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$700 Billion Bailout: "We should not be rushed into this!"
Like imstellar says, Socialism's primary feature is state-run enterprises. Like, say, Fannie Mae.

"Socialism is supposed to shift power from capitalists back in to the hands of the people"

Riiiight. Socialism is actually about consolidating power in the hands of the few. If you look at the failure rates of corporations since the 1950s, in America nearly all the major corporations back then are out of business now, but in Socialist countries (like France in the 60s and 70s) 80% of them are still around, since the government protects them from competition and failure.

Sounds very familiar to what's going on now, doesn't it?


written by ShakaUVM  | 7 hours 4 minutes 18 seconds ago | CH
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Bill O'Reilly being a douche
Someone really needed to yell at Frank for his pivotal role in creating this mess. Bill is a tool, but Frank really had it coming - he's more responsible for it than probably any other single person besides Raines.


written by ShakaUVM  | 7 hours 32 minutes 5 seconds ago | CH
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Van Damme Rick Roll FTW
I liked the guy that was about to throw a knife at Van Damme just to make the pain stop.


written by ShakaUVM  | 7 hours 38 minutes 21 seconds ago | CH
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Tina Fey as Sarah Palin: she does it again!
Ugh.

Note to Tiny Fey: Sarah Palin is NOT from North Dakota. Stop doing the fucking Fargo accent, it drives me nuts.


written by ShakaUVM  | 5 days 2 hours 2 minutes ago | CH
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$700 Billion Bailout: "We should not be rushed into this!"
As a Libertarian/Republican I'm horrified by the government ponying up a trillion bucks to rescue a financial system that basically screwed itself over. This isn't the work of a conservative government - this is a massive slide into Socialism.


written by ShakaUVM  | 1 week 4 days ago | CH
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SNL: I'm John McCain and I Approved This Message
Huh, SNL making fun of Republicans. Now I've seen it all.

Oh, wait, Obama giving a tax cut? Double huh.


written by ShakaUVM  | 1 week 4 days ago | CH
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Christianity In A Nutshell
>> He doesn't disrespect people for having a different opinion to himself

Huh. You must be talking about a different Dawkins than the one I've read and listened to on the radio. He's basically a dick to Christians, though Hitchens and Harris are much worse (and then complain about Christians complaining about their tone, which is like the perfect mobius-strip of bitching). IMO, Dan Dennet is the best of the current atheist intellectuals. He does a fairly good job being reasonable, though he does say some disrespectful things from time to time.

>>he feels sorry for (and superior to) people who believe in an aged and childish belief system of screwing your fists up into a ball and hoping till you cry that life will continue somehow.

Huh. And yet we've already gone from nothingness to something once... seems to me that evidence is on the side of Christians.


written by ShakaUVM  | 1 week 4 days ago | CH
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Jonah Goldberg discusses LIberal Fascism with Glenn Beck
Wow, this is an eerily prescient interview. We're now (9/20/08) talking about an almost trillion-dollar bailout to keep large corporations afloat, when the entire freaking US budget is only 2.7 trillion a year!

Liberal Fascism is an incredible book that both sides need to read, as it shows how government protects large corporations in liberal or socialist countries, and fail at a much higher rate (which is a good thing!) in free market countries, and how the traditional conservative = fascist association is completely backwards.

*promote


written by ShakaUVM  | 1 week 6 days ago | CH
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Not a Single Person Alive Knows How to Make a Pencil
Uh... here's how to make a pencil:
http://www.pencilpages.com/articles/make.htm

And now you know!

While I agree with his point about the invisible hand moving all these different sectors of our world together (without any central command), you could probably find someone fairly easily who could do all the requisite steps to make a pencil. But he's right, the magic of the price system is that instead of me wasting an hour to carve out 10 pencils, I can go down to the grocery store and buy a box of them for a buck.


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Glenn Beck mocks National Association of Realtor Predictions
Awesome clip. Glenn Beck rocks.


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Epic Palin Fail during TownHall meeting
Where was the epic fail? She didn't make any obvious mistakes, just answering with generalities, which is better than Obama, who doesn't answer anything at all when quizzed.

Q: Obama, what is your foreign experience?
A: "You know, did I ever mention the cynicism and pessimism that defines the debate between our side and their side? But I don't believe in taking sides. There's no right and wrong. Only hope, and those who are against hope. Good night."


written by ShakaUVM  | 2 weeks ago | CH
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Countdown : KO on FOX News' Softball Palin Interview
Keith Olbermann should be put out of his misery from living in so much stupidity. He thinks Palin didn't know what the Bush Doctrine was, when Charlie Gibson (who was interviewing her) used the term incorrectly, and was trying to trip her up, and all she asked was, "In what way, Charlie?" It's perfectly fair to have antagonists define their terms before asking a question.

Keith is a f--king partisan hack moron worse than anything on Fox News.


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