Where is this free press Don? Secrecy is all around and yet almost none of it is exposed to scrutiny by mainstream media. There has been almost no reporting of any of our wars since Vietnam, other than from embedded stooges. What kind of press can be free if all it does is pander to those only interested in celebrity stories, or reports from a lobby system or the bent statistics it is fed? What have you been seeing that tells you there has been a swing from business to social interests? If people actually want a global socialist system, why not, who is convincing you the current system is free and that would not be and why? Surely not the "free press" owned by the current rich who want no change?
Hugo 'the boss' Chavez sounds even more like a chav aftershave on reflection Ian and if I'm not sure he is a great guy, some decent reporting on South American street politics by FOX (that bastion of the free press), might at least allow people to decide why his people vote for him. Your great free press free enough to give an hour of peak time to John Pilger Don? Early 20th century capitalism gave us two world wars. The first started with a British invasion of Iraq in 1913, though our great free history says otherwise, blaming the losers. The balance of capital fled to the US after that, along with the war mongering. Just what is capital Don and why is it so important for so few people to have control over it? On 25 Jan, 22:58, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > How much better off would S. America be without the ruinous influence > of the new dictator for life and Castro clone Chavez? How bad must it > get before you see the dangers inherent in a system that rewards > incompetence and punishes accomplishment? I know capitalism isn't > perfect but it's the best and fairest way towards progress. Vam makes > his point very well and I agree in principle with what he says in > regards to the U.S. political swinging system. But not on the world > stage. Even the swinging from business interests to social interests > has been heavily favored towards a socialist agenda since the Great > Society. Maybe since the New Deal. I'm thinking a return to early > 20th century capitalism may be our only way to pull us out of the > economic doldrums we now face. Surrendering to a global socialist > system would be a disaster for the U.S. and probably the world. > Absolute disaster. As bad as we are doing for ourselves at the moment > imagine how bad it would get with some world body like the UN in > charge. *shudder* > > Looks like I've gone off the reservation again. Sorry. I can't help > but think with a prominent and free press we can make capitalism work > much better then it did 100 years ago. Better and more humane. One > need only look to the massive puplic support towards the people of > Haiti to see this is so. > > All I am saaaaaying, > Is give Capitalism a chaaaance...... > > ;-) > > -Don > > > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2010/1/24 Don Johnson <[email protected]> > > >> It saddens me that many of you probably support this kind of fascist > >> leadership just so long as that leadership is in favor of wealth > >> redistribution. How can anyone like ANYTHING about this shameful thug > >> Chavez? I just don't get it. He's running his country into the > >> ground and blaming America and getting totally away with it. Tell me, > >> which is better. Unrestricted free speech(barring the obligatory > >> "Fire" in the theatre) or blatant suppression/forced control over the > >> content of that speech? I'll take the first one. Every time. > > > Of course he's blaming America, Don, after all the U.S. did support a coup > > d'état to remove him from power in 2002. :) > > > Chavez is a hero and beacon of hope for South America and 3rd world counties > > more generally. > > > Ian > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > ""Minds Eye"" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
