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USSR? "The only country with four lies in its name," Winston Churchill.

-dlj.

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Maybe like America's First Amendment, in there mainly to keep the Episcopals and the Puritans from tearing each other to shreds.

Democratic socialism is about getting along, not about being all lovey-dovey.

-dlj.

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Those are reverse take-overs to escape American taxes, already among the lowest in the world.

If you sell yourself to a company with a staff of three -- the lawyer, the accountant, and the tekkie -- with a nominal home in Luxemburg, or anywhere else but with its "operating" subsidiaries in say Freeport, Grand Bahama, you're home free.

So I guess we can see why you post anonymously...

-dlj.

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Bakunin and Marx. The First International? Scorpions in a bottle.

-dlj.

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A great analogy. I'm stealing that.

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I'm sorry, this snobby interview guy and O'Reilly come off as dorks.

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...or in the dead of winter...

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I feel the need to kick all of them around with big, steel-toed votes.

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SOCIALISTS!!!!

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I think tides actually go up (High) and down (Low), but yes, are referred to as in and out so he is only partially right I think, given the benefit of the doubt, a concept that escapes him, however.

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Is that near the Iraq and such?

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I'll take Sandersism for a jellyroll Alicks.

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Oh, yeah--and in that 'country' called Scandanavia, you don't fork over 1/4 of your salary to the 'health insurance' protection racket. So your 'health care' taxes actually pay for that cat scan, not a hedge funder's yacht.

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'And we'll be back with less Stuff!'

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The Rebs do not want to foot the bill for having a country in decent operating condition. They just shit anywhere they feel like and call the people who complain a bunch of whiners.

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