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1. #101
   On October 7th, 2009 at 9:21 am, jangar said:

   Speakup said:

   It was the same way in USSR. Former soldiers and family members have written memoirs documenting this. Yeck, we’ve even had a few Hollyweird movies made that told the same story…Hollywood of all people!

2. #102
   On October 7th, 2009 at 9:59 am, Bogtrotter said:

   orlandocajun said: “What does it take for a dictator to keep them loyal to communism?”

   Goods & Services given as rewards to carefully selected favorite local level bosses who can then give the same to underlings willing to do thier bidding. Of course, the tough part here would be the necessary first step of disarming the populace. Invasive “state security” is also necessary. And speaking of the latter, I am more worried with each passing day about the electronic trail/fingerprint I leave on the net. Think about it. How hard would it be for a fledgling dictatorial regime to gain control of citizens on-line banking and use it as a club to punish people it does not like?

3. #103
   On October 7th, 2009 at 10:05 am, mytake said:

   Anyone who thinks there won’t be a peaceful transfer of wealth here in the USA hasn’t had their eyes open. Suppose you were the one with the General Motors bonds that were placed behind the union. Suppose you were an auto dealership that was closed. Suppose you just payed your taxes so that someone else was able to get your money for turning in their car. We are asleep and we are losing our rights by the day. And now they are telling us that the will to resist this takeover of health care is waning. What is wrong with our country? It must mean that the majority want the car companies run by the government and next will be the farms.

4. #104
   On October 7th, 2009 at 10:09 am, John Deaux said:

   On October 7th, 2009 at 8:51 am, orlandocajun said:
   What does it take for a dictator to keep them loyal to communism?

   It’s simple carrots and sticks. Rewards for the informer and severe punishment for the disloyal. Once the atmosphere of paranoia is present, it’s pretty easy to keep up. If you don’t know who to trust, it’s tough to organize.

5. #105
   On October 7th, 2009 at 7:56 pm, rocketman said:

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   HI SPEAKUP–I enjoyed your post on the Venezuelan government planning to limit each person to 50 cartridges a year.
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   When I was in U.S. Army basic training in 1964 the “spray and pray” mentality hadn’t set in yet. We were expected to quickly hit 50 camouflaged pop-up targets each session at the rifle range–one shot per target. One or more green targets came up in a forested “fire lane” at ranges from 50 yards to 400 yards range. They stayed up about 5 seconds and then went back into hiding in the ground level pits.
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   Most of the trainees got 90 percent scores–or higher–after a month’s practice. This type of shooting would give 45 dead communist land redistributing thugs per year for each Venezuelan farmer with 50 shots.
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   The math works out for me! Bring it on. Ronald Reagan would have sent 100,000 “obsolete” M1 rifles to Venezuela–along with some Green Beret types to train the farmers. In a year or so the problems (and commies) would all be gone.
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   John Bibb
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6. #106
   On October 5th, 2010 at 3:41 am, Marc said:

   This video reminds me of the Department of Revenue Service in Massachussetts, except that the Venezuelans are alot more polite and reasonable.

7. #107
   On October 5th, 2010 at 4:01 pm, nail49 said:

   In some states, like Alabama, there is no property tax.

   Hmmm, I just received the annual tax statement on our home from the state of Alabama.

   Maybe I’m living in the wrong Alabama!?!?!?

8. #108
   On January 8th, 2011 at 5:54 am, William said:

   When the guy threatens that the public force is here, the farmer, his wife, and all supporters should have drawn their shot guns, uzis, M-16s, Deer Rifles, and so on, and nailed those A-holes on the spot, leaving not one single red shirted thug standing or breathing. For good measure it would have been prudent to double tap, walking by each red shirt after the first shot and putting one right into each of their skulls.

   Afterward the farmer and his supports can claim they were doing the work of the public force.

   This is a sick thing, and we here in the USA have been dragged toward that nonsense with the election of Obama-Biden and the perverted Democrat Soclialist-Communist government we have suffered under. They also support slaughtering human beings via elective abortions, pushing nonsense in schools, and so on.

   I hope we can turn this around here in the USA, and that things turn around in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and India, so there are a few strong nations to stand against Socialist-Communist, and Islamofascist nonsense.