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Good show covering all of North America. Some of his slides are fading out. I hope he can find time to digitize/restore them some day.

To a much, much smaller degree. That Allende won election on his 4th (?) try with a plurality less than 40% certainly makes the case for runoffs, IMO. In any event, elected socialist leaders--and elected fascists too--have repeatedly demonstrated an unwillingness to subject themselves to the inconvenience of reelection. I'm curious if this would have been the case with Allende had he not been deposed, but history pretty much gives us the answer to this question.

And Castro has been better in this regard exactly how? who knows how Cuba and Castro would have evolved if no embargo, no invasions and other attempts had taken place. These policies are as much responsible for Cuba's evolution as Castro himself. Ah, I see. You're saying that making excuses for bloody dictators is acceptable under certain circumstances. In a transitional sense, I agree. I'm not condemning you here; just trying to clarify the thought process. I would point out that Chile is now a much better place in which to live than Cuba--but that is debatable too, I suppose.

...and your "breathing space" thesis is wholly unsupported--or even definable. As for Allende, I would just say that I consider the nationalization of private industry and the confiscation of privately-owned land to be a criminal act. I'm not sure that excusing Castro's brutality (for whatever reason) while condemning Pinochet's is, in any way, a demonstration of objectivity.

And Castro has been better in this regard exactly how?

Didn't vote for him either. Sorry.

Huh? Not at all. Pinochet was a predictable response to Allende's criminal socialist incompetence. And preferable, IMO. How is this different than your response/beliefs vis a vis Castro from Batista in Cuba? Yet you support his equally brutal regime and the similar manner in which it came to power. Spare me your indignation. Peron, of course, is a different story. But you haven't answered my original question: Would you support or tolerate Zelaya-like actions here?

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Actually, it wasn't "my side" that did that whole deal. It was that Third Way guy. Remember? Anyway, I'm not looking to have you or yours as friends. Just keep your lazy-ass political ideas off my fucking property. What happened? Suddenly Fairweather stopped taking responsibility for his supporting military dictatorships that have disappeared their opponents throughout Latin America (and elsewhere). Remember how Fairweather was the only person here who vehemently supported the Honduran coup d'etat 6 month ago, that resulted in death, massive repression and loss of freedom for Hondurans (even though Fariweather gargarizes about "freedom" in every other sentence) You're dillusional, but in a pity-worthy kind of way. Re Zalaya: Are you telling me that if GWB had put forth a national referendum whereby he could extend his presidency another term--and ordered the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to have the military help promote this referendum--and balked at a Supreme Court ruling ordering him to stop said unconstitutional act--that you would be OK/fine with that? Amazing. I would hope that what happened in Honduras would likewise happen here if the scenario were the same--no matter who was president.

The responses to this post were hilarious: TTK immediately went into the equivalent of libtard gesticulations and siezures with eight consecutive posts. j_b pasted his (Huffingtonpost-approved) health care manifesto. Again. Jim called his local chapter of World Can't Wait to get the proper form-letter response--profane insults included. Prole fell back on his usual "I'm a really smart guy and you're not you teabagger Glen Beck stooge". Well done All!! Tools.

If you say so.

WTF are you talking about? Freedom from what or to do what exactly? Get sick and die in the gutter, drain your family's bankaccount, help pay million dollar salaries of the CEOs of insuranace companies, suffer trade imbalances because Toyota pays no health insurance for its employees, or do you just mean the freedom to pay a bloated insurance bureacracy? Great jigoism. No logic. The ususal. No question that our health insurance system needs reform, but your solution of a government takeover is going nowhere. The funniest thing in this whole national debate, is that Obama will no longer just come right out and proclaim his support for single payer. Why is he doing this little "government option" dance? The answer is that he knows the American people don't support a government run health care system. I'm sure most--myself included--support limits on the darker practices of the insurance industry. Done deal. But why not have the real debate on single-payer instead of all this maneuvering and lying by the administration?

Academics are always so in touch with the average man Who needs academics when we have the likes of Joe the Plumber, eh? You, sir, are no academic.

Well said.

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It's not about costs, or wait times--or even equality of outcomes. It's about freedom. There are reasons we aren't them. You should read up.

WHAT ARE YOU MY FUCKING MOTHER? (Please do not attempt to rearrange that sentence.)

You don't beat commies, you disappear them. you are getting pretty shrill if you think that advertising the jack-booted policies you supported against left wingers for decades in the developing world is going to win you any friends. Actually, it wasn't "my side" that did that whole deal. It was that Third Way guy. Remember? Anyway, I'm not looking to have you or yours as friends. Just keep your lazy-ass political ideas off my fucking property.

Fuck off, little commie lap dog.

I guess not. You understand my first post was tongue-in-cheek, si? LOL. Nice work. I was naming people who's ties you couldn't criticize at the memorial service because they were not there. Got it now. I didn't actually watch much. The TV was on in the other room, but OB's voice is, uh, like, uh, nails on, uh, chalkboard-to-me. Why you hanging around with the Spray low-lifes lately?

I'm glad Jon has you as his personal spokesperson. Seriously though: Rush? Sometimes. Hannity? He's a twerp. O'Rilley? Condescending moron. Michael Medved? Often. NPR? Often. Dennis Miller? All the time. Glen Beck? Only secondarily--but I have seen that book cover of his pretty much everywhere. Funny shit.

You don't beat commies, you disappear them.

I guess not. You understand my first post was tongue-in-cheek, si?

Still haven't had a chance to see his show (or his tie), but I'm glad he's busy outing all the little commies that OB hired sans Congressional approval. As you know, I absolutely hate little commies.