Mr Matt
join:2008-01-29
Eustis, FL
kudos:1 Reviews:
 ·CenturyLink
 ·Comcast
·Embarq Now Centu..
| reply to gaara
Re: America - Land of Tin Pot Dictators Go to Wikipedia to learn about McCarthyism here:
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism
Read about the movie, Good Night and Good Luck, here:
»www.imdb.com/title/tt0433383/
The movie is about Edward R. Murrow, a broadcast journalist's, battle with McCarthy over McCarthy's abuse of power. |
|
| McCarthy was another Republican. Republican party should be the official Terrorist party of America |
|
 LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | said by nutcr0cker:McCarthy was another Republican. Republican party should be the official Terrorist party of America
But supported by the most prominent Dems:
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McC···y_family
quote:
McCarthy established a bond with the powerful Kennedy family, which had high visibility among Catholics. McCarthy became a close friend of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., himself a fervent anti-Communist, and was a frequent guest at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port. He dated two of Kennedy's daughters, Patricia and Eunice,[48][49] and was godfather to Robert F. Kennedy's first child, Kathleen Kennedy. Unlike many Democrats, John F. Kennedy, who served in the Senate with McCarthy from 1953 until the latter's death in 1957, never attacked McCarthy.
And McCarthy was opposed by many Republicans:
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McC···ommittee
quote:
Senator Margaret Chase Smith, a Maine Republican, delivered her "Declaration of Conscience" on June 1, 1950, calling for an end to the use of smear tactics without mentioning McCarthy or anyone else by name. Six other Republican Senators – Wayne Morse, Irving Ives, Charles W. Tobey, Edward John Thye, George Aiken, and Robert C. Hendrickson – joined her in condemning McCarthy's tactics. McCarthy referred to Smith and her fellow Senators as "Snow White and the six dwarfs".[88]
On March 9, 1954, Vermont Republican Senator Ralph E. Flanders gave a humor-laced speech on the Senate floor, questioning McCarthy's tactics in fighting communism, likening McCarthyism to "housecleaning" with "much clatter and hullabaloo".
--
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
»www.politico.com/2012-election/
|
|
|
|
| Sounds like Mitt Romney... supported by Democrats, but opposed by (almost) all Republicans. 'Anyone but Mitt'. |
|
CXM_SplicerLooking at the bigger picturePremium
join:2011-08-11
NYC
kudos:1 | True, Republicans... Democrats... same thing really. What we have today is a single party system run by the Corporate party. The Corporate party has two factions battling for who will get the most of the profit. |
|
| Exactly...
Those corporations that make money 'from' big government (schools, public health, police) and their overall existence.
vs.
Those corporations / businesses that make money by selling to the public and businesses alike. |
|
CXM_SplicerLooking at the bigger picturePremium
join:2011-08-11
NYC
kudos:1 Reviews:
 ·Verizon FiOS
| said by en103:Those corporations that make money 'from' big government (schools, public health, police) and their overall existence.
Oh man, you left out the biggest criminal of all of them... the Defense Contractors!! The numbers boggle the mind! |
|
| yeah... They make billions |
|
nitzanPremium,VIP
join:2008-02-27
kudos:2 | reply to Mr Matt
said by Mr Matt:Read about the movie, Good Night and Good Luck Why read about it when you can download and watch it? (strike added courtesy of SOPA, wouldn't want anyone to think I'm a terrorist!) |
|
Jasper2
join:2012-02-04
Minneapolis, MN | reply to nutcr0cker
What is the difference between Democrats and Republicans? Both parties are owned by the elite. Elections are a sham when you can only choose between two equally offensive options, both chosen by the elite. |
|
