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Many argue that communism will never be possible because of "human nature". The essence of this false argument is the belief that a communist society would consist of an all-powerful central government that would tell everybody what to do--and would therefore undermine the creative initiative of individuals and the search for happiness. • This argument is based on two false assumptions: (1) It assumes that a communist society will look like the former Soviet Union, or the current China, North Korea, etc (ie: corrupt police states with a feudal-style ruling class) (2) It assumes that people will only work in...

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cmp/20050715/tc_cmp/165702500 UN Panel: No Single Nation Should Control Internet Addresses Aoife White Thu Jul 14, 9:38 PM ET BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP)--A U.N. panel created to recommend how the Internet should be run in the future has failed to reach consensus but did agree that no single country should dominate. The United States stated two weeks ago that it intended to maintain control over the computers that serve as the Internet's principal traffic cops. In a report released Thursday, the U.N. panel outlined four possible options for the future of Internet governance for world leaders to consider at a November "Information...

Here is the list so far for sponcers to this hate America fest: ANSWER Code Pink UFPJ NION Al Awda World Workers Party Ruckas Revolutionary Communist party Moveon.org ACORN Campus Antiwar Network International Socialist Org Greens Party Muslim Student Association CPUSA

WASHINGTON — Megan Watson, leader of Mainstream Moms, is so angry at military recruiters for invading schools to sign up unwary youth for combat in Iraq that she and her group launched an online movement, “LeaveMyChildAlone.org.” “They offer these trinkets to lure our children to enlist,” Watson said in a phone interview from her home in Bolinas, Calif. “This is very aggressive, demographic targeting to have conversations with our kids that should not be happening.” All branches of the military are falling short of recruiting goals as parents say, in effect, “Hell no! My kids won’t go!” Watson blasted the...

A.N.S .W.E.R.'s response to Bush:Hit the Streets September 24!Recognizing that the people of the United States have turned dramat ically against the war and occupation of Iraq, Bush went on national televi sion tonight to defend his imperial foreign policy. He repea tedly invoked September 11 as a pretext for the criminal and illegal war ag ainst Iraq. Bush took to the airwaves tonight because the antiwar m ovement is growing in strength. Our power poses a major poli tical obstacle to the continuation of the war and occupation. Now Bush has taken on the additional role of Recruiter-in-Chi ef, urging young people to sign up for military...

It is precisely Hillary’s penchant for witch hunts and enemy lists, as revealed, for instance, in the Filegate and Travelgate scandals, which disqualify her from high office, Klein argues. Unfortunately, that same Machiavellian ruthlessness may well carry her to victory in 2008...

At the culmination of a gathering of global 'antiwar' groups in Istanbul to hold court on the liberation of Iraq led by the United States and the United Kingdom, the jurors who heard testimony against the liberators issued their findings which included a declaration of support for the terrorists in Iraq who are killing American, British and coalition soldiers and Iraqis.The World Tribunal on Iraq is endorsed by leading leftwing organizations from around the world including American-based groups like Not in Our Name Project, United for Peace and Justice, Code Pink and International ANSWER.The war on terror has reached a...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US anti-war group vowed to surround the White House in a sea of demonstrators during coordinated protests scheduled to take place in Washington, as well as Los Angeles and San Francisco on September 24. The ANSWER Coalition expects more than 100,000 people, from families of US soldiers to trade unions and diverse religious groups, to take part in the demonstrations against the war in Iraq.

Momentum Buildsfor Sept. 24 Mass Marchin Washington DCThe importance of the mass antiwar protests being organized on September 24 is driven home by two major new stories appearing today (M ay 19). A front-page article in the New York Times, headlined "Generals Offer a Sober Outlook on Iraqi War", is further confirmation of what has become crystal clear over the past month: The U.S. war strategy is in deep crisis and there is no more a "light" at the end of the tunnel in Iraq than there was in Vietnam. Pulling back from their rosy assessments of just a...

Dear Concerned Virginian: You've heard me talk about the need to provide relief to Virginians whose homeowner taxes are rising out of control. In fact, I've proposed a plan to help. Full funding of the state's education obligations is a cornerstone of my plan - without it, not only will local governments be forced to continue to allow homeowner taxes to rise (making saving for college that much more difficult), but we'll be jeopardizing Virginia's most important resource: her world-class work force. This year, Mark Warner and I continued to lead Virginia's government in making progress for Virginians. We had...

