[PEN-L] Househunters

2005-04-15 Thread Charles Brown
Yes. About the only real political result of crying fascist is to bolster the Democratic Party -- and probably increase the probability of non-fascist forms of tyranny - including forms that haven't been invented yet.. Carrol ^ However, opposition to fascist danger is a principle for the

Re: [PEN-L] Househunters

2005-04-15 Thread Jim Devine
Yes. About the only real political result of crying fascist is to bolster the Democratic Party -- and probably increase the probability of non-fascist forms of tyranny - including forms that haven't been invented yet.. Carrol excellent point. Jumping into a popular front with Kerry and

Re: [PEN-L] Househunters

2005-04-14 Thread Jim Devine
US Army's transformation into an amazingly lifelike replica of the Wehrmacht besides invading Iraq, how is the US Army like the Wehrmacht? doesn't it differ from the Wehrmacht in some ways, too? I don't find Nazi analogies to be very useful. JD

Re: [PEN-L] Househunters

2005-04-14 Thread Carl Remick
From: Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] US Army's transformation into an amazingly lifelike replica of the Wehrmacht besides invading Iraq, how is the US Army like the Wehrmacht? Cf., Besides that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play? I don't find Nazi analogies to be very useful. JD You have

Re: [PEN-L] Househunters

2005-04-14 Thread Carrol Cox
Jim Devine wrote: BTW, I think that one reason why the left has sputtered is that some people jump at the Nazi or fascist analogy. It encourages the anyone but Bush attitude, among other things. Yes. About the only real political result of crying fascist is to bolster the Democratic Party

Re: [PEN-L] Househunters

2005-04-14 Thread Louis Proyect
Carl wrote: What kind of a country is it where people turn giddy with glee and plaster their cars with Support Our Troops ribbons when their boys and girls have committed Fallujah-cide -- obliterating an entire city and driving its population into homelessness and destitution? Fascism is about

Re: [PEN-L] Househunters

2005-04-14 Thread Massimo Portolani
On 14/apr/05, at 20:07, Jim Devine wrote: On 4/14/05, Carl Remick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... General disinclination to wake up and smell the Fascism is one reason the antiwar movement has sputtered I also a qualitative difference between Nazism and fascism. Hitler was Mussolini doubled or

Re: [PEN-L] Househunters

2005-04-14 Thread Jim Devine
heck. I don't care about toxicity. It's accuracy that I care about. Also, communication. Do you think most people in the country would agree that the US government is fascist? JD On 4/14/05, Carl Remick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Carrol Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jim Devine wrote:

Re: [PEN-L] Househunters

2005-04-14 Thread Carl Remick
From: Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] heck. I don't care about toxicity. It's accuracy that I care about. Also, communication. Do you think most people in the country would agree that the US government is fascist? No. But then just a year ago Gallup reported that 78 percent of Americans believe in

[PEN-L] Househunters

2005-04-13 Thread Louis Proyect
Over the last couple of months, I have become a big fan of Househunters, a half-hour show that appears nightly on the House and Garden cable TV network and that is as ritualized as Kabuki. It starts usually with the introduction of a couple and their children who have outgrown their current