Osama Bin Laden is dead

What I'd like to see here is a rightist voice that isn't wacko.

No need for you to apply, Tico.

I don't think there is a rightist voice that isn't wacko, although a few of the public intellectuals aren't bad. I used a collection of essays for my 101 class and the right wing essayists were either resorting to ad hominems, using strawman arguments, or whining.

Gosh but I'm sick of Brits (and other Europeans) claiming that we don't have lefties in the US.

This is nonsense. Our Communist party is as influential as it's counter-part in the UK.

The difference is not that we don't have socialists here, they just can't as easily self-identify as such.

In any case, why you and others take some sort of twisted pride in your claim is beyond me.

According to Izzy, we don't have any lefty voices in this forum unless they are the pure sort from England, France or Greece.

God help your students. They aren't being provided with knowledge, they are being force fed propaganda.

To the extent that you actually are an "educator," you are a disgrace.

Our communist party is almost non existant. If yours is as influential as ours they can't be up to much.

I didn't say that at all. I don't claim some sort of purity of Socialist thought and I never mentioned Greece. I was talking about your mainsteam political parties and ours. America is more right wing than western Europe. That's a fact, but it's also a very broad comment. You need to look at what people say, and not make huge leaps in logic. You can be an american marxist and be on this forum. You really do talk bollocks.

One of the main differences between the two regions is we see universal healthcare as a right. You have a term called 'socialised medicine.' You pay welfare in the form of foodstamps. We pay benefits in cash because we believe foodstamps are degrading. It's obvious one's more right wing than the other. You can have whatever form of goverment you want and so can we.

Because of all the right wing wackos, Finn.

From the get go that was readily apparent. For Gob, it took a little more time to figure out; he's sometimes a slimy little devil.

The practice in many states is to issue something that is indistinguishable from any other debit card, and just for the reason you mention. It is up to the individual state in this country.

They've invented a new mixed drink called the "Osama Bin Laden" ... it's two shots, and a splash of water.

Where is this alleged party? Drinking from the fountain of youth with the unicorns?

Thanks for the compliment. If you approved of me, then I would worry.

In order to be purchase food stamps -- it is a discount program, not a give away -- one can not have money in the bank. You have to truly live from paycheck to paycheck. I am certain you are aware that a huge percentage of our national product in the hands of so few people that they do not constitute a village.

I'm not sure what "talking bollucks" means, but my guess is that it precisely describes your nonsensical post that the US doesn't have true Lefties.

No, you didn't mention Greece. So what? It's hard to imagine why someone who is fond of broad spouting might insist on literal dialogue.

So one issue: socialized medicine, is all it takes to draw the bright line distinction you insist upon?

This is how you treat friends, Tico?

Can you get any scummier?

It's hard to be courteous to morons.

That our Communist Party is as effective as the UK version in no way implies that our Communist Party is meaningful.

Fortunately, I believe that your claim to be a paid teacher is bogus, because if it is not it is too depressing to consider.

Two Navy shots...

I don't really care about thumbs up or down, but this thread makes it obvious that POM is one of those small minded people who does.

You sure do talk a lot about things that you think are unimportant to you, Finn.