HELENA - Gov.-elect Brian Schweitzer proposed a state general fund budget Tuesday that calls for spending more on economic development, public schools and the University System and low-income families through expanded energy assistance and health insurance for their children.The Democrat, who takes over as Montana's governor on Monday, called for no general fund tax increase in his budget over the next two years. He was able to take advantage of growing state general fund revenues, which are projected to be 4.78 percent higher than they were two years ago, thanks primarily to higher individual income, corporate income and natural resource...

Memorandum From: BC '04 Policy DepartmentThis memorandum reviews and responds point-by-point to John Kerry's column about the economy that appeared in the September 15, 2004 edition of the Wall Street Journal.  It provides a quote from the Kerry op-ed and then factual responses.OverviewJohn Kerry continues to dismiss the fact the President Bush inherited a tired and crippled economy that then experienced the most extraordinary confluence of shocks that has occurred in any business cycle in modern U.S. economic history.  In December of 2003, John Kerry said, " ...we haven't been creating jobs to some measure because of the overhang of...

ARLINGTON, VA -- Today, Bush-Cheney '04 announced the release of the campaign's newest television advertisement, "Common Sense Vs. Higher Taxes." The television advertisement highlights President Bush and Congressional leaders' plans to grow our economy through a fairer, simpler tax code, lower health care costs, increased investments in education, more help for communities and less dependence on foreign oil.  The agenda of the President and Congressional leaders for a more hopeful America stands in contrast to John Kerry and the liberals' plans for tax increases that would hurt small businesses, kill jobs and derail our economy.  "Common Sense Vs. Higher Taxes"...

"John Kerry promises not to raise taxes, but the reality is that he has cast 98 votes for tax increases, including voting ten times to raise gas taxes on the middle class. Kerry points to the largest tax increase in American history as the blueprint for his economic plan, which advisor Bob Rubin says Kerry won't reveal until elected. Kerry's credibility problem is only expanding as more and more Americans see the gap between what Kerry says and what Kerry does." - Steve Schmidt, Bush-Cheney '04 Spokesman John Kerry's Votes For Higher Taxes Kerry Voted 98 Times For Tax...

August 5, 2004.  One of the other ads that the Club for Growth plans on releasing later this month is called “Are You Rich?” which talks about John Kerry’s tax hike votes in the Senate. Let us know what you think about it before we purchase airtime.Donate Money to Buy Airtime For This Ad Visual   Audio Footage of Kerry on ski slopes. Words on screen: “John Kerry says he’ll raise taxes, but only on the rich.”Kerry on ski lift. Graphic on Kerry and higher taxes on gas, income, small businesses, home heating oil, and social security.Pop-up images of car, job,...

VA Freepers, House Majority Leader Morgan Griffith (R) will be on WVTF public Radio tonight from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. with mostly pro-tax people. Griffith and the house republicans have been fighting Gov. Warbuck's (and the liberal Senate's) efforts to raise taxes very high. Please call in to ask questions and tell your friends to call also. The teacher's unions have no doubt lined up their pro-tax minions to call in already....so call early and expect to hold.

Poll asks: Should tax increases be put to voters in a referendum, or should the decision be left to legislators? Conservatives want to have a referendum but the liberals want to raise taxes so badly, they want the legislators to go around the will of the people. Right now, the liberal tax hikers are winning. Poll allows you to vote 1 time per hour per IP address.

Many politicians seem to think that the answer to every alleged problem is higher taxes. Howard Dean, for instance, has said he would repeal the Bush tax cuts -- even though this would boost the average family’s tax burden by nearly $2,000. This initiative sounds radical, and it is. But some proposals out there are even worse. The United Nations, for instance, wants to create an International Tax Organization (ITO) that would have the power to interfere with national tax policies. This crazy idea first surfaced two years ago in a report from the world body’s “High-Level Panel on Financing...

Schwarzenegger Adviser Buffett Hints Property Tax Is Too Low Targeting State's Proposition 13 Is Unlikely Republican Stance By JOSEPH T. HALLINAN Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Warren Buffett, the billionaire financial adviser to Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign for California governor, strongly suggested in an interview that the state's property taxes need to be higher. Mr. Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., took on California's famous Proposition 13, which has limited property taxes there since 1978. As an example, he pointed out the difference between his own property-tax bills for homes he owns in California and Nebraska. His home...

<p>Sacramento -- California's schools chief said Thursday he would ask the state Supreme Court to intervene in the protracted budget mess and override a constitutional requirement that the annual spending plan be approved by a two- thirds vote in the Legislature.</p>