tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post116071866182386918..comments2023-11-05T23:25:31.498+11:00Comments on Wot Is It Good 4: it's better to cope with IranUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1160994601759366752006-10-16T20:30:00.000+10:002006-10-16T20:30:00.000+10:00It's hard to say what it is exactly, except that i...It's hard to say what it is exactly, except that it's ugly and people are scared. I'm glad you take such an interest, in that you don't live in the U.S.A. and sure don't have to. I screwed up and stayed up all night, and now I have to shower and go downtown to deal with my old jalopy. I'll get back to reading and writing about the new equal-misfortune Bush system of justice later...«—U®Anu§—»https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044248315262502099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1160880848403205482006-10-15T12:54:00.000+10:002006-10-15T12:54:00.000+10:00you are right that americans hate 'Communism' - bu...you are right that americans hate 'Communism' - but i can't really see how the pluto/kleptocratic dystopia that these people appear to fancy can be called 'communism'<BR/><BR/>i think your latter phrase is more appropriate!lukeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13280906371216516750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1160870347253143672006-10-15T09:59:00.000+10:002006-10-15T09:59:00.000+10:00I like the word "communists" because it elicits ho...I like the word "communists" because it elicits horror from Americans; but, essentially, what do you call one-party control of government with no way to vote it out of power, even with supposedly "free elections?" Add usurpation of state's rights giving way to increasing centralized power, with the chief executive vested with virtually unlimited power, and the "governmentization" of corporations (or "corporatization of government"), and you have something which looks just like communism. And, that's what the GOP's sacred, annointed plan has been lo these last three decades. Most people prefer the term fascism, but darned if it doesn't look like communism too, and a hostile mutation of it as well.<BR/><BR/>The term I like best is "oppressive despotism," although since the Bush-Cheney-Rove government model gleans elements from history's repressive regimes, perhaps a new term would be appropriate--like "oppressive communofascistdespotism." Hey, that's not bad! Perhaps I'm just being a shrill, reactionary crybaby. You think? Trolls have accused me of it. But that's only because I'm being polite, and not calling them "mother-fucking-murdering-ghoul-dictator-little-tin-god-sorry-ass-anal-cancer-thieving-lying-turd-burgling-pervert-psycho-shitbags" like I'd prefer.«—U®Anu§—»https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044248315262502099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1160824629881155062006-10-14T21:17:00.000+10:002006-10-14T21:17:00.000+10:00i'm not sure that they are communists - how do yuo...i'm not sure that they are communists - how do yuo figure?lukeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13280906371216516750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1160780145777671672006-10-14T08:55:00.000+10:002006-10-14T08:55:00.000+10:00Making such a distinction is critically important....Making such a distinction is critically important. People returning from the war, people wondering how to vote, people like you and me, ask themselves what in the world are these people doing and thinking. A little well-earned generalization, which is really true, can be a big help. They're fascists. They're despots. They're communists. They're lying, thieving, murdering nut cases. Their actions speak volumes about these irrefutable truths.<BR/><BR/>It's too damn bad, too. When any administration comes into office, I always hope for the best--that they're good for the world and country and that things go well for them. As for Bush, <I>et al.,</I> I knew they'd be astonishingly poor. The depths to which they've sunk surprises even me. But at the start, I didn't realize these people are psychopaths on top of everything else.«—U®Anu§—»https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044248315262502099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1160737010852936852006-10-13T20:56:00.000+10:002006-10-13T20:56:00.000+10:00they are indeed psycopaths.and they scare me.they are indeed psycopaths.<BR/><BR/>and they scare me.lukeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13280906371216516750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1160721637785706442006-10-13T16:40:00.000+10:002006-10-13T16:40:00.000+10:00Yeah, read my comment under this entry. (I had to ...Yeah, read my comment under <A HREF="http://wotisitgood4.blogspot.com/2006/10/president-becomes-humiliating-occasion.html" REL="nofollow">this entry</A>. (I had to remove and repost, I made a boo-boo.)«—U®Anu§—»https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044248315262502099noreply@blogger.com