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survival

Big Wall climber

Terrapin Station

Jan 14, 2013 - 01:56pm PT

Yeah, thanks for the non-information ron.

It also worked out well for us in Iran and Vietnam and a few other places.
I'm thinking I remember a few dead Americans in Vietnam too, could be wrong.

*sigh* I guess they can't all be our puppet forver....sorry.

You should think about getting your rabies booster bro!

dirt claud

Social climber

san diego,ca

Jan 14, 2013 - 02:03pm PT

In the 1920's; when he came to power in 1924 he proposed the five-year plan. from 1928-1932 the first five year plan turned russia from being agricultural to being industrial very rapidly. Stalin wanted russia to be at the same level or if possible in advance of the military, economic, factory, etc technology of all other countries.However, ending the agricultural economy led to the soviet famine in 1932. If Stalin had not industrialized the soviet union by 1941, they would have not had the weaponry ( t-34 tanks, artillery, etc ) to fight the Nazis and far more Russians would have died in world war 2, possibly all of them. In world war one russia did not have modern weaponry and they were slaughtered in battle due to the Germans having far better weapons, Stalin was angry of this.

Some would disagree about when Russia became Industrialized.
Guess this discussion could cover another thread.

Edit: Who tried to post an opinion for you DaveK? I would think people would get called out right away for that here.

survival

Big Wall climber

Terrapin Station

Jan 14, 2013 - 02:15pm PT

You're right Ron, I've already won this argument many times before.

No need for new information.

I declare victory.

Again.

BWA HA HA HA hahahahahaaaa!!!!!

Consolation breasts for showing up though!
( * )( * )

Norton

Social climber

the Wastelands

Jan 14, 2013 - 02:27pm PT

Ron, up thread you stated that the Federal deficit has INCREASED under President Obama

Link please?

Since you know this as a fact and not just because you "want" it to be true, prove it

yeah, I am calling you out, again, Ron

prove your own lying crap

state the deficit the day PRESIDENT Obama took office and state what it is NOW

Elcapinyoazz

Social climber

Joshua Tree

Jan 14, 2013 - 02:39pm PT

And my favorite fascist, is a dead fascist

So, Regan then.

mouse from merced

Trad climber

The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.

Mar 11, 2014 - 10:26am PT

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini...
Hands down.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/benito-mussolini-executed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E06xUsfZmLQ

The "Founding Fathers," meaning the politicos and the Sons of Liberty and their ilk, may have been radicals, certainly.

But in the southern states, in Georgia and the Carolinas in particular, the Tories and the revolutionaries gave each other no quarter and raided and ruined anyone they pleased with whom they had a beef, both sides using the same excuse of patriotism.

Dirty deeds to which we pay little attention because they do not "fit in" with the popular or establishment-approved history are often ignored and even hidden, sometimes with intent.

Misinformation/disinformation is a tool of fascism, BELIEVE IT OR NOT!

Speaking for myself, I won't get suckered into talking about our current involvements in world affairs--they are too complex and I am not paid to work that hard. I simply know that history always repeats, eventually.
I hope and pray it never needs to come to this sort of thing here in my homeland.

So far as I know, our trains run pretty well here, like they once did in Italy.

That is "Reagan." Ray Gun.

Tvash

climber

Seattle

Mar 11, 2014 - 01:29pm PT

Mussolini had a certain flair, but Goerhing could have easily upstaged him - or his wife - on the fashion runway.

American fascists like Cheney, by comparison, exude all the sex appeal of a Xerox machine. They leave so much on the table, style-wise.

JEleazarian

Trad climber

Fresno CA

Mar 11, 2014 - 04:07pm PT

The digressions of this thread have been amusing. I think Mouse and Riley, among others, actually have a grasp on "fascism," at least. The near worship of the state -- central to fascism -- seems to get forgotten by many.

I'm also a bit amused by the references to American Executive Branch members. Pejoratives aside, aggrandizing the power of the Executive Branch is neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for fascism, but while we're on that subject, I wish we could move the discussion of signing statements and executive orders from quantity to quality. No Constitutional scholar I know disputes the right of the POTUS to issues as many executive orders as he or she sees fit. Lots of scholars and others, however, dispute the right to issue any such order that contradicts explicit statutory provisions.

John

Spider Savage

Mountain climber

The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles

Mar 12, 2014 - 01:35am PT

fas·cism [fash-iz-uhm]
noun
1.
( sometimes initial capital letter ) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.

Tito of Yugoslavia & Hussein of Iraq

Total whack jobs. The "civilized" world failed to notice that it took men like this to sit on top of the powder keg countries they ruled. Removing them was like pulling the pin on a grenade.

Men who rise to levels of power like this should never be killed or treated like common criminals. There is something metaphysical about their rise and ability to hold on to power. They should be carefully removed and sent to a remote prison island like Napoleon was. That way, if all hell breaks loose, you could put them back. At least the threat of putting them back could help stablize the area.