We've Moved On
As I've noted, many American's only geography lessons occur when we attack some country. I heard a lecture by Juan Cole yesterday on the Iraq aftermath; upcoming elections, the broader dispensation and political alignments, etc.. and he pointedly said that "Dick Cheney won." Neocon rhetoric about "democratization" notwithstanding, it was about oil and oil will determine the fate of the country going forward.I associated the various towns and provinces with battles or militias. Of course , Americans have already moved on to the next lesson with new provinces to learn how to pronounce and new generalized categories of humans to compartmentalize, war-lords, Taliban, Pashtun Achakzi,Hazara etc..But we now have a new understanding of how valuable the last of the sweet crude is, how much blood and treasure we are willing to expend to gain access. Iran.
I was raised in the Golden State back when community college was free.For all it's shortcomings California seemed to care about education but all that has changed. University of California enrolment plunged by 2,300 students this fall and the regents plan 10% tuition hikes in each of the next two years. The community college system will turn away 250,000 students and many others will see fees raised beyond their capacity to pay. As Cowboy Americanism turns this once lovely place into a dystopic range war, the most virulent, ignorant bigots and property rights fundamentalists flee to my valley here in Montana where they believe they can "live free!"
Some will fault me for not being inclusive enough, too elitist, but I can't include people who think Prop.13 was a great idea, who still support the Contras, who think we could have won in Vietnam, who think de-regulation and trickle-down is successful, who believe we got bad intelligence on WMDs, who think man caused global climate change is a hoax, who want to impose Biblical law. For want of a better term let's just call them the Wrongs. Or we could take the term "Deniers" and expand it but either way, this is not about a lack of empathy. I understand them. They are still just as wrong.
posted by troutsky @ 9:18 AM
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So the "public option" passed in the Senate.
hooray!
If you are over 55. All you young punks can piss off and pay through the nose until you actually start costing the Insurance Companies money. Too bad.
And Troutsky, you thought these guys were heartless corporate whores. Shame on you.
...what we have seen is a demonstration of the "genius of the founding fathers". A couple of corporate sluts in the Senate can block any significant reform.
The system is so dysfunctional that all an insurance company has to do is grease three or four senators and that's the end of it.
It's broken. This is never going to get us anywhere but into the death spiral.
Lets see the ideas of a hack Marxist scholar who is evaluated by fellow Marxist hacks are not to be taken seriously. The only place commies can get jobs is in higher ed where Commies exclude all critical points of view.
Maybe the cost of education would go down if Communist fake scholars actually worked. Why are tax dollars being wasted on salaries for lazy Communist hacks that produce worthless scholarship and command six figure salaries.
Toss the reds out of higher ed.
Glad you are still ranting about the Contras. I suppose you still believe Sandinazi fairy tales. The butchery of Indians by Sandinazis remains a fact. Has Ortega and Borge been placed on trial for their crimes.
It is time for Contras to liberate the folks of Venezuela.
Juan Cole is not a Marxist. His reports have been helpful, and I enjoy reading his posts. He opposes immediate withdrawal from Iraq.
Question: What did the Sandinistas do to the property expropriated from Somoza?
Answer: Give it to other capitalists, not the workers.
The Stalinist Communist Party was pro-Somoza. The Stalinist Communist supported the Shah of Iran, Sukarno, Batista etc.
The main enemy is the Democratic Party. To Obama the left is off the table. It's their own fault, for supporting that rotten party. Heck Obama is friendlier to Wall Street, than Bush.
With socialism education would be free. There would be healthcare for all. The work week would be 20 hours a week. The resources would be used for the betterment of all. The right has no answers.
You talk about California, and Beak replies talking about Zimbabwe.
Hey Beak, why isn't schooling free anymore?
More lies from Ren, the Sandinazis were a Soviet proxy. Their brutal actions against local indians are well known. Even Ward Churchill and Russel Means took up arms. While the Indians were being abused Commies pretended the atrocities did not exist. The Sandinazis in typical communist fashion stole properties for themselves.
Next Ren will be praising Idi Amin like his messiah.
You live in a fantasy world where
theft of private property is rationalized by Marx. Theft remains theft despite death cult rhetoric.
FACT. Commies did collaborate with
the Islamofascists in Iran. This is common knowledge that any literate person should be cognizant of.
Whatever happened in Indonesia there was a war against genocidal
communists. We can compare this with typical acts of commies like Mao, Stalin and Pol Pot who butcher in normal governance. Saving your country from communism is a good thing.
Juan Cole is a Marxist hack whose work is worthless. All works written by Marxists are worthless.
How many relatives of Aptheker are on the public dole in higher ed.
The hawks like Gomer Kerry, Tom Harkin and Obama are the obstacles to global rule of the death cult.
This is pure fantasy as the agents of Chavez are looking for imagined foes to rationalize economic failures and more theft
Ducky, It is each generations duty to pay for the last, didn't you read The Good Earth? Young people need to devise some way to exploit those even younger, charge them for air or something. I'm sure they will figure it out.
I'm not suggesting support for Sandinistas, just pointing to support for imperialist attitude.
How did Beak manage to work in Idi Amin?
Frankly Beak I think things would have been a lot better in that part of Africa if we hadn't assassinated Lumumba. What say you?
Beak, we are all a little beat down right now so maybe you could cheer us up by naming five politicians to the left of Bill Clinton who were not Marxists or Commie stooges.
Come on, it's been a miserable week and a laugh would help.
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