Actually your post is crap. You dismiss what he says just because of the slip of a tongue. He means that the free market is what figured out how to use oil and that government had nothing to do with it. I know you can figure out what he is saying here. Stop trying to discredit him based upon something that was clearly a typo or a misspoken phrase.

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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, ... That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men,"
-Declaration of Independence

Two truths that many Americans seem to have forgotten:
1. Men are endowed by God with inalienable rights.
2. Government's purpose is to secure man's God-given rights.

1. Communism and socialism are not the same (in fact that is the reason why it is a different word ...)

2. Yes, it is easier to fight against an ennemy which is already dead - or almost dead - rather than to tackle the real THREATENING issues of the real world.

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Man has survived hitherto because he was too ignorant to know how to realize his wishes. Now that he can realize them, he must either change them or perish. William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)

I'll wager you're a right winger who has no understanding of the way laissez faire capitalism allowed the abuse of the weak by the strong.

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I find it appalling that Justice Antonin Scala, in his dissenting opinion in McCreary County v. ACLU, constructed his model of "the relationship between church and state" in America without even considering the actual text of the Constitution. How do incompetents like him get on the U. S. Supreme Court?

Then you should feel right at home, given your utter lack of support for your contentions.Ah, so you can't support your position, and you attempt a smokescreen by commenting on my posting history. I accept your concession that you don't know what you're talking about, and are incapable of supporting your own claims.That's besides the point: you made the initial claim that I dispute. You have yet to show, in any manner, that communism under a different shape is occurring here. Or anywhere, for that manner.No, I didn't, and yes, that was your original claim.Ah, again with the transparent nonsense. Using your terms and conditions, almost anything could be claimed to be leading us to communism.

Conclusion: you're not taking this seriously, either because you won't or can't, and, as such, I don't take you seriously.

Good luck!

Just like conservatism.

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Is our children learning? -George W. Bush

"I think—tide turning—see, as I remember—I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of—it's easy to see a tide turn—did I say those words?"—Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006

"[T]he illiteracy level of our children are appalling."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004

I believe you just earned an "ignore" from me. Don't bother reading my posts, as I certainly won't bother reading yours.

The majority of Western Europe regard America as an example of "conservatism". In fact, I read many who thought our Dems are actually more conservative than their governments. By that standard, conservatism built the most powerful country ever to exist in the world. And, Switzerland hasn't done too badly either.

And I'll wager you're a left winger who has no understanding that laissez faire economics created the greatest economic growth for poor people in the history of the world. 19th century and early 20th century America stands above all societies in the history of the world for raising the living standards of the poor and building the largest middle class the world has ever seen.

You didn't even address my points and falsely claimed that they were "transparent nonsense". I don't know how I can make it clearer to you. No doubt you will interpret this as some form of concession (even though it isn't).

Logic is wasted on you Tanngrisnir3.

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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, ... That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men,"
-Declaration of Independence

Two truths that many Americans seem to have forgotten:
1. Men are endowed by God with inalienable rights.
2. Government's purpose is to secure man's God-given rights.

The claim has been made that our country is moving towards communism, the burden is not for T3, myself, or anyone to claim that it's not, the burden is on those who claim that it is.

Let's say I sue Eagle for 200 bucks. When we go to court, Eagle says no, he doesn't owe me any money. I say "you haven't shown any evidence to prove you do not owe me money". Who wins that case?

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Democrats are sexy. Who ever heard of a nice piece of elephant?

Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".

Best to find out what Marxism is before claiming Obama has "Marxist tendencies" unless you want to draw attention to your lack of knowledge of political theory.

And then you got the real Marxists like Rosa Luxemburg who identified the reforms introduced by social democrats as most likely preventing communism from ever coming about - and history shows she was right.

Communism never took hold in societies that had solid welfare programs any more than they did the US.

You are afraid of what you don't understand.

Can you find an accurate definition of "socialism" and demonstrate how systems that have been used by social democratic nations are socialist?

In thinking about this, take note that these societies have never made the transition to becoming communist, and in recent decades have gone more towards the US model.

You want to fight against liberals and their MINDS?

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No man is an island...
Each man's death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in Mankind.
And therefore, never send to know
For whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.
—John Donne

If you were sincere you wouldn't have to put "conservatism" in quotation marks. In reality you surely must recognize that it's an ideology that doesn't work in practice. Just like how China is a "communist" country.

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Is our children learning? -George W. Bush

"I think—tide turning—see, as I remember—I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of—it's easy to see a tide turn—did I say those words?"—Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006

"[T]he illiteracy level of our children are appalling."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004