivors’ reports indicate that bodies were as common a sight as fallen logs.
Originally posted by TheWalkingFox
reply to post by TexasChem
Don't think of it as a tax.
Think of it as a service fee for the privilege of living in a society where it's illegal to kill and eat you and your entire family and claim your home as my own. A service fee for the ability to travel on maintained roads, rather than spending the greater portion of the year chopping paths through wilderness to get towards the nearest hamlet. A service fee for the promise that if martians attack, the army will be there to fight them off. A service fee for the knowledge that when you're old and decrepit, you're not going to have to gum any peckers to afford cat food. A service fee for the privilege of having your children educated, even if you cannot afford the costs of private tuition. A service fee for all the grants, subsidaries, and bonuses that make it possible for you to eat a strawberry in december and fuel your car for less than ten bucks a gallon. A service fee for the ability to go to court, face witneses, present evidence, and be innocent unless proven guilty.
If you don't wanna pay taxes, well, tough; civilization isn't free.
Originally posted by JohhnyBGood
reply to post by MrXYZ
The Republicans have largely been taken over by the progressives - the only 'consrvative' movement is theTea Party,
Originally posted by MrXYZ
Originally posted by JohhnyBGood
reply to post by MrXYZ
The Republicans have largely been taken over by the progressives - the only 'consrvative' movement is theTea Party,
Wait...are you calling the GOP progressive now?? You have to be kidding
And the TP can't really be taken seriously anymore, now that it's been taken over by Palin/Bachmann, both being complete liars abusing religion and fear to control their delusional followers. It might have been a good movement when it started off, but it's been taken over by pathetic liars
Originally posted by sonofliberty1776
Absolutely right. However, at this point Liberals practically admit that they are communists and see nothing wrong with it. Good post, S&F.
I really feel sorry for the rank-and-file "progressive". These people have been truly duped and don't have the intellectual assets to recognize it.