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2011-12-09 Fifth Column

NPR's Robert Siegel Urging Socialist Revolution In America

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Posted by Anonymoose 2011-12-09 09:11|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 One more to add to the list of those to have a ceausescu moment when they kick off.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-12-09 10:35|| 2011-12-09 10:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Government Socialism is the cause of the worldwide economic difficulities we now experience. Government socialism will be the cause of the worldwide depression next year.
These people are not builders. They are parasites
sucking the life out of those who produce. When they need money, they print more. The EU is a good example. Kick the can. Nothing has been fixed. Just mountains of more debt. This is the great new world order. Trainwreck in progress.
Next they will nationalise everything to feed their causes. That will also fail. Like a drowning person. They will pull as many down with them to stay on top.

Posted by Dale 2011-12-09 10:36|| 2011-12-09 10:36|| Front Page Top

#3 We already are a socialist state you stupid idiot.

I do not know why every country on the planet must be a bankrupt welfare state. I do not know why Americans want to be like Europe even while it bankrupts in front of our eyes.

Why do we send tax money to that stupid NPR anyways? Stupid commies.

Posted by newc 2011-12-09 11:36|| 2011-12-09 11:36|| Front Page Top

#4 All in favor of sending Mr. Siegel to Cuba?

Posted by DarthVader 2011-12-09 12:17|| 2011-12-09 12:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Just arrest and try him, treason's stoll a crime.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2011-12-09 12:59|| 2011-12-09 12:59|| Front Page Top

#6 a vibrant bottoms-up democracy That's different from government by consent of the governed. The USA was never intended to be a democracy in the sense Lasn makes, from its very beginnings. Lasn seems to be referring to the Red Guards of the 1960's or the Jacobins of the 1700's. The world has already had far too much of that crap.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-12-09 13:56|| 2011-12-09 13:56|| Front Page Top

#7 Siegel asked how ripe America was for a socialist revolution? This sounds like wishful thinking on his part. Better be careful what you wish for. Socialist and communist revolutions have been exceedingly violent and destructive and not particularly discriminating in who they called enemies of the state. The press is usually the first to go. And while Siegel might be having a wet dream about a socialist revolution, one can not easily predict in which direction a revolution will go.

Posted by JohnQC 2011-12-09 16:41|| 2011-12-09 16:41|| Front Page Top

#8 > one can not easily predict in which direction a revolution will go.

Er Republicans have most of the private firearms, most of the food production and most of the armed forces...

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-12-09 17:34|| 2011-12-09 17:34|| Front Page Top

#9 Wouldn't work until the got rid of that pesky 2nd admendment. Hence Fast and Furious...

Posted by CrazyFool 2011-12-09 18:09|| 2011-12-09 18:09|| Front Page Top

#10 Lest we fergit, 1990's NET + PRE, POST 9-11 + WAR FOR PRO-US-VS-ANTI-US OWG-NWO = Among other, THE US mst must Must MUST M-U-S-T MMMMUUUUSSSSTTT - MUST, MUST, SPELLED M-U-S-S,
D **** YOU, MUST - ADOPT SOCIALISM OR BE DESTROYED!

EX-POTUS BILL CLINTON = "The US must be contrained/controlled".

But in 2011, I digress ....

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-12-09 18:51|| 2011-12-09 18:51|| Front Page Top

#11 I do not know why every country on the planet must be a bankrupt welfare state. I do not know why Americans want to be like Europe even while it bankrupts in front of our eyes.

Well, China and Russia aren't.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-12-09 18:52|| 2011-12-09 18:52|| Front Page Top

#12 Er Republicans have most of the private firearms, most of the food production and most of the armed forces...

And mobility (oil and gas). Siege warfare will be a blast.

Posted by Slatle Bumble5851 2011-12-09 21:11|| 2011-12-09 21:11|| Front Page Top

#13 "Well, China and Russia aren't."

Ohh, they ARE. Masked by our debt and Russia's oil lust. Un-sustainable both.

Posted by newc 2011-12-09 23:39|| 2011-12-09 23:39|| Front Page Top

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