Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Tea Party Lights Fuse for Rebellion on Right

2010-02-19 Thread CeJ
WL: Very reactionary political current reminiscent of the ideological bent of the pro slavery forces during the lead up to the Civil War in America. The slave oligarchy and the Southern elite claimed to stand on the side of the Constitution, and they did. That the Constitution legalized and

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Tea Party Lights Fuse for Rebellion on Right

2010-02-19 Thread CeJ
Most people have forgotten who Thaddeus Stevens was (one of the greatest legislators in US history) while they remember James 'the Mercersburg Flash' Buchanan as the 'worst president' (thankfully George W. Bush will give him some competition in that category). It's ironic that Stevens was the

[Marxism-Thaxis] A comrade sent me this

2010-02-19 Thread c b
A comrade sent me this: Officials: Pilot leaves note on anti-IRS site A Must Read ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to:

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Tea Party Lights Fuse for Rebellion on Right

2010-02-19 Thread c b
On 2/19/10, CeJ jann...@gmail.com wrote: Most people have forgotten who Thaddeus Stevens was (one of the greatest legislators in US history) ^ CB: Wasn't he a Radical Republican and abolitionist ? ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list

[Marxism-Thaxis] Speaking of the disaffected...

2010-02-19 Thread c b
From Pen-l CB Speaking of the disaffected... To: pe...@lists.csuchico.edu Message-ID: 19325.46896.2076.361...@blake.zopyra.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 A man crashed a plane into an IRS office, in a building next to one I worked in a few years ago. Below my sig is his

[Marxism-Thaxis] Tea Party U.S.A.: It’ s Still the Economy, Stupid!

2010-02-19 Thread c b
February 18, 2010 Tea Party U.S.A.: It’s Still the Economy, Stupid! Posted by John Cassidy In the wake of yesterday’s fascinating report in the Times about sixty-something Tea Party activists bracing for a violent counter-revolution, several people have asked me why Americans are so angry. I am

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Speaking of the disaffected...

2010-02-19 Thread Waistline2
I read this guys suicide letter and here is what he wrote in part. Instead I got busy working 100-hour workweeks. Then came the L.A. depression of the early 1990s. Our leaders decided that they didn't need the all of those extra Air Force bases they had in Southern California, so they

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Speaking of the disaffected...

2010-02-19 Thread Ralph Dumain
I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore! This guy reminds me of the Unabomber, also what it means that Americans are totally lacking in political and social consciousness. While other people are just as fucked up in their own ways, white people of this type have a peculiarly

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Speaking of the disaffected...

2010-02-19 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 2/19/2010 1:57:51 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, rdum...@autodidactproject.org writes: While other people are just as fucked up in their own ways, white people of this type have a peculiarly apolitical view of their own victimization. They can't see their situation as