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In reply to the discussion: That propaganda from the US foxnews Koch Puppets is supported here is no suprise [View all]Catherina
(35,568 posts)32. Well he’s looking, he’s looking, he’s looking down
Well hes looking, hes looking, hes looking down,
Hoping youll clean up this dirty old town.
Finish his battle, before it turns rotten,
Your granddad didnt vote for fascists, he shot 'em.
Yeah he shot 'em, he shot 'em, he shot 'em down,
Fired his gun till they hit the ground.
So I hope, youve not forgotten:
Your granddad didnt vote for fascists
He shot 'em
down.
"The obvious types of American fascists are dealt with on the air and in the press. These demagogues and stooges are fronts for others. Dangerous as these people may be, they are not so significant as thousands of other people who have never been mentioned. The really dangerous American fascists are not those who are hooked up directly or indirectly with the Axis. The FBI has its finger on those. The dangerous American fascist is the man who wants to do in the United States in an American way what Hitler did in Germany in a Prussian way. The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power.
If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States. There are probably several hundred thousand if we narrow the definition to include only those who in their search for money and power are ruthless and deceitful. Most American fascists are enthusiastically supporting the war effort... They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead.
-- Henry A. Wallace, FDR's second Vice President and the New Deal visionary before the corporate wing of the Democrat party refused to allow him to be FDR's VP for the next term and brought that corporate rat Harry Truman in. FDR almost turned down the democratic nomination because of that. "
If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States. There are probably several hundred thousand if we narrow the definition to include only those who in their search for money and power are ruthless and deceitful. Most American fascists are enthusiastically supporting the war effort... They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead.
-- Henry A. Wallace, FDR's second Vice President and the New Deal visionary before the corporate wing of the Democrat party refused to allow him to be FDR's VP for the next term and brought that corporate rat Harry Truman in. FDR almost turned down the democratic nomination because of that. "
In 1940, he was FDR's running mate and served as his vice president for four years. But in 1944, against the advice of the Democratic Party's progressives and liberals - including his wife Eleanor - FDR reluctantly allowed the party's conservative, pro-business and segregationist wing to replace Wallace with Sen. Harry Truman as the vice presidential candidate, a move that Stone calls the "greatest blunder" of Roosevelt's career. Had Wallace remained as vice president, he would have become president when FDR died in April 1945.
Wallace opposed the cold war, the arms race with the Soviet Union and racial segregation. He was a strong advocate of labor unions, national health insurance, public works jobs and women's equality. He would have been, without question, the most radical president in American history. He would have served out the remaining three years of FDR's fourth term and certainly would have sought to be elected on his own in 1948.
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14297-henry-wallace-americas-forgotten-visionary
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That propaganda from the US foxnews Koch Puppets is supported here is no suprise [View all]
frwrfpos
Mar 2014
OP
That would not make sense, Faux HATES RT, always have. Faux hates anything that
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#4
that's what he apparently believes, that people who distrust President Putin's
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#5
You mean like those who distrust the Media owned by Six Corporations must be Commies?
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#8
The Corporate media is junk. I didn't think there was any argument about that. When rt helps lie
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#30
There are fascist governments, movements, parties, economies and people. They act like this:
freshwest
Mar 2014
#18
Cats are divinely charged with enforcing Feng Shui. Your desk clearly needs altering. Obey kitty.
freshwest
Mar 2014
#58
As far as I know, I replied to a human being, not a thing. What are you referring to?
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#9
Well, he won't be replying to you now. And you analyzed that perfectly, gt. Kudos. n/t
freshwest
Mar 2014
#40
so you have no problem with him referring to me as a non-human and a "thing"
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#19
The language of fascism has been used against me and others here on a regular basis. I'm glad to see
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#53
don't be offended, he just had an extra large bowl of trollios cereal for breakfast today.
dionysus
Mar 2014
#15
eh, that kind of talk is kind of scary, people who dehumanize do so to make it easier to kill
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#16
And pizza last night! 'Previously banned troll.' He sounded familiar, couldn't control his hatred:
freshwest
Mar 2014
#65
Farewell, sweet prince, we barely knew ye. Or some such mixed quotation... n/t
freshwest
Mar 2014
#44
That I don't know, but I pay attention to style. His style was to post an OP and attack DUers. n/t
freshwest
Mar 2014
#76
Fuck the GOP. You show me a bigoted theocratic fascist and I'll show you a Republican.
Lint Head
Mar 2014
#6
Tough times coming. Imagine how different the world would be if they hadn't forced him out
Catherina
Mar 2014
#51