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Tuesday, May 15. 2007

A memory

A disturbing brief video memory of Communism. Thompson. Thank God police-state-enforced socialism is in the past...or is it?

Fear not - the bold, brave, cantankerous, gnarly farm hands of Maggie's Farm are manning the barricades against those who want to "do us good" whether we want it or not. Do not do good to me. I am a moderately intelligent adult who is capable of making decisions and choices, for better or worse. My ancestors came here so people would leave them alone. Leave me alone, because I have the Yankee American attitude: I do not trust experts, and I am willing to live with my own mistakes without asking anything from anyone. Self-reliance, no matter how tough it can be at times. Reliance on God is good, but reliance on government is for the birds.

Posted by Bird Dog in Politics at 20:14 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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Amen, hallelujah brother BD!
:-)
#1 buddy larsen on 2007-05-15 21:54 (Reply)
The comsymp commenters at the video site were pathetic. "Communism has never been tried in its pure form." is the sort of crap you expect to hear at a faculty cocktail party after everyone comes back in from smoking a joint in the driveway. Very sad...
#2 M. Murcek on 2007-05-16 00:42 (Reply)
Well. I'd have thought Pol Pot got as close to the "pure" form of communism as it gets... :-(
There is a book entitled "The Black Book of Communism", written by a group of historians, unfortunately I do not remember any names - but at least one of them is French. It is a state-by-state account of the communist history of all afflicted countries. Terribly depressing and should be obligatory reading for all high school students throughout the world. I am Central European myself and have lived half my life in a "people's republic", but this book describes atrocities even I knew little about.
#2.1 magdalena on 2007-05-16 04:01 (Reply)
I recall reading the Khmer Rouge executed millions with plastic bags and baling twine. No guns required, no bullets wasted.
#3 Patina on 2007-05-16 06:28 (Reply)

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