tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20960101.post4642009311499628637..comments2023-10-09T12:42:44.578-07:00Comments on Crusader's Armory: Obamination: Treachery at the U.N.; Global Economy~Exporting JobsBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01975775791961343435noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20960101.post-12384788517633767722009-09-27T01:10:14.056-07:002009-09-27T01:10:14.056-07:00Guts? Anonomous guts? And you can't even write...Guts? Anonomous guts? And you can't even write your own stuff. <br />How sad. <br /><br />Obama was a card carrying member of the Socialist and Fusion parties in Chicago.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975775791961343435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20960101.post-77869314513393133842009-09-26T09:53:32.892-07:002009-09-26T09:53:32.892-07:00DO YOU HAVE THE GUTS TO RUN A POINT OF VIEW CHALLE...DO YOU HAVE THE GUTS TO RUN A POINT OF VIEW CHALLENGING YOUR OWN??? DO YOU KNOW WHAT MARXIST IS?<br /><br />Reprinted from COUNTERPUNCH<br /><br /><br />For months, leftists have been pointing out the absurdity of theclaim that Barack Obama is a socialist. But no matter how laughable,<br />the claim keeps popping up, most recently in the form of the Republican Party chairmans warning of a socialist power grab by<br />Democrats.<br /><br />Within the past year, Republican Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina has called Obama the worlds best salesman of socialism.Conservative economist Donald J. Boudreaux of George Mason University<br />has acknowledged that Obama isnt really a socialist, but warns that<br />the socialism lite of such politicians is as specious as is<br />classic socialism.<br /><br />Silly as all this may be, it does provide an opportunity to continue<br />talking about the promise and the limits of socialism in a moment<br />when the economic and ecological crises are so serious. So, lets<br />start with the basics.<br /><br />As with any complex political idea, socialism means different things<br />to different people. But there are core concepts in socialist<br />politics that are easy to identify, including (1) worker control over<br />the nature and conditions of their work; (2) collective ownership of<br />the major capital assets of the society, the means of production; and<br />(3) an egalitarian distribution of the wealth of a society.<br /><br />Obama has never argued for such principles, and in fact consistently<br />argues against them, as do virtually all politicians who are visible<br />in mainstream U.S. politics. ThAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com