Posted on 02/13/2010 6:32:27 AM PST by Federalist Patriot
Here is video of Bill O'Reilly last night doing his "Talking Points Memo," where he asked the question "Are you a Socialist?"
He cited a shocking Gallup Poll which found that 36% of Americans have a positive view of "Socialism," and a whopping 53% of Democrats! O'Reilly defined "Socialism" as "the exact opposite of "Capitalism":
"Socialism says the goverment has the right to control/and or seize private property and regulate the distribution of goods."
"In other words," O'Reilly said, "the government has all the power and you have none."
O'Reilly said the Obama Administration has tried to implement some "socialist tenets," but stopped short of calling Obama an outright socialist.
O'Reilly closed by saying "Socialism" has no place in the United States, and he believes Americans will ultimately reject it. . . . . (VIDEO)
Considering that Obama is one of the most liberal Dems in the history of our country, how could it be an insult to call him by a name that his supporters consider a positive?
I'm a little curious how many Dems will still have a positive view of socialism after four years under Obama and six under Pelosi. My guess: only the exceptionally stupid ones - most of Obama's voters.
Dems are the party of socialists because it consists of mostly losers that don’t apply themselves and can’t make a decent living for themselves. Therefore, the uneducated, lazy group is jealous of people who work hard and are successful and they just want to STEAL what isn’t theirs. Democrats, the party of bitter, jealous, hateful losers!!
So a new Gallup poll just came out, reporting that socialism was viewed positively by more than one-third of Americans. That's a lot of people, if you could call them that.
But I'm not surprised.
Think about it for a second. Since when has socialism ever been accurately portrayed in American pop culture or academia? I've never seen it covered in "Facts of Life," and I've watched every episode. And Rage Against the Machine, one of the most successful leftwing buckets of noise on the planet, never really explained how they spent their millions. Although I'm guessing it's not just on Rogaine and trucker hats.
Fact is, because socialism is a lie, people have to keep pushing the lie. When someone says, "Hey, my brother is a socialist," they never follow it with, "you know, that ideology based on envy that's responsible for the deaths of millions." No instead it's, "He sells Che shirts out of hemp, when he isn't recycling sex toys for the homeless. God he's so caring."
Fact is, socialism is the easiest thing you can romanticize, because it's a big fat exaggeration of "sharing." As kids, we were always told to share, because sharing is good. If you had twenty Playboys under your bed, surely you could hand one off to Billy, who has none. Socialism has always piggybacked on this notion: that it's just not right for you to have so much, when others have so little. Never mind that you've earned what you've got, while the others sit around watching Judge Judy in their underpants (sorry Bill). Socialism is government forcing you to share your stuff with jerks.
So the only way to teach American adults that socialism is evil, is to get them when they're young. The next time your son mows the lawn, instead of paying him directly - tell him you're going to "spread it around," to quote our President. Yep, even though you did all the work, Tommy, there are kids down the block who deserve that money just as much.
Now, if your kid finds this idea appealing, you have full permission to send him to Venezuela. He can mow for Hugo!
And if you disagree with me, you probably masturbate to Noam Chomsky.
Like Hussein? (mmm, mmm, mmm!)
LOL!! Dead on!
i received a book from amazon,
delivered by a union-ups employee
who said:
“it’s all bush’s fault”.
LOL...you picked the same bit that I found most amusing...and accurate.
Do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result you are either stupid or insane.
delivered by a union-ups employee
If it were me?/ I would insist on another type of delivery.
In most postal delivery’s, you choose the delivery.
Just remember, you are the one with the money.
Yep, even though you did all the work, Tommy, there are kids down the block who deserve that money just as much.
BTTT !!!!!
Simple but, effective approach.
0’pinhead:
he capitalized using “the folks”...that doesn’t make him one of us!
You are right, the same number of them will.
This is why I am scouting around for a foreign country to flee to, if need be. On my list so far, Switzerland, Australia, Panama. The problem is that none of them are really a whole lot more free economically than the US at this point, and Australia might even be less free. But there might eventually be a tipping point.
Only problem here is Zero is not a socialist he is a fascist.
Actually, he’s both Fascist and Socialist ... the only thing missing is the uniform, funny mustache, and the propensity to kill Jews (although his Israel policy makes me wonder).
If you follow the reasoning billie boy, See if you can get your head around that If OReilly were not so slow, he would have known that,
Capitalism is a pejorative term created by Marxists
to describe Freedom and Liberty.
it means that socialism is slavery.
"dufus" with Harvard Master degree.
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