Posted on 09/01/2002 12:17:04 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
No one's stopping you.....asshole.
FReegards...MUD
In essence they were aiming at the same thing as capitalism, except their way didn't work.
Greenie-ism's gripe against capitalism is that the means of production exist at all. They like a centrally controlled economy, but human needs aren't on the agenda even as a rhetorical flourish.
You can't claim their way doesn't work. For what they want to accomplish it does work.
As an aside, the Euro way is somewhere in between. They claim to serve human needs and while socialism doesn't work, semi-socialism semi-works. Good enough for them.
Another example of the media giving these whackos a platform. I wish our Constitution got as much coverage.
I note these anti-capitalists like to take on the Goliath of capitalism rather than pick on someone of their own size. If only from the consideration of bureaucratic inertia Ireland or Namibia or France are easier to turn around.
Or are they only looking for their fifteen minutes?
The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.
Yep...Bread and Circuses, but don't you think most Americans feel similar to us?! We ain't nearly as STOOOOPID as the Vast, LeftWing Medyuh Whore'd reckons we are!!
FReegards...MUD
ABSOLUTELY! From another thread:
To: Gore_ War_ Vet
That pic is the first one I've seen that puts your balloon's size in perspective. Magnificent!
Yes, it is one of my favorite photos to date. If it is a photo of just the balloon and a vehicle or two, usually the vehicle gets lost.
The balloon is an incredible draw. Then, we announce that we will be giving out pocket Constitutions. It's all part of my evil plan to arm the masses with knowledge!
When we go talk to the crowds of people, we ask what balloon they are there to see. The answer is almost always, the FLAG! When the balloon takes off, there are incredible cheers and teary eyed people throughout the crowd. It has been a very powerful experience for me to see just how much people love this country. It can be tough when I'm supposed to be taking pictures and I start to lose it.
Here is a video of us getting ready to take off, and when we take off. It was a Friday night when the crowd wasn't that big. It can take a bit of time to load but is worth it. The video still doesn't do it justice though.
To all FReepers: The media doesn't get it. They think the flag has been "overdone". On the other hand, the people in this country do 'get it'. They have NOT tired of the flag because of what it stands for.
In all of the places that we went with the balloon this summer(so far), I only heard one derogatory comment about this country by a passer by that didn't wish to stop and talk to us about it.
BTW- the media hasn't figured out that they are pretty much irrelevant.
If you haven't been to the US Flag Balloon site, check it out.
Exactly...I care more about the local weatherman's report than anything Rather/Brokaw/Jennings gotta say!!
FReegards...MUD
Capitalism drives consciousness...
This guy is delusional. The late 19th Century set the stage developmentaly for all that followed. Only, now we produce much more while being more "earth-friendly".
Had the trends of the middle Industrial Revolution continued apace to this day the Earth would be a slag heap much like the Soviet Empire of the late 1970's.
I'll take even the tackiest strip mall over a gulag anyday.
Anyone who disparages the "profit-motive" simply wants human beings to suffer (and die). There is nothing noble in Socialism. There is nothing noble in environmentalism. There is only a longing to commit mass murder.
Because he and all those who subscribe to his delusion are "Luddites!"
This includes all liberal deconstructive, devaluating and degrading Demonicrats in these United States... from Clinton, Clinton, Dasshole & Gore, Inc., on down the line!!!
Our poor delirious State is over-run by these delirious Demonicrat derilicks! (CA) It's a pitiful disgrace to put it mildly. To think that a Democrat in the 1960's presided over the building of the earth's greatest 1.Freeway system, 2.Aquaduct system, 3. University system... That's the prime role of government... Roads, Water delivery and schools.
BUT... It made his son so guilty over the magnitude of success that it warped the attitude of his and every Demonicrat administration since, including that Demoncrat desperado, Davis who has destroyed future economic progress for years to come by putting the State in BONDAGE!
CA State Government and all it's political subdivisions are the only stable growth industries we will have left in "the world's 5th largest economy!" The rest of you States are going to be hurt by this in times to come... wait and see!!!
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