DUmmie FUnnies 01-24-05 ("Is 'capitalism' good or bad?")

DUmmie FUnnies ^ | January 24, 2005 | Dummies and PJ-Comix

[PJ-Comix]

And speaking of capitalism, a great enterprise would be the DUmmie FUnnies book. To concentrate grotesque wealth in the pockets of your humble correspondent, just contact me at PJ-Comix if you are a literary agent or book publisher.

Despite the accusation that the DUmmie FUnnies has "Jumped the Shark," the fact is that the DUFUs has "Jumped the DUmmie" although I was sorely tempted to DUFU a thread about "Name Your Favorite Salad Dressing" on the heels of the previous showbiz type DUFUs. So if you want to Jump The DUmmie with the DUmmie FUnnies, just ask to be placed on the PING List.

[Terpfen]

First!

[PJ-Comix]

PING!

[Dashing Dasher]

First?

[alnick]

You are absolutetly correct. Capitalism is the survival of the fittest. In a true capitalist society, we would get rid of people who weren't productive: let the terminally sick die, banish the elderly to mountain tops, and the retarded and handicapped might be killed out right. We would have no art, only Hollywood thrillers. We would have no nature, only an outdoor theme park created by Disney.

Kinda hard to banish grandma to the mountaintop with no nature, huh?

[econ_grad]

Capitalism is dangerous without regulations and limitations.

I could guarantee you that most Republicans, and probably a lot of Freepers feel the same way.

[cripplecreek]

There has to be some balance. Without balance we ended up with robber barrons and range wars.

[econ_grad]

See what I mean.

[Dashing Dasher]

Not me!

[Mr. Silverback]

We would have no art, only Hollywood thrillers.

Amazing. This person really thinks that capitalism kills art. Dang, what a tool.

[econ_grad]

Read #7.

[Welsh Rabbit]

I've owned a little neighborhood bar for 13 years now. Believe it or not I did save a few hundred bucks a month after the tax cuts but those corporate whores got f*cking billions!!!

What a childish idiot. He'd rather get nothing back because others are getting more? Or does he actually think a Democrat would him more tax cuts?

[Yardstick]

[Also I guess that Renaissance Italy must have been Socialist because there was a great artistic flowering back then.]

Good point!

And I wonder if the person who wrote that last comment (Capitalism is as beautiful a thing as man has ever created...) has been banned yet. Praising free enterprise is a daring move over at DU.

[carlr]

Capitalism is a disaster. It produces an obscene amount of plastic garbage. It wastes countless amounts of precious time of people by pelting them constantly with audio and visual trash (advertising, which is also a major waste of trees and bandwidth as well). It rewards people for being a jerk and punishes them for being born in the wrong place at the wrong time.

It`s hard to believe that with deep thinkers like this,they don`t do better in our elections.

[Welsh Rabbit]

We would have no nature, only an outdoor theme park created by Disney.

That hike I took in the Chattahoochee National Forest last week must have been a dream...

[imskylark]

"then next time you are hungry, I demand that you be required to immediately go out and kill something if you want to eat. And every time you want to eat, I demand that you go out and kill something before you are allowed to eat." Because that's the sort of world we live in if we have PURE, unfettered capitalism. "

Huh? These people confuse me. I don't get the reasoning.

I guess I should be relieved. LOL!

[Dashing Dasher]

I saw that - you're right.

[kasparik]

Take a look at this disgusting poll:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=2991340&mesg_id=2991340

[KSCITYBOY]

Envy appears to be the one common denominator of the libs. What a sorry bunch of morons.

[Charles Henrickson]

PJ and Doug, I know yesterday's thread had the FReepers' Anthem and the DUmmies' Anthem. So today you guys inspired me to finish a little ditty I had started a few weeks back. And it goes something like this:

DUmmie, DUmmie, DUmmie
by Ohio Suppress
Tune: "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy" by Ohio Express

DUmmie, DUmmie, DUmmie
You're so dumb that it's funny
On the ant farm called D.U.
FReepers read your ravings
That's what we are craving
On the threads that we call DUFU.

DUFU, I read ya
DUFU, I need ya
DUFU, I laugh out lou-ou-ou-oud!
DUmmies, you're loony
Loonier than Clooney
Moonbats, fear the Rovian Clou-ou-ou-oud!

DUmmie, DUmmie, DUmmie
You're so dumb that it's funny
And I laugh when I read DUFU.
Pingees needing pinging
PJ's now the Ping King
Sign a book deal with him soon.

DUFU, I read ya
DUFU, I need ya
DUFU, I laugh out lou-ou-ou-oud!
DUmmies, you're loony
Loonier than Clooney
Moonbats, fear the Rovian Clou-ou-ou-oud!

Charlie Henrickson