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Coming to Terms with Right-Wing Movements by mcfly July 26, 2011 11:14 am
  • I was born in the Spanish-speaking neighborhood of Tampa, Florida, (Ybor City) but we moved to a rural, very rednecky ... by ER 2011-07-26 13:11:40
    • Seems your parents preferred living with the "Rednecks" in the country to their own kind in Ybor city. I ... by Lee 2011-07-26 18:43:09
      • Seems like we agree on one thing. The ones who do the "inviting" are the cause of most of ... by Lee 2011-07-26 19:18:01
        • My family has been here for over a century. They and their countrymen were invited here to work because Americans ... by ER 2011-07-26 19:38:18
          • No one here thinks that, ER. In fact, everyone here has a great deal of respect for you....and that ... by Lee 2011-07-27 13:21:43
        • The apologists and excuse makers for the Confederacy are always whining that the Civil War had nothing to do with ... by ER 2011-07-26 18:52:53
          • The funny thing is, every damn one of us, if not Native American, is an import. I'll never understand ... by Eri 2011-08-05 06:22:32
        • PS. It's a good thing its got lots of footnotes, or Tom might not take it seriously. by ER 2011-07-26 13:51:14
        • Wow, an entire paper demonizing a political ideology for demonizing political ideologies. by TB 2011-07-26 11:48:22
          • Maybe someday you'll get around to reading it? by mcfly 2011-07-26 11:58:58
            • Did you? The last part is complete horseshit. I also checked out the main website, which was essentially ... by TB 2011-07-26 12:02:10
              • Yep. Bookmarked and URL forwarded to my home email for future reference. Thought it was spot-on. by mcfly 2011-07-26 12:06:33
                • Go git 'em, McFly! by Eri 2011-07-26 16:01:28
                  • Consider 'em got! :-) by mcfly 2011-07-26 19:25:53
          College education bubble by TB July 25, 2011 9:24 pm
          • No this is what happens when they become profitable enterprises and marketed to the middle class. I went to college in ... by ER 2011-07-26 06:17:28
            • Sorry, but "for profit" colleges (not to be confused with private ones) enroll about eight percent of the students in ... by TB 2011-07-26 07:42:52
              • Yeah, who are "they"? The academic socialist media intellectual conspiracy? They are the ones who are losing jobs and tenure. ... by ER 2011-07-26 08:54:24
            A little further down the road we're on... by TB July 25, 2011 8:22 pm
              One symptom of tyranny... by TB July 25, 2011 11:34 am
                See if you need glasses... by TB July 24, 2011 9:28 pm
                  Until August 1914 by TB July 24, 2011 8:59 pm
                  • Oh sure, post-Edwardian Britain was such a Libertarian paradise! That is, unless you were an industrial worker in the massive ... by ER 2011-07-25 04:43:57
                    • You make some very good points, particularly on colonialism and the British class system. I don't concede that either colonialism or ... by TB 2011-07-25 09:37:04
                      • It's all relative, Tom, which is my point. In spite of my harangue, the English peasant always had it ... by ER 2011-07-25 10:22:37
                        • Absence of all-pervasive state control does not automatically lead to freedom, but it is a prerequisite. I use "the state" as ... by TB 2011-07-25 10:55:08
                          • You and I must have completely different views of the social universe. I have never felt threatened by the ... by ER 2011-07-25 11:33:50
                            • That's actually surreal. Is this what happens to your head when you work for even a local government? ... by TB 2011-07-25 13:21:34
                              • I spent most of my life working for private industry: Mom and pop shops, giant corporations, but also the ... by ER 2011-07-25 14:01:36
                                • A Soviet science guy might not have been the best example. They were on the upper tiers in those ... by TB 2011-07-25 16:09:26
                                  • Not to worry, TB. China and Russia will carry the torch for free enterprise (ta-dah!). Just think, they're ... by ER 2011-07-25 16:28:28
                                    • The sad part is that you think China and Russia are "free enterprise" just because they contain rich businessmen. by TB 2011-07-25 18:48:30
                                      • Tom, they are rich businessmen, they get to decide what capitalism is, not two unemployed old geezers in North America ... by ER 2011-07-25 19:34:40
                                        • A great series of posts, ER! Thanks. by mcfly 2011-07-26 04:51:04
                                          • Thanks, super fly! It's reassuring to know someone is reading these posts who might actually benefit from them. by ER 2011-07-26 05:18:13
                                          • The Soviet Union had rich people running businesses. A lot of them managed to hang on to those government-sanctioned ... by TB 2011-07-25 20:51:22
                                            • Oh, quelle surprise! Rich, powerful industrial managers and financiers take advantage of a vacuum in political power and seize ... by ER 2011-07-26 05:16:08
                      Michael Moore in Norway by TB July 24, 2011 2:56 pm
                        American castles for sale by TB July 24, 2011 9:51 am
                        • Yeah...I simply can not make up my mind which one to buy. I would buy two but they are all in ... by Jody 2011-08-01 05:20:32
                          • I am a fairly content guy and I don't covet or begrudge anybody's stuff but I must admit that those ... by FrankC 2011-07-25 00:59:58
                            • agreed Frank...but I still would have to be near a Super Wal Mart. by Jody 2011-08-01 05:21:49
                              • I don't know about money buying happiness, but I've been across a wide range of incomes over my life and ... by TB 2011-07-25 09:42:25
                                • "Why do millionaires put mansions on a beach, prey to any serious storm or tsunami?" Because they get cut-rate flood insurance ... by ER 2011-07-25 19:58:57
