From: pecampbe@mtu.edu (Paul Campbell)
Subject: Re: Weinberger's Pardon
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 06:08:54 GMT

In article <1993Jan9.142340.1076@cis.ohio-state.edu> csmith@tortoise.cis.ohio-state.edu (craig edward smith) writes:
>In article <1993Jan9.052510.20330@Princeton.EDU> niepornt@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Marc Nieporent) writes:
>>In article <1993Jan9.040753.3016@cis.ohio-state.edu> csmith@tortoise.cis.ohio-state.edu (craig edward smith) writes:
>>But unlike a few knee-jerks like the John Birch Society and Ed Ipser,
>>the rest of the world doesn't faint in shock at the word "Communist."
>>They knew the Contras to be heirs to the Somozan legacy, and they knew
>>Somoza to be an utterly brutal thug, so they opposed the contras just as
>>much as they opposed the Sandanistas.
>
>My feeling is that the world SHOULD faint in shock at the word "Communist"

Yes.

>since it is an ideology born of resentment and has violence as it's
>means of spreading. Thank God it's dying of its own contraditions!

No. It's not. Although the name has changed (they call themselves
liberals in this country), communism by any other name (socialism,
American Liberalism, or Marxism) is the same thing.

Time for a little text book review on how to be a good communist. First,
I highly suggest that you get yourself a copy of _The Law_ by one
Frederic Bastiat. If you want the quick, postable version, Karl Marx
wrote the 10 planks of the Communist Manifesto in 1848, which he
essentially copied from an article by Adam Weishaupt in 1797
(entitled "How to change a Republic into a Democracy"). Now, we haven't
quite made the conversion as well as some of the European countries like
Sweden or France, but we're getting there. George Bush's "New World
Order" is a push in the right direction (assuming you're a practicing
communist).

          The 1st Plank:  THE ABOLITION OF PROPERTY IN LAND AND
APPLICATION OF ALL RENTS IN LAND TO PUBLIC PURPOSES.
[we have so called 'property taxes' or the '99 year lease']
          The 2nd Plank:  A HEAVY PROGRESSIVE OR GRADUATED INCOME
TAX.
[translation: IRS]
          The 3rd Plank:  THE ABOLITION OF ALL RIGHT OF INHERITANCE.
[translation: probate]
          The 4th Plank:  THE CONFISCATION OF THE PROPERTY OF ALL
EMIGRANTS AND REBELS.
[translation: the new property confiscation for drugs laws]
          The 5th Plank:  CENTRALIZATION OF CREDIT IN THE HANDS OF
THE STATE, BY MEANS OF A NATIONAL BANK WITH STATE CAPITAL AND AN
EXCLUSIVE MONOPOLY.
[translation: The Federal Reserve]
          The 6th Plank:  THE CENTRALIZATION OF THE MEANS OF
COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPORTATION IN THE HANDS OF THE STATE.
[translation: FCC & DOT and state DMV's]
          The 7th Plank:  THE EXTENSION OF FACTORIES AND THE
INSTRUMENTS OF PRODUCTION OWNED BY THE STATE AND THE BRINGING INTO
CULTIVATION OF LAND AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SOIL GENERALLY IN
ACCORDANCE WITH A COMMON PLAN.
[translation: too many licensing agencies to even think about]
          The 8th Plank:  EQUAL LIABILITY FOR ALL TO LABOR AND THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ARMIES, ESPECIALLY FOR AGRICULTURE.
[translation: Social Security Agency]
          The 9th Plank:  THE COMBINATION OF AGRICULTURE WITH
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES AND THE GRADUAL ABOLITION OF THE
DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TOWN AND COUNTRY BY THE MORE EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION OVER THE COUNTRY.
[translation: the difference between a FEDERATION and a REPUBLIC]
          The 10th Plank:  FREE EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
[even 'private' schools must follow government regulations]
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