Not-So-Much-Of-A-Fan

Huge difference which some people, including one here in particular don't realize.

There is no such thing as "Fascist socialism" because they are complete opposites. It's like being a "Satanist Christian..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism

"The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly as necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else."

- Teddy Roosevelt

Conservatives think the world IS better than it is, Progressives think the world CAN be better than it is.

So Bill Clinton gets impeached for making a moral decision and getting a BJ, but George Bush is still in office after:

- An illegal invasion of a sovereign nation

- Warrantless wiretapping against US citizens

- Breaking of the Geneva Convention in regard to PoWs

Abuse of Powers and General Failure:

- Commutation of LIbby's sentence

- Deliberate declassification of CIA intelligence for political purposes

And many, many more.

Under Capitalism, not everyone has a fair

chance because the people in the higher ranks of

society (with more capital) are, by virtue of the

system, going to rule over the lower ones. People are

born into different circumstances and you need money

to make money, basically. Capitalism is a system

based on human greed, wheras pure communism is, in

theory, based on human sharing and the belief that

human nature is based on human behavior in response to

their surroundings.

Yes, the USSR failed and all large other countries

that tried communism. However, the countries that

have tried it, yes all of them...have had a history

for centuries of having internal strife and civil war,

basically dooming the idea of getting everyone to work

together right from the start.

I don't necessarily say that communism can work in

this world, but the examples (like China, USSR etc.)

that people think about were not true communism as it

is meant to be...they are failed attempts at it, and

they

First enemies of Obama says he's a Muslim because of his middle name. Then, as soon as the thing about his pastor goes public he is a labeled as a racist Christian. How can you be both at the same time...? Or will someone just admit the obvious and say that the Muslim smearing was just political mud-slinging?

Why is it that any Islamic leader is looked on as an "extremist terrorist America-hater" no matter their actual views, just because of their religion? All these Christian leaders in our country are very extreme and often violent, but just because they are Christian they don't get blamed when they start illegal wars overseas.

First, Germany was *Fascist...* not Socialist.

Fascism is directly anti-Marxist and hence the Nazis

made it their priority to destroy the USSR. They

failed, miserably.

Second, under Capitalism, not everyone has a fair

chance because the people in the higher ranks of

society (with more capital) are, by virtue of the

system, going to rule over the lower ones. People are

born into different circumstances and you need money

to make money, basically. Capitalism is a system

based on human greed, wheras pure communism is, in

theory, based on human sharing and the belief that

human nature is based on human behavior in response to

their surroundings.

Yes, the USSR failed and all large other countries

that tried communism. However, the countries that

have tried it, yes all of them...have had a history

for centuries of having internal strife and civil war,

basically dooming the idea of getting everyone to work

together right from the start.

Yes, I know it's true that Sen. Clinton has no enlisted military experience, but she is on the Senate Armed Forces Committee. Just wondering, how many of you knew that? Now here's the actual question...does anyone know (actually know) what her position there would involve? Like how much would it require her to actually deal with military issues?

They went after John Kerry for some reason, and now they go after McCain who's a republican...one of their own. Why?

Depending on which leading candidate is elected

Iraq had nothing to do with our security. There were no WMDs and staying in Iraq at this point is just occupying a country and killing more people in 5 yrs than Sadaam did in 30. Bush has committed war crimes. It's very sad that the world court doesn't execute and try war criminals anymore...