http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2008/11/03/081103taco_talk_hertzberg
Now make sure you read to the end and get the "sharin the wealth" from Republican VP Sarah "do as I say, not as I do" Palin.
Hypocrit that she is. Now would someone, preferably a McCain/Palin supporter explain to me why when Obama says something like this it's considered socialism and when Palin says it then it isn't.
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Alaska is the most socialized of all the states. That I understand and I dont view it as a bad thing but what I dont understand is how people can even consider voting for such a hypocritical liar such as Sarah Palin. Now I know she isnt running for VP but she is truly a heartbeat away from the presidency.
McCain replied that “wealthy people can afford more” and that “the very wealthy, because they can afford tax lawyers and all kinds of loopholes, really don’t pay nearly as much as you think they do.” The exchange continued:
YOUNG WOMAN: Are we getting closer and closer to, like, socialism and stuff?. . .
MCCAIN: Here’s what I really believe: That when you reach a certain level of comfort, there’s nothing wrong with paying somewhat more.
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‘E’ Minus 6 Days — Loose Ends
Today’s Thoughtful Reminder:
DEALING WITH REDS
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Never again, voters.
Remember.
Never again.
Never!
N-E-V-E-R.
We've decided we're leaving.
We intend to form our own country,
and we're taking the other Blue States with us.
In case you aren't aware, that includes California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and all the Northeast. We believe this split will be beneficial to the nation, and especially to the people of the new country of New California.
To sum up briefly: You get Texas, Oklahoma and all the slave states. We get stem cell research and the best beaches. We get the Statue of Liberty. You get Dollywood. We get Intel and Microsoft. You get WorldCom. We get Harvard. You get Ole' Miss. We get 85 percent of America's venture capital and entrepreneurs. You get Alabama. We get two-thirds of the tax revenue, you get to make the red states pay their fair share.
Since our aggregate divorce rate is 22 percent lower than the Christian Coalition's, we get a bunch of happy families. Please be aware that Nuevo California will be pro-choice and anti-war, and we're going to want all our citizens back from Iraq at once. If you need people to fight, ask your evangelicals.
With the Blue States in hand, we will have firm control of 80 percent of the country's fresh water, more than 90 percent of the pineapple and lettuce, 92 percent of the nation's fresh fruit, 95 percent of America's quality wines (you can serve French wines at state dinners) 90 percent of all cheese, 90 percent of the high tech industry, most of the U.S. low-sulfur coal, all living redwoods, sequoias and condors, all the Ivy and Seven Sister schools plus Stanford, Cal Tech and MIT.
With the Red States, on the other hand, you will have to cope with 88 percent of all obese Americans (and their projected health care costs), 92 percent of all U.S. mosquitoes, nearly 100 percent of the tornadoes, 90 percent of the hurricanes, 99 percent of all Southern Baptists, virtually 100 percent of all televangelists, Rush Limbaugh, Bob Jones University, Clemson and the University of Georgia. We get Hollywood and Yosemite, thank you.
Additionally, 38 percent of those in the Red states believe Jonah was actually swallowed by a whale, 62 percent believe life is sacred unless we're discussing the death penalty or gun laws, 44 percent say that evolution is only a theory, 53 percent that Saddam was involved in 9/11 and 61 percent of you crazy bastards believe you are people with higher morals then we lefties.
Finally, we're taking the good pot, too. You can have that dirt weed they grow in Mexico
Peace out,
Blue States
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1) First off, this is an article from the New Yorker - a LIBERAL magazine that is under the hypnotic spell of Obama/Biden.
2) As the writer said, "perhaps there is a difference between spreading the wealth as opposed to sharing the wealth". Republicans share the wealth because they want to as opposed to those pesky Marxist, goose-stepping, wodka drinking Democrats who force you to share the wealth!!!
3) Ummm....after the term 'socialist', the only things they have left to hang on Obama will be "space alien", "werewolf", "Slammin' Mac Daddy O" and "Nancy".
(Actually Republicans force that, too)
I think when they use it as a weapon they try to scare people with those big (rampantly misunderstood) concepts (the S word) but when she says something like "sharin' the wealth" it's like a cute pro-American thing to do. Am I close? lol
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Socialism
So"cial*ism\, n. [Cf. F. socialisme.] A theory or system of social reform which contemplates a complete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor. In popular usage, the term is often employed to indicate any lawless, revolutionary social scheme. See Communism, Fourierism, Saint-Simonianism, forms of socialism.
[Socialism] was first applied in England to Owen's theory of social reconstruction, and in France to those also of St. Simon and Fourier . . . The word, however, is used with a great variety of meaning, . . . even by economists and learned critics. The general tendency is to regard as socialistic any interference undertaken by society on behalf of the poor, . . . radical social reform which disturbs the present system of private property . . . The tendency of the present socialism is more and more to ally itself with the most advanced democracy. --Encyc. Brit.
Just so we all know what it is they are talking about...
The above is done tongue in cheek. Did I get the tone right? :-)