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Right out of Atlas Shrugged.
1 posted on 05/14/2016 5:39:09 PM PDT by Publius
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To: Publius

This pig is about to suffer the same fate as Ghaddhafi - brutalized and shot dead on the hood of an SUV. And the citizens will cheer.


101 posted on 05/14/2016 7:17:10 PM PDT by sergeantdave ( If not you, who? If not now, when?)
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Where are the American airplanes swooping in to bomb under the provision of “Responsibility To Protect”?

Oh, they don’t have any gold for Soros and Hillary to steal like Libya had.


105 posted on 05/14/2016 7:24:22 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Schadenfreude for later bump.


107 posted on 05/14/2016 7:25:14 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (Crump or Lose 2016)
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Ve have vays to make you vork. Unbelievable.


113 posted on 05/14/2016 7:32:29 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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LOL, right out of the book!

Certified insanity!


115 posted on 05/14/2016 7:33:22 PM PDT by dila813 (Voting for Trump to Punish Trumpets!)
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Fascism and socialism, are identical, except one has a veneer of private ownership. You know so the govt can have a scapegoat when the economy tanks. Like maduro just did right now.


120 posted on 05/14/2016 7:42:06 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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The piss poor Mexicans are just as bad as Venezuela. The only difference is they have a safety valve of pouring across our border and send hard currency back to their bullshit country to keep it afloat.


126 posted on 05/14/2016 8:27:30 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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That picture on the front of MSN. He looks so heroic. Like MSN adores him, the evil factory owners shutting down their factories to harm the nation. Couldn’t be because the nation is collapsing, no.


127 posted on 05/14/2016 8:35:09 PM PDT by I still care
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So the person who ordered government offices to only be open 2 days a week should be arrested then ?


132 posted on 05/14/2016 9:34:42 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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139 posted on 05/15/2016 3:31:48 AM PDT by DocRock (And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
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Good morning. I hope you are doing well.

Right out of "Atlas Shrugged."

Who would have thought that Atlas Shrugged and 1984 would morph into documentaries?

5.56mm

142 posted on 05/15/2016 5:24:31 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Publius; ADemocratNoMore; Aggie Mama; alarm rider; alexander_busek; AlligatorEyes; ...
Normal people would see this happening in Venezuela, and wonder how on earth this came to pass, with all the evidence freely available, plenty of current and historic examples to learn from, etc.

Like using heroin.

"Okay folks, listen up. This is all documented throughout history by the most reliable historians, people without agendas. This is what heroin is. This is what heroin does. If you use it, you WILL get addicted to it. It WILL take over your life. It WILL ruin your life. It WILL make you more miserable than you can ever imagine. It WILL turn your entire family on you. It WILL cost you your job, your money, your reputation, your family, and eventually your life. (begins throwing Encyclopedia Brittania sized books on the table) Here is the history of heroin. Here are the fatality rates. Here are the legal and financial ramifications. Here is the thickest one...the ruined families, the devastation...and now we are going to watch movies of real heroin addicts and show what happens to them."

Most normal people would read those documents, watch the movies, and understand exactly what happens when you take heroin, and would never touch it. And when someone becomes a heroin addict, most normal people would say "How could they have done that? Everyone KNOWS what heroin will do to you, and what will happen. How could they do it?"

Yet, here we are. Socialism. This is what it should have been like:

"Okay folks, listen up. This is all documented throughout history by the most reliable historians, people without agendas. This is what socialism is. This is what socialism does. If you use it, you WILL get addicted to it. It WILL take over your life. It WILL ruin your life. It WILL make you more miserable than you can ever imagine. It WILL turn your entire family on you. It WILL cost you your job, your money, your reputation, your family, and eventually your life. (begins throwing Encyclopedia Brittania sized books on the table) Here is the history of socialism. Here are the fatality rates. Here are the legal and financial ramifications. Here is the thickest one...the ruined families, the devastation...and now we are going to watch movies of real socialist countries and show what happens to them."

Kind of fits, doesn't it?

But these aren't normal times, and these aren't normal people.

There is a large portion of the American population that have sat through the class described above (for socialism, at least) the information is available, well documented, many have seen with their own eyes (never mind a movie or documentary) how evil socialism is, yet...they don't see, understand, or simply outright deny or ignore the information, and are ready to embrace socialism.

It is stunning and scary, the fact that people could have this happening right in front of their eyes, on the news, on the Internet, sometimes even have lived through it and experienced what it does, yet long for it still.

Can anyone explain to me how Heroin is any different from Socialism? (including, of course, the heroin-like high that some people will get from a boot stamping on a human face - forever.)

143 posted on 05/15/2016 6:36:19 AM PDT by rlmorel ("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)
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The beatings will continue until morale improves.


146 posted on 05/15/2016 6:43:21 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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Personal letter to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro:
Dear President Nicolas,
You Ninny, I told everyone and you didn’t listen!
Lady Margaret Thatcher
The Iron Lady
cc; Mr. Bernard Sanders


171 posted on 05/15/2016 9:38:31 AM PDT by GOYAKLA ( Pick-up the pace, I'm eighty!)
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If you have no raw materials, no electricity and no money to pay for for it even if you did, how does opening the factory and calling the workers back solve anything?


178 posted on 05/15/2016 11:49:42 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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You don’t hear leftists talk about the “bourgeoisie” much any more, but back in the 60s, the left promoted the destruction of the “bourgeoisie class.”

The “bourgeoisie” is the middle class, and while you hear the left talk about how they want to help save the middle class, it’s their actions that count, and the actions of the left reveal their goal. The destruction of the middle class. The policies of the left have help reduce the number of people in the middle class, pushing the country more into line with what the left believe it the way things should be: Having a small number of people in the “ruling class,” while everyone else serves them. Think “The Hunger Games,” but without the starvation and militarized police force (at least for now.) But to see what is coming in a few years if our path doesn’t change, is what’s happening in Venezuela right now.

Mark


191 posted on 05/15/2016 9:25:31 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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Is anyone else of a mind that the reason for the Obama Regime’s order to allow men with penises to use womens’ bathrooms in grade schools simply a distraction, to hide what’s going on in Venezuela, as well as the really bad stuff he’s doing here?

And while we’re on the topic, does anyone else think the reason for doing what appears to be nothing about the incredible murder rate in Chicago, and the increasing rates in major cities around the country, is to federalize all local law enforcement and effectively end the Second Amendment? Remember when Wayne LaPierre accused Bill Clinton of allowing a certain level of death to advance his gun control plans? Well, as we’ve seen, Obama is a lot more ruthless and uncaring of human tragedy then Clinton appeared to be.

Mark


192 posted on 05/15/2016 9:40:45 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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And you can BET that every hard-core Leftist in our country who sees this is licking their chops at the mere THOUGHT of doing something like this in, say, Detroit or any of their Socialist enclaves!

A dream come true! *SPIT*


195 posted on 05/16/2016 4:50:43 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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