tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658580685156300777.post5717574451119962132..comments2023-08-21T07:18:25.873-04:00Comments on Georgia Mountains and Beyond: Well...It's Happened AgainGeorgia Mountain Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12476804374376833046noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658580685156300777.post-28465758190884955882009-04-23T23:09:00.000-04:002009-04-23T23:09:00.000-04:00Unfortunately, the Blairsville Library doesn't hav...Unfortunately, the Blairsville Library doesn't have Serena. The region does have it, however. I just haven't reserved it yet. I have to get through Thoreau again first. Just finished Ben Hur and a bio of Harriet Beecher Stowe. I'll also check on the Nixon/Graham as well.Georgia Mountain Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12476804374376833046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658580685156300777.post-82423761633778582132009-04-23T15:58:00.000-04:002009-04-23T15:58:00.000-04:00ethicsdaily.com has great piece by Drew Smith up t...ethicsdaily.com has great piece by Drew Smith up today about limpbrain and the fear demagogues.<br /> And check my comments at Bap Aint Right and Baps Today Marietta flag blog about the new Steven Miller book on Nixon and Graham.<br /> No excuses; get a copy in the Blairsville library soon; great discussion piece for the retirees up there.<br /> And still looking for your review of Ron foxofbamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10329204323614353093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658580685156300777.post-70844180971211177302009-04-23T02:40:00.000-04:002009-04-23T02:40:00.000-04:00I think what both of you guys are doing is trying ...I think what both of you guys are doing is trying to find comparisons to any Republican view and any Fascist view. The problem with that approach is that this could result in calling either Democratic or Republican views fascist. One could easily find platforms or issues in which comparisons could be made.<br /><br />However, as you will see in Mussolini's article, fascism is a coherent system D.R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11588838898962876640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658580685156300777.post-33466513295436012282009-04-22T19:16:00.000-04:002009-04-22T19:16:00.000-04:00You hit a nerve with that one! Rush is the Darling...You hit a nerve with that one! Rush is the Darling of the GOP; an icon; the Godfather of Rhetoric. I would also agree that the GOP has moved toward Fascism. Perhaps they are not quite there yet, but there is zero doubt the GOP is moving toward those principles. A casual glance at the American Fascist Party platform & one can see the extension of the current GOP rhetoric, the very same actionsThat Baptist Ain't Righthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10227307740155986353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658580685156300777.post-12093749845034332232009-04-22T16:23:00.000-04:002009-04-22T16:23:00.000-04:00I'm not so sure about that.
Fascism:
1. Favors ...I'm not so sure about that.<br /><br />Fascism:<br /><br />1. Favors corporate power and elitism.<br /><br />2. Plays on peoples fears of domination by lower classes.<br /><br />3. Portrays itself as a champion of law, order, Christian morality and the sanctity of private property.<br /><br />3. Depends upon financial and other support from vested interests who can't otherwise garner it Georgia Mountain Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12476804374376833046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658580685156300777.post-75001150653674903552009-04-22T13:22:00.000-04:002009-04-22T13:22:00.000-04:00I am no fan of Rush myself (at least as a person),...I am no fan of Rush myself (at least as a person), but I don't think you can call the Republicans fascist in any stretch of the imagination - at least according the leading sources on what fascism actually is.<br /><br />Here's a great definition from the Library of Economics and Liberty:<br /><br />http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Fascism.html<br /><br />Even Mussolini would disagree with you D.R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01029650945896881672noreply@blogger.com