                                  • They build where they wish because they can. About 60 years ago, my ex son in law's parents were building ... by FrankC 2011-07-29 14:31:35
                                    • Yeah, that's exactly the kind of government subsidy that screws things up. After decades of construction based on it ... by TB 2011-07-25 20:53:28
                                      • You're right. But only poor capitalists denounce government subsidies to the rich. Prosperous capitalists, real ones, lobby for them ferociously ... by ER 2011-07-26 09:10:28
                                        • What's funniest about your worldview is if it was actually consistent with reality, over 90 percent of everyone in the ... by TB 2011-07-26 09:23:18
                                          • You don't need to be rich to want a break on your flood insurance. Even the welfare queens who ... by ER 2011-07-26 10:38:38
                                            • A large part of the economic history of this country is governments saying, "you know, if we subsidize X, we'll ... by TB 2011-07-26 11:01:05
                                              • Right, TB. Private companies con or bribe the government into spending tax money to lavish on projects for private ... by ER 2011-07-26 14:01:54
                                                • "Right, TB. Private companies con or bribe the government into spending tax money to lavish on projects for private profit ... by TB 2011-07-26 14:27:45
                                                  • You are self righteously defending yourself from a charge I never made. In fact, I even remarked that we were ... by ER 2011-07-26 15:51:41
                                                    • “Right, TB. Private companies con or bribe the government into spending tax money to lavish on projects for private profit ... by TB 2011-07-26 16:17:03
                                                      • Read the statement again. Carefully. I actually agree that you have pointed out the existence of crony capitalism, twice ... by ER 2011-07-26 16:33:30
                                                        • ER, you have the soul of an artist. I actually mean that as a compliment. When do your articles come ... by TB 2011-07-26 16:50:19
                                                          • Soul of an artist, eh? Well I can scratch, belch and fart like a real man if have to. ... by ER 2011-07-26 18:26:47
                                                    • yep. Your way or the highway. by ER 2011-07-26 14:33:21
                                                      • As a response, that didn't even make sense. by TB 2011-07-26 14:40:30
                                  • By the way, I checked out the link on tech millionaire houses. Get a load of Zuckerberg's "mansion." by TB 2011-07-24 11:21:58
                                    • Who wouldn't? by VelociraptorBlade 2011-07-24 11:03:53
                                      I got yer budget deal right here... by TB July 24, 2011 9:42 am
                                      • By the way, did everyone see my "Revenues and Tax Rates" post? by TB 2011-07-24 09:47:38
                                        • I'm curious...do you see your own posts as "the end of the discussion" as often as you seem to suggest? by mcfly 2011-07-24 21:39:27
                                          • "End of the discussion?" Are you kidding? It's all I can do to keep an actual discussion going around ... by TB 2011-07-25 09:38:19
                                            • Nah, I'm probably just not reading you right. by mcfly 2011-07-25 10:47:53
                                        Another good mark for Perry by TB July 24, 2011 9:16 am
                                        • A social conservative who's willing to accept gay marriage? One way or the other, he's lying. by mcfly 2011-07-24 20:47:15
                                          • The point was very clearly explained about the role of personal belief and the proper limitations of the Federal government. Or ... by TB 2011-07-24 20:54:22
                                            • Federal law never mandates or forbids personal beliefs. Think about it. But conservatives are not shy about using law to mandate ... by mcfly 2011-07-24 21:15:50
                                              • "Beliefs" and "choices" are not the same thing. Liberals have had considerably more success in inflicting their ideas on us than ... by TB 2011-07-25 08:58:01
                                                • I don't beleive I said they *were* the same thing, in fact quite the opposite. Seriously, what was the last great ... by mcfly 2011-07-25 10:32:00
                                                  • That was a question I'd like to see answered. Specifics, please. Try and keep it out of the Middle Ages. ... by TB 2011-07-25 11:13:39
                                                    • Here by mcfly 2011-07-26 10:57:48
                                                      • Well, in the context of politics I was thinking primarily of examples in the United States and the West during ... by TB 2011-07-26 11:12:07
                                                        • I have to listen to everyone telling me how the Republicans are going to destroy us all and usher in ... by mcfly 2011-07-26 12:03:04
                                                          • I chalk it up to the Left having to construct imaginary demons to justify their own ideology and power grabs. ... by TB 2011-07-26 12:11:06
                                                            • TB, we've covered it SO many times. Which party threatens to take control of women's reproductive rights? Which party threatens ... by mcfly 2011-07-26 12:22:14
                                                              • Stay on the road. I can find nutballs all through politics who "threaten" one thing or another. Which ... by TB 2011-07-26 14:39:06
                                                                • I don't like where your road goes. Hell, neither of these should ever have been a Federal issue in the first ... by mcfly 2011-07-26 19:23:25
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