tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post6419766042035818908..comments2024-03-28T06:07:03.667-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: SCARY THOUGHTRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-42237714800585590752011-07-29T11:35:09.088-04:002011-07-29T11:35:09.088-04:00p.s. Over the past year of reading your books, and...p.s. Over the past year of reading your books, and blog, I can warmly say, you're always more than capable of engaging in "fruitful" contention.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-79338715763126131882011-07-29T11:12:00.729-04:002011-07-29T11:12:00.729-04:00You're a Marxist too professor:
"The exe...You're a Marxist too professor:<br /><br />"The executive of the modern state is nothing but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie."<br /><br />Obama was the best choice for the ruling class in 2008. Just look at who funded his campaign. He's largely funded by the finance industry; the industry he consistently aids at the cost and expense of the average working class American.<br /><br />I mean sure there's some differences between the two, but at the end of the day, when you add up body count and erosion of civil liberties, I have a hard time defending the man as "significantly" anything other than a monster.<br /><br />I draw the line at murdering and torturing people. Call me old fashioned...Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-17838833749322033552011-07-29T11:04:21.399-04:002011-07-29T11:04:21.399-04:00OK. If you really think there is no significant di...OK. If you really think there is no significant difference between Obama and Boehner, then we inhabit different universes, and I cannot see how to engage in a fruitful disagreement with you on this.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-28394154459777875592011-07-29T10:19:40.197-04:002011-07-29T10:19:40.197-04:00He might back a coup in Honduras?
Torture Bradley ...He might back a coup in Honduras?<br />Torture Bradley Manning?<br />Authorize no warrant, no trial, american citizen assassination overseas?<br />Create indefinite detention?<br />Expand a war into Yemen Somalia and Afghanistan?<br />Create a new rendition and torture regime in Somalia?<br />Cancel climate negotiations with world leaders?<br />Maintain the worst of NAFTA?<br />attempt to try Assange?<br />Expand the war powers act to garner unprecedented presidential powers?<br />Re-pass the patriot act?<br />Deny exponentially more freedom of information acts than Bush?<br />Expand our military bases in Okinowa against the protest ofthe mayor and the entire citizen body?<br />(this list could keep going but I'm sick typing it)<br /><br />Oh wait no... That was all stuff Obama did! Whoops!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.com