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	<title>Comments on: Guest Post: Socialism Is UnAmerican by Duane Lester</title>
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		<title>By: Matt K.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matt K.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Read the Jefferson quote again, but this time remember that he owned slaves when he said it.  Kind of puts a different (hypocritical) slant on the statement, huh.  

Moreover, Jefferson and Rockefeller both acquired great fortunes by exploiting the labor of others.  Churchill himself might not have, but his power was derived from being born into nobility.  

Why would anyone trust people like this to tell the rest of us how we should treat each other and what the role of government should be in our societies.  Of course these people wouldn&#039;t want government in charge of anything, because that would be taking power away from them. 

This sort of imaginary, conservative, utopian America described above has never existed.  If anyone has Duane Lester on their Xmas list, they should give him the money to take a couple of US history courses.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Read the Jefferson quote again, but this time remember that he owned slaves when he said it.  Kind of puts a different (hypocritical) slant on the statement, huh.  </p>
<p>Moreover, Jefferson and Rockefeller both acquired great fortunes by exploiting the labor of others.  Churchill himself might not have, but his power was derived from being born into nobility.  </p>
<p>Why would anyone trust people like this to tell the rest of us how we should treat each other and what the role of government should be in our societies.  Of course these people wouldn&#8217;t want government in charge of anything, because that would be taking power away from them. </p>
<p>This sort of imaginary, conservative, utopian America described above has never existed.  If anyone has Duane Lester on their Xmas list, they should give him the money to take a couple of US history courses.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can&#039;t think of a single socialist country on earth that people risk their lives to get into. 

There are no cargo containers full of people trying to get INTO China.

There are no Floridians inflating anything that holds air just to get to Cuba for a better life.

This fact alone speaks volumes about the detriment of Socialism.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can&#8217;t think of a single socialist country on earth that people risk their lives to get into. </p>
<p>There are no cargo containers full of people trying to get INTO China.</p>
<p>There are no Floridians inflating anything that holds air just to get to Cuba for a better life.</p>
<p>This fact alone speaks volumes about the detriment of Socialism.</p>